Day. The interval of time between two successive passages of a star over the meridian is a Sidereal day 23h, 56m of mean solar time). The interval between two successive passages of the Sun's center over the same meridian is a solar day (24 hours); of the Moon's center a lunar day (24h, 50m). In old astrological texts the Lunar Day refers to the day of the Full Moon. Because of the Earth's motion in orbit the mean solar day is 4 minutes longer than the sidereal day and because of the Moon's daily motion in orbit the lunar day is 50 minutes longer than the solar day. The term natural day is a misnomer, loosely applied to the 24-hour period of the Earth's rotation. The mean solar day becomes the civil day when reckoned from the hour affixed by law. In most countries this is from midnight to midnight. With the Hindus and Babylonians it was from sunrise to sunrise; with the Athenians and Jews from sunset to sunset; with the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. This is divided into 24 hourly divisions from 1 to 12 noon, and 1 to 12 midnight.

Army and Navy time during recent years has been largely superceded by numbering the hours straight through from 0h at midnight to 24h of the next midnight; which also is 0h of the next day.

Astronomical Day. Until January 1, 1925, this day was reckoned as beginning 12 hours later than the civil day. Now all calendars and almanacs begin the day at midnight.

Julian Day. On January 1, 1925, the astronomical day was superseded by the Julian day, numbered consecutively beginning from 4713 B.C. To avoid confusion in the comparison of ancient and modern dates the Julian day was made to begin at noon, twelve hours later than the civil day. January 1, 1934, was J.D. 2,427,439.

Civil Day. The civil day begins at midnight at 180 east or west from Greenwich. It then continues one hour later with every 15° of the Sun's westward travel. Thus when one passes this International Date Line he begins a day that will not end until 24 hours later, with the result that when it becomes Tuesday to the west of the Line it has just become Monday to the east thereof, and circumnavigating travelers gain or lose a day according to their direction of travel; losing a day if westbound, gaining it when eastbound.

Loosely speaking, a day is the period of light between sunrise and sunset, the period of daylight or sunshine. In the Far East it is the distance that can be traveled in 24 hours.

In astrological parlance a Day Horoscope is one cast for a birth moment in which the Sun was above the horizon, hence in one of the Houses numbered from 7 to 12; a Night Horoscope one in which the Sun is below the horizon, in a House numbered between 1 and 6.

 

Day House. v. Ruler.

 

Day of Week, to determine v. Dominical Letter.

 

Daylight Saving Time. v. Time, Daylight-saving.

 

Day Triplicity. Older authorities deemed that in the daytime some planets are stronger when posited in Signs of a certain element; i.e. Saturn in an Air-Sign, the Sun in a Fire Sign, Mars in a Water Sign, and Venus in an Earth Sign.

 

Debility. An embracive term, preferably applied to any planet disadvantageously placed by virtue of its House position, but frequently employed loosely as a synonym of Detriment.

 

Decade. Ten consecutive years; any grouping of ten.

 

Decanate, Decan. A term applied to a subdivision of Sign into 10° arcs, referred to as the first, second and third decanates or decans. The interpretation of Decans is based upon a system of rulerships, of which there are two in common use. One method ascribed Mars to the first Decan of Aries and thence carried a fixed series throughout the 36 Decans, ending again with Mars ruling the third Decan of Pisces. The series is Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter; as follows:

 

..............First Decan..Second Decan..Third Decan

...Aries........ Mars ........ Sun ....... Venus

...Taurus....... Mercury ..... Moon ...... Saturn

...Gemini....... Jupiter ..... Mars ...... Sun

...Cancer....... Venus ....... Mercury ... Moon

...Leo.......... Saturn ...... Jupiter ... Mars

...Virgo........ Sun ......... Venus ..... Mercury

...Libra........ Moon ........ Saturn .... Jupiter

...Scorpio...... Mars ........ Sun ....... Venus

...Sagittarius.. Mercury ..... Moon ...... Saturn

...Capricorn.... Jupiter ..... Mars ...... Sun

...Aquarius..... Venus ....... Mercury ... Moon

...Pisces....... Saturn ...... Jupiter ... Mars

 

The other method employs the Ruler of the Sign as specifically the Ruler of the First Decan, with the Second and Third Decans associated with the Rulers of the other two Signs of the same triplicity. Thus the First or Aries Decan of Aries is ruled by Mars; the Second or Leo Decan, by the Sun; and the Third or Sagittarian Decan, by Jupiter. This gives this series:-

 

....................1.............2...........3

...Aries..........Mars..........Sun.........Jupiter

...Taurus.........Venus.........Mercury.....Saturn

 

and so on.

 

Decatom: a Dichotome (q.v.).

 

Decile: v. Quintile.

 

Declination. The manner of indicating distance N. or S. of the Celestial Equator. The maximum possible declination of the Sun is 23° 28' which occurs at the Solstices, when the Sun passes the Tropics (0°) of Cancer and Capricorn, the limit of the pole's greatest inclination from the plane of the Earth's orbit. The first degrees of Aries and Libra have no declination, since at these points the ecliptic intersects the equator. However, planets at this longitude may have declination. (v. Celestial Sphere.)

The declination of a body whose longitude and latitude are known is found by this formula:

1. Radius (10,000): Tangent of Ecliptic (23° 27'):: sine of longitudinal distance from equinox: tangent of Angle A.

2. Cosine of Angle A: cosine (latitude plus/minus 90°- minus Angle A):: cosine of Ecliptic Obliquity (23° 27'): sine of the Declination. (In this equation the latitude is taken from go, if the latitude and longitude are of different denomination; but when of the same denomination they are added, and from this sum Angle A is subtracted.)

The Moon, Mercury, Mars reach a declination of 27° north, and on rare occasions Venus reaches 28°. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have practically the same declination as the Sun.

