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Celestial Pole

A projection of the TERRESTRIAL POLES into space. ; one of two points about which the Celestial Sphe...

Celestial Sphere

The night sky looks like an upside down bowl set on the horizon, but as it turns around during the n...

Chaldean Astrology

Astrology attributed to the Chaldean priests, based on the finding of cuneiform tablets dated C670 B...

Chaldean Order of the Planets

Traditional hierarchy of the planets - Saturn Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. This order i...

Chart

Diagram showing the position of heavenly bodies at a given time and location. ...

Chiron

Asteroidal body discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal. Sidereal period 50.68 years. It is named after ...

Circumpolar Star

To circle around the pole. Circumpolar stars or constellations trace daily circles around the celest...

Collection of Light

When a slower planet receives aspects from two faster planets, which are not themselves in aspect. I...

Combust

When a planetary significator in horary astrology is within 17 minutes (cazimi) and 8 degrees 30 of ...

Comets

Bodies orbiting the Sun most of which have luminous tail visible when near the sun. The tail always ...

Commanding Signs

Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo - considered more powerful than the other six signs. (Nort...

Common Signs

Old word for Mutable signs. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces ; said to be flexible but vacillat...

Composite Chart

A type of chart comparison in which the near midpoints of the same bodies in two charts establish po...

Conception Chart

Hypothetical chart based on the individual's conception. Ptolemy describes the trutine of Hermes as ...

Configuration

Pattern in the chart. An angular relationship between three or more planets. Examples are: grand tri...

Conjunction

Union of planets or planets and other bodies or points within a determined orb. Traditional meanings...

Consideration before judgment

A condition in horary astrology that cautions against reading the chart. Some traditional considerat...

Constellation

Groups of stars with a recognisable pattern and an ancient mythological correspondence. The ancients...

Contrariety of planets

When a slow planet is being aspected by two fast planets, and the first faster planet applies in dir...

Contra-parallel

When two bodies are in the same Celestial Latitude but one is North and one South of the Celestial E...

Coordinate System

A method using Great circles to provide a means to specify a unique location on the celestial sphere...

Copernicus, Nicolas

(1473-1543) Polish astronomer and astrologer. Copernicus is regarded as the father of the Heliocentr...

Cosmobiology

A school of astrology founded by Reinhold Ebertin ( Feb 16 1901) concerned with the correlations bet...

Crescent Moon

A phase in the illumination cycle of the Moon Moon when it is 45 degrees ahead of the Sun in its cyc...

Critical Days

A term used in decumbiture and event charts describing successive 45?° aspects by the transiting Mo...