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Cabala, Cabalism; also Kabalism, kabalistic. (1) The Cabalists assume that every word of the inspired writings embodies
a secret meaning, the key to which only they possess; (2) a summation of the ancient lore accredited to the ancient rabbis of
Israel.
Cacodemon. An evil spirit; the elemental. A term once employed in connection with the twelfth house, but no longer in
use.
Cadent. Those houses which fall away from the angles; the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses. Cadent Planets are those which
occupy Cadent Houses, and whose influence is thereby weakened. v. Houses.
Caduceus. n. The wand of Hermes, or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. A cosmic, sidereal, or astronomical symbol;
its significance changing with its application. Originally a triple-headed serpent, it is now a rod with two serpents twined
around it, and two wings at the top. As a medical insignia it may appear as a rod surmounted by a ball, representing the
Solar orb, and a pine cone, representing the pineal gland. The entwined white and black serpents represent the struggle
between good and evil - disease and cure. Another form is the Thyrus, often pictured in the hands of Bacchus.
Astronomically, the head and tail represent the Nodes - the points on the ecliptic where Sun and Moon meet in an
eclipse. v. Aaron's Rod.Calendar. A system of reckoning and recording the time when events occur; the coordination of the days, weeks, and
months of the year with the cycles upon which they are based.The frequency with which astrologers have been known to accept without question a birthdate that a little inquiry would
reveal as a Julian date, rather suggests that sometimes we strain at a gnat and swallow a camel: calculating with great
care to the hour and minute, cusps and planets' places for a date that is 10 or 11 days in error according to the calendar
on which our computations are based.Throughout the centuries the recording of time has been a problem, to the study of which lifetimes have been devoted.
To the historian the correct day is important, but to the astrologer the correct hour of the correct day is not only
important - it is essential. An aftermath of World War II will probably be an increasing number of contacts with people
who have Julian birthdates, and who know so little about astrology that the importance of reimpressing their birthdate
upon their memory in Gregorian terms never occurs to them.To render more vivid the problem of the world's calendar makers, there is presented a survey of the manner in which it
has been met in different epochs and in remote countries.Fundamentally time is reckoned by the Earth's rotation on its axis with reference to the Sun, a day; by the Moon's
revolution around the Earth, a month; and by the Earth's revolution around the Sun, a year. Of mechanical gadgets for