Pluto v. Solar System.
Point of Life. A progressed point, obtained by advancing 0° Aries at the rate of 7y per Sign.
A planet at this point is presumed to affect the native according to its nature and strength. The
theory appears to recognize the importance of the equinoctial degree as an individual point,
and to associate it somehow with the Uranus motion, and the progressed motion of the Moon.
Point of Love. As this represents the position of Venus in a Solar figure, and as Venus never
has a greater elongation from the Sun than 48°, this Arabian Point can never be in other than
the 11th, 12th, 1st or 2nd Houses.
Polar Elevation. The Elevation of the Pole, or the Pole of the Descendant, is relative to the
north or south latitude of the place for which a map is erected. Proceeding northward from the
Equator the North Pole appears to rise up toward the zenith. The elevation of the Pole at
London is 51° 30' - the latitude of the city. The Poles of the Houses increase as they recede
from the Imum Coeli and the Mid-heaven, which have no polar elevation, toward the
Ascendant and Descendant. The cusps of the intermediate Houses, have polar elevation
proportional to the positions at which they cut the Prime Vertical or Circle of Observation -
the circle in which a person stands when facing South.
The formula whereby to ascertain the Pole of a planet, is one-third of the planet's semi-arc:
the difference of elevation of the two cusps:: the planet's cuspal distance: its proportional
polar distance. To ascertain the cuspal distance of a planet from the Oblique Ascension of the
cusp, subtract the planet's Oblique Ascension or Descension under the pole of that cusp.
To find the Oblique Ascension of a cusp - add 30° to the Right Ascension of the Mid-heaven
for each successive House eastward.
To find the Oblique Descension, subtract 30° for every House westward from the Mid-
heaven.
Polarity. Literally, that quality or condition in virtue of which a body exhibits opposite, or
contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite or contrasted, parts or directions.