semisextile

The semisextile, or twelfth part of a circle , is a distance of thirty degrees in the zodiac […]

1825, Society of the Mercurii (LONDON), The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; Or, The Master Key of Futurity, and Guide to Ancient Mysteries, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy. ... By the Members of the Mercurii; Raphael, the Metropolitan Astrologer; the Editor of the Prophetic Almanack; and Other Sideral Artists. ... The Seventh Edition, Supervised ... by Merlinus Anglius, Junior, Gent. [i.e. R. C. Smith]., page 265

(astrology) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.


semiquintile

(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.


trioctile

The Twentieth day about Four a Clock the Moon entered the 25 degree, 19 minutes of ꝳ and came to a Trioctile with the Radical Place of the Moon in the third Indicative, (Jupiter benignly Irradiating the Moon by a Trine about the same time,) denounced a propitious Crisis to ensue.

1683, George Wharton, The Works of that Late Most Excellent Philosopher and Astronomer, Sir George Wharton, page 123:

They were trioctile in the natal chart, showing conflict between those parts of the nature, some variation on the conflict between fire ( self-will and self-confidence) and earth reality limits whether in the form of natural law, authority figures, or our own experience.

1985, Zipporah Pottenger Dobyns, William Wrobel, Seven Paths to Understanding, page 316:

Thereefore, both points must be tested, first that these four are feebler than the quintile and biquintile, and second that the decile and tridecile are stronger than the octile and trioctile, by a very little.

1997, Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, Alistair Matheson Duncan, The Harmony of the World, page 345:

Important life periods are quadrature and opposition of Uranus, opposition and conjunction of Saturn, opposition and conjunction of Jupiter, sextile, quadrature, trine or trioctile and opposition of Neptune, sextile, quadrature or trine of Pluto.

2010, Ján Kaleta, Introduction to Aquarian Astrology, page 226:

(astrology) An aspect of two planets with regard to the Earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle (135 degrees), distant from each other.


triplicity

en-noun

triplicity (countable and uncountable, plural triplicities)

From triplic(ate) + -ity, from Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplicis (“threefold”). Compare French triplicité. See triplicate.

he very promptly and speedily formed and fashioned a complete fabric of the houses of heaven in all their parts, whereof when he had considered the situation and the aspects in their triplicities, he fetched a deep sigh, and said: I have clearly enough already discovered unto you the fate of your cuckoldry, which is unavoidable, you cannot escape it.

1693, Thomas Urquhart (translator), The Third Book (originally by François Rabelais) Chapter 25

(astrology) The division of the twelve signs according to the four elements.


apotelesmatic

en-adj

apotelesmatic (comparative more apotelesmatic, superlative most apotelesmatic)

more apotelesmatic (comparative)
most apotelesmatic (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποτελεσματικός (apotelesmatikós), from ἀποτέλεσμα (apotélesma, “effect of the stars on human destiny”). Morphologically, from apotelesm + -atic.

lbor

ἀποτελεσματικός

It will easily be supposed that when this apotelesmatic or judicial astrology obtained firm possession of men's minds, it would be pursued into innumerable subtle distinctions and extravagant conceits

1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:

(obsolete, astrology) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.


disposit

en-verb

disposit (third-person singular simple present disposits, present participle dispositing, simple past and past participle disposited)

disposits (present singular third-person)
dispositing (participle present)
disposited (participle past)
disposited (past)

From Latin dispositus, past participle of dispōnō.

Venus then indirectly disposits all planets in Leo because these planets are disposited by the Sun, ruler of Leo, and Venus disposits the Sun.

1983, Rose Lineman, Jan Popelka, Compendium of Astrology:

(astrology, transitive) To be located in the house of the sign ruled by the planet. For example, when a planet is in the house Gemini, it disposits Mercury because Mercury is the ruling sign of Gemini.


domification

Borrowed from Middle French domification; equivalent to domify + -ification.

bor+

Physike is received as Geometry: and jugling tricks, enchantments, bonds, the commerce of deceased spirits, prognostications, domifications, yea even this ridiculous wit and wealth-consuming pursuite of the Philosophers stone, all is emploied and uttered without contradiction.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

The introduction of alternative methods of domification was already exploited in Pico's Disputationes, which questioned both the natural philosophical basis of astrological houses and the contradictions on this matter in the astrological canon.

2003, Steven Vanden Broecke, The Limits of Influence, page 238:

The argument put forth by Copernicus that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the center of the heavens renewed concerns about domification.

