General astrology

General astrology

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between visible astronomical phenomena and events in the human world.

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The modern Western Calendar, instituted by Pope Gregory as a more accurate modification of the Julian Calendar. The Julian Calendar, introduced in 45 BC, had gradually fallen out of synch with the ...

harmonic

Astrology; General astrology

Resonant relationship, or overtone of planetary aspects. If an aspect is expressed as a fraction of 360°, the denominator of that fraction is the harmonic number of the aspect. Each of the following ...

harmonic chart

Astrology; General astrology

Chart based on any chosen division of the zodiac. For example, the fourth harmonic features planets in square aspect (90° being the division of the zodiacal circumference by four). In the harmonic ...

hayz

Astrology; General astrology

A powerful form of accidental dignity, based on sect, planetary joy, being above the horizon etc. According to William Thrasher in Jubar Astrologicum, Hayz is when a Masculine and Diurnal planet is ...

heliacal

Astrology; General astrology

Pertaining to or near the Sun, esp. with reference to a star when first seen to rise or set at sunrise or sunset after a period during which the event was invisible.

heliacal setting

Astrology; General astrology

When a planet or star sets just after the Sun, i.e., so it is visible on the western horizon just after sunset.

heliocentric

Astrology; General astrology

"Sun-centred", or from the viewpoint of the Sun. Modern Western astrology is generally Geocentric ("Earth-centred", from the viewpoint of the Earth). Planetary positions appear different from the ...