Astrological charts use several different kinds of statement: a calculated position, a geometrical relationship, and a traditional symbolic interpretation. Browse terms to see what a chart measures and where symbolic interpretation begins.
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Angular, Succedent, and Cadent Houses
Angular houses are 1, 4, 7, and 10; succedent houses are 2, 5, 8, and 11; cadent houses are 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Antiscia and Contra-Antiscia
For tropical longitude L, the antiscion is (180° − L) modulo 360°; the contra-antiscion is 180° opposite that mirror point.
Applying and Separating Aspects
An applying aspect is moving toward its exact angle; a separating aspect is moving away after exactness.
Aspects
Angles and orbs between chart points
B
Birth Moon phase
The Sun–Moon phase at birth
C
Cazimi, Combustion, and the Sun
Combustion denotes closeness to the Sun; cazimi is an exceptionally tight conjunction treated differently in some traditions.
Chart Ruler and Ascendant Ruler
Your chart ruler is the planet assigned to your rising sign. Scorpio, Aquarius, and Pisces have different traditional and modern rulers, so choose a convention before reading the planet in your chart.
D
Declination aspects
Parallels and contra-parallels
Dispositor and Dispositor Chain
The ruler of the sign occupied by a planet is that planet’s dispositor under the selected rulership convention.
E
Ephemeris
Dated positions and tables
Essential Dignities and Debilities
Domicile, exaltation, triplicity, bounds, and face are distinct traditional dignity schemes; detriment and fall are related debility labels.
F
Fixed stars
Named stars and ecliptic positions
H
Harmonic charts
Harmonic transformations
Houses
Methods and birth-time limits
L
Lots of Fortune and Spirit
Day and night formulas
M
Midheaven and IC
Upper and lower meridian points
Moon sign calendar
Monthly sign ingress tables
Mutual Reception
A simple domicile mutual reception occurs when planet A occupies a sign ruled by B and planet B occupies a sign ruled by A.
P
Personal eclipse contacts
Eclipse-to-natal lookup
Planetary hours
Unequal daytime and nighttime hours
Planetary transits
Transit contact interpretations
R
Retrograde motion
Apparent reversals and stations
Rising sign
The Ascendant and birth-time precision
S
Sect: Day and Night Charts
The Sun above the horizon gives a day chart; below the horizon gives a night chart under the basic sect rule.
Stellium in a Birth Chart
A stellium is a concentration of planets, but there is no single counting rule. Three or more in one sign or house is a broad usage; some readers require a close conjunction or at least four bodies.
Synastry aspects
Cross-chart aspect guides
V
Void-of-course Moon
A stated modern Moon rule
Z
Zodiac signs
Twelve tropical sign references
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