Astrological Dictionary on Letter #B

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 ...