present day astrologers.
Altitude. Elevation above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle. A planet is at
meridian altitude when it is at the Midheaven, the cusp of the Tenth House.
Ambient. That which moves. A term loosely applied to the heavens. Milton speaks of the
ambient air; Pope of ambient clouds.
Ptolemy used it to describe the tenth sphere that by its compelling force moved all other spheres
with it from the East across the heavens. Since Copernicus exploded this concept, the modern
astrologer is free to apply this excellent term to the Earth's surrounding magnetic field as
varyingly charged by virtue of the cycles of the planets, the Sunspot cycle, and other cosmic
phenomena.
Anahibazon. Arabic term for Caput Draconis (q.v.).
Anareta, n., anaretic, a. (Gr., destroyer). The planet which destroys form; that which kills, if
such a term may be applied to a planet that unfavorably aspects the hyleg (q.v.).
Anaretic Point. Anaretic Place. The degree occupied by the Anareta.
Androgyne, n., androgynous, a.: Hermaphroditic; having characteristics of both sexes. Said of
the planet Mercury, which is both dry and moist.
Angels. The angels which were associated with the different planets. v. Planetary angels.
Angle. (L., a corner). Any one of the four cardinal points in a Figure, or map, of the heavens;
variously referring to the Zenith, or South Vertical; the Nadir, or North Vertical; and the East
and West horizons: the cusps of the Tenth, Fourth, First and Seventh Houses, or the Medium
Coeli, Immum Coeli, Oriens (Ascendant) and Occidens (Descendant) of a Solar or, indeed, of
any Celestial Figure. Usually identified as the Southern, Northern, Eatern and Western angles.
They are the most powerful and important arcs in Astrology. Planets therein become immensely
potent for good or ill, according to the nature of the planets and their aspects. The term may refer
to the shape and position of the House as placed on the square maps employed by the ancient
astrologers. v. Map of the Heavens.
Many depose that the Ascendant is the most powerful angle in any Figure, though Ptolemy gives
preference to the Midheaven, or Zenith, since the celestial bodies are uniformly more potent in