a single principle. George and Bloch give Amor’s principle as platonic “love and com-
passion.” J. Lee Lehman associates Amor with intimacy and with nonsexual love, as
well as with the loneliness and anger of being rejected. Jacob Schwartz connects the
name with words like amorphous and amortization, and, similar to George and Bloch,
says that this body is “astrologically interpreted as the capacity of unconditional, spiri-
tual or platonic love and compassion.”Sources:
George, Demetra, with Douglas Bloch. Asteroid Goddesses: The Mythology, Psychology and Astrol-
ogy of the Reemerging Feminine.2d ed. San Diego: Astro Computing Services, 1990.
———. Astrology for Yourself: A Workbook for Personal Transformation.Berkeley, CA: Wingbow
Press, 1987.
Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book.West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.ANAHITA
Anahita, asteroid 270 (the 270th asteroid to be discovered, on October 8, 1887), is
approximately 52 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 3.3 years. It was
named after a goddess of fertility and procreation in Persian mythology who was asso-
ciated with Mithras. When prominent in a natal chart, Anahita can show an excep-
tionally productive or “fertile” individual. By sign and house location, it may show an
area of great potential that need only be cultivated a little to produce results.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.ANDROGYNOUSPLANET
Traditionally, most planets and signs were designated as either masculine or feminine.
Mercury was the only planet in premodern astrology that was said to be neutral or
androgynous. In contemporary astrology, Uranus has also come to be regarded as an
androgynous planet.ANGLE(ANGULAR)
The term “angle” can be used in two different ways in astrology. In its primary, tradi-
tional meaning, angle refers to one of the four “corners” (figuratively speaking) of a
chart—namely, the cusps of the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses. Planets mak-
ing a conjunction with the angles—which are sometimes called angular planets, par-
ticularly when they are in an angular house—are said to exercise an especially strong
influence over the entire horoscope. In practice, astrologers pay the most attention to
angular planets in the first and tenth houses. Angle is also used as an alternative term
for aspect, as when one talks about the angular relationship between two planets.Anahita
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