 

Decreasing or Increasing in Light. From the New to the Full Moon the Moon is increasing in light, and from the Full to the next lunation it is decreasing in light. In a Figure measured from the Sun position, if the Moon is less than 180° counterclockwise from the Sun it was waxing, or increasing in light; if less than 180° clockwise from the Sun it was waning or decreasing in light. Although generally applied to the Moon, it is also applicable to any planet when passing from an opposition to a conjunction with the Sun. It usually occurs when approaching the Sun in the order of the signs; but Mercury and Venus, after they have reached their greatest elongation East or West and are retrograding toward the Sun, decrease in light against the order of the signs. It is generally accepted as weakening the planet's influence.

 

Decumbiture. Literally, a "lying down." A horary figure erected for the moment when a person is taken ill, wherefrom to judge as to the possible nature, prognosis and duration of the illness.

 

Deductive Type. Referring to a certain quality or habit of mind that characterizes those born when the Sun was in a Mutable sign: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces. v. Signs.

 

Deferent. In Ptolemaic astronomy, an imaginary orbit pursued by a celestial body, around which another body moved in an epicycle (q.v.). A deferent was employed in conditions wherein the natural motion of the body was not involved. The term reflects the fact that Ptolemy was ignorant of the Earth's motion.

 

Degree. One 360th part of the circumference of a circle. The rough measure of an angle of one degree is the apparent diameter of a dime held at arm's length from the eye. The apparent diameter of the Sun and Moon is about 0.5°. The longest dimension of the bowl of the Big Dipper is about 10°. A degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes of arc. The length of a degree of latitude on the Earth's surface increases from 68.71 miles at the equator to 69.41 miles at 90°. The length of a degree of longitude on the Earth's surface varies from 69.65 miles at the Equator to 53.43 at 40°. Degrees are equally applicable to the Zodiac or the Ecliptic. As a time unit it is applicable to the Equator thus:

 

Degrees of Arc......Hours and minutes of time

......360°...............24 h.

.......30° (1 Sign).......2 h.

.......15°................1 h.

........1° (60')..........4 m.

........1' (60")..........4 s.

 

Degree Rising. The degree of the zodiacal Sign posited on the Ascendant (q.v.), or cusp of the First House at birth, and generally considered the most important in the Nativity. The rising degree is based upon the exact moment of birth, or of the event for which the Figure is cast, and the correct geographical latitude and longitude. Should either factor be unknown the Figure is usually cast for sunrise, which places the Sun's degree upon the horizon, resulting in what is termed a Solar Figure. As it is based only on the Earth's apparent motion around the Sun some authorities term it a Heliard Figure.

 

Degrees, Individual. Several works, symbolical, speculative and statistical, treat of influences presumed to repose in certain individual degrees. Maurice Wemyss in the four volumes of his "Wheel of Life" even introduces some hypothetical and as yet undiscovered planets to account for certain qualities and effects. It is probable that many of the qualities ascribed to individual degrees have to do with sensitive points created by Eclipses, major conjunctions, or a close conjunction in both longitude and latitude between a solar system body and a fixed star, which points are accented by the transit of another planet at a later date. For ready reference a list of such points is arranged in a zodiacal sequence, which includes: (1) the degrees created by important stars, nebulae and clusters; (2) the planets' Nodes; (3) the points of the planets' Exaltation and Fall; (4) the major planetary conjunctions from 1940 to 1946 inclusive; to which others can be added at will from the Ephemerides; (5) Solar Eclipses, from 1940 to 1946, inclusive; and (6) such other degrees which from experience appear to exert a decisive influence.

 

Individual Degree Tables (in following articles)

 

The stars listed in these tables of Individual Degrees are located as of 1925. To adjust them to other dates add 5O 1/3" of longitude for each year later, or subtract for each year earlier. (Apolo's Note: for 2003, 78 years later,  this gives an addition to make of 65.4333', ie 1º5', or approx. 1.1º.)

 

The ancients ascribed names to the various stars, and many of these names are still in use. In 16O3 Bayer devised a more scientific system whereby the stars in a constellation are known by the name of the constellation to which they belong, the individual stars within the constellation known by Greek letter prefixes, according to size, beginning with the largest as Alpha, and continuing downward to Omega. The system is still in use, except for the telescopic stars, of which a million have been classified, and these are identified by a catalogue number.

 

The sequence of the data on the Fixed Stars, supplied in the following lists, is as follows:

 

Longitude, Latitude (magnitude) (where specified - for the fixed stars etc.), popular name, astronomical designation, description (Nature according to Ptolemy - with additions by Alvidas - and others) and its astrological significance.

 

The interpretations given are mostly from ancient authorities, who apparently were inclined to place undue stress upon the direful.

 

To see these tables, v. Degrees, Individual, Aries; Degrees, Individual, Taurus, etc. etc.....

 

Degrees, Individual, Aries (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Aries

0°.....A positive nature that creates its own destiny. Cusp of First Lunar Mansion, a so-called Critical Degree.

1°.....Degree of the Surgeon; an organizer.

1°14', 20° 48'S (2) Diphda, Beta Ceti. A yellow star in the Whale's Tail. (Saturn - Mercury Mars) Sickness, misfortune, compulsory changes, self-destruction by brute force.

1° 50'.Mars-Jupiter conj.: January 6, 1940.

2°.....Degree of abscesses; literary and poetic.

3°.....Birds and aviators; collisions; goitre.

4°.....Cruelty.

5°.....Unsatisfied ambitions.

6°.....Jaundice.

7°.....Degree of life and death

7°51', 12° 36'N (3) Algenib. Gamma Pegasi. A white star at the top of the wing of Pegasus. (Mars Mercury)Notoriety, violence, the pro- fessional beggar.