2010, Katherine Crawford, The Sexual Culture of the French Renaissance, Cambridge, page 99:

(astrology) The division of the heavens into twelve astrological houses; or a particular system for such division.


domify

en-verb

domify (third-person singular simple present domifies, present participle domifying, simple past and past participle domified)

domifies (present singular third-person)
domifying (participle present)
domified (participle past)
domified (past)

There are various ways of domifying. That of Regiomontanus, which is the most common, makes the circles of position pass through the intersections of the meridian and the horizon; but others make them pass through the poles of the zodiac.

1842, Encyclopædia Britannica, volume VIII, page 101:

(astrology, obsolete) To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.


synastry

en-noun

synastry (usually uncountable, plural synastries)

From Ancient Greek συναστρία (sunastría, “conjunction of the stars”).

der

(astrology) concurrence of the position or influence of stars


apotelesm

And finally, the Elementes, and all thinges of the Elementes composed, do geue Testimonie (as Aristotle sayd) that theyr Whole Dispositions, vertues, and naturall motions, depend of the Actiuitie of the heauenly motions and Influences […] What shall be the heauenly Impression, the perfect and circumspecte Astrologien hath to Conclude. Not onely (by Apotelesmes) τὸ ὁτὶ. but by Naturall and Mathematicall demonstration τὸ διότι.

1570, John Dee, The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara:

Had Alvarez the Spanyard endeavoured among us, to cure men with Apotelesmes or Figures, agreeable to the aspect of Heaven at our Birth, wee had laughed at him for an Almanack-maker.

1666, David Lloyd, “An Account of Mr. Valentine Greatrates, and his Performances”, in Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates gift of healing examined upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, page 29:

Duke William had a Mare that was with Fole of a Mule, and being near the time of her foling, he desired Fra. Paolo to bestow a Nights study with Astronomical Instruments, that the Horoscope, and natale Minute of the Beast might be known, with the situation of the Heavens, and the posture of the Stars at that time: which being done and reduced into the form of a Figure or Apotelesm, the Prince called Copies to be sent abroad[…]

1676, Pietro Soave Polano, “The Life of Father Paul the Venetian”, in Nathanael Brent, transl., The History of the Council of Trent, page xi:

“[…]I have just been drawing your apotelesm; your future lies open to me. But mind, look attentively at it.” The twins fixed their eyes on the star; presently it seemed to split asunder and form two complete stars[…]

1876, Adrien de Valvedre, At Dusk, page 206:

(astrology, obsolete) The calculation and explanation of a horoscope.


sidereal astrology

(astrology) A form of astrology that measures the position of the sun relative to the stars. This compensates for the precession of Earth's axis, which causes the zodiac signs to move around the sky relative to the vernal equinox.


tropical astrology

(astrology) A form of astrology that measures the position of the celestial bodies relative to the vernal equinox. This does not compensate for the precession of Earth's axis, so that the zodiac signs move around the sky relative to the stars by about one sign every 2150 years.


semiquadrate

(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.


partile

(astrology, of planets) joined in aspect by a perfect measure, with no variance


earthly branch

en-noun

earthly branch (plural earthly branches)

branca terrestre

set of twelve terms in East Asian cultures

One of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent

(astrology) The twelve animals representing the Chinese zodiac, (particularly) as a birthyear.


heavenly stem

One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent

(historical or astrology) A day of the traditional ten-day week.


navamsa

(astrology) In Vedic astrology, a ninth part or division of a zodiac sign.


septile

(astrology) An angle of roughly 51.5° (1/7 of the 360° ecliptic).


hyleg

From medieval Latin, from Arabic هيلاج (haylāj), from Middle-Persian ŠḆKWN-k' (hilag, “releaser”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀφέτης (aphétēs).

(astrology) In Hellenistic astrology, the planet with the greatest essential dignity in five important natal chart positions: the degree of the Sun; the degree of the Moon; the Ascendant; the Lot of Fortune; and the prenatal syzygy (that is, New Moon or Full Moon, whichever most closely preceded the birth).


Age of Aquarius

In 1904 we entered the Age of Aquarius, which will last another 2,000 years and will be an age of joy, of science and accomplishment, focused on the life of Christ.

1954 April 5, Robert Wallace, “Stargazer for Stars: Astrologer Richter does Hollywood's forecasts”, in Life, volume 36, number 14, retrieved 2013-10-24, page 155:

The unprecedented close grouping of seven planets in the sign of Aquarius at the time of the new moon of February 1962; an astronomical formation considered by some astrologers to mark the beginning of earth's entry into the Age of Aquarius.

