the Sun to the Moon's radical position. Major transits to the Moon will be operative in one
sense through the Sign and House of the Moon, and in another sense through the House-
position of Fortuna - which is only another way of saying the Moon's Solar-House position.These points are employed as longitudinal degrees along the Ecliptic; not as bodies having
latitude and declination. Their chief value is as indicative of the Solar-House positions
through which planetary influences will operate psychologically in a mature and developed
individuality -- one which has arrived at a realization and acceptance of the destiny imposed
by virtue of the radical Sun-position, rather than that of a Rising Sign which largely
determines the physical development in early life.To arrive at a thorough interpretation of directions to and transits over the degree held by an
Arabian Point these should be synthesized with those over the planet from which the Point is
derived. According to Sepharial "Ptolemy borrowed the symbol of Fortuna from the Arabs
but applied to it his own reasoning, while Placidus, in an attempt to deal with it
mathematically, improved it out of existence."Arc. A portion or segment of a curved line, such as a circle, or ellipse. Hence the orbital distance
separating two bodies, or between two points.
Arc of Vision. The least distance from the Sun at which a planet is visible when the Sun is
below the horizon. Diurnal Arc. The arc through which the Sun passes from sunrise to sunset.
At the Equinox this arc is 180°, or 12 hours of right ascension. With increased latitude (distance
away from the Equator) and nearness to the Solstices it becomes larger or smaller. Nocturnal
Arc. That portion of 360°, or 24 hours, which remains after subtracting the Diurnal Arc. Semi
Arc. Diurnal and Nocturnal, Half of either the Nocturnal or Diurnal Arc, measured from the
Midheaven or Imum Coeli to the horizon. Arc of Direction. The distance between a significator
and the point where it forms an aspect with a promittor, measured in degrees and minutes of the
Equator; distance from the place of a planet to the body of same, or to a point where an aspect
will be formed thereto. It may be measured either in Sidereal Time according to Tables of
Ascension, or in Right Ascension as computed by spherical trigonometry. In primary directions
this Arc is translated into time in the proportion of one degree of arc to a year of time, or five
minutes of arc to one month of time. (v. Directions.)
Ares. The Greek god of War and Pestilence: Son of Zeus and Hera, consort of Aphrodite. The
Romans associated him with Mars, the enemy of tyrants and defender of the just.