8°.....Degree of courage; immorality.

9°.....Triumph; great generals

10°....Spiritual triumph; scientific interests; a degree of electricity.

11°....Spiritual intuitions.

12°....Cusp of Second Lunar Mansion.

13°....Degree of the Physician; of food and drink.

13°24' 25° 41'N (2) Alpheratz, alpha Andromedae. A double star, purple-hued white, in the hair of Andromeda; often called Andromeda's head. Its name, from Al Surrat al Faras, or The Horse's Navel, indicates it was formerly listed in the constellation Pegasus. (Jupiter Venus - Mars) Riches, horrors, independence and a keen intellect.

14°....Degree of apoplexy or suicide.

15°....Persuasive oratory; public life.

16°....Children.

17°....Oratory.

18°....Mental fertility and physical passionateness.

19°....Exaltation of Sun: Fall of Saturn; a Fortunate Degree.

20°....Abscesses; accidents; electricity.

20°50' 20° 20'S (3 1/2) Baten Kaitos, Zeta Ceti, the Whale's Belly. A topaz-yellow star. (Saturn) Enforced migration, accidents; shipwreck, with rescue.

21°....Hope; artistic.

22°....Music.

23°....Philosophy.

24°....Literature; travel.

25°....Cusp of Third Lunar Mansion; exploration and discovery.

25°42' 5° 22' N (4) Al Pharg, Eta Piscium, associated with the Greck Head of Typhon. A double star near the tail of the Northern Fish. (Saturn Jupiter) Determination, preparedness, and eventual success.

26°....Degree of tuberculosis of the lungs; of opposition and strife; militant leaders. Great soldiers are found on this Aries- Libra axis.

26°15'.Mars-Saturn conj.: February 11, 1940.

26°43' 33° 21'N (Neb.) Vertex, 31m Andromedae, the great nebula N. of Andromeda's head. (Mars Moon) Eye weakness or blindness, violent death.

27°....Tenacity of purpose; hair; Mars in this degree indicates red hair.

28°....Power to realize a lofty ideal.

29°....A prophet of a new order.

29°17' 25° 56'N (2) Mirach, Beta Andromedae. A yellow star in the Zona (girdle) of Andromeda. (Venus - Mars Moon) Beauty, love of home, brilliant mind, fortunate marriage, renowned for benevolence.

 

Degrees, Individual, Taurus (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Taurus

0°.....Powerful in combining old principles in new applications.

1º.....Magic.

2°.....Degree of plot and strategy. Important degree in nativities of great military generals.

2°5' 8° 29'N (3) Sharatan, beta Arietis. A pearly white star on the Ram's North Horn. (Mars Saturn) Unscrupulous; defeat; destruction by war, fire or earthquake.

3°.....Exaltation of the Moon; a fortunate degree. One accustomed to the exercise of authority.

4°.....Founder of a sect; the seat of law.

5°.....Occultist, healer; hermit.

6°.....Degree of many enemies.

6°32' 9° 58'N (2) Hamal. Alpha Arictis. A yellow star in the Ram's forehead -- the "following horn." (Mars Saturn - Venus Saturn) Cruelty; premeditated crime.

7°.....Determined and resourceful.

8°.....Cusp of Fourth Lunar Mansion. A critical degree.

9°.....Neurasthenia.

9°6'...Jupiter-Saturn conj.; February 15, 1941.

10°....Architecture (10° - 12°).

11°....Experimental scientist.

12°....Air pressure and gravitation.

12°30'.Jupiter-Saturn conj.: October 20, 1941.

13°....Circulation of money: unfortunate for marriage.

13°7' 27° 48'N (2) Almach, Gamma Andromedae. An orange, emerald and blue binary or ternary star in left foot of Andromeda. (Venus) Eminence; artistic ability.

13°12' 12°35'S (2V2) Menkar, alpha Ceti. An orange star in the Whale's jaw. (Saturn - Venus Moon - Mars) Injury from wild beasts; loss of fortune.

14°....First point of stabilization; a fortunate degree; religious nature.

14°27'.Jupiter-Saturn conj.: August 8, 1940.

15°....Growth; music.

16°....Painting; influential in organizations.

17°....Appendicitis.

17°14'.Mercury North Node.

18°....Leader of a party.

19°....Self-made man.

19°8'..Mars North Node.

20°....Cusp of Fifth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree; oratorical.

21°....Water travel.

22°....Success at any cost.

22°18'.Mars-Saturn conj.: February 22, 1942.

23°....Patient in toil.

23°5' 40° 22'N (cl) Capulus, 33 Uranus vi Persei. A double cluster in the sword-hand of Perseus. (Mars Mercury) Defective eyesight.

24°....Poet and recluse.

25°....Autocratic and unscrupulous; death of partner; a bad reputation.

25°3' 22° 25'N (v) Algol, Beta Persei. A white binary and variable star, marking the Medusa's head held in the hand of Perseus. (Saturn) Said to be of a violent nature, the M.C. directed to this position arousing mob violence and murderous tendencies, which dispose toward a tragic end. It is reputed to be the most malefic of the stars. Conjunct the Sun, Moon or Jupiter it gives victory in war.

25°34'.Jupiter-Uranus conj.: May 8, 1941.

26°....Fortune by marriage.

26°38'.Mars-Uranus conj.: March 1, 1942.

27°....A fortunate degree; steadfast; fortune through employment

28°....Literature; powerful will, and organizing ability.

