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ras (c. 580–500 B.C.E.), the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. The gender

of the signs originated with the Pythagorean notion that odd numbers were male and

even numbers female. This caused the first (Aries), third (Gemini), fifth (Leo), sev-

enth (Libra), ninth (Sagittarius), and eleventh (Aquarius) signs in the zodiac to be

classified as masculine, and the signs that came second (Taurus), fourth (Cancer), sixth

(Virgo), eighth (Scorpio), tenth (Capricorn), and twelfth (Pisces) as feminine.

In numerology, the planets, including the luminaries (the Sun and the Moon)

are used to represent the principles of the different numbers. Different systems of

numerology utilize different correlations. In the Kabbalahalistic system, the associa-

tions were traditionally as follows: the Sun, 1 or 4; the Moon, 2 or 7; Jupiter, 3; Mer-

cury, 5; Venus, 6; Saturn, 8; and Mars, 9. When the “new” planets were discovered,

Count Louis Cheiro Hamon popularized a modified version of this system that assigned

the extra numbers associated with the luminaries to Uranus, (4) and Neptune (7).

—Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

Sources:

Cheiro Hamon, Count Louis. “Astrology and Numbers.” In The Best of the Illustrated National

Astrological Journal.Richard Wagner, 1978.

Gettings, Fred. Dictionary of Astrology.London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.

Westcott, W. Wynn. The Occult Power of Numbers.North Hollywood, CA: Newcastle, 1984.

(Originally published 1890.)

NYMPHE

Nymphe, asteroid 875 (the 875th asteroid to be discovered, on May 19, 1917), is

approximately 13 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.1 years. It is

named after the mythological spirits of nature, the nymphs. Nymphe represents an

exuberance for the natural world. If prominent in a natal chart (e.g., conjunct the Sun

or the ascendant), it may show a person somehow deeply involved with nature.

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.

Nymphe

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