nature, origin and termination of the matter involved. It has been said to anticipate the
emergence of objective thoughts into the physical world. Certain planetary Significators are
taken as representative of the querent, the person making the inquiry. Other planets, acting as
Promittors, promise assistance or detriment to the concern about which the inquiry is made.
The specific natures of the planets are little utilized, the bodies which aspect the Significator
regarded as either friendly or the reverse. A Promittor may be angular, succedant or cadent,
combust, disposed of, frustrated, applying to, separating from, or in mutual disposition with
other planets, and all these considerations are taken into account. There is no purely
mathematical measure of time as in Genethlialogy, but days, weeks, months, and years are
determined from a consideration of the Signs and Houses involved, whether they be fixed,
common or cardinal, and whether angular, succedant, or cadent. The Houses generally retain
the same significance as in Nativities. There arc many works dealings with this recognized
department of Astrology, among the best of which is that by William Lilly. It is presumed
that if the mind is clear regarding the question, the Ascendant will not be in the first or last
degrees of a Sign.
Horary Circles. The arcs, or circles, in which the planets appear to move around the Earth by
virtue of the Earth's diurnal revolution. They are either diurnal or nocturnal.
Horary Time. The time from the rising of a planet to its setting, divided by 12, gives its
horary time, which is 1/12th of the time between the rising and setting of a planet - or the
reverse, according as the planet is placed in the diurnal or nocturnal circle. The factors
employed in this calculation are the declination of the planet and the latitude of the place. (v.
Ascensional Difference.)
Horimea. The rays of the Hyleg after it has passed the Mid-heaven.
Horizon. The circle round the Earth that separates the visible and the invisible hemispheres.
The terms sensible, visible or physical horizon are often employed, indicating the line which
terminates our vision, where the celestial bodies appear and disappear. The astronomical
horizon, termed the rational horizon, is obtained by supposing a line drawn from the Earth's
center parallel with the horizon. Astrologically, the eastern horizon is the degree rising in the
east, and the Sign then appearing is the Rising Sign.
Horizontal Aspects. Mundane Aspects.
Horizontal Parallel. A parallel in mundo, or a mundane parallel, formed about the horizon