Science / Astrology Glossary

Common Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, synonymous with mutable signs. See also mutable signs.

Composite Chart: A single horoscope made up from two or more natal charts by averaging house cusps and planetary positions of the natal charts. A composite chart gives insight into the relationship that exis . . . View Full Definition

Configuration: An aspect involving three or more planets.

Conjunction: The aspect formed when two planets occupy position close together in the zodiac, usually within 8° orb; the first harmonic.

Consciousness: Any entity's innate capacity for relationships. The sentient principle in all substance. The soul of the universe.

Constellation: From the Latin constellation, set with stars. A group of fixed stars.

Contraparallel: The angular relationship between two planets that occupy the same degree (within 1° orb) and opposite direction of declination, one north of the celestial equator and the other south. Interp . . . View Full Definition

Converse: Measurements, which follow the reverse order of the natural zodiac, used primarily to direct or progress a horoscope backward in time. Converse directions are interpreted by some astrologers . . . View Full Definition

Copernicus: An astronomer born in Polish Prussia credited with developing the theory (sixteenth century) that Earth is a moving planet that revolves around the Sun, a contradiction to Ptolemy's theory ( . . . View Full Definition

Cosmecology: (cosmic ecology) The science that considers Earth in its relationship to celestial phenomena.

Cosmic Cross: An old term for a T-square, sometimes applied to a grand square (grand cross).

Cosmobiology: An astrological system developed by Reinhold Ebertin (Germany, twentieth century) that emphasized midpoints and the following hard aspects: semi-square, square, sesquiquadrate and opposition . . . View Full Definition

Critical Degree: 0°, 13°, and 26° in cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn), 9° and 21° in fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius), 4° and 17° in mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittariu . . . View Full Definition

Culmination: A term used to describe a planet's arrival at the Midheaven (natally or by progression or transit); also used to indicate the completion of an aspect by progression, i.e., when a platic aspe . . . View Full Definition

Cupido: The first symbolic planet used in Uranian astrology. See also Uranian astrology.

Cusp: The midway point between two Signs of the Zodiac; also used to refer to the start of a House within the chart wheel.

Cusp, Cusp Line: The line that separates the house and indicates the beginning of a house. See also house cusp.

Cycle: A planet's zodiacal period; the time it takes a planet to make on complete transit (revolution) of a horoscope.

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