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Radical. 1. Pertaining to the radix, or horoscope of birth. 2. In Horary astrology, a term
employed to indicate a figure which can appropriately be judged in a given matter; one that is
likely to give the correct answer.
Radical Position. Said of a planet's position in a birth horoscope; as distinguished from the
transitory or progressed position it occupies at a later date. v. Radix.
Radix. 1. The radical map: the horoscope of birth, the root from which everything is judged.
- The radical or birth positions of the planets, as distinguished from their progressed or
directed positions. Progressed aspects can never entirely contradict or negate a radical aspect;
but must be interpreted only as modifying or mitigating the influences shown in the Radix.
Radix System. v. Directions.
Rahu. The Sanskrit name for the Dragon's Head - the Moon's North node. In Hindu
mythology Rahu is a Daitya (demon) who possessed an appendage like a dragon's tail, and
made himself immortal by stealing from the gods some Amrita - elixir of divine life - which
they obtained by churning an ocean of milk. Unable to deprive him of his immortality,
Vishnu exiled him from Earth and made of him the constellation Draco: his head called Rahu,
and tail Ketu - astronomically speaking, the Moon's ascending and descending nodes. Using
his appendage as a weapon, he has ever since waged a destructive war on the denouncers of
his robbery, the Sun and the Moon, which he swallows during the eclipse. The fable is
presumed to have a mystic or occult meaning. (v. Nodes, Moon's.)
Rapt Motion. v. Motion.
Rapt Parallel. Two bodies, which by Rapt motion are carried to a point where they are
equidistant from and on opposite sides of the meridian or the horizon, are said to be in Rapt