Joined
to.
Applied to any body that is embraced within
the orbs of any aspect to any other body; more
specifically applicable to a conjunction.
Joy.
A term employed by some of the older
authorities to indicate an affinity between
certain planets and certain Signs, not
necessarily of the character of Dignities. The
original application of the term as anciently
employed has been lost in the course of the
centuries, and other meanings have been
attached to the term. According to one theory
a planet is in joy when, itself in debility,
another planet with which it enjoys some
similarity is posited in one of its Dignities.
Thus Saturn was presumed to experience a
sympathetic joy when Mars is in Capricorn, the
Sign ruled by Saturn, and in which Mars is
exalted; also that it there opposes and
afflicts Cancer, ruled by the Moon. It feels a
"joy" when Mercury is posited in
either of its triplicities, since the Signs
they rule belong to the same Triplicities:
Capricorn-Virgo and Aquarius-Gemini. Also when
Venus is in either of its Signs, because both
trine Saturn's Signs: Taurus-Capricorn,
Libra-Aquarius. A malefic experiences
"joy" when another malefic afflicts
either Sun, Moon, or any benefic which is in
one of its Dignities. Thus Jupiter is in its
joy when the Sun inhabits a Jupiter-ruled Sign
- either Sagittarius or Pisces, or Cancer
where Jupiter is in its Exaltation; or any
Sign of its Triplicity - which includes all
the Fire and Water Signs. Also when the Moon
or Mars are in their respective Signs or
Triplicities. Mars "joys" when the
Sun is exalted; when the Moon is in her Sign,
or when Saturn is in Capricorn. While not
exalted in Leo, Mars was said to
"joy" in the Sign, because both are
of a fiery nature. The term belongs to an
epoch when astrological writers were more
poetic than scientific.
In short, any
planet "joys" when another planet is
placed in one of its Essential Dignities. Some
authorities have confused this with what is
termed the Thrones of the planets, viz.: the
Signs they rule.
Latterly planets
have been said to "joy" in certain
Houses: Saturn, in the Twelfth; Jupiter, in
the Eleventh; Mars, in the Sixth; Venus, in
the Fifth; Mercury, in the First; the Sun, in
the Tenth; the Moon, in the Third.
It is also said
that the Sun and Jupiter "joy" in
each other's Houses, as do Saturn and Mercury,
and Venus and the Moon. All of which added
together leaves the term in ill-repute, and
generally in disuse among modern astrologers.
The term has a certain merit and might well be
restored, if confined to the congeniality of a
planet in a House. In that way it can be said
that Dignity and Debility result from Sign
placement, and Joy from House placement.
Julian
Calendar.
v. Calendar.
Julian
Day. For
calculating long intervals of time it was
found desirable to eliminate the months and
years, and number the days consecutively.
Hence one such numbered day is identified by
the prefix J.D., meaning Julian Day. (v.
Day.)
This table of
Julian Days is a convenience in computing the
num- ber of elapsed days between any two
dates. Merely set down the J.D. for the two
days and subtract: the difference will be the
number of elapsed days. For dates that are
separated by only 2 or 3 years, it will be
necessary to use only the last three or four
digits. These tables can be applied to any
years, if care is exercised to see that a
table for a bissextile year is used for a
bissextile year, and one for a common year is
used for a common year.
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