Glossary of Astrological Terms

A yellow star, in 20° Gemini, the spectrum of which more nearly than that of…

The mountain-climbing goat. The tenth sign of the zodiac. In Hindu astrology, Makarar – and…

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

Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn — whose cusps coincide with the cardinal points of the…

The term used by astrologers to imply the calculations necessary to be made, prior to…

Uranus, which combines both teh magnetic and the electric elements, producing sudden effects. DeVore, Nicholas….

An Arabic term for Cauda Draconis. v. Moon’s Node. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New…

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

An Arabian astronomical term applied to the center of the Solar disc. It is employed…

If one pictures the sphere we call the Earth, enlarged to embrace the visible heavens,…

Daughter of Ops and Saturn; a Roman goddess of growing vegetation, particularly corn. Her day…

An Oracle venerated as highly by the Chaldaeans as was the one at Delphi, by…

First a Semitic tribe, but later the magi of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. From among…

The sublime strength of Astrology is in its delineation of character. As destiny is subservient…

Markers of Time. (1) To the ancients the longest orbits within the solar system were…

The original supreme deity, superseded by Zeus (2) In ancient texts, the planet Saturn (q.v.)…

The complete circle of the zodiac, or 360 degrees of 60 minutes each. DeVore, Nicholas….

Circles intersecting the horizon and meridian, and passing through a star: in terms of which…

In occult terminology, the psychic ability to hear sounds or voices regardless of distance. The…