FELICIA
Felicia, asteroid 294 (the 294th asteroid to be discovered, on July 15, 1890), is approx-
imately 35 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 5.5 years. Its name
means lucky or happy. When prominent in a natal chart, Felicia indicates a lucky per-
son with a generally positive attitude. Its location by sign and house indicates poten-
tial sources of luck or happiness. When involved in many inharmonious aspects, Feli-
cia may show an unlucky or unwisely optimistic person.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.FELICITAS
Felicitas, asteroid 109 (the 109th asteroid to be discovered, on October 9, 1869), is
approximately 76 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.4 years. It was
named after the Roman goddess of happiness. When prominent in a natal chart, Felic-
itas indicates a person with a generally positive attitude. Its location by sign and house
position indicates potential sources of happiness. When involved in many inharmo-
nious aspects, Felicitas may show a person who is glad about the wrong things, or an
unwisely optimistic person.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.FEMININESIGNS(NEGATIVESIGNS)
The 12 signs of the zodiac are classified in a number of different ways, including a divi-
sion into positive, masculine signs and negative, feminine signs (using negative and
positive in the neutral sense of opposite polarities rather than as value judgments
about “good” and “bad”). The feminine signs include all the earth signs (Taurus,
Virgo, Capricorn) and all the water signs Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces). The gender of the
signs was originally determined by the Pythagorean notion that odd numbers are male
and even numbers female. This caused the signs that came second (Taurus), fourth
(Cancer), sixth (Virgo), etc., in the zodiac to be classified as feminine. By comparison
with the masculine signs, the feminine signs tend to be more receptive and introvert-
ed. Vedic astrology uses the same classification of signs into feminine and masculine
with essentially the same characterization.Sources:
Leo, Alan. The Complete Dictionary of Astrology.Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1989.Felicia
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