28°52° 4° 2'N (3) Alcyone, Eta Tauri. A greenish yellow star; the brightest of the Pleiades, representing one of the seven daughters of the nymph Pleione, by Atlas, who by Neptune became the mother of Hyreus. The names of the other six are Maia, Electra, Taygeta, Sterope (or Asterope), Celano, and the invisible, or "lost" one, Merope, who concealed herself from shame at having loved a mortal. That Alcyone was at one time presumed to be the center of the Milky Way Galaxy indicates that the ancients may have visualized Atlas as resting on this point while supporting the Earth on his shoulders. (Mars Moon) Eminence; if conjoining Sun or Moon - accidents to face, or blindness from smallpox; a strong love nature.

29°....Degree of fate; favored by fortune; a dramatic area; a famous actors' degree.

29°19'.Saturn-Uranus conj.: May 3, 1942.

 

Degrees, Individual, Gemini (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Gemini.

0°.....Degree of draftsmanship (also 1° and 2°).

2°.....An ambassadorial degree.

3°.....Exaltation of Moon's North Node: a point of spiritual illumination. Cusp of Sixth Lunar Mansion: a critical degree.

4°.....Degree of aviation; of mental stability.

4°41' 5° 44'S (4) First of the Hyades, Gamma Tauri (Saturn Mercury - Mercury Mars) Contradiction of fortunes; injuries to the head by instruments; impaired eyesight.

5°.....Degree of quiet fortunes.

5°8'...Mars-Uranus conj.: January 16, 1944.

6°.....A degree of brilliant intellectuality; of expression in language.

7°.....Degree of cantankerous irritability.

8°.....Ascendant and Uranus in U.S. horoscope.

8°40' 5° 28'S (i) Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri. The Watcher of the East; the Bull's Eye. A red star, the brightest of the Hyades, a group of seven stars called "Weepers" because when they rise or set heliacally they were anciently supposed to bring rain. The Sun conjoins them during the latter days of May and the beginning of June. (Mars - Mercury Mars Jupiter) Said to have rulership over hands and fingers, and when afflicted to be conducive to pneumonia. In conjunction with Mars or Saturn, or either luminary, it was said by the older astrologers to presage a violent death. It is rendered increasingly malefic by the opposition of Antares in 8°39' Sagittarius.

9°.....Degree of homicide; elevation through partnership or marriage.

10°....A Fortunate degree.

12°....A degree of hope realized.

13°....Degree of accidents to wheeled vehicles; of imitation and acting.

13° 43'Uranus North Node.

14°....Degree of dumbness from impaired speech organs.

15°....Inheritor of a home.

15°43' 31° 8'S (1) Rigel, Beta Orionis. Orion's left foot. (Jupiter Mars) Preferment, riches, great and lasting honors. If culminating: great military or ecclesiastical preferment.

16°....Cusp of Seventh Lunar Mansion; a critical degree. A degree of sleep and trance.

16°11'.Venus North Node.

16°20'.Mars-Jupiter conj.: April 3, 1942.

16°53'.Mars-Uranus conj.: August 17, 1945.

17°....A degree of homicide.

19°50' 16° 50' S (2) Bellatrix, Gamma Orionis. (Mars Mercury) Said to confer military and other honors that end in disaster. Conjoining Sun or Moon, blindness. If culminating: a forger or swindler.

19°54'.Mars-Saturn conj.: March 7, 1944.

20°44' 22° 55'N (1) Capella, Alpha Aurigae; Hircus, the Goat. (Mars Mercury) When culminating: said to confer martial or ecclesiastical honors and riches, attended by waste and dissipation. It is too far north to conjunct Sun or Moon, or to rise or set.

21°16' 23° 37'S (2) Mintaka, Delta Orionis. Slightly variable double star, brilliant white and pale violet, in Orion's belt. (Saturn Mercury - Mercury Saturn Jupiter) Good fortune.

21°27' 5° 23'N (2) El Nath, Beta Tauri. (Mars) Eminence.

21°55' 28° 42'S (Neb) Ensis, 42m Orionis. (Mars Moon) Blindness or defective sight; illness; violent death.

22°....Degree of Literature.

22°22' 24° 32'S (2) Alnilam, Epsilon Orionis. Bright white star in the center of Orion's belt. (Jupiter Saturn - Mercury Saturn) Confers fleeting public honors. The three stars in Orion's belt, when in the Midheaven of a nativity are said to confer signal honors.

23°....Faith: a military degree; also affecting the spine.

23°40' 2° 12' S (3) Al Hecka, Zeta Tauri. (Mars - Mercury Saturn) Violence, malevolence, accidents.

25°....Degree of neurasthenia.

27°27' 66° 5N (2) Polaris, Alpha Ursae Minoris. A topaz-yellow and pale white double star, in the tail of the Little Bear, and marking the celestial pole. It is now 1°14' distant from North Pole, but in 2095 it will reach the nearest distance, 26'30". The pole has been successively marked by Alpha Lyrae (Wega), c. 12,200 B.C.; Tau Draconis, c. 4500 B.C.; and Alpha Draconis, c. 2700 B.C. It will be marked by Gamma Cepheis, c. 4500 A.D., Alpha Cephei, c. 7500 A.D.; Delta Cygni, c. 11,300 A.D.; and again Wega, c. 13,500 A.D. (Saturn Venus) Sickness and affliction; legacies attended by evil effects.

27°38' 16° 2'S (1) Betelgeuze, Alpha Orionis. Irregularly variable orange star in right shoulder of Orion. (Mars Mercury - Mercury Saturn Jupiter) When in opposition, said to cause accidents; but in conjunction, to bring honors. A military star.

28°....Degree of tuberculosis of lungs.

28°48' 21 ° 30'N (2) Menkalinan, beta Aurigae. (Mars Mercury) Ruin, disgrace.

29°....Degree of imitation and acting.

 

Degrees, Individual, Cancer (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Cancer.

0°.....Cusp of Eighth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree;

(1°-3°)Fortunate degrees;

(1°-2°)Degrees of sight.

