Encyclopedia of Astrology

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This symbol as used by Pythagoras consisted of ten dots arranged in triangular form, as
illustrated. By connecting the dots in different ways many rectangles and triangles were
formed, all intimately associated with the Pythagorean mathematical system by means of
which he explains his conception of the truths of the universe. This may explain the missing
apex of the pyramid, as can be seen in the great seal of the United States, as printed on some
of the paper currency.


Tetragon, n. Tetragonous, a. Syn. of quartile, or a square aspect. v. Aspect.


Thema Coeli. The figure of the heavens. v. Figure.


Throne. Some astrologers who lean to hyperbole rather than consistency and lucidity
describe a planet as on its throne when in a Sign of which it is the Ruler. In a more ancient
and more logical usage it was applied to a planet posited in that part of a Sign wherein it had
more than one Dignity.


Time. The measurement of time is inseparable from considerations of place, and of a point of
reference. The establishing of the actual moment of an occurrence, and its statement in terms
of Universal Time, is one of the most difficult problems with which the astrologer deals,
because of the prevalent neglect on the part of those who make the record of the moment of
an event, to qualify it by stating in what manner of time it is noted: whether apparent solar
time, as shown on a sundial; mean time, as shown by a clock adjusted to the meridian of the
place; local Standard Time, as shown by a clock adjusted to a Standard time meridian, and if
so, which one; or whether in Daylight Saving Time, War Time, Double Summer Time; and so
on.


Sidereal Time. That in which the point of reference is a star - as the most nearly fixed point in
the universe as it appears from the Earth. Two successive crossings of a star is the
measurement of a sidereal day, which is divided into 24 hours, beginning with oh and

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