Lunar Mansions: From Hindu astrology, a twenty-eight-fold division of a horoscope (twenty-eight mansions or houses) based upon the Moon's average daily motion. Critical degrees are derived from a similar division of the zodiac. See also critical degrees.

 

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Lunar Mansions: From Hindu astrology, a twenty-eight-fold division of a horoscope (twenty-eight mansions or houses) based upon the Moon's average daily motion. Critical degrees are derived from a similar di . . . View Full Definition

Mansions Of The Moon, Moon Mansions: Synonymous with Lunar Mansions. See Lunar Mansions.

Lunar Tide: That part of the tide on the Earth due solely to the Moon as distinguished from that part due to the Sun.

Sublunary: The area of the cosmos inside the orbit of the moon, including the earth. In medieval and Renaissance theology, this area was thought to be imperfect and subject to decay, death and mutabili . . . View Full Definition

Lunar Time: Time based upon the rotation of the Earth relative to the Moon. See lunar day.

Lunar Return Chart: A chart cast for the time the Moon returns to the exact degree, minute, and second it occupied at the moment of an individual's birth.

Semilunar Valve: A valve between each ventricle of the heart and the artery connected to that ventricle.

Lunar Period: The time it takes the Moon to return to a particular point in the zodiac; the Moon's zodiacal period, a little less than twenty-seven days, eight hours. Also called a sidereal month and peri . . . View Full Definition

Lunar Day: The time of the rotation of the Earth with respect to the Moon, or the interval between two successive upper transits of the Moon over the meridian of a place. The mean lunar day is approxim . . . View Full Definition

Lunar Cycle: An ambiguous expression which has been applied to various cycles associated with the Moon's motion. See Callippic cycle, Metonic cycle, node cycle, and synodical month.