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.

Industry: Astrology

Add a new term

Contributors in General astrology

Become a Contributors

General astrology

cazimi

Astrology; General astrology

A planet within 17 minutes of arc of the Sun's ecliptic position, the "heart of the Sun", is strongly fortified by Cazimi, an Arabic term. The traditional beneficence of this point is disputed by ...

celestial

Astrology; General astrology

A heavenly body, such as a planet. Celestials are often considered to be beings rather than objects. This not merely naive, but recognising that the physical body exists in the material world of ...

Having located a body horizontally in Celestial Longitude along the ecliptic, we still need to describe its position vertically in order to pinpoint its precise location. In the Ecliptic System, this ...

celestial longitude

Astrology; General astrology

The position of a heavenly body is measured in the Ecliptic System using Celestial Longitude and Celestial Latitude. Celestial Longitude is measured horizontally starting at 0° of Aries. Position is ...

celestial poles

Astrology; General astrology

The Earth's orbit around the Sun takes approx. 365.25 days, and a 'day' is, of course, defined as the Earth spinning once on its axis. The Earth's axis of rotation, tilted at 23.5 degrees to the line ...

celestial spheres

Astrology; General astrology

In Plato's Geocentric Model of the Universe, the stars and planets were embedded in a concentric series of rotating, ætheric, crystalline spheres. The ineffable sound made by their movement was known ...

ceres

Astrology; General astrology

The Great Mother, mythological daughter of Saturn and Ops and sister of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno and Vesta. An asteroid seen by modern astrologers as significant, now arousing considerable ...