points on opposite sides and equidistant to any of the four Angles of the geocentric Figure: Ascendant, Midheaven,
Descendant, or Imum Coeli. v. Parallel.
Music of the Spheres. A phrase utilized by Pythagoras, an early Greek mathematician and astronomer who was the
first to discover a mathematical relationship in the frequencies of the various tones of the musical scale. In postulating
the planets' orbits as bearing a similar relationship based upon the distance from the center, he characterized their
interrelated orbits as "the harmony of the spheres."
Mutable Signs. The Common Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. v. Signs.
Mute Signs. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces; so named by the Arabians because symbolized by dumb creatures that emit
no sounds. Arabian astrologers deemed that Mercury afflicted in these signs was liable to indicate dumbness,
especially when afflicted by Saturn. v. Signs.
Mutilated Degrees. Certain degrees are said by some authorities to indicate lameness if rising at birth, or if the Moon
or the Ruler of the Ascendant is posited therein. These are:
6°-10°........................... Taurus
9°-15°........................... Cancer
18°-25°.......................... Leo
18°-19°.......................... Scorpio
1°,7°, 8°,18°,19°................ Sagittarius
26°-29°.......................... Capricorn
18°-19°.......................... Aquarius
Other authorities deem that if their influences exist it must be due to the presence of fixed stars in these arcs, in which
event the position must be advanced by 1° every 70 years.
Mutual Application. This results when the applying body is in direct motion, and the body to which it applies is in
retrograde motion. In other words, each is in motion towards the other.
Mutual Reception. Said of two planets mutually posited in each other's essential dignities. For example, with Jupiter
in Aries, the Sun's place of exaltation; and the Sun in Cancer, Jupiter's place of exaltation: Sun and Jupiter are said to
be in mutual reception. This is accounted a configuration of singular amity and agreement. By some authorities, the
term is confined to the placement of the two planets, each in a house or sign ruled by the other.