Eight Books on Astrology

ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

Androdas, the 63rd year Known as the "Grand Climacteric," a year traditionally thought to be a major turning point in life, so named because, by a hidden reasoning, it always affects a person with various risks and dangers.

Climacteric and Enneatic years, years occurring in cycles of seven and nine, which always portend heavy misfortunes for mankind.

Full parts in a chart are those in which decans Thirty-degree signs are divided into three "decans" of ten degrees each, each ruled by a different planet have been found.

Empty parts, to which the number of decans never reaches.

Northern signs are those that move from the beginning of Aries until the end of Virgo.

Southern signs are those which turn from the beginning of Libra until the end of Pisces.

Direct ascensions are the signs called from the beginning of Cancer until the end of Sagittarius.

Tortuous ascensions are said to rise from the beginning of Capricorn until the end of Gemini These terms refer to the speed and angle at which signs rise over the horizon; "tortuous" or "oblique" signs take less time to rise.

Concordant signs are Aries and Pisces; Taurus and Aquarius; Gemini and Capricorn; Cancer and Sagittarius; Leo and Scorpio; Virgo and Libra.

The greatest half of the circle is the name for the area from the beginning of Leo until the end of Capricorn.

The Sun's half is the same as the "greatest half," because the Sun has its beginning or dominion in this entire half, just as the planets have in their own terms.

The least half, which is from the beginning of Aquarius until the end of Cancer, is called the Moon's half, because the Moon similarly has its beginning in this entire half, just as the Sun does in the greatest.

The hot half is from the beginning of Aries until the end of Virgo.

Faces, the appearances original: "decutiæ" of the signs.

Fixed stars are so called because their motion is scarcely perceived even after a hundred years, which is seen as the longest span of a human life.

The Pleiades original Greek: πλειάδες, called Vergiliæ in Latin, are so named because they rise at the end of spring when summer begins.

The Babylonians call them Atatage.

The Hyades were called "The Little Pigs" original: "Suculæ" by the ancients; some place them in the mouth, others in the forehead of Taurus.

The Torch-bearer original Greek: λαμπάδιας (lampadias) is the brightest among the Hyades and their leader. In the Chaldean language, it is called Aldebaran.

Anhelar, the star of Apollo, a star shining in the head of Gemini Likely the star Castor.

Abrachaleus, called in Greek the star of Hercules original: ἡρακλέους ἄστρον (herakleous astron) in the very back of the head of Gemini Likely the star Pollux.

The Azabenæ are stars located at the Claws The "Claws" of the Scorpion, which now form the sign of Libra possessing the qualities of Saturn and Mercury.

The Claws original: "Chelæ" are what the Latins call "horns," such as are commonly imagined on Cancer and Scorpio.

The Cloudy Cluster original Greek: Νεφελώδης συστροφή (Nephelōdēs systrophē), that is, a misty globe. The Nebula which is in the breast of Cancer, otherwise known as The Manger original: Præsepe, and in Chaldean as Meellephi.

The Little King original Greek: Βασιλίσκος (Basiliskos) is the bright star at the heart of Leo Known today as Regulus.

The Asses are the stars situated at the Manger itself.

The Vinedresser, in Greek the Fore-harvest star original: προτρυγήτης (protrygētēs), in Chaldean Almucediem Alaraph, is the bright star at the Northern wing of Virgo Known today as Vindemiatrix.

The Ear of Grain original Greek: στάχυς (stachys), or Spica, in Chaldean Abzumon Alazel, located in Virgo.

Antares original Greek: ἀντάρης, the heart of the Scorpion, a well-known and bright star among those three distinct stars in the back of Scorpio.

The Southern One original Greek: νότιος (notios), that little fish which is to the south, called Borealis Northern in Latin.

The Link original Greek: σύνδεσμος (syndesmos), the series of stars between Pisces and Aries, which the Latins call the "Celestial Knot."

Arcturus is well known.

The Serpent-bearer original Greek: ὀφιουχὸς (Ophiouchos), or Serpentarius.

Aphetic places original Greek: ἀφετικά (aphetika), the "releasing" places, or Hyleg as the Chaldeans call them, otherwise known as Climacteric locations Points in a chart used to determine the length of life.

Climacteric years, or years of progression, are so named because from the ascensions of the planets, according to the straight or oblique circle of the Climate The latitude/region of the observer, the time is known when a planet will reach that place.

The Significator of Sovereignty is the planet that holds more and more powerful prerogatives in the Midheaven.

The Ruler, or host of the interlunium, is the lord of the place in which the conjunction of the Sun and Moon occurred.

Interlunium, that is, the New Moon, in Greek called the Conjunction original: σύνοδος (synodos).

The Overlord planet original Greek: ἐπικρατήτωρ (epikratētōr), that is, the dominator, who holds dominion over the others.

The Master of the House planet original Greek: οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotēs), that is, the head-of-the-household planet, the same as the Lord of the Geniture The planet ruling the birth chart, also called the Lord of Birth original Greek: κύριος γενέσεως (kyrios geneseōs).