Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book.West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.BEHOLDING
Beholding signs are pairs of signs of the zodiac that have the same delineation—i.e.,
the signs that are equidistant from the tropical signs (Cancer and Capricorn.) These
pairs of signs are Aries and Libra; Taurus and Virgo; Gemini and Leo; Aquarius and
Sagittarius; and Pisces and Scorpio.BELLONA
Bellona, asteroid 28 (the 28th asteroid to be discovered, on March 1, 1854), is approx-
imately 124 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.6 years. It was
named after the Roman goddess of war, who some myths say was the wife of Mars;
other accounts maintain that she was his sister. The goddess did not have a developed
mythology of her own. The asteroid Bellona may be delineated in somewhat the same
way as Mars. Its prominence in a natal chart indicates an energetic, assertive person.
When inharmoniously aspected, Bellona may show a bellicose personality.Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization.Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names.London: Routledge, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.BENEFIC(BENEFICASPECTS; BENEFICPLANETS)
Benefic is a traditional term that, after falling into disuse among modern astrologers,
has experienced a revival with the renewed interest in classical astrology. It refers to
aspects and planets regarded as having a fortunate, harmonious influence. Benefic
aspects are angles such as trines and sextiles (often called soft aspects by current
astrologers) and planets such as Venus (the Lesser Benefic) and Jupiter (the Greater
Benefic). The antonym of benefic is malefic.BENNETT, SIDNEYKIMBALL(WYNN)
Sidney Kimball Bennett, born February 10, 1892, in Chicago, was a prominent
astrologer of the early twentieth century. Under the pseudonym Wynn, he published
Wynn’s Astrology Magazinein the thirties and forties. He began studying astrology as a
young man (about 1915) and was practicing professionally by the twenties.
In The Key Cycle,Bennett relates that a number of his clients had complained
that his prognostications, based on the techniques of progressions and directions, had
failed. He regarded these failures as being traceable to mistaken birth times. These
faulty predictions struck home, however, in May 1926 when he failed to foresee an
accident in which he was almost killed by a hit-and-run driver. At the time, BennettBeholding
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