2°19' O° 54'S (3) Tejat, Eta Geminorum. A binary and variable star. (Mercury Venus) Pride, overconfidence, shamelessness, and violence.

4°.....A medical degree.

4°11' 0° 50'S (3) Dirah, Mu Geminorum. A yellow and blue double star. (Mercury Venus) Energy, power, protection.

5°.....Degree of sleep and trance (5°- 6°)

7°59' 6° 45'S (2) Alhena, Gamma Geminorum. A brilliant white star; called the wound in the Achilles' heel. (Mercury Venus - Moon Venus) Eminence in art; accidents to the feet.

9°54'..Jupiter North Node.

10°....Historical degree.

11°....Degree of retentive memory; of cancer and alcoholism.

12°....Cusp of Ninth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree.

12°59' 39° 39'S (1) Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris. A yellow star; known as Orion's big dog - the dog star. (Jupiter Mars - Moon Jupiter Mars) Honor, renown; custodians, guardians, curators; high offices in the government. When rising, said to confer great dignity; often associated with dog bites.

13°....Degree of business; also 12°, 14°, 15°, 16°.

14°....A fortunate degree.

15°....Exaltation of Jupiter. A suicide degree.

16°....Degree of duty.

16°57'.Solar Eclipse: July 10, 1945.

17°57'.Mars-Saturn conj.: March 20, 1946.

17°24' 0° 11'S (3) Wasat, Delta Geminorum. A pale white and purple double star in the right arm of the Northern Twin. (Saturn) Malevolence, violence and destructiveness; associated with poisons and gases.

17°50° 5° 45'N (4) Propus, Tau Geminorum. (Mercury Venus) Eminence, strength, success.

19°8' 10° 5'N  (2) Castor, Alpha Geminorum. The mortal one of the heavenly twins; associated with Apollo. (Mercury - Mars Venus Saturn - Moon Mars Uranus) Violence; sudden fame; honors, followed by disgrace or imprisonment. Rising: weakness, sometimes blindness; injuries to face.

19°34'.Pluto North Node.

20°....Degree of limitation and hindrance.

20°46'.Mars-Saturn conj.: January 20, 1946.

22°7'..16° 0'S (1) Pollux, Beta Geminorum. The immortal one of the twins, son of Jupiter and Leda; associated with Hercules. (Mars - Moon Mars Uranus) Connected with poisons; the art of self-defense; subtle, crafty, rash, cruel. If rising, eye weakness, sometimes blindness; injuries to face; wounds, imprisonment. If culminating, honor, preferment, followed by disgrace.

23°....Degree of forethought.

23°11'.Saturn North Node.

24°....Degree of music.

24°41' 16° 0'S (1) Procyon, Alpha Canis Minoris. (Mercury Mars -- Moon Jupiter Uranus) Sudden preferment, the result of individual exertion; yet eventually the activity it promotes brings sudden misfortune. Afflictions threaten trouble with and danger through liquids, water, gas, poisons, or dog bites. When rising, said to inspire admiration for the canine species.

24°47'.Mars-Saturn conj.: October 20, 1945.

25°....Cusp of Tenth Lunar Mansion: a critical degree.

27°....Degree of farming.

28°....Fall of Mars. Has to do with the hair.

29°....Degree of the avid collector.

 

Degrees, Individual, Leo (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Leo.

0°.....Homicide.

3°.....Biliousness.

5°.....Homicide, aviation accidents.

6°.....Sight.

6°7' 1°33' N (cl) Presaepe, 44m Cancri. The manger of the Aselli: a nebulous cluster. (Mars Moon) Adventure, wantonness, brutality; at other times fortunate, though liable to loss through others; industry, order and fecundity; large business. Rising, or conjunction an afflicted Moon: blindness, especially of left eye; ophthalmia; facial injuries; fevers, wounds. If Sun oppose Mars or Asc.: violent death. If culminating: disgrace, ruin, violent death.

6°25' 3°11'N (5) North Asellus, Gamma Cancri. Identified with Balaam's ass. The Aselli represent the asses ridden by Bacchus and Vulcan in the war between the Gods and the Titans. (Mars Sun - Sun sextile Mars) Patience, beneficence, courage; sometimes marital preferment; heroic and defiant leaders.

7°36' 0°4'N (4) South Asellus, Delta Cancri. (Mars Sun - Sun > Mars) Fevers, quarrels, slander.

8°.....Cusp of Eleventh Lunar Mansion; a critical degree; Anaemia; hearing.

9°.....Bladder afflictions; alcoholism; Army and Navy.

9°31'..Mars-Pluto conj.: May 12, 1946.

11°10'.Neptune North Node.

12°....A degree of beauty.

12°31' 5°5'S (4) Acubens, Alpha Cancri. (Saturn Mercury) Activity, malevolence, prevarication.

13°....Degree of literature.

15°....First point of Affection: The Lion point.

17°....Degree of aviation; of air and gas.

18°....Medical ability (18°-22°).

19°....The back.

19°35' 9°43'N (3) Algenubi, Epsilon Leonis. (Saturn Mars) Cold, heartless, bombastic, destructive; but with artistic perceptions and facility of expression.

20°....Cusp of Twelfth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree. A degree of Faith.

20º-24ºDegrees of homicide.

21°....Comedy.

22°....Appendicitis.

23°....The stage.

25°....Alcoholic (25°-26°); astrology (25°-29°).

26°....Mars-Jupiter conj.: July 5, 1944.

26°10' 22°23'S (2) Alphard, Alpha Hydrae; often called the Heart of the Hydra. (Saturn Venus - Sun sextile Jupiter) Wisdom, artistic appreciation; knowledge of human nature; yet immoral, uncontrolled, and subject to tragedy.

