Astro Glossary

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A L)ARY ); 0AIC ATR)L)ICAL TER(:

;romAn Astrological Guide to Self-Awareness

(oon (a!en Pub"i%ations& http)""".oonavenpu!lications.co& =44? b$ Donna Cunningham

The !rief definitions that follo" are not eant to !e coprehensive, !ut shouldHuict "ithadvanced aterial, (ou a( "ant to print these pa%es out and use the as a reinder "hen(ou coe across a ter that is not (et failiar to (ou. :hen one of the definitions containsunderlined "ords, this indicates that there are also definitions for the underlined "ords. Afterthe %lossar( are several ta!les to help in (our studies.

3or ore indepth e>planations of concepts entioned in this !oo


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Cenefic planets, !enefics) Venus and Mupiter are traditionall( la!eled !enefics !( astrolo%ers,eanin% that the( are !eni%n forces that !rin% %ood fortune our "a(, (et !oth have their illeffects "hen isused. =Also see alefics.?

$ardinal si%ns) The si%ns Aries, $ancer, Li!ra, and $apricorn. The( are sHuareor opposite

one another and thus for challen%in% aspects.

$onunction, conunct) A conunction is fored "hen t"oplanets stand "ithin ran%e of one another in the 8odiac,an("here fro 010 apart. :hen planets are conunct, theirener%ies and functions are !lended, as thou%h the( "ere one.This is a po"erful aspect, and "hen the *un is conunctanother planet, that planet is ver( iportant. The person taaple, that si%n "ould !e +eini.

$usp) The cusp of a house is the !order !et"een it and the adoinin% house, e.%. !et"een theend of the 2ndhouse and the !e%innin% of the #rd. The 8odiac si%n on the cusp of a housedescri!es, in part, ho" (ou function in that area of life. 3or e>aple, if (ou have Li!ra onthe cusp of a house, (ou "ill sho" soe Li!ra Hualities in atters related to that house. Theter cusp also refers to the dividin% line !et"een t"o 8odiac si%ns, and so to hear thatsoeone is !orn on the cusp of Aries and Taurus eans that the *un on their !irthda( "aseither in the last de%rees of Aries or the first de%rees of Taurus.

De%rees) The 8odiac is a circle divided into #;0, and an( of the ore technical facets ofthe astrolo%ical chart are !ased on these divisions. 'ach of the t"elve si%ns contains #0, andeach de%ree is further divided into inutes =N?and seconds =?. Thus (ou a( note that thereis a planet in (our chart at, sa(, 2 Aries 4.

Detrient)This is the si%n in "hich a planet4s inherent characteristics have the ost difficult(!ein% e>pressed freel(. A planet is in detrient in the si%n opposite the one it rulese.%. arsrules Aries, and so ars is in detrient in Aries4 opposite si%n, Li!ra.

'leents) Cased on a edieval s(ste, the 8odiac si%ns are divided into four eleentsfire,earth, air, and "ater. 3ire and air "or< "ell to%ether =air altation) In a traditional ethod of evaluatin% the stren%th of planets in various 8odiac


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si%ns, exaltation is the si%n "here a planet is supposedl( at its !est, includin% Venus in thesi%n Pisces, ars in the si%n $apricorn, and the oon in Taurus.

3all) In a traditional s(ste of ratin% the stren%ths of the planets, a planet is in its fall in the si%n"here it is supposedl( at its "eaalted.

*ince Venus is e>alted in Pisces, it is in its fall in Vir%o.3i>ed si%ns)The si%ns Taurus, Leo, *corpio, and AHuarius are i!le and resist chan%e, !ut "ithout soe fi>it(, "e "ould !e forever shiftin%.

+rand $ross) A rectan%ular foration consistin% of at least four planets in hard aspect to oneanotherit involves !oth sHuares and oppositions !et"een planets in the sae si%n t(pe)cardinal, fi>ed, or uta!le. It is considered e>treel( difficult, especiall( "hen the outerplanetsare part of the picture.

