ASTROLOGY DICTIONARY LINA MARCELA LEÓN RIAÑO INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGLISH G-47 Air signs /ɛə/ /saɪns/ • n.(Libra, Aquarius, Gemini), of reflexive and judicious nature. Apex /ˈeɪpɛks/ • n. It is named an Apex to the beginning of the Houses, it means the degree in which it has beginning. Ascendancy /əˈsɛndənsɪ/ • n. It is the sign of the zodiac that corresponds with the point more in the eastern part (that ascends by the sky) of the celestial vault for a certain moment and place. Aspects /ˈæspɛkts/ • n. They are the relative positions between two planets measured in degrees, the principal ones are: – The Conjunction 0 º +/-6 º – The Sextil 60 º +/-5 º – The Squaring 90 º +/-5 º – The Trigon 120 º +/-5 º – The Opposition 180 º +/-6 º Cardinal Signs /ˈkɑːdɪnəl/ /saɪns/ • n. ( Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn), whose qualities are the dynamics and the action. Descendant /dɪˈsɛndənt/ • n. It indicates the sign that occupies the most western place of the sky, is the opposite point to the ascending one. The seventh house. Domicilie /ˈdäməsəl/ • vtr. It is said that a planet is in his Domicile, when it is in the Sign that it applies, example: Mars is in his domicile in Aries or in Scorpio. In this case it gives all its energy or nature, since because it is comfortable in its sign, it's like a person who was born and lives in the same neighborhood. Earth signs /ɜːθ/ /saɪns/ • n. ( Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo), of practical nature, interested and realistic. Eclipse /ɪˈklɪps/ • n. It is named an Eclipse, to the intersection of the planet orbit or luminary, by another planet or luminary. Ecliptic /ɪˈklɪptɪk/ • adj. It is the plane on which the planets move in their revolution about the Sun and seemingly, the Sun and other planets about the Earth. In in there are located the Signs of the Zodiac (it means the space of every constellation) And on the same plane is situated the orbit of the planets. Elements /ˈɛlɪmənts/ • n. They are Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Every zodiacal sign has an element associate According to the criterion of classification used the elements or "triplicities" are taken into account. Exaltation /ˌɛɡzɔːlˈteɪʃən/ • n. A planet is situated in exaltation, when in the sign in which it is, allows it to develop or to demonstrate, to give the maximum of his energy. Exile /ˈɛɡzaɪl/ • n. A planet is situated in exaltation, when in the sign in which it is, allows it to develop or to demonstrate, to give the maximum of its energy. Fall /fɔːl/ • n. A planet is situated in fall, when it is in the sign opposite to that of the exaltation. Its nature meets obstructed, debilitated, united, prevented of giving or offering the own elements. Fire signs /faɪə/ /saɪns/ • ( Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), of enthusiast and fiery nature. Hemisphere /ˈhɛmɪˌsfɪə/ • n. It parts from the Natal Letter in which it divides to be able to realize studies of full or general characteristics. • Hemisphere North Is the fact that the Houses occupy 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12. • Hemisphere South Is the fact that the Houses occupy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6. • Oriental hemisphere Is the fact that the Houses occupy 1, 2, 3, 10, 11,12. • Western hemisphere Is the fact that the Houses occupy 4, 5,6, 7, 8,9. Houses /haʊsɛs/ • n. They receive this name twelve sectors in which the zodiac is divided for a certain moment and place of birth. They are ordained in the opposite direction to the needles of the clock from the first one that has its apex in the ascending one. Luminar • n. It is named Luminary to the Sun, and to the Moon. It means the one which provides us the light and the one which reflects it. Midheaven /ˈmidˌhevən/ • n. Place that occupies the Sun to the midday. Point where the meridian of a place finds the ecliptic when the Sun is in the highest point on the horizon. • It is also named as Medium Coeli Mutable signs /ˈmjuːtəbəl/ /saɪns/ • n.( Sagittarius, Virgo, Gemini and Pisces); their quality would consist on the reflection and adjustment. Polarities /pəʊˈlærɪtɪɛs/ • n. General principles of the signs, or what is equal to group them adequately in a kind (Masculine - Feminine ó Positive Negative). If it is use for its classification the criterion called by the astrologers of " value or sex ", there will be positive signs (dynamic, active) and negative signs (indolent, passive). • All the signs of Fire and Air are positive, those of Earth and Water are negative. Qualities /ˈkwɒlɪtɪɛs/ • n. General bases of interpretation of the Signs grouped according to their way of being. • They can be Cardinal, Fixed or Mutable. Revolution /ˌrɛvəˈluːʃən/ • n. Movement of a planet to cross its complete orbit on the zodiacal belt, returning to the same degree and sign in which it initiated. Signs /saɪns/ • n. They are twelve equal divisions (of 30 º each one) of the zodiac, they place in the opposite direction to the needles of the clock from the Spring point (equinox that gives beginning to the spring) in the following order: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Sky background /skaɪ/ /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/ • n. Place where is the Sun at midnight. Point opposite to the Half Sky Also named Imum Coeli. Water signs /ˈwɔːtə/ /saɪns/ • n.(Cancer, Scorpion and Pisces), whose nature is imaginative, emotive and loaded of curiosity. Zodiac /ˈzəʊdɪˌæk/ • n. Literally belt of animals. It is the circular band about the land on which seemingly all the planets move. It includes a few degrees on both sides of the ecliptic. The signs, a number of twelve, as twelve constellations of the Zodiac, are classified from ancient in conformity with rather conventional criteria, but that contain a precise enough meaning, already express as an element, since triplicity or as cuadruplicity. From the traditional astrology till now, the signs have divided in: positives and negatives; cardinal, fixed and variable or common; also in signs of Fire, Earth, Air and Water.