26°27' 11°52' N (3) Adhafera, Zeta Leonis. (Saturn Mercury) Associated with criminal tendencies, poisons, suicide. If rising: military preferment and riches.

26°47' 4°52' N (3) Al Jabhah, Eta Leonis. Violent and intemperate nature; a military officer in danger of mutiny.

28°43' 0°28'N (i) Regulus, Alpha Leonis. A triple star; called the Lion's Heart; one of the Royal stars of the Persians, as Watcher of the North, marking the Summer solstice about 3000 B.C. (Mars Jupiter - Mars - Sun trine Uranus) Destructiveness; military honors, with ultimate failure; magnanimity, liberality, generosity; independent and high-spirited. If rising: honor and wealth, but subject to ill health. If culminating: high office under government; military success. If conj. Sun, Moon or Jupiter: honors and ample fortune.

 

Degrees, Individual, Virgo (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Virgo.

3°.....Cusp of the Thirteenth Lunar Mansion: a critical degree; appendicitis.

4°.....Asthma.

7°.....Degree of dress (7° - 10°)

8°.....Mixing and blending.

9°.....Homicidal tendencies.

10°....Purifying, cleansing, refining, and reducing to simplest essence. A degree of theology.

10°22' 14°20 N (2) Zosma, Delta Leonis. (Saturn Venus) Egotistical, immoral; fearful of poisoning.

11°....An astrological degree.

12°....Business (12° - 16°).

13°....Stage; feet.

14°....Degree of transformation and versatility (13° - 14°).

15°....Exaltation of Mercury.

16°....Cusp of Fourteenth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree, Christian ministers; a degree of symbolism.

17°....Degree of gliding or flowing.

20°30' 12° 16'N (2) Denebola, Beta Leonis, the Lion's Tail. (Saturn Venus - Mercury Uranus Mars) Said to bring honors and wealth, but leading eventually to disgrace; swift judgments; despair, regrets, misfortunes, through natural forces. If rising: good fortune, attended by dangers and anxieties, because of folly.

22°....A military degree; said to rule appendicitis; hairdressers.

23°58' 50°55'N (Neb) Copula, 51m Canum Ven. (Moon Venus) Blindness, defective vision, hindrances and disappointments.

24°....Degree of painting (24° - 26°).

25°....Cancer.

25°35' 17°34'S (4) Labrum, Delta Crateris. Associated with the Holy Grail. (Venus Mercury) Ideality, spiritual intelligence; salvation through fall from grace.

25°38' Mars-Neptune conj.: September 29, 1940.

26°2' 0°42'N (3½) Zavijava, Beta Virginis. (Mercury Mars) Combative, destructive, but beneficent; strength of character. Near to it was the Solar Eclipse of September 21, 1922, used by physicists in confirming the Einstein theory.

27°....Diabetes.

27°48' 63°43' S (2½) Markeb, Kappa Argus. (Saturn Jupiter) Piety, educational work; voyages.

28°....Solar Eclipse: August 21, 1941.

29°21'.Mars-Neptune conj.: September 16, 1942.

 

Degrees, Individual, Libra (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Libra.

0°.....Cusp of Fifteenth Lunar Mansion; a sensitive degree.

3°.....Abscesses.

3°4'...Mars-Neptune conj.: August 23, 1944.

3°43' 1°22'N (4) Zaniah, Eta Virginia; a variable star. (Mercury Venus) Congeniality, refinement, order; a lovable nature.

5°.....Homicide.

6°.....Degree of birds; aviation; goiter.

6°53'..Mars-Neptune conj.: August 20, 1946.

7°.....Sudden death; animal life.

8°.....Solar Eclipse: October 1, 1940.

8°50' 16°13'N (3) Vindemiatrix, Epsilon Virginis. So called because it anciently rose at vintage time. (Saturn Mercury) Falsity, sometimes dishonesty; loss of partner. If conj. Uranus: spinal trouble; heart trouble; seclusion.

9°.....Courage, triumph.

9°2' 2°48'N (3½) Caphir, Gamma Virginis. (Mercury Venus - Venus Mars) Refined and lovable character; prophetic instincts.

12°....Cusp of Sixteenth Lunar Mansion; a sensitive degree.

12°20' 12° 11' (3) Algorab, Delta Corvi. (Mars Saturn) Destructive, malevolent; a scavenger.

13°....Food and drink.

15°....Suicide, apoplexy.

16°32' 49°33'N (3) Seginus, Gamma Boötis. (Mercury Saturn) Subtle mind, but suffers through bad company.

17°....Electrical (16°-18°).

19°....Fall of the Sun.

21°....Exaltation of Saturn. The stage, comedy.

21°3' 58°55'S (v) Foramen, Eta Argus. Surrounded by the "Key-hole" nebula. (Saturn Jupiter) Piety; acquisitiveness; danger to eyes. If conj. Sun: shipwreck.

22°....Artistic; hope.

22°43' 2°3'S (1) Spica, Alpha Virginis. (Venus Mars - Venus Jupiter Mercury) Said to be fixed and benefic; offering riches, renown, and a sweet disposition; the most fortunate of stars, when rising or on the Mid-heaven.

23°....Degree of homosexuality.

23°7' 30° 47'N (1) Arcturus, Alpha Boötis; Arctophilax, the bear watcher. Brightest star in the northern hemisphere (v. Job 38:32). (Mars Jupiter - Mercury conjunct Venus) Renown through self-determination; prosperity by navigation and voyages.

24°....Musical.

25°....Cusp of Seventeenth Lunar Mansion; a sensitive degree; literature.

26°....Detectives.

27°....Consumption.

28°....Hospitality; hair.

 

Degrees, Individual, Scorpio (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Scorpio.

0°.....Sensuous and passionate degree.

2°.....Plot.

