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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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antipathy
Astrology; General astrology
Inharmonious relations between planets, particularly those which rule or are exalted in opposite signs.
antiscion
Astrology; General astrology
A point equal in distance on the opposite side of the solsticial axis to a planet's position. It is effectively the "shadow" of a planet. The midpoint of a planet's position and ...
antumbra
Astrology; General astrology
The antumbra in an annular eclipse is the section of the shadow that reaches the Earth, the body of the Moon being too distant for the umbra (darkest part of the Moon's shadow) to ...
aphelion
Astrology; General astrology
The place in a planet's orbit which is farthest from the Sun (gk: helios). See Perihelion.
apogee
Astrology; General astrology
The place in a planet's orbit which is farthest from the Earth. See Perigee.
apparent motion
Astrology; General astrology
The celestial bodies appear to rise in the east and set in the west, but this is nowadays considered an illusion created by the rotation of the Earth on its axis.
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