C-Entries

• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Cadent

  Those houses which fall away from the angles; the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses. Cadent Planets are those which occupy Cadent Houses, and whose influence is thereby weakened. v. […]

• March 16, 2025Astronomy, C-Entries, Glossary, Occultism

  Caduceus.

  n. The wand of Hermes, or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. A cosmic, sidereal, or astronomical symbol; its significance changing with its application. Originally a triple-headed serpent, it is […]

• March 16, 2025Astronomy, C-Entries, Glossary, Philosophy

  Calendar

  A system of reckoning and recording the time when events occur; the coordination of the days, weeks, and months of the year with the cycles upon which they are based. […]

• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Cancer

  The Crab. The fourth sign of the zodiac. Its symbol presumably the folded claws of a crab, probably is intended to symbolize the joining together of a male and female […]

• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Capricorn

  The mountain-climbing goat. The tenth sign of the zodiac. In Hindu astrology, Makarar – and considered by the ancients to be the most important of all the signs. Is it […]

• March 16, 2025Astronomy, C-Entries, Glossary

  Cappella

  A yellow star, in 20° Gemini, the spectrum of which more nearly than that of any other bright Northern star, resembles the spectrum of our Sun.  DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of […]

• March 16, 2025Astronomy, C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Caput Draconis

  The Dragon’s Head. v. Moon’s Node DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Cardinal Signs

  Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn — whose cusps coincide with the cardinal points of the compass: Aries, East; Cancer, North; Libra, West; and Capricorn, South. v. Signs. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia […]

• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Casting the Horoscope

  The term used by astrologers to imply the calculations necessary to be made, prior to the delineation of the nativity. v. Figure.  DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical […]

• March 16, 2025Astronomy, C-Entries, Delineation, Glossary

  Cataclysmic Planet

  Uranus, which combines both teh magnetic and the electric elements, producing sudden effects. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.