1963, Natalie N. Banks, The Golden Thread: The Continuity of Esoteric Teaching (1999 reprint), p. 39 (Google preview)

(astrology) A historical period corresponding to the astrological sign of Aquarius, concerning the timing of which (past, present, or future) there is a wide range of views.


water carrier

water carriers (plural)
water-carrier (alternative)

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(astrology) Aquarius, or a symbol for it.


lunar mansion

(astronomy, astrology) a segment of the ecliptic (often called a station or house) through which the moon moves in its orbit around the earth, often used by ancient cultures as part of their calendar system.

اختر

a segment of the eliptic through which the moon moves


Taurine

Although it would seem that later Hindu Zodiacs began with the Ram also, established perhaps through Greek influence, yet early astromers testify to an ancient order in which Aquarius, on the banks of the Ganges, as in China, marked the Winter Solstice, an arrangement which as we have seen in our study of the "Yellow Way", would correspond to the Taurine Era of the Vernal Equinox.

1913, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, Popular Astronomy, volume 21, page 158:

Just as the world recently moved from a "Taurine Age" to a "Piscean Age," we are now in that hazy astrological area where the "Piscean Age" is ending and an "Aquarian Age" is beginning.

1990, Joyce Wilson, Canadian Book Review Annual, page 94:

Even within the code of such worship, the choice of a calf, redolent of the former zodiacal Taurine age, is an offensive and retardataire sign in the age of Ares and suggests spiritual and social reaction and cowardice.

1996, Trustees of Boston College, Religion and the Arts: A Journal from Boston College, volume 1, page 68:

(astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiacal sign Taurus.


The Fish

(astronomy, astrology) Synonym of Pisces.


ayanamsa

ayanamsas (plural)
ayanamsha (alternative)

(Vedic astrology) The amount of precession.


hexadecile

From hexa- + decile or hexadeca- + -ile.

But becauſe ſome Aſpects are more Effectual than others, therefore they are (reſpectu graduum, Scientiæ and Congruentiæ, necnon Efficacitatus) thus to be Diſposed: viz. ☌. ☍. ◻. △. ⚹. SS. Q. Bq. Vc. Dec. Td. Sq. SSq. whereunto are added (as in the laſt and loweſt degree of Dignity and Efficacy) the Quindecile, Hexadecile, Vigintile, and the Icoſiteſſeragonall, (or figure of 24 ſides), which are only considered in Venus and Mercury with the Sun.

1683, George Wharton, “Of the Planetary Aspects, both Old and New, their Characters, and Æquations”, in John Gadbury, editor, The Works of that Late Most Excellent Philosopher and Astronomer, Sir George Wharton, Bar[onet]. Collected into One Entire Volume, London: Printed by H. H. for John Leigh, at Stationers Hall, →OCLC, page 92:

(astrology, obsolete) The aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 22.5° (that is, 360° divided by 16) as they appear to an observer on earth.


hexadecile

(astrology, obsolete) Of or denoting a hexadecile aspect.


Cap

Caps are also naturally inclined towards stability and security—they're totally different from noncommittal Sagittarius men. If you're looking for someone who's ready to commit rather than stay in a situationship, odds are that he might be a Capricorn.

2022 December 8, Jake Register, “Everything You Need to Know About Dating a Capricorn Man”, in Cosmopolitan:

(astrology, informal) Clipping of Capricorn.


time twin

(astrology) Either of two people born at the same time on the same day and thus supposed to have similar traits or life events.


Chironic

en-adj

Chironic (comparative more Chironic, superlative most Chironic)

more Chironic (comparative)
most Chironic (superlative)

(astrology) Pertaining to Chiron, an asteroid-comet Centaur


muhurtam

muhurtams (plural)
muhurtham (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam).

(India, Hinduism, astrology) An auspicious day on which an important event, usually a wedding, can be held.


classical planet

en-noun

classical planet (plural classical planets)

(astrology, astronomy) The seven non-fixed astronomical objects in the sky, as opposed to the fixed stars.


refranation

refranation (usually uncountable, plural refranations)

(astrology) The failure of a planetary aspect to occur.


