Agricultural: an application of Astrology to the planting and the harvesting of crops.
Astromancy. A system of divination by means of the stars, the practice of which had much to
do with the popular connotation of Astrology with fortune-telling, which modern scientific
Astrology has had to live down.
Astrometeorology. Investigation of the relation between the Solar system bodies and the
weather.
Astronomical unit. Mean distance of Earth to Sun, or 92,900,000 miles; employed as a unit for
indicating intra-solar system distances.
Astronomos. The title given by the priests to the Initiate in the seventh degree of the reception
of the mysteries in the Initiation at Thebes in Egypt.
Astronomy. The science that deals with the heavenly bodies: their positions, motions,
magnitudes and conditions.
Astrotheology. A system of theology founded on what is known of the heavenly bodies, and of
the laws which regulate their movements.
Aten. The solar disk, or more specifically the light that proceeds from the sun, as defined by
Akhenaten, or Amenhotep IV (obit. circa 1397 B.C.), father-in-law of King Tutankamen, who
promulgated a religion largely based on astrological teachings.
Athazer. An ancient term applied to the Moon when in conjunction with the Sun, or separated
from it by an arc of 12°, 45°, 90° 150°, 160°, or 180°.
Aura. In occult terminology, a pyschic effluvium that emanates from human and animal bodies
and inanimate objects. It is composed of electro-vital and electro-mental magnetism; an
envelope surrounding that of which it partakes - visible only to the psychic. The aura is multi-
colored and brilliant, or dull, according to the character or quality of the person or thing. To the
seer, the aura of a person is an index to his hidden propensities.