2°2' 48°59'N (3) Princeps, Delta Boötis. (Mercury Saturn) Profound and studious mind, adapted to research.

3°.....Fall of the Moon.

5°45' 0° 28'N (4) Khambalia, Lambda Virginis. (Mercury Mars) Changeable, unreliable, argumentative.

6°.....Occultist and leader; that which is slippery but soothing.

8°.....Cusp of Eighteenth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree.

10°....Neurasthenia

10°46' 52°52'S (1) Acrux, Alpha Crucis. Brightest star in the Southern Cross. (Jupiter) Ceremonial, benevolent, mystic.

11°10' 44°20'N (2) Alphecca, Alpha Coronae Bor. (Venus Mercury -- Mars Mercury) Dignity; artistic sensibilities, inclined to poetry.

12°....Business (12°-16°)

13°....Air pressure.

13°58' 0°20'N (3) South Scale, Alpha Librae. (Jupiter Mars - Mars Venus Saturn) Unforgiving, untruthful; ill-health.

15°....The Center of Regeneration: the Eagle-point.

16°....Growth; painting.

17°....Music.

17°41'.Mercury South Node.

18°....Appendicitis.

18°15' 8°30'N (2½) North Scale, Beta Librae. (Jupiter Mercury - Mars sextile Jupiter) Good fortune, high ambition.

19°....The degree of avidity, an evil degree; the crucial point in the war between the Ego and the Supreme Will; animal life. 19°8'..Mars South Node.

20°....Cusp of Nineteenth Lunar Mansion; a critical degree.

20°56' 25°25'N (2½) Unukalhai, Alpha Serpentis. (Saturn Mars - Mars Saturn opposition Venus) Immorality, accidents, danger of poison.

21°....Bronchial tubes.

22°43' 44°9'S (1) Agena, Beta Centauri. (Venus Jupiter - Mars conjunct Mercury) Refinement, morality, good health; universally respected.

25°....Dumbness; alcoholic.

27°....Literature; memory.

28°....Brewers.

28°28' 42°34'S (1) Bungula, Alpha Centauri. Often called Proxima, because of its nearness to the Earth: 275,000 astro. units. (Venus Jupiter) Friends; refinement; honor.

 

Degrees, Individual, Sagittarius (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Sagittarius.

0°.....Degrees of draughtsmanship (0°-3°).

1°11' 17°15'N (3) Yed Prior, Delta Ophiuchi. (Saturn Venus) Shameless immorality; revolutionary.

1°27' 1°58'S (2) Isidis, Delta Scorpii (Mars Saturn - Venus Gemini Moon) Sudden assaults; malevolence; immorality.

2°4' 1°1'N (3) Graffias, Beta Scorpii. (Mars Saturn - Venus Gemini Moon Saturn) Malicious, merciless; susceptible to contagious diseases.

3°.....Exaltation of Moon's South Node: Fall of Moon's North Node. Cusp of Twentieth Lunar Mansion: a critical degree.

4º.....Aviation.

6°.....Degree of expression in language.

7°.....Degree of the heart.

8°7' 11°4'N (3) Han, Zeta Ophiuchi. (Saturn Venus) Harbinger of trouble.

8°39' 4° 34S (1) Antares, Alpha Scorpii; Mars' deputy; the Scorpion's heart. The Watcher of the West. It shows a fluted spectrum in which the reds predominate. (Mars Jupiter) Malevolent, destructive; generous; subject to presentiments of impending tragedy; rash impulses; headstrong obstinacy, chiefly injuring themself. If rising or culminating: honor, preferment, good fortune.

9°.....Homicide.

10°50' 75°17'N (3) Rastaban, Beta Draconis. (Mars Saturn) Criminal tendencies; property losses; accidents.

12°....Accidents to wheeled vehicles.

13°....Degree of acting.

13°43'.Uranus South Node.

14°....Degree of dumbness; indecision.

16°....Cusp of Twenty-First Lunar Mansion: a critical degree. 16°11'.Venus North Node.

16°51' 7°11'N (2) Sabik, Eta Ophiuchi. (Saturn Venus - Jupiter Venus) Wasteful, inefficient; bad morals, but successful evildoer.

17°....Degree of matter in transition - heat, flame; homicidal. 18°....Royalty.

20°....Faith (20°-23°).

21°....Growth.

21°20' 35°51'N (2) Rasalhague, Alpha Ophiuchi. (Saturn Venus - Jupiter Mercury sextile Mars) Perverted and depraved tastes; misfortunes through women.

22°....A military degree.

22°54' 14°0'S (3) Lesath, Gamma Scorpii. (Mercury Mars) Associated with acids; danger, desperation; immorality.

23°....Faith.

24°39' 8°50'C (cl) Aculeus, 6m Scorpii. (conjunct Moon) If conj. or opposition an afflicted luminary, or its afflicting planet: impaired eyesight, perhaps blindness.

25°....Neuresthania.

27°35' 11°22'S (cl) Acumen, 7m Scorpii. (conjunct Moon) Companion to Aculeus, and of same nature and influence.

28°....Consumption.

28°38' 13°41'N (3) Sinistra, Gamma Ophiuchi. (Saturn Venus) Slovenly, immoral.

29°....Imitation; acting.

29°32' 0°1'N (CNC) Spiculum, 8, 20, 21m Sagittarii. (Mars Moon) Mentioned by Ptolemy in connection with blindness.

 

Degrees, Individual, Capricorn (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Capricorn.

0°.....The Galactic Center. The most important point in astrology. Cusp of the Twenty-Second Lunar Mansion. An ambitious degree.

2°.....Sight.

2°6' 2°21'N (4) Polis, Mu Sagittarii. (Jupiter Mars) Keen perception, domination; ambition, success; horsemanship.

3°.....Medical.

