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Pantheism:
Deity in nature. A belief that the forces
and laws that are manifest in the universe,
are God. The Greeks worshipped the
faultlessly contoured human body. Modern
pantheism more or less deifies electricity
as the universal agent that accelerates
humanity's progress. Astrology sees God as
He who placed the Sun, Moon and planets in
the firmament "as signs, and
seasons." Gen. 1:14
Pantheon:
The five great gods of the Pantheon, and the
planets with which they were identified,
were: Marduk, Jupiter; Ishtar, Venus; Ninib,
Saturn; Nebo, Mercury; and Nergal, Mars.
Pars
fortunae; Part of FortuneP:
v. Fortuna.
Partile:
An exact aspect (q.v.).
Passive:
The Sun and Moon are termed passive, in that
they take their coloring from the signs in
which they are posited, or the planets with
which they are in strongest aspect. Passive
Qualities: Moisture and
dryness.
Pavanna:
God of the mental plane represented by the
Air Signs.
Penumbral
Eclipse:
Said of eclipses of the Moon, when the Moon
approaches closely enough to the Earth's
shadow to cause an appreciable diminution of
light though it does not directly touch it.
These are often termed appulses. They are
not generally classed as eclipses, though
from their close resemblance to eclipse
conditions they often produce effects
similar to those attending an actual
eclipse. In fact to an observer on the Moon,
the Sun would be partially eclipsed by the
Earth.
Peregrine:
Foreign, alien. Said of a planet posited in
a sign where it possesses no essential
dignity: where it is neither dignified nor
debilitated. It is employed in Horary
Astrology, where it is usually reckoned as a
debility. In a question of a theft, a
peregrine planet in an angle or in the
second house, is the thief. However, no
planet is reckoned peregrine if it be in
mutual reception with another.
Periodical
Lunation:
A Figure cast for the Moon's synodic period,
when it returns to the exact degree held at
birth. It is often employed for monthly
forecasts in a manner similar to the Solar
Revolution (q.v.) for annual
forecasts. A true Figure for the Moon's
periodical return is difficult to construct,
because of the Moon's acceleration from hour
to hour.
Phase:
(Obs.) A term formerly used by some
authorities for Decanate (q.v.). Originally
one-fourth of a Decanate, or 2½
degrees.
Phases:
Said of the Moon, but also applicable to
Mercury and Venus. The phases are crescent,
shortly before and after lunation;
half-moon, at the quarter when one side is a
straight line and the other is convex;
gibbous, shortly after the quarters, when
both sides are convex; and Full Moon, when
the Earth and the Moon are in opposition.
The Lunation is hardly a phase, since the
Moon is invisible except for a slight glow:
the Earth-shine resulting from light
reflected back from the Earth. According to
Kepler, as the Moon waxes all things swell
with moisture, which is decreased at the
Lunation, increased at the Full, and
powerfully stressed at the quadratures.
Direct light is heating; reflected light,
moistening.
Phenomenon:
Any item of experience or reality. Kant
divides this into: the noumenon, the thing
in itself, which is utterly unknowable; and
the phenomenon, which is the object of
experience. In c,ccult terminology applied
to a cosmical chemical, or psychical
impulse, experienced by one who is attuned
to Nature's more sensitive forces. Phenomena,
pl., is applied to supplementary
data in the ephemeris indicating the exact
times of eclipses, of the passing of the
Nodes and other points in the orbit, of
conjunctions, of the lunar ingresses, and
similar details.
Philosophy:
Literally, the love for and the pursuit of
knowledge, and its application to daily
affairs; in actual usage the knowledge of
phenomena as explained by and resolved into
reasons and causes, sources and forces and the
laws applicable thereto. The philosophical
attitude is generally associated with a
Jupiter accent.
Philosopher's
Stone:
An imaginary substance through the means of
which the ancient alchemists sought to
transmit baser metals into gold. Probably an
early concept of a catalytic agent. Used in
occult terminology to indicate the power by
which all life evolves and through which all
minds and souls realize a mutual kinship. It
signified the highest aspirations and the
purest ideologies of altruism.
Phoenon:
Greek name for Saturn. (q.v.)
Pisces:
The twelfth sign of the zodiac. v.
Signs.
Planets,
Classifications of:
Androgynous
planet.
Mercury, because both dry and moist.
Barren
and fruitful. Barren:
Mars, Saturn, Uranus. Fruitful: Sun, Moon,
Venus, Jupiter, Neptune. Moderately
fruitful: Mercury.
Benefic
and Malefic. Benefic:
Venus and Jupiter, particularly when not
afflicted. Some authorities include the Sun,
Moon and Mercury, if favorably aspected.
Malefic: The infortunes, Mars and Saturn,
and by some modern authorities, Uranus and
Neptune, whether afflicted or otherwise.
Mercury unfavorably aspected is deemed a
malefic with respect to money, law and
marriage. Modern authorities consider no
planet can be truly termed a malefic, except
insofar as its vibrations are improperly
applied, and is dependent largely upon its
aspects for the nature of its operation.
Cold
and hot.
