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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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Astrology; General astrology

Each sign of thirty degrees is divided into three segments called decans (decanates) of ten degrees, each with its own planetary ruler. This derives from ancient Egyptian ...

Time Zone

Astrology; General astrology

Each country has its own standardized time zone measured in hours east or west of Greenwich, spread in bands across the globe. Some countries have more than one time zone, e.g. ...

Titan

Astrology; General astrology

The largest of Saturn's moons, discovered in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens. Titan has a thick atmosphere and is larger in diameter than Mercury and larger and more massive than ...

Testimony

Astrology; General astrology

A term from Hellenistic astrology, meaning a planet forming an attitude, or witness relation, saying something about another planet within a figure. For testimony to occur, the ...

Theosophical Society (TS)

Astrology; General astrology

Founded in New York in 1875 by H. P. Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others. The TS fosters an active brotherhood among mankind, seeking to reveal the essential unity of ...

Time

Astrology; General astrology

The measurement of the passage of events in terms of their duration within a known frame of reference. Time is measured by regular subdivisions of the movement of the Earth ...

Transit

Astrology; General astrology

A planet's movement in the heavens (subsequent to birth) over or in aspect to factors in the natal or progressed chart, or in aspect to other transiting factors. The closer the ...