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Pantheism. Deity in nature. A belief that the forces and laws that are manifest in the
universe, are God. The Greeks worshipped the faultlessly contoured human body. Modern
pantheism more or less deifies electricity as the universal agent that accelerates humanity's
progress. Astrology sees God as He who placed the Sun, Moon and planets in the firmament
"as signs, and seasons." Gen. 1:14

Pantheon. The five great gods of the Pantheon, and the planets with which they were
identified, were: Marduk, Jupiter; Ishtar, Venus; Ninib, Saturn; Nebo, Mercury; and Nergal,
Mars.

Parallel. v. Aspect.

Pars fortunae; Part of Fortune. v. Fortuna.

Partile. An exact aspect (q.v.).

Passive. The Sun and Moon are termed passive, in that they take their coloring from the signs
in which they are posited, or the planets with which they are in strongest aspect. Passive
Qualities: Moisture and dryness.

Pavanna. God of the mental plane represented by the Air Signs.

Penumbral Eclipse. Said of eclipses of the Moon, when the Moon approaches closely
enough to the Earth's shadow to cause an appreciable diminution of light though it does not
directly touch it. These are often termed appulses. They are not generally classed as eclipses,
though from their close resemblance to eclipse conditions they often produce effects similar
to those attending an actual eclipse. In fact to an observer on the Moon, the Sun would be