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Air Signs:
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Gemini, Libra,
Aquarius. The signs associated with
intellect, ideas, thought, sociability,
extroversion, aspirations,
communication, and high places.
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Ascendant, or
Rising Sign:
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The sign ascending
on the eastern horizon at the exact
moment of an individual’s birth. The
cusp of the first house of the Natal
Chart.
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Aspects:
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The angular
relationships, measured in degrees of
arc, between indicators in a Natal
Chart. These indicators may include
planets, house cusps, asteroids, fixed
stars, or various
mathematically-calculated points along
the belt of the Zodiac.
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Astrology:
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Applied astronomy;
the science of judging personality,
relationships, or future trends by
studying the movements of stars,
planets, and asteroids along the belt of
the Zodiac or the apparent path of the
Sun around the Earth; The art of
studying and interpreting the
correlation between these movements and
events and circumstances on Earth. |
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Birth Chart, or
Natal Chart:
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A map of the
planetary positions along the belt of
the Zodiac as they were on a specific
date, at a specific time and place. |
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Cardinal Signs:
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Aries, Cancer,
Libra, Capricorn. The signs of this
quality are associated with action and
the ability and desire to initiate
action. |
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Conjunction:
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The placement of
two celestial bodies in the same sign at
the same degree of the Zodiac. If the
planets involved are benefic, or one
benefic and one malefic, the effect of
the conjunction is usually favorable,
but if both planets are malefic, the
effect is usually difficult.
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Cusp:
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The lines
separating, or boundaries between the
signs or houses in a Natal Chart. |
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Descendant:
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The cusp of the
seventh house of the Natal Chart; the
opposite point to the Ascendant. |
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Direct:
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The motion of a
planet that appears to be moving forward
in the sky, advancing along the belt of
the Zodiac in the order of the twelve
signs.
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Earth Signs:
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Taurus, Virgo,
Capricorn. The signs associated with the
Earth and its resources; the practical
and hardworking signs. |
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Eighth House:
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The segment of the
Natal Chart which is eighth
counterclockwise from the First House
cusp or Ascendant. Associated with
wealth, unearned income, matters that
are hidden, death, surgery, the dream
consciousness, and psychic and
psychological insight. It’s also
associated with the sign Scorpio. |
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Elements:
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Fire, Earth, Air,
Water. Designations from ancient alchemy
that reflect the basic nature of the
sign: Fire = energy; Earth =
practicality; Air – intellect; Water =
emotion. Also called the Triplicities. |
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Eleventh House:
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The eleventh
segment of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with friends, hopes, goals,
and wishes and with the sign Aquarius. |
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Fifth House:
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The fifth segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with children, love,
creativity, close friends, and
self-expression and the sign Leo. |
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Fire Signs:
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Aries, Leo,
Sagittarius. The signs of this quality
are associated with energy, action, and
assertiveness, as well as vision and
inspiration.