4°.....Sleep and trance (4°-5°).

6°.....Analogy.

7°.....Unusual ability.

7°12' 0°43'C (cl) Facies, 22m Sagittarii. (Sun Mars) Blindness or defective sight; illness; accidents.

9°.....Degree of history.

9°54'..Jupiter South Node.

10°....Memory.

11°....Religion.

11°16' 3°26'S (2) Pelagus, Sigma Sagittarii. (Jupiter Mercury - Saturn Mercury) Optimism; veracity; a religious tendency.

12°....Cusp of the Twenty-Third Lunar Mansion.

12°31' 7°10'S (3) Ascella, Zeta Sagittarii. (Jupiter Mercury) Happiness, good fortune.

13°52' 0°52'N (4½) Manubrium, Omicron Sagittarii. (Sun Mars) Heroic, courageous, defiant; blindness from fire or explosion.

14°....Suicide.

14°12' 61°44'N (1) Wega, Alpha Lyrae, a pale sapphire star in the lower part of the Lyre. (Venus Mercury - Jupiter trine Saturn in Part of Fortune) Beneficent, idealistic, hopeful, refined, changeable; grave, outwardly pretentious, but usually lascivious.

15°....Fall of Jupiter. A degree of duty.

16°....Degree of solid matter.

17°....Intellectual and governmental.

18°41' 36°12'N (3) Deneb, Zeta Aquilae. (Mars Jupiter) Benevolent, liberal; ability to command; and a successful warrior.

19°34'.Pluto South Node.

21°....A scholarly degree.

23°....Governmental authority; music.

23°11'.Saturn South Node.

24°43' 5°25'S (6) Terebellum, Omega Sagittarii. (Venus Saturn) Cunning, mercenary; a fortune, with a guilty conscience and unsavory reputation.

25°....Cusp of the Twenty-Fourth Lunar Mansion.

26°....Land and farming.

27°....Hair.

28°....Exaltation of Mars.

29°....Degree of collecting.

 

Degrees, Individual, Aquarius (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Aquarius.

0°.....Homicide (0° - 5°).

0°9' 48°59'N (3) Albirco, Beta Cygni. (Venus Mercury) Beauty; a lovable disposition; resigned to Fate.

0°39' 29°18'N (1) Altair, Alpha Aquilae. (Mars Jupiter - Uranus Mercury sextile Sun) Bold, confident, unyielding, liberal, valiant; sudden, but ephemeral wealth; a position of command; danger from reptiles.

2°42' 6°58'N (4) Giedi, Alpha Capricorni; a multiple star, yellow, ash, lilac. (Venus Mars - Venus sextile Uranus - Venus Mercury) Beneficences; sacrifices; brings strange events into one's life.

2°56' 4°36'N (3) Dabih, Beta Capricorni. (Saturn Venus - Saturn Uranus Gemini Mercury) Suspicion and mistrust; success, but retirement under a cloud.

3°36' 0°54'N (5) Oculus, Pi Capricorni. (Saturn Venus) If conj. Mercury: a clever and penetrating mind.

4°3' 1°12'N (5) Bos, Rho Capricorni. (Saturn Venus) Similar to Oculus.

5°.....Solar Eclipse: January 26, 1944.

8°.....Cusp of Twenty-fifth Lunar Mansion.

9°.....Executive; presidential.

10°....The principle of things.

11°10'.Neptune South Node.

11°37' 2°59'S (5) Armus, Eta Capricorni. (Mars Mercury) Contemptible, nagging, contentious, unstable.

12°....If Mars afflicted here: assassination.

12°43' 0°36'S (5) Dorsum, Theta Capricorni. (Saturn Jupiter) Bites from venomous creatures.

13°....Degree of beauty; literature.

15°0'..The Center of Humanity, the angel point. Solar eclipse, February 5, 1943.

17°....State of air and gases.

18°....Explosiveness.

19°....The back.

19°5' 4°58'S (5) Castra, Epsilon Capricorni. (Saturn Jupiter) Bad reputation; uncontrollable temper.

20°....Cusp of Twenty-Sixth Lunar Mansion; a degree of Faith.

20°40' 2°33'S (4) Nashira, Gamma Capricorni. (Saturn Jupiter) Danger from beasts; conflict with evil, but ultimate success.

22°....Astrological area (22°-28°).

22°17' 8°37'N (3) Sadalsund, Beta Aquarii. (Saturn Mercury - Sun sextile Uranus)Trouble, disgrace.

22°25' 2°35'S (3) Deneb Algedi, Delta Capricorni. (Saturn Jupiter) Sorrow and joy, life and death, always hanging in the balance.

23°....Benevolence.

25°....Alcoholism.

 

Degrees, Individual, Pisces (accurate 1925; add 1º 5' for 2002 positions of fixed stars etc.)

(Abbreviations: neb, nebulae; cl, cluster; v, variable.)

 

Pisces.

2°14' 10°39'N (3) Sadalmelik, Alpha Aquarii. (Saturn Mercury) Persecution, sudden destruction; the death penalty, if afflicted.

2°44' 21°8'S (1) Fomalhaut, Alpha Piscis Aust. The Watcher of the South v. Royal Stars. (Venus Mercury - Jupiter square in Pisces - Sagittarius) Supposedly fortunate and powerful, yet a sublime malevolence that fluctuates between material and spiritual expression. If rising, according to Cardan: great learning, and an "immortal name."

3°.....Cusp of Twenty-Seventh Lunar Mansion.

4°14' 59°55'N (1) Deneb Adige, Alpha Cygni. (Venus Mercury) Facile and ingenious mind.

7°45' 8°11'S (3) Skat, Delta Aquarii. (Saturn Jupiter - Uranus Venus sextile Mercury) Good fortune; lasting happiness.

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