Elongation. (a) The angular distance of an inferior, or interior, planet from the Sun, as
viewed from the Earth. The maximum elongation which Mercury attains is 28 degrees;
Venus, 46 degrees. Consequently in a birth map the only aspects Mercury can form to the Sun
are a conjunction and semi-sextile; Venus, these and a semi-square. (b) The farthest distance
of any planet from the Sun; aphelion.
Embolismic Month. Embolismic Lunation. An intercalary month employed in some ancient
calendars, whereby to preserve a seasonal relationship between the Lunar and Solar
calendars. v. Calendar.
Emerge. Emersion. To come out from a coalescence with the Sun's rays; employed chiefly in
reference to eclipses and occultations. Antonym: immersion.
Emotional Natures. Referring to the quality of sensory receptivity and reaction through the
sympathetic nervous system that characterizes those born with the Sun in Cancer, Scorpio and
Pisces - respectively, the initiative, executive and deductive types of the Emotional group. To
classify this group as Emotional, does not imply that other groups are not capable of Emotion;
but where those of the Intellectual group experience emotion chiefly through mental
processes, of the Inspirational group through a super-consciousness of the Ego, and of the
practical group through a capacity for sentiment, the Emotional group appear to be motivated
almost entirely through Emotional stimulation apparently generated in their nerve ganglia as
reflexes, and which penetrate to the very fibres of their physical being.
Enneatical. The ninth in any series. Said of a climax which occurs on the ninth day of an
illness - or every ninth day of its progress; also of the ninth day after birth; the ninth year of
life; or every ninth year throughout life. (v. Climacterical Periods.)
Epact. A word of Greek origin, applied to a number that indicates the Moon's age on the first
day of the year. As the common solar year is 365 d., and the lunar year 354 d., the difference
of 11 indicates that if a new moon falls on January 1st in any year, it will be 11 days old on
the first day of the next year, and 22 days old on the first of the third year. Hence the epacts
of those years are numbers 11 and 22. In a leap year, however, the remainder is 10, which
introduces such complexities that the chief and almost sole use of the epact is in determining
the date of Easter. A number which represents the number of days of excess of the Solar year
over 12 lunar months is the annual epact. The number which represents the number of days