LORD : planet that has last say so because he owns the sign on the cusp of a house.
RULER : same as “lord”
ASPECTS : angular difference between two or more planets
HOUSE : imaginary divisions in sky that separate your chart I into 12 sections that represent areas of your life.
IC: nadir / Immedium coli/ 4th house/ midnight/starts 2nd quadrant (lowest point in chart)
The “Angles”4 angles of the chart are (ASC,IC,DC,MC) also known as cross of matter
MC :medium coli/zenith/10th house/ noon/starts 4th quadrant (highest point in chart)
DC : descendant/west point/7th house/ sunset /6 pm/starts 3rd quadrant
ASC: ascendant/1st house/ surprise/ 6am/ starts 1st quadrant
CHART RULER planet that rules the sign on the 1st house.
QUADRANTS : chart divided into 4 sections
Q1 H 1-3/ASC to IC
Q2 H 4-6/IC to DC
Q3 H7-9/DC to MC
Q4 H10-12/MC to ASC
SINGLETON : when a planet is the only one in that quadrant, element, or mode
ANGULAR : in or conjunct the 1st,4th,7th, or 10th house’s
LUNATION : any phase of the moon(8) or an eclipse
ELEMENT : (4) fire, earth, air, and water
MODE :(3) cardinal, fixed, mutable
POLARITY : yin/yang, +/-, feminine/masculine, active/passive
TRIPLICITY zodiac sorted by 3’s, there are 4 Triplicities fire:,♈♌♐
esrth:♉♍♑
air:♊♎♒
water:♋♏♓
QUADRUPLICITY : , zodiac sorted by 4’s.there are 3 quadraplicities
cardinal:♈♋♎♑
fixed:♉♌♏♒
mutable:♊♍♐♓
WATER HOUSES 4th,8th, and 12th houses
FIREHOUSES : 1st, 5th, and 9th houses
AIR HOUSES : 3rd, 7th, and 11th houses
EARTH HOUSES : 2nd, 6th, and 10th houses
MOON PHASE (8) angular distance between sun and moon
new moon 0°
crescent moon 45°
1st quarter moon 90°
Gibbons moon 135°
full moon 180°
disseminating moon 225°
last quarter moon 270°
balsamic moon 315°
WAXING : prior to full moon when sun is ahead of moon
WANING after full moon when moon is ahead of sun
ORB : tolerance set on aspects 0 is same point and 5 is degrees apart
SQUARE 90° aspect
INCONJUNCT 150° aspect
OPPOSITION 180° aspect
RETROGRADE : when planets slow down and appear ri move backward in sky
STATIONARY when planet motion is slowed all the down right before it goes retrograde or direct
CRITICAL DEGREE : crisis degrees of zodiac
0° of any sign
13 & 26° of cardinal signs
8-9 &21-22 fixed signs
4 & 17 of mutable signs
ANARETIC DEGREE : another degree of crisis, 29° (last degree) of all signs
CUSP: the beginning and the end of each house or sign.
CROSS OF MATTER: The signs on the cusp if the 1st,/4th/7th and 10th houses make up the cross of matter and it denotes your style of handling things that change your life.
MALEFIC: Evil in nature or brings back luck ( Mars and Saturn)
BENEFIC: positive and beneficial in nature. brings good luck(Jupiter and venus)
NUETRAL: takes on the nature of the surrounding planets (Mercury and the nodes)
