(Devore’s having been inadequately clear in this case): These are the same degees of declination held by stars and planets tenanting Signs on opposite sides of the Aries 0º – Libra 0º axis. They are exactly opposite the antiscion points. For example, the antiscion of 5º Aries is at 25º Virgo, while the contra-antiscion of … Read more
Those computed opposite to the order of the Signs. Some authorities appear to question the validity of Converse Directions. It is true that in a birth Figure aspects are deemed to be formed only by a faster moving planet to a slower moving; but this does not apply to Directions in which the directed planet … Read more
The adjustment of mean to sidereal time, whereby to ascertain the correct right ascension of the midheaven. v. Time DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
These are planets and Signs having a kind of rotary signification: thus Aries is a co-significator of all Ascendants, because though it is not the Sign ascending it is the first Sign of the Zodiac, as the Ascendant is the First House in the world. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Said of the rising or setting of a planet (or a star) when it is near the Sun – hence rises and sets along with it. The opposite of acronycal (qv.) DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
A term applied, by the Chaldeans, to the three bright stars in a constellation, which served to mark the position of the ruling planet of that sign, when in the sign. Doubtless employed in an age in which there were no telescopes, to enable the observer to locate the planet when it occupied its own … Read more
Twilight. Used in Primary Directions DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Those which coincide with the formation, by the Moon, directional or transitory, of each successive semi-square or 45° aspect, to its position at birth; or at the commencement of any illness, operation, or event under Horary consideration. By noting the positions of the Moon at successive crises, aspects thereto will indicate the prognosis. Favorable crises … Read more
Markers of Time. (1) To the ancients the longest orbits within the solar system were those of Jupiter, 12 years, and Saturn, 30 years. Thus the points at which Jupiter caught up with and passed Saturn marked the greatest supercycle with which they were able to deal. This phenomenon occurred every 20 years at an … Read more
The original supreme deity, superseded by Zeus (2) In ancient texts, the planet Saturn (q.v.) DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.