Philosophy

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

  Cosmecology: the ecology of the cosmic

  This title was suggested by Harlan T. Stetson, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for a synthesis of the contemporary sciences of astronomy, electro-physics, geology and biology. In his book […]

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

  Cosmic

  Something vast and systematic, imbued with a sense of magnitude and order. Webster defines cosmical physics as astrophysics. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

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

  Cosmic Conditioning

  Ancient man was convinced that his destiny upon earth was ruled by the divine power that placed the stars in the heavens; that every created thing was a result of […]

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

  Cosmic Philosophy, or Cosmism

  A theory of cosmic evolution originated by John Fiske and advanced by him as an interpretation of Spenser. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

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

  Colors

  In the age when an astrologer presumed to find in a chart the answer to every manner of question that could be propounded he frequently undertook to tell, for example, […]

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

  Conception

  According to Ptolemy the sex as well as the incidents relating to a child, prior to its birth, may be deduced from the positions of the planets at the time […]

• 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. […]

• January 4, 2025Delineation, Glossary, Philosophy

  Astrology

  The science which treats of the influence upon human character of cosmic forces emanating from celestial bodies. It has been spoken of as the soul of astronomy. Its antiquity places it among the earliest records of human learning. To these ancient astrologers we owe the modern Science of Astronomy. According to Hindu lore Astrology reached its zenith some two hundred thousand years ago, and is presumed to have been first taught by the Manu who had charge of the fourth rootrace. In ancient times it enjoyed general acceptance, and was practiced by the Chaldeans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Arabs. It flourished in Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is charged that the Spanish Inquisition was a cloak to disguise a secret purpose to stamp out Astrology. It was once termed Astromancy - divination by the stars.  Geocentric vs. Heliocentric Astrology. As practised by various authorities in various countries there are two fundamentally different methods, or approaches, to Astrology: the Geocentric and the Heliocentric. Geocentric Astrology is based upon calculations of the planetary positions as seen by the observer on the Earth, i.e, using the Earth as a center. Heliocentric Astrology bases its interpretations upon positions within the solar system with reference to the Sun as the center. While it is true that the Sun is the center, the effect of the motion as manifest on the Earth is the basis of most astrological interpretation. Therefore the vast majority of astrologers employ the geocentric calculations of the planets' positions. However, these terms are used by many astrologers in a different sense, i.e., heliocentric when considering changes of position by virtue of the body's motion in orbit, and geocentric when considering changes of position with reference to the observer, by reason of the observer's personal orbit around the Earth -- the revolution of the periphery of the Earth around the Earth's center. Thus considered the Signs are heliocentric divisions, or Heliarcs, while the Houses are geocentric divisions, or Geoarcs. There are several distinct branches of Astrology: Natal, or Genethliacal: having to do with the birth figure and the subsequent transits of the bodies and their Progressed, or average net progress. v. Directions, Progressions. Horary: fundamentally a Figure cast for the birth-moment of an idea, a question, or an event. Practitioners of this branch of Astrology usually take the moment when the question is propounded. Electional: an application of Horary art whereby to choose the most propitious moment for initiating a new enterprise, or commencing a journey, etc. Mundane, also termed Judicial Astrology: a consideration of the current positions of the planets with respect to their influence upon entire populations, or portions thereof, by countries, cities or localities, at Ingresses, eclipses, ordinary Lunations and Full Moons, and major transits or conjunctions. Medical: the application of the science to questions of health, chiefly as a diagnostic aid when confronted with baffling symptoms of disease and obscure ailments. Meteorological, also known as Astro-Meteorology: the application of the science to the forecasting of weather conditions, earthquakes and severe storms. Agricultural: an application of Astrology to the planting and the harvesting of crops.

• January 4, 2025Glossary, Occultism, Philosophy

  Astromancy

  A system of divination by means of the stars, the practice of which had much to do with the popular connotation of Astrology with fortune-telling, which modern scientific Astrology has had to live down. 

• January 4, 2025Glossary, Philosophy

  Astrotheology

  A system of theology founded on what is known of the heavenly bodies, and of the laws which regulate their movements.