Treatises on Arabic Astrology

¶ Concerning the term term (fines) A 'term' is a specific division of a zodiac sign—usually one of five—ruled by a particular planet which exerts influence over that space., it occurs when the Moon is in Virgo in the term of Venus, joined to Venus, and that Venus was the lady of the triplicity triplicity A group of three zodiac signs belonging to the same element (Fire, Earth, Air, or Water). of the Moon and the lady of her term; or if the Moon were in Gemini in the term of Saturn and were joined to Saturn, and that Saturn received her, for Saturn is the lord of the triplicity and of the term.

¶ And when the Moon or the planet is received in such a similarity, this is the opinion of Masha'allah original: "messeallah" — a prominent 8th-century Persian Jewish astrologer whose works were foundational to medieval European astrology. regarding reception reception A condition where a planet "welcomes" another because the second planet is located in a part of the zodiac where the first planet has power. by triplicity and term. ¶ And if the Moon, in this likeness, were joined to any planet, and that planet were joined to the lord of the house house (domicile) The zodiac sign that a planet naturally rules, such as Aries for Mars or Taurus for Venus. in which the Moon is located, or of her exaltation exaltation A specific sign where a planet's influence is deemed to be at its most powerful and "exalted.", the Moon shall be received. And if the Moon is void of course void of course A period when the Moon makes no further major astrological aspects before moving into the next sign; often considered a time of instability or stagnation., and after this they move into another sign, and if she is joined to the lord of the first sign or to the lord of her exaltation, the Moon may be received. And if she is joined to a planet that is not the lord of the first sign nor the lord of her exaltation, it hinders her.

But these are places in which he has made no reception nor quietude; that is to say, because the Moon or the lord of the ascendant ascendant The sign or degree rising on the eastern horizon at a specific time; the most personal point in a chart. shall be joined to a planet which has no testimony in the place of the Moon or of the lord of the ascendant—that is to say, no dignity dignity A planet's strength based on its position in the zodiac.—she does not know him nor receive him. Similarly, if the Moon or the lord of the ascendant is joined to a planet in the ascending [degree], he shall be like one who comes to her from the house of some others; she does not receive him nor love him. ¶ Therefore, the example is that the Moon be in Aries and be joined to Saturn, or in Virgo and be joined to Venus, or in Libra and be joined to the Sun.

¶ And if any significator significator The specific planet or point in a chart representing the person or question being asked about. is in the descending [degree] and is joined to a planet that has no part in the place of that significator nor of its exaltation, he will see him purely as if one were wearing an unknown garment A metaphor for a planet being in a foreign place where it lacks "dignity" or recognition..

And if the planet is joined to another planet