GLOSSARY OF ASTROLOGICAL TERMS
ASTROLOGY is the ancient science and philosophy teaching of the planetary energies and their particular effects upon life on our earth. There are seven types of astrology using the science in applications from human character analysis to weather predictions with the most ambitious aspiring to comprehend the nature of the great planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond.
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ASPECTS – the relationship of the planets described by their placement to a degree and also their angle one to another. Some are harmonious and compatible, other angles indicate difficulties. The most important are seen to be parallel, conjunct, trine, square, sextiles and opposite.
AIR SIGNS - Libra, Aquarius, Gemini
AQUARIAN AGE – is the present 2000 year era believed to have begun to change the energies relating to our planet at the end or early in the 20th century and now beginning to become manifest in life of modern.
APEX – (Midheaven) Any planet place in this position is particularly influential.
ASCENDANT is also known the Rising Sign, whether only a few degrees above the horizon or in the last 28-30 degrees risen.
ASTRO-PSYCHOLOGY is the study of astrology for the purpose of self understanding or for application in psychological avenues and professions.
BENEFICS AND MALEFICS are terms referring to influences and relationships. However it must be understood that both the degree of influence and the relevant situations to which they are being applied must make interpretations flexible. The terms and values of good and bad serve as a guide only.
CONJUNCTION ASPECT Two planets in close association, when exactly in the same degree create a very powerful influence.
CUSP OF A HOUSE is the division between it and the neighbouring House.
DECANATE represents a 10 degree segment or a third part of a 30 degree Sign.
DRAGON’S HEAD/ DRAGON’S TAIL – these are the North and South Nodes of the Moon.
ECLIPSE – with the occasion of either a Sun eclipse or a Moon eclipse there are strong energy currents affected that sometimes deprive us of an important element felt by sensitives.
ELEMENTS (TRIPLICITIES) relate to the fundamental 4 types of energy emitted by the constellations and described as by nature of fire, earth, air or water. The number of planets found in each of the zodiacal signs at our birth is a factor recorded in a Chart.
EPHEMERIS is the compiled official astronomical data provided by Greenwich regarding the placements of the Sun, Moon, planets and their angles of relationship to one another. This data is required in casting an individual Chart and determining a Rising Sign.
EXALTATION of a planet – indicates its most favourable placement and power
FEMININE PLANETS – Moon and Venus
FEMININE SIGNS – Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces
FIXED SIGNS – Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
FIXED STAR is a heavenly body outside our solar system
FRUITFUL SIGNS are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
FULL MOON is the opposition of the Sun and the Moon
GREENWICH MEAN TIME is the local mean time at Greenwich, England
HORARY ASTROLOGY is of practical use in answering specific questions. The chart is drawn up at the time of forming the enquiry in order to indicate future possibilities.
HOROSCOPE is the final analysis and astrological report presented when the whole process is complete.
HOUSES are the 30 degree twelve divisions of the circular Chart. They are numbered in sequence commencing from the section below the left horizontal line. This makes the twelfth House the section above the horizon. Each section is important as it relates to specific affairs in our lives.
INTERCEPTED SIGN is one that is located between the cusps of the houses.
INVISIBLE PLANETS (HIDDEN) believed to exist but as yet not seen or discovered.
LIFE HOUSES are the vital houses 1st, 5th and 9th that have special significance in our lives
LUMINARY is the term given to the Sun and the Moon
MASCULINE PLANETS are the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
MASCULINE SIGNS are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius
MEDIUM Coeli is the Latin term for Midheaven
MIDHEAVEN (Zenith or Medium Coeli) is the highest point or apex of the chart. It is considered of particular importance if a planet is placed there to directly beam its influence upon the individual or subject.
MOON’S NODES – two points of intersection between the orbits of the Moon and the earth.
MOON PHASES – the four phases of the Moon cycle from New Moon waxing to Full and waning in return to the Dark of the Moon that heralds the next New Moon.
MOON SIGN is the zodiacal sign in which the Moon is placed at Birth.
MUNDANE ASTROLOGY is a system based upon Cycle Charts and includes groups and communities, cities and countries seeking to determine particular and vital influences.
MUTABLE SIGNS are Gemini, Virgo Sagittarius, and Pisces
NADIR is the lowest point on the Chart, opposite the Midheaven
NATAL ASTROLOGY is the most well known, giving indication of character, personality, and psychological responses to events and circumstances.
NATAL CHART, BIRTH CHART is a map of the individual person or project under scrutiny. In western astrology it takes a circular pattern and is divided into the twelve Houses or sections before the entering of the zodiacal signs, planets and other information.
NATIVE is the traditional term for the person for whom the chart is drawn.