Scorpionic

en-adj

Scorpionic (comparative more Scorpionic, superlative most Scorpionic)

more Scorpionic (comparative)
most Scorpionic (superlative)

From Latin Scorpiō (stem Scorpiōn-) + -ic.


malefic planet

(astrology) A planet thought to bring bad luck to those born within its radius.


tertiary planet

en-noun

tertiary planet (plural tertiary planets)

(astrology) An aspect in astrology, a calculated node in a reading, that is not a real planet.


antivertex

(astrology) The point exactly opposite the vertex.


maraka

(astrology) In Hindu astrology, a planet that causes death at the end of a person's lifespan.


decanate

Of decan + -ate. Attested from the 17th century.

If any planet be in his decanate, or face, he has the least possible essential dignity

1852, William Lilly, An Introduction to Astrology, page 70:

Each 30° sign is divided into three 10° sections called decanates (figure 11 and chart 5).

2007, Kris Brandt Riske, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Astrology, page 31:

(astrology) Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.


Sag

For example, a Sag girl living on a farm could pick and chop cotton better than her brothers.

1996, Thelma Balfour, Black Sun Signs: An African-American Guide to the Zodiac, page 180:

If you have a Sag cat, it's going to be hard keeping it inside all the time - or even half the time. If you've got an animal that traditionally stays in cages, don't expect to have a real happy enclosed Sagittarian critter.

1998, Diana Nilsen, Your Pet's Horoscope, page 75:

(astrology, informal) Clipping of Sagittarius.


Mars effect

(astrology) A purported statistical correlation between a person's athletic success and the position of the planet Mars relative to the horizon at the time and place of their birth.


contrantiscion

(astrology) The point opposite an antiscion, having the opposing sign and degree.


bicorporeal

(astrology) Synonym of mutable (“being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy”).


alchochoden

To his judicial astrology , And trowl the Trine , the Quartile , and the Sextile , Platic aspect , and Partile , with his Hyleg , Or Alchochoden , Cuspes , and Horoscope

1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

(obsolete, UK, dialect, astrology) The planet which bears rule in the principal places of an astrological figure when a person is born.


retrogradant

(obsolete, astronomy, astrology) retrograde


Jupiterian

en-adj

Jupiterian (comparative more Jupiterian, superlative most Jupiterian)

more Jupiterian (comparative)
most Jupiterian (superlative)

(astrology, rare) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter.


Saturn return

Saturn returns (plural)
Saturn Return (alternative)

The first year of the Saturn return is filled with the ambivalence of whether one really wants to grow up or not.

2000, Erin Sullivan, Saturn in Transit: Boundaries of Mind, Body, and Soul, page 73:

It is not unusual at all to see individuals get married, get divorced, have a child, change a career, go back to school, make a major move, or even lose a loved one during their Saturn return.

2013, Sandy Anastasi, Astrology: Art and Science, page 222:

During their Saturn Return, Taureans will have a revelation that will offset all of their pre-existing beliefs.

2021, Lisa Stardust, Saturn Return Survival Guide: Navigating This Cosmic Rite of Passage, page 38:

(astrology) A transit in which Saturn returns to the position it occupied at the moment of a person's birth, occurring for the first time from age 27 to 30 and said to be a time of change, challenge, and maturation.


dasha

en-noun

dasha (countable and uncountable, plural dashas)

(astrology) One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods, in which these planetary periods have good or bad effects depending on their placement by sign, house, combinations with other planets, and aspects.


nonagenary

From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing 90”) either directly or via Middle French nonagénaire, from Latin nōnāgēnī (“90 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāgintā (“nine tens, 90”).

As for Mars, as he is neerer to the Sunne, so feeleth he the Sunne beames by a quadrant aspect, to wit, ninetie degrees: wherupon that motion tooke the name, called the first and second Nonagenarie, from both risings.

1601, Pliny, translated by Philemon Holland, The Historie of the World, volume I, page 10:

(astronomy, astrology, obsolete) Synonym of square or quadrature, a rising at a 90 degree angle to the position of another heavenly body, particularly the sun.


Alfridary

(astrology) A system of planetary periods of apparent Persian origin, somewhat similar to the Hindu dasha system.


Platonic month

Sumerian civilization lasted for an entire Platonic month from 4000 to 2000 B.C.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 207:

(astronomy, astrology) One twelfth of a Great Year, corresponding to one of the zodiacal ages (roughly 2000 years).


