bicorporeal. v. Signs.
Bi-Quintile v. Aspect
Birth Moment What is generally accepted as the true moment of birth is the moment of the first
inspiration of breath after ligation of the umbilical cord. At that moment the infant ceases to
receive blood conditioned through the mother's receptivities, and in response to the law of
adaptability must grow channels of receptivity to cosmic frequencies that accord with those
present in the Earth's magnetic field, and through these receptivities it begins to condition its
own blood. This moment must be reduced to Standard Time, adjusted to Greenwich world-time
for calculating the planets' places, thence readjusted to Local Mean Time at the birth place to
determine the Ascendant and the Midheaven degrees and the House-cusps.
Birth Stones v. Sign.
Bitter Signs. A term applied by older authorities to the Fire Signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius,
which were said to be hot, fiery and bitter. v. Signs.
Blend A term employed by Maurice Weymss to indicate a relationship between zodiacal degrees
(1) when the ruler of one degree is in or in close aspect to the other degree; (2) when one degree
is closely aspecting or in the same degree as the ruler of the other degrees; or (3) when the rulers
of each degree are in close aspect to each other.
Brahmanaspati. Hindu name for the planet Jupiter. A deity in the Rig-Veda. Known in Vedic
mythology as Brihaspati, signifying the power of prayer. His wife Tara was carried away by
Soma (the Moon).
Broken Signs. v. Signs.
Brutish signs v. Signs
Buddha. (1) Gautama Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism in the 6th century B.C., was classed by
his followers as the perfect example of a divine godly man. His religion taught tolerance,