Science / Astrology Glossary

Anaxagoras: Greek 500-428 B.C., studied in Egypt and thought the Sun went under a flat Earth each night.

Angles: The Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven and Imum Coeli; the four cardinal points in a horoscope.

Angular Houses: The first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses. In a quadrant system (unequal house), the angles form the cusps of these houses. The experiential focus of these house is initiatory and dynamic. . . . View Full Definition

Animoder Of Tetrabiblos: A method of birth time rectification, now obsolete, presented by Ptolemy. Sometimes refered to as the Sunrise Indicator.

Antipathy: Inharmonious relations between planets, which rule or are exalted in opposite signs. Also, conflict between the natal horoscope of two people corresponding with the aversion they feel for each other.

Antiscia: From the Greek, literally shadows on the other side, opposite shadows; mirror or reflection points. A degree and its antiscion are equidistant from a particular reference point such as the M . . . View Full Definition

Aphelion: The point in a planet's orbit that is most distant from the Sun.

Apheta: Literally, the giver of life; A well aspected benefic that occupies an aphetic (hylegiacal) place in the horoscope, said to have life-preserving qualities. Afflictions to the Apheta were bel . . . View Full Definition

Aphetic Places: Those parts of a horoscope from 5° above the Ascendant to 25° below, from 5° below the Descendant to 25° above, and from 5° preceding the ninth house cusp to the middle of the eleventh house . . . View Full Definition

Apogee: The point in a planet's orbit that is most distant from Earth.

Apollon: The fifth symbolic planet used in Uranian astrology.

Apparent Motion: The motion of a heavenly body as seen from earth. Thus, people refer to 'Sunrise' when, in fact, it is the Earth which moves. Planet seem to rise over the Ascendant although they are actuall . . . View Full Definition

Applying Aspect: One in which the significator (the faster moving of two planets involved) is moving toward partile (exactness) as opposed to a separating aspect in which the significator is moving away from partile.

Approaching Aspect: An aspect in which the significator is moving toward the promittor in natural order of the zodiac (direction from significator to promittor is counterclockwise in a natal horoscope). An appr . . . View Full Definition

Aquarian Age: A time period of 2000 years where the influence of Aquarius is prominent. An age lasts for 2000 years and moves backward through the Zodiac. The Age of Aquarius starts at approximately the n . . . View Full Definition

Arabian Parts: Developed during the Middle Ages in Arabia, each part derived from three points in a horoscope, indicates a sensitive point that relates the three factors involved.

Arc: In astrology, the curved path of a stellar body and the angular measurement of this path.

Articulate Signs: Signs that symbolize speaking facility, namely Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius.

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