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First House:
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The segment of the
Natal Chart immediately following the
Ascendant. Associated with the
personality, health, and public persona
as well as with the sign Aries. |
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Fixed Signs:
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Taurus, Leo,
Scorpio, Aquarius. The signs of this
quality are associated with stability,
strength, perseverance, and loyalty. |
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Fourth House:
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The fourth segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with emotion, the home, the
mother, family, land and property and
with the sign Cancer. |
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Grand Cross, or
Grand Square:
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A combination of
planetary aspects that involves all four
signs of one particular quality:
Cardinal, Fixed or Mutable. Planets in
each sign form stressful aspects to all
the other planets, which imply great
difficulty in making use of whatever
energies are associated with that
particular quality. |
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Grand Trine:
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A combination of
planetary aspects that involves all
three signs of one particular element:
Fire, Earth, Air, or Water. Planets in
each sign form harmonious aspects to all
the other planets, which imply unusual
ease in making use of whatever energies
are associated with that particular
element. |
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Horary Astrology:
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A technique for
answering specific questions by erecting
a chart for the exact moment a question
is asked, then reading that chart for
the purpose of finding an answer to that
question. |
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Houses:
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The twelve
divisions of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant or
Rising Sign, representing different
departments of life and their
development throughout life. They are
associated with the twelve signs, but
their function is different. |
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Jupiter:
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The fifth planet
from the Sun, and the largest planet in
the Solar System. In astrology, Jupiter
is associated with benevolence,
abundance, success, joy, happiness, and
good fortune. It tends to exaggerate the
effect of any planet with which it is in
aspect. It rules the sign Sagittarius. |
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M.C., or Medium
Coeli, Midheaven:
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The point directly
above the birthplace at the exact time
when someone is born; the highest point
in the Natal Chart. Usually associated
with career and public image. |
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Mars:
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The fourth planet
from the Sun, also known as the “red
planet.” In astrology, Mars is
associated with energy, action, anger,
violence, sexual desire, and war. It
rules Aries and co-rules Scorpio.
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Masculine Signs:
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Aries, Gemini,
Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius.
Also known as “positive” or “yang”
signs, these are said to be the more
active and assertive signs of the
Zodiac. |
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Mercury:
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The closest planet
to the Sun. In astrology, Mercury is
associated with the mind, quickness, the
hands and arms, intellect,
communication, and thoughts and ideas of
all kinds. Mercury rules both Gemini and
Virgo. |
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Moon:
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Earth’s satellite,
which circles the Earth every 28 days.
In astrology, the Moon is associated
with emotion, moods, the mother,
pregnancy and birth, land, the home, and
all bodies of water.
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Mutable Signs:
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Gemini, Virgo,
Sagittarius, Pisces. The signs of this
quality are associated with moodiness,
adaptability, ingenuity, and
changeability. Often people born under
these signs can be easily influenced by
others. |
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Neptune:
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The eighth planet
from the Sun. In astrology, Neptune is
associated with illusion, confusion,
deception, the arts, romance, and
spiritual, psychic, and metaphysical
matters. It rules Pisces.
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Ninth House:
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The ninth segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with philosophy, religion,
law, higher education, intellect,
intuition, vision, and with the sign
Sagittarius.
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Opposition:
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A planetary aspect
which occurs when two planets are
posited in exact opposite signs and
degrees of the Zodiac. The effect is
mostly believed to be stressful, yet an
opposition can bring two conflicting
energies into balance and mitigate the
negative effects of both planets.
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Orb:
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The number of
degrees departing from the exact point
in either direction in which an aspect
is believed to still have an influence
on the individual. For example: Suppose
one planet is posited at 10 degrees of
Aries, while another is posited at 15
degrees of Aries. Even though the aspect
is not exact, but five degrees apart,
most astrologers would still consider
that a conjunction and takes its
influence on the individual into
consideration.
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Pluto:
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The ninth planet
from the Sun, and the only one besides
the Earth to have a large, single
satellite. In astrology, Pluto is
associated with the masses, large groups
of people, organizations, wealth,
violence, transformation, and upheavals.
It rules Scorpio. |
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Point of Fortune
or Part of Fortune:
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A mathematically
calculated point in the sky which is the
same distance from the Ascendant as the
Moon is from the Sun. It is associated
with success, happiness, and luck. |
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Progressions:
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A method of
prognostication based on the motions of
the planets after the birth of the
individual. There are two schools of
progression: primary progression, based
on the idea that one degree of motion
represents a year in the life of the
native; and secondary progression, based
on the belief that each day following
the birth date represents a year in the
life of the native. |
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Quadruplicities:
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Division of the
signs of the Zodiac into three
categories – Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable
– related to specific attributes common
to each category. Cardinal signs
represent signs associated with
beginnings; fixed signs are identified
more with completion; and mutable signs
can go either way. Also known as the
Qualities. |
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Qualities:
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Division of the
signs of the Zodiac into three
categories: Cardinal, Fixed, and
Mutable— related to specific attributes
common to each category. Cardinal signs
represent signs associated with
beginnings; fixed signs are identified
more with completion; mutable signs can
go either way. Also known as the
Quadruplicities. |
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Quincunx, or
Inconjunct:
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A planetary aspect
in which two planets are roughly 150
degrees apart. Its effect is said to be
the most stressful of all the aspects.
