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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disjunct signs

Astrology; General astrology

According to Ptolemy: "Disjunct" and "Alien" are the names applied to those divisions of the zodiac ... which belong neither to the class of commanding or obeying, beholding or of ...

dispositor

Astrology; General astrology

When a planet is in the sign ruled by another, that planet is said to be disposed of by the ruler, its dispositor. For example, Mars in Sagittarius in said to be disposed of by ...

aphrodite

Astrology; General astrology

Greek goddess of love, beauty and prosperity, cognate with Roman Venus.

apsides

Astrology; General astrology

Plural of Apsis. According to The Aphorisms of Cardan, "changes of the Absides of the Planets cause mutations in governments and laws, which is a point very much to be regarded".

apsis

Astrology; General astrology

The point of greatest (apoapsis; apapsis) or least (periapsis) distance of the elliptical orbit of a celestial body from its centre of attraction (the centre of mass of the ...