Author: Lilith Mind

• February 15, 2025Aspects, B-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Bi-Quintile

  Aspect DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Bicorporeal

  Said of double-bodied Signs: Gemini, Sagittarius and Pisces. As originally  employed by Ptolemy, bicorporeal was the only term by which he characterized the signs that are now designated as Mutable, or […]

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Bestial signs

  Those which have been symbolized by beasts, or animals: Aries, Taurus, Leo,  Scorpio, the last half of Sagittarius, Capricorn and Pisces. v. Signs. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: […]

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Besieged

  A benefic planet situated between two malefics, within orbs of each, is said to be  besieged and therefore unfortunately placed. Some authorities restrict its application to a  Significator when between […]

• February 15, 2025Aspects, B-Entries, Glossary

  Benefic Aspects

  Planetary relations, or familiarities, which permit the unobstructed release of  cosmic energy, hence conducive to harmony. (v. Aspects: Benefic, Malefic.) B. Influences.  Those produced by benefic planets and aspects, either […]

• February 15, 2025Astronomy, B-Entries, Glossary

  Belts of Jupiter

  A varying number of dusky belt-like bands or zones encircling the planet  Jupiter, parallel to its equator. It suggests the existence of an atmosphere, the clouds forced into  a series […]

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  Bel. (Lord)

  The Babylonian form of Baal. He was a member of the supreme triad of deities:  Anu, god of the heavens; Bel, god of the Earth; and Ea, god of the […]

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  Beholding Signs

  Those which have the same declination; i.e., at equal distances from the Tropics; as Aries and Virgo, Taurus and Leo, Gemini and Cancer, Libra and Pisces, Scorpio and  Aquarius, Sagittarius and […]

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Barren Signs

  Gemini, Leo and Virgo. The Moon in Sagittarius, and Aquarius is also said to  signify a tendency toward barrenness. v. Signs: Barren and Fertile. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New […]

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Glossary, People

  Babylonian

  An astrologer: so-called because the Babylonians were famed for their knowledgeof Astrology. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.