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Retrograde:
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Planetary motion
in which the planet appears to be going
backwards in the sky, in reverse order
of the signs. When a planet is
retrograde, its effects are either
slowed down or stopped altogether.
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Saturn:
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The sixth planet
from the Sun, and the one with the most
massive system of rings. In astrology,
Saturn is associated with sorrow,
obstacles, limitations, perseverance,
caution, business, strength, and
longevity. It rules Capricorn and
co-rules Aquarius. |
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Second House:
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The second segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with resources, money,
talents, property, self-confidence, and
the sign Taurus. |
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Seventh House:
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The seventh
segment of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with marriage, partnership,
social lives, manners, and relations
with people as well as with the sign
Libra. |
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Sextile:
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A planetary aspect
in which two planets are roughly 60
degrees apart. Its effect is said to be
favorable, though effort is required to
attain its best possible manifestation.
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Sixth House:
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The sixth segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with work, health, employees,
diet, nutrition, pets, and small animals
and with the sign Virgo.
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Square:
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A planetary aspect
in which two planets are roughly 90
degrees apart. Its effect is said to be
stressful, though it doesn’t deny the
positive effects. It just makes them
more difficult to attain.
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Sun:
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The central star
of our Solar System, the giver of all
life on Earth and beyond. In astrology,
it is the most important of all the
planetary factors and rules the
individual will, the ego, and the path
the entity takes in this particular
lifetime. |
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Tenth House:
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The tenth segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with career and business
matters, public image, the father,
authority figures, and with the sign
Capricorn. |
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Third House:
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The third segment
of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with brothers, sisters, other
relatives, neighbors, visitors,
communications, thoughts and ideas, and
with the sign Gemini. |
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Transit:
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An aspect between
the current position of a heavenly body
and the position of another heavenly
body in the Natal Chart. The combination
of the energies between those two
celestial objects is read in order to
discern events in the immediate and
long-term future.
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Trine:
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A planetary aspect
in which two planets are roughly 120
degrees apart. Its effect is said to be
favorable, due to luck, or being in the
right place at the right time. |
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Triplicities:
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Fire, Earth, Air,
Water. Designations from ancient alchemy
that reflect the basic nature of the
sign: Fire = energy; Earth =
practicality; Air – intellect; Water =
emotion. Also called the Elements. |
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Twelfth House:
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The twelfth
segment of the Natal Chart, counted
counterclockwise from the Ascendant.
Associated with mystical and psychic
abilities, creativity, imagination,
self-undoing, and the unknown, including
the secret enemy, and with the sign
Pisces.
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Uranus:
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The seventh planet
from the Sun. In astrology, Uranus is
associated with upsets, luck, surprises,
the unexpected, independence, the desire
for friends, and a need for freedom and
adventure. It rules Aquarius. |
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Venus:
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The second planet
from the Sun, and closest to the Earth,
known for its beauty. In astrology,
Venus is associated with love, harmony,
beauty, money, talent, the arts, land,
and other resources. It rules Taurus and
Libra.
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Void of course:
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A condition that
arises when a heavenly body nears the
end of its sojourn in a specific sign
and makes no more aspects to other
planets before it changes signs. This is
usually applied to the Moon,
specifically in horary astrology, and
implies that nothing will come of the
matter in question. |
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Water Signs:
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Cancer, Scorpio,
Pisces. The signs associated with
feeling and emotion, with sensitivity
and imagination, and with intuition. |
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