Lot of Fortune

(astrology) The primary Arabic lot (or 'part') still in use. It is defined as λ_H ± (λ_☾ − λ_☉) – that is, a longitudinal distance along the horizon from the ascendant, H, that is equal to the longitudinal separation of the Sun and Moon. For some, λ_H + (λ_☾ − λ_☉) is the Lot of Fortune and λ_H − (λ_☾ − λ_☉) the Lot of Spirit; more often, λ_H + (λ_☾ − λ_☉) is the Lot of Fortune during the day and λ_H − (λ_☾ − λ_☉) the Lot of Fortune at night.


starfall

starfall (countable and uncountable, plural starfalls)

It may not be uninteresting to state that a brilliant and persistent rain of meteors, observed on the same November night both here and at Muscat, has been regarded as the certain sign and portent of ills present and to come, by Arabs in high places, who associate the troubles in the interior and along the Arabian coast with this splendid starfall.

1855, Royal Geographical Society, Proceedings and Monthly Record of Geography, London, pages 128–129:

Although there was no display of the November meteors last year [1867] in any part of Europe, yet the calculations of astronomers respecting the hour and character of the starfall accorded very closely with the results actually observed.

1872, The Student, “The November Shooting Stars”, in Richard Anthony Proctor, editor, Essays on Astronomy, page 119:

More than thirty-four thousand stars fell in one hour, and the starfall continued all night.

2005, Druzelle Cederquist, The Story of Baháʼuʼlláh, Promised One of All Religions, page 13:

(meteorology, astrology, rare) A great number of stars descending downward within outer space or the atmosphere; a meteor shower.


quesited

(astrology, divination) The object or goal that is sought in divination.


Saggie

Sagittarius. You don’t have a verbal filter (do you ever wonder why you get in so many fights?) and it’s tough to try and curb your tongue. Living with another Saggie means you’ll never have to, you can both gob off to your heart’s content and no one will cry about it.

2019 April 1, Kerry Ward, “Who your ideal housemates are, based on your star sign”, in Cosmopolitan:

One of the challenges of dating a Saggy is that they can't stand talking about feelings. As candid as they are, a Sagittarius would much rather get into a philosophical debate than tell you why they're upset, and that def seems to be the case for Symoné.

2020 July 2, Corinne Sullivan, “Raven-Symoné's Zodiac Sign Says She's A Spontaneous & Intense Partner”, in Elite Daily:


royal stars

At the earlier period the Summer solstice was in the centre of Leo, the Autumnal equinox in the centre of Scorpio, and the Winter solstice in the centre of Aquarius - corresponding roughly, Mr. Maunder points out, to the positions of the four "Royal Stars," Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut.

1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 41:

(astrology) A set of four first magnitude stars, Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut, regarded by ancient Persians as the guardians of the sky.


ruling planet

(astrology) The planet (a term which in astrology includes the Sun and Moon) which is considered to have especially strong influence over a given zodiac sign; the sign is called the planet's domicile.


anabibazon

From Ancient Greek ἀναβιβάζων (anabibázōn).

(astrology, obsolete) The ascending lunar node, where the Moon moves into the northern ecliptic hemisphere.


retroshade

Retroshade is going to increase the chances of a travel mishap, so just get ahead of the chances and protect yourself.

2017 December 19, Kaitlyn Wylde, “Mercury Retroshade Can Seriously Mess Up Holiday Plans — Here's How to Prepare”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 2020-12-06:

Retroshade is considered by astrologers (such as myself) to be the worst part of Mercury Retrograde. The pre-Retrograde starts slowing down the communicative planet and begins to make us all see situations with unclear thoughts.

2019 November 20, Lisa Stardust, “Yeah, Mercury Retrograde Is Over—but Have You Heard of *Retroshade*?”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-04:

Technically speaking, retroshade refers to a planet's "retrograde shadow period," which occurs both before and after the retrograde itself. It's when the planet slows down as it prepares to enter retrograde and speeds up as it leaves its backward motion behind. […]

[2023 January 11, Aliza Kelly, “When Mercury Retrograde Ends, Mercury Retroshade Begins”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 2023-08-09:

(astrology) A transitional period, occurring immediately before and after retrograde, during which a planet moves across the same part of the sky twice.


grand trine

grand trines (plural)
Grand Trine (alternative)

(astrology) A harmonious aspect pattern formed when three planets are each aligned 120 degrees apart.


God of War

They went up in the car to Monte Cristo, while eastward the moon's heralds, in crimson and gold, trumpeted the coming of the Queen of Love, and the God of War glared his threat of tomorrow westward[.]

1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 290: