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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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 equal power, and ...

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 Jupiter, the ruler of ...

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 system). The points where ...