Science / Astrology Glossary

Bundle: According to the late Marc Edmund Jones, a tightly-packed planetary arrangement in which all ten planets are confined in a horoscope to the space of a trine (120°). The Bundle is descriptive . . . View Full Definition

Cadent Houses: From the Latin cadere, to fall; houses three, six, nine and twelve fall behind angular houses. Ruled naturally by mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, respectively), they ar . . . View Full Definition

Campanus: Thirteenth century astrologer and mathematician who devised the house system that bears his name, which divides the prime vertical into equal 30° arcs.

Caput Draconis: From the Latin, literally dragon's head; an older term for the Moon's North Node.

Cardinal Signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, which fall naturally at the cardinal points in a horoscope; east, north, west, and south, respectively, points indicated by the angles. Cardinal signs ar . . . View Full Definition

Cataclysmic Planet: Uranus, which combines both magnetic and electric qualities and thus produces sudden upheavals.

Cauda Draconis: From the Latin, literally dragon's tail; synonymous with the Moon's south node.

Cazimi, Also Casimi: From the Arabic center of the solar disc. A planet that forms a conjunction with the Sun within 30' of partile is said to be cazimi, literally 'burnt up' by the Sun. The Sun, representing th . . . View Full Definition

Celestial Body: A physical form which exists in space; such as a planet.

Celestial Equator: The extension of Earth's equator into space, perpendicular to Earth's axis.

Celestial Sphere: The conceptualization of the infinite heavens as a sphere revolving around Earth, based upon the part of the skies visible from a point on Earth.

Ceres: The first asteroid to be discovered (1801), named after the Roman goddess of agriculture. Ceres is thought to indicate productive areas in a natal horoscope.

Chart: A horoscope.

Chiron: The most recently discovered asteroid of astrological interest, discovered by astronomer Charles Kowal, Hale Observatories, in 1977.

Climacterial Periods: Years in life, which are multiples of seven or nine based on the Moon's progression and Saturn's transiting cycle. The progressed Moon squares its natal position approximately every seven ye . . . View Full Definition

Co-Ruler: Prior to the discovery of Uranus, the Sun and Moon were believed to rule one sign each and the other five planets then known to humankind (Mercury through Saturn) to rule two signs each. Whe . . . View Full Definition

Combust: A planet that forms a conjunction with the Sun within orb of between 31' to 3° is said to be combust. The energy of a combust planet is integrated with that of the Sun in such a way that the . . . View Full Definition

Comet: From the Latin cometa, literally hair of the head, figuratively, tail of a comet. A bright star-like heavenly body, composed of masses of tiny particles and gases, which follows an eccentric . . . View Full Definition

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