+rand Trine) A +rand Trine is an eHuilateral trian%le in the astrolo%ical chart ade up ofthree planets a!out 120 fro each other. It reHuires planets fro all three of the si%ns in aparticular eleent. 3or instance, a +rand Trine in air "ould include at least one planet in+eini, one in Li!ra, and one in AHuarius. The +rand Trine is supposed to !e an e>treel(fortunate co!ination.

+l(ph) A shorthand s(!ol that astrolo%ers use to represent a planet, si%n, oraspect. An e>aple is the %l(ph for ars, sho"n here.

/ard aspect) :hen t"o planets are co!ined !( an%ular relationships that areconsidered difficult, the( are said to !e in hard aspectto one another, eanin% their ener%iesare not in haron(. 5suall( these difficulties are created !( tension !et"een the t"o 8odiac

si%ns and housesinvolved in the aspect. /ard aspects include the sHuare, Huincun>, andopposition. The conunction a( or a( not !e a hard aspect, dependin% on the planetsinvolved.

/ouse, /ouses) The astrolo%ical chart is a circle divided into t"elve pieshaped "ed%es calledhouses. 'ach house represents a nu!er of related areas of life =e.%. the 6thhouse representsarria%e, !usiness partnerships, and other coitted relationships.?

/ouse cusp) The cusp of a house is the !order !et"een it and the adoinin%house, e.%. !et"een the end of the 2ndhouse and the !e%innin% of the #rd. The8odiac si%n on the cusp of a house descri!es, in part, ho" (ou function in that

area of life.

/ouse Position) The house of the chart "here a %iven planet is placed e.%. ifMupiter4s %l(ph is found in the 2ndhouse, then that is its house position.

/ouse -uler) The ruler of a house is the planet that rules the si%n on the cusp=!e%innin% ed%e? of that house. If Beptune ruled the 10thhouse, this "ould eanthat the si%n Pisces, "hich Beptune rules, "ould !e on the 10thhouse cusp, also


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aple, fro 200#2010, Beptunethe ruler of Piscesis in AHuarius, "hich is ruled !(5ranus, at the sae tie that 5ranus is in Pisces.


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Beptunians) This %roup includes those "ith Pisces or the 12thhouse stron%l( ephasi8ed intheir !irth charts !ecause the *un, oon, or several planets falls in either Pisces or the 12 thhouse. Also included are people "ith Beptune aspectin% the *un, oon, Ascendant,idheaven or several planets.

Opposition)=1&0 or si> si%ns apart, plus or inus &.? Thiscan !e an aspect of conflict, since t"o ver( opposite sets ofneeds and desires are involved, lieduta!le division of si%ns.


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-etro%rade) occurs at various ties of the (ear in the or!its all of the planets in the solars(stee>cludin% the sun and oon. In these periods, "hich can last several onths for theslo"erovin% outer planets, the planet appears to !e ovin% !ac


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conflict. *Huares are the ener%i8in% forces "ithin a personthe needs that drive the on. Theneeds and desires of the t"o planets clash, and the individual ust "or< to reconcile the.

*telliu) A stelliu is a co!ination of three or ore planets placed "ithin a narro" ran%e ofthe 8odiac, "ithin the sae si%n andor house. This atile=;0? one another plus a planet that fors Huincun>es=10aspects? to !oth of the. The planet forin% the Huincun>es is

considered e>treel( difficult to inte%rate and (et !ecoes a aor d(naic in the person4s life.


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C/EAT /EET ); ATR)L)ICAL APECT< =443 b$ Donna Cunningham

Con@un%tion: A conunction is fored "hen t"o planets stand close to%ether in the 8odiac, sa( "ithin a ran%e of0& de%rees. In ost cases planets in conunction are also in the sae house and si%n, and so the( operate in a siilaranner =sae si%n? and are focused on the sae area of life =sae house?. The( are !lended to%ether in a "a( that

atile, then, can copleent or enhance each other in soe "a(s, each one fillin% in soethin% the otherlac

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