Astrological Dictionary Page #2

Barren Signs

Gemini, Leo and Virgo. The Moon in Sagittarius, and Aquarius is also said to signify a tendency towa...

Beholding Signs

Signs that connect by major (Ptolemaic) aspects. Or signs in Antiscion or Contrantiscion. The Sun in...

Benefic Planet

Venus and Jupiter and the Moon in Ptolemaic astrology. Trines and sextiles also viewed as benefic as...

Berosus

(330 BC) Babylonian priest whose teaching of astrology on the Greek island of Cos is thought to have...

Besieged

When a significator lies between two malefics (Lilly) or when the last and next aspects it has or wi...

Bestial Signs

Those signs which have been symbolized by beasts, or animals: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, the last ...

Bicorporeal Sign

Traditional term for the double-bodied or dual signs Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces. Ptolemy used t...

Biquintile

One of the minor aspects. Two fifths of the circle of the zodiac. One of the Keplerian aspects, base...

Birthstones

In Hermetic theory certain precious and semiprecious stones used as amulets connect with the Sun sig...

bodes law

Noticed by Astronomer Bode that the relative distances from the Sun can be calculated, beginning wit...

Bradley James

(1693-1762) English astronomer. Born at Sherborne, Gloucestershire; died at Chalford, Gloucestersh...

Brahe, Tycho

Danish astrologer and astronomer. (1546-1601) Born at Knudstrup, Scania (south Sweden, then part of ...

Cadent House

The 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th Houses of a chart are known as the Cadent Houses. The cadent houses are a...

Campanus House System

A quadrant system where the prime vertical are formed by great circles passing through the north and...

Cancer

Sign of the zodiac where the Sun transits between approximately 21st June and 20th July each year ru...

Capricorn

The sign of the zodiac where the Sun transits during approximately 22nd December and 21st January ea...

Caput Algol

A malefic fixed star; a companion star circles it in 69 hours causing 9-hour occultations as viewed ...

Caput Draconis

Dragons Head - North Node of the Moon; signifies resources, application point, or vocation....

Cardinal

One of the modes or qualities of the horoscope, along with fixed and mutable. Signs of the Zodiac - ...

Cauda Draconis

Dragon's Tail - South Node of the Moon; symbolizes the past, one's frame of reference; a harkening p...

Cazimi

An Arabic term meaning "in the heart of the Sun" used mainly in horary astrology. When a significato...

Celestial Body

Any object, planet, satellite, Moon, Comet, Asteroid in space recognized, measured by astronomers or...

Celestial Equator

A GREAT CIRCLE passing through Earth's Equator, projected into space. It forms a perpendicular to th...

Celestial Latitude

A celestial body's position above or below the ecliptic measured as a portion of an arc passing thr...

Celestial Meridian

A great circle passing through the north and south points of the plane of the Horizon. The EARTH'S M...