Zodiac

Zodiac

The Zodiac is the ring of constellations that lines the ecliptic, which is the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.

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square

Astrology; Zodiac

A square is formed when two planets are 90° apart in the zodiac—three signs apart, plus or minus 5-6°.

A stellium is a combination of three or more planets placed within a narrow range of the zodiac, within the same sign and/or house. This makes the planets involved act in concert with one another, ...

transits

Astrology; Zodiac

This refers to the current positions of the planets in the solar system and what aspects they form with the planets in your natal chart.

ayanamsa

Astrology; Zodiac

The difference between the starting points of the Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs, due to the precession of the equinoxes.

barren signs

Astrology; Zodiac

Gemini, Leo and Virgo. Aries is also considered rather barren. If on fifth or eleventh house cusps they tend to reduce the number of offspring. Good for tilling, bad for planting.

beholding signs

Astrology; Zodiac

Signs which have the same declination, or are at equal distances from the tropics, ie, Aries/Virgo; Taurus/Leo; Gemini/Cancer; Libra/Pisces; Scorpio/Aquarius; Sagittarius/Capricorn.