or some such other unwieldy expression. The term native can also refer to someone
born under a particular sign, as when one says that she or he is a native of Cancer.
NATIVITY
Nativity is another term for natal chart, which is a horoscope set up for time, date, and
place of birth. Other kinds of horoscopes include progressed charts and electional charts.
NATURALASTROLOGY
Natural astrology is the branch of astrology dealing with the motions of the heavenly
bodies and the effects of the planets on such natural phenomena as the weather. The
former is now called astronomy, the latter meterological astrology or astrometeorology.
NATURALHOUSE(NATURALCHART; NATURALRULER)
The signs of the zodiac refer to a person’s nature, and astrological houses refer to a per-
son’s environment, and there is a natural association between each of the 12 signs and
each of the 12 houses (e.g., Aries is associated with the first house, Taurus with the
second house, Gemini, with the third house, and so forth). Thus, for example, the
fourth sign of the zodiac, Cancer, is associated with the home, while the fourth astro-
logical house is also identified with the home and with property. To take another
example, the third sign, Gemini, is a sign of communication, and the third house is
associated with, among other things, communication. Such correspondences hold
between all the signs and houses.
This correspondence is what is referred to, for example, when it is said that a
person with Aries on the ascendant (with the first sign on the beginning or cusp of the
first house), and with each succeeding sign on the cusp of each succeeding house, has
a natural chart: The signs and houses with “natural” links are found together in the
chart. Similarly, when a planet is located in the house associated with the sign it rules,
it is said to be in its natural house—a placement in which the planet is said to be in
accidental dignity. For example, when Jupiter is found in the ninth house, it is in its
natural house (and is accidentally dignified), because Jupiter rules the ninth sign,
Sagittarius. To complete this series of related terms, the planets are sometimes said to
be the natural rulers of the houses associated with the signs they rule.
Sources:
Brau, Jean-Louis, Helen Weaver, and Allan Edmands. Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology.New
York: New American Library, 1980.
Fleming-Mitchell, Leslie. Running Press Glossary of Astrology Terms.Philadelphia: Running
Press, 1977.
NEGUS, KEN
Ken Negus was born on December 23, 1927, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended the
local public schools there, then attended Princeton University, from which he received his
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