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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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Orb
Astrology; General astrology
An aspect between planets or sensitive points is usually allowed some inexactitude, which is called its orb of influence. This comes from the idea of a halo or aura surrounding a ...
Month
Astrology; General astrology
The time taken for the Moon to complete one full orbit of the Earth, some 29 and a half days (see Lunation). However, the motion of the Moon in its orbit is very complicated and ...
Neoplatonism
Astrology; General astrology
Philosophy of late antiquity, based on the teachings of Plato as interpreted by Plotinus (205–270 CE) a student of Ammonius Saccas. His disciple Porphyry compiled an edition of ...
Nodes
Astrology; General astrology
The point in the zodiac where a planet, particularly the Moon, passes from southern into northern latitudes is called the North Node and when moving in the opposite direction ...
Moon Phases
Astrology; General astrology
New Moon: dark phase at the beginning of the lunar month, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction. A time for formulation and planning. The arc of aspect from Moon to Sun is ...
Music of the Spheres
Astrology; General astrology
Ancient astronomers held that the Earth was the centre of the universe and that the planets and stars occupied positions in a series of concentric, crystal spheres surrounding the ...
Picatrix
Astrology; General astrology
Ghayat al-Hakim, the "Goal of the Wise". A proscribed mediæval Arabic compendium of magical rules and astrological talismanic formulæ, some from early classical sources, ...
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