Astrology

Astrology

Ancient astronomy. In its current understanding, the belief in the effect of celestial bodies on the lives of humans and world events.

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balsamic moon

Astrology; General astrology

The final phase of the Moon between the last quarter and the darkness of the New Moon. See Moon Phases.

barren planets

Astrology; General astrology

Sun, Saturn and Mars. Traditionally, these planets (along with the Dragon's Tail, or Moon's South Node) tend to prevent the birth, or cause early death, of children when located ...

behenian fixed stars

Astrology; General astrology

Fifteen stars considered especially useful for magical applications in the mediæval astrology of Europe and the Arab world. The name derives from Arabic bahman, "root," as each ...

beibenia

Astrology; General astrology

Mediæval term for the brightest of the fixed stars. Jerome Vitali in his Lexicon Mathematicum (1668), says that beibenia are the main stars of the starry images, in particular ...