Astrology Glossary

Ascendant:

This sign was rising on the eastern skyline during childbirth and sets up the main house in the birth graph .

Aspect:

A geometrical connection between planets in an astrology diagram.

Birth Chart:

A graph of the divine bodies, as they showed up at a particular time.

Cardinal:

Activity, initiative, administration. Includes: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn.

Cusp:

The point at which a sign or house begins.

Relative:

The angle that restricts the Ascendant. Begins the seventh house.

Nobility:

A planet that lives in the sign is rules, giving it more quality.

Earth:

The component related with common sense, conservatism, realism.

Elements:

Earth, Air, Fire, Water. All signs are delegated one of these.

Fire:

The component related with vitality, energy, warmth, lack of caution.

Houses:

Territories of movement.

Midheaven:

The angle at the highest point of the diagram tenth cusp that speaks to people in general face.

Midpoints:

The correct point between two planets or house cusps.

Mutable:

Versatile, scattering of vitality. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces.

Nodes:

Karmic indicators of the Moon.

Orb:

The measure of degrees in which a viewpoint is as yet powerful.

Advanced Chart:

Multi day for multi year formula is connected to perceive how a natal graph develops.

Retrograde:

The apparent in reverse movement of a planet as observed by the Earth.

Ruler:

The planet that has dominion over a certain sign.

Sun powered Return Chart:

A horoscope cast for the correct minute the Sun comes back to its original spot in the natal outline.

Stellium:

A grouping of planets together as found in the birth outline. .

Succedent Houses:

Houses 2,5,8,11 that don’t contact angles. .

Transit:

The entry of a planet to a touchy point in the horoscope. .

Water:

The component related with feeling, otherworldliness.