The Astrology Book

Sun (thus forming an opposition aspect of 180°) or formed a 90° angle (a square aspect) with the Sun, there would be a disturban ...

Over thousands of years, a dualistic philosophy developed that saw deity as transcendent and inherently superior to nature, whic ...

ham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. A little over halfway through the 20th century, in part spurred by the women’s movement, ...

lights in the sky, as well, astrology, seen as the worship of those lights became con- demned as idolatry. Developments of scien ...

sciousness, they recognize that the experience of ritual can give a whole new spiritual dimension to their work, enriching their ...

Leverrier independently began researching the same theory—the possibility of another planet influencing Uranus’s orbit—approxima ...

mand of the sky, Hades the underworld, and Poseidon rulership of the sea. Poseidon built a grand palace under the sea, yet spent ...

ing towards others and display a great love of animals and all helpless creatures. Often individuals with a strong Neptune care ...

NERTHUS Nerthus, asteroid 601 (the 601st asteroid to be discovered, on June 2, 1906), is approximately 43 kilometers in diameter ...

than usual. Relations with relatives also tend to improve. Capricorn is the solar second house for all Sagittarians. The second ...

by asserting, “I have studied the subject, Mr. Halley, and you have not.” In any event, Newton never recanted his belief in astr ...

line show their influence more in the public sphere whereas planets below the horizon are more private, but this distinction cle ...

NORTHERNSIGNS The northern signs are the zodiacal signs from Aries to Virgo. NOSTRADAMUS Nostradamus (Latin name of Michel de No ...

ras (c. 580–500 B.C.E.), the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. The gender of the signs originated with the Pythagorea ...

OCCULTATION An occultation (from the Latin occultus,meaning “to hide”) is an eclipse of a star or planet by another heavenly bod ...

Occultcomes from a root word meaning “hidden,” and it was originally inter- preted as denoting a body of esoteric beliefs and pr ...

cine and psychology along with occultism. He later studied Oriental languages, including Coptic, Assyrian, Sanskrit, and Chinese ...

bodies, such as the Sun and the Moon, are thought to have larger orbs of influence than the smaller and more distant celestial b ...

OSIRIS Osiris, asteroid 1,923 (the 1,923th asteroid to be discovered, on September 24, 1960), is approximately 7.6 kilometers in ...

associates this asteroid with androgyny. Jacob Schwartz adds that Osiris is associated with death and resurrection. Sources: Kow ...