NEW MOON is in conjunction with the Sun at this time
NODES are the intersections of two orbital paths of celestial bodies
ORB indicates the degree of influence that applies in aspects between the planets to allow for approaching or retreating contacts.
OPPOSITION ASPECT of 180 degrees is a difficult or detrimental one
PARALLEL ASPECT when two planets occupy the same degree of declination it is even more powerful an energy than the conjunction.
PERFECT refers to an exact aspect
PART OF FORTUNE is a symbol indicating where gains and fortune are anticipated. It is calculated using the longitude of the Ascendant, the Moon and the Sun.
PLANETS in astrology, Sun and Moon are known as the luminaries and the Planets are the known Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto. Legend claims that there are others yet to complete the twelve fold traditional number anticipated.
PRENATAL EPOCH – a chart rarely able to be calculated from the time of conception
PROGRESSIONS calculate future events using the ratio of one day in the ephemeris to one year in the individual life. This is known as a Major progression. It helps foresee events at 10 years after birth by reference to the planetary positions 10 days after the birthdate. Minor Progressions foretell events one year in advance by calculating planets at a placement one month following birth.
QUALITIES (QUADRUPLICITES) describe 3 groupings of the zodiacal signs – the first known as cardinal or powerful, the second as fixed or stable and resistant to change and the third as mutable or adaptable.
QUINTILE ASPECT of 72 degrees between planets is fortunate
RETROGRADE PLANET For a short period of time a planet will occasionally give the appearance of moving backward because of our Earth’s movement.
RISING DEGREE is the exact degree upon the ascendant at the time of birth or the drawing up of a chart.
RISING PLANET - the term refers to a planet near the eastern horizon
RISING SIGN is the zodiacal sign appearing on the horizon at the moment of your birth, measured according to its degree of ascent. It has a powerful influence upon appearance and personality of the individual.
RULER OF CHART is the most dominant planetary power in the Chart.
RULER OF HOUSES A Planetary ruler has dominion over a House. This is taken into consideration in addition to the influence of any resident planet.
RULER OF ZODIACAL SIGNS Planets are known to rule the Signs –Moon rules Cancer, Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, Venus rules Taurus and Libra, Sun rules Leo, Mars rules /Aries and Scorpio, Jupiter rules Sagittarius, Saturn rules Capricorn, Uranus rules Aquarius and Neptune rules Pisces
SEXTILE ASPECT of 60 degrees is considered very fortunate and the semi-sextile less so.
SIDEREAL TIME relates to the distance from 0 degrees Aries, expressed in hours, minutes and seconds. It is used to calculate the signs on the cusps of the houses.
SIGNS considered Barren signs Aries, Leo, Capricorn and the Fertile signs Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
Cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn
Fixed signs – Taurus Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Mutable signs – Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
SOLSTICES are the autumn and spring seasons when the Sun is farthest from equator i.e. Cancer and Capricorn
SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY is the branch of the science focussed upon the wise application of the energies of the universe as they apply to our planet and to the higher spiritual purposes of individuals and humanity as a whole.
SQUARE is an aspect of 90 degrees. It is inharmonious in nature as, to a lesser degree, is the semi square or 45 degrees.
STATIONARY PLANET is a brief interval before a retrograde planet reverses its path and seems to move forward again
STELLAR HEALTH DIAGNOSIS relates specifically to physical health. Each Zodiacal sign is related to parts of the body. Aries – head and face, Taurus – throat and voice, Gemini – lungs and hands, Cancer – breasts and upper torso, Leo – the heart and circulation, Virgo – stomach and digestion, Libra – kidneys and adrenals, Scorpio- sexual organs, Sagittarius the thighs and hips, Capricorn – knees and bones, Aquarius – the legs, Pisces – the feet.
SUN SIGN/ BIRTH SIGN – is the zodiacal sign in which the sun is placed at the time of your birth.
SYMBOLS are universally used to represent each zodiacal sign and planet. These traditional symbols ensure the accuracy of astrological communication.
TABLE OF HOUSES is an official astronomical publication used by astrologers to assist the placement of the signs in the Houses.
TIME Sidereal Time/Standard Time Data is important for accuracy
TRANSIT – a well known term indicating the passing or sometimes occultation of another heavenly body.
TRINE ASPECT of 120 degrees relationship is considered the best and most harmonious of all planetary interaction.
WEATHER PREDICTION or Astro -Meteorology is a branch of astrology using temperature, wind charts and moisture or rainfall records.
VOCATIONAL ASTROLOGY is a positive assistance in determining occupational career paths.
ZODIAC SIGNS – the twelve-fold divisions of the entirety of the 360 degrees of the heavens into the known constellations – Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. Each of the 12 Signs of the Zodiac consists of 30 degrees.
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