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Eagle. (1) Aquilla. A small constellation located approx. Capricorn 29°; sometimes called the
Vulture. (2) Frequently associated with the sign Scorpio, as seen in the wings of the Sphinx
(qv.). The sharp eyes and aquiline nose of the pure Scorpio person thoroughly stress the
connotation. (3) By the Greeks and Persians, the Eagle was held sacred to the Sun and Jupiter.

Earth Shine. The dimly lit surface of the Crescent Moon caused by sunlight reflected from
the Earth, to the Moon, back to the Earth. It is one of several factors which enter into the
astrological significance of the Lunation.

Earth Signs. Those of the Earth Triplicity: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. The ancients
symbolized these types by the Earth element, because of their predominant "Earthiness" or
practicality. v. Signs.

East. (1) One of the four cardinal points. (2) The general direction in which the Sun rises,
particularly at the equinoxes. (3) The rising degree at the cusp of first house, placed at the
midpoint on the left side of the map. (4) Loosely applied to the entire six houses which
occupy the left half of the map - the Eastern houses: 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3.

Easter. From Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of light or Spring, in whose honor a festival
was celebrated, usually in April - since at that time the Spring Equinox occurred in April. A
Festival marking the commencement of Spring has been celebrated among many peoples
under a variety of names. By the Christians it was celebrated in commemoration of the
resurrection of Jesus. It coincides in general with the Jewish Passover, or Pasch, which the
Jews celebrate on that 14th day of a lunar month that falls upon or next follows after the
vernal equinox. After some schism over the point, the council of Nicea in 325 A.D., ordained
that Easter should take place on the Sunday that immediately follows the full moon that
happens upon, or the first full moon after, the day of the vernal equinox; except that if this
falls on Sunday, or if Easter and the Passover coincide, then Easter is deferred one week. The
reconciling of three such unrelated factors as the week, the lunar month and the solar year is
sometimes a complicated matter. The full moon as calculated by the ecclesiastical rule does
not always coincide with the astronomical full moon. These rules are based upon the golden