Cold: The Moon and Saturn; also, according
to Sepharial, Mercury and Uranus. Hot: Sun,
Mars. Warm: Venus, Jupiter, Neptune.
Diurnal
and nocturnal.
The nocturnal planets are the Moon
and Venus, because of their feminine
qualities, their cool, moist temperaments,
and their passive natures as compared to the
Sun and Mars. Also applied to those which at
birth were below the horizon, and thereby
deemed to represent passive qualities. In
this case the diurnal planets are
those which at birth were above the horizon,
and are thereby considered to represent the
more active influences.
Dry
and Moist. Dry:
Sun, Mars, Saturn. Moist: Moon, Mercury,
Jupiter, Uranus; also, according to
Sepharial, Neptune. Mercury is both dry and
moist.
Electric
and Magnetic. Electric:
Sun, Mars, Jupiter. Magnetic: Moon, Mercury,
Saturn, Neptune. According to Sepharial both
Sun and Moon are magnetic.
Masculine
and Feminine. Masculine:
Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus.
Feminine: Moon, Venus and Neptune. Also,
planets are said to take on masculine
attributes in masculine signs; when in
advance of the Sun; or in the oriental
quadrants; and feminine attributes in
feminine signs; when following the Sun; when
on the opposite side of the horizon from the
Sun; or when in the occidental quadrants.
Morning
and Evening. Matitutinal
and Nocturnal. This refers particularly to
Mercury and Venus, as morning and evening
"stars," although all the planets
become morning and evening stars at some
part of the year, though not all of them are
visible to the naked eye. (v.
Retrograde.) It must be observed that a
planet which is "behind" the Sun
in its orbital motion, rises in diurnal
motion "before" the Sun.
The counter-clockwise motion of the Earth's
surface causes objects as uncovered on the
Eastern horizon to appear to move in a
clockwise direction. Thus the planet which
is behind the Sun in orbit, rises in diurnal
motion before the Sun.
Superior
and Inferior.
The Major or Superior planets are those that
have orbits larger than that of the Earth,
and which lie at a greater distance from the
Sun. They are: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Also called the
Ponderous or Ponderable planets. Their
motion appears to us to be slower, due to
their greater distance from the Sun. Their
effects are more enduring than those of the
Minor or Inferior planets. The Minor or
Inferior planets are those that have orbits
smaller than that of the Earth, and which
lie closer to the Sun. They are Mercury and
Venus.
The order of
the planets outward from the Sun is used in
a recent work in psychology, in illustration
of a memory aid in the form of the sentence:
"men very easily make jugs serve usual
needy purposes" - the first initial of
each word corresponding to that of a planet:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Also the
word Vibgyor, for the colors of the Solar
spectrum, from the top downwards: Violet,
Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red.
Planetary
Ages of Man:
By the ancients the planets were caned
chronocrators, or markers of time. It was
presumed that different periods of life
are ruled by different planets, as:
Planet..................Period.....Ages
Moon -
growth...........4 years.....1-4 the
mewling babe
Mercury -
education....10 years....5-14 the scholar
Venus -
emotion.........8 years...15-22 the lover
Sun -
virility.........19 years...23-42 the
citizen
Mars -
ambition........15 years...43-57 the
soldier
Jupiter -
reflection...12 years...58-69 the judge
Saturn -
resignation...30 years...70-99 slippers
These
appear to correspond to the Seven Ages
of Man, as listed by Shakespeare in
"As You Like It," which he
apparently took from the Chaldeans.
Sepharial suggests a slightly altered
set of measures, to include the planets
of recent discovery:
...Planet........Duration
of Years...Age Period
...Moon..................7...............0-7
...Mercury...............8...............7-15
...Venus.................9..............15-24
...Sun..................10..............24-34
...Mars.................11..............35-45
...Jupiter..............12..............46-57
...Saturn...............13..............57-70
...Uranus...............14..............70-84
...Neptune..............15..............84-99
...Pluto................16..............99-115
From the
sign position and aspects to the
chronocrators, judgment was formed as to
the fortunes of the native and his
environment during the period ruled by
each planet. Thus an afflicted Moon
indicates ill health and an adverse
environment in infancy; an afflicted
Mercury, retarded education; an
afflicted Mars, unfortunate in love; and
so on.
Planetary
Anatomy:
Sun:
Operates chiefly through the anterior
pituitary gland, to affect the circulation
of the blood through the heart and the
arteries; the tear ducts; the spinal cord.
Moon:
The substance of the body, as
distinguished from the vitality flowing
through it; the alimentary canal; the
child-bearing female organs and functions;
the lymphs; the sympathetic nervous
system; the cerebellum, the lower ganglia.
Mercury:
The
thyroid gland; the brain and the cerebro-spinal
nervous system; the sense of sight; the
tongue and the organs of speech; the hands
as instruments of intelligence.
Venus:
The
thymus gland, the sense of touch; the
throat, kidneys, and to some extent the
generative system. Its influence has been
said to operate through the solar plexus,
upon the functions of digestion and
nutrition. It has an indirect influence
upon features, complexion, hair - in so
far as those express beauty.
Mars:
The
cortex, or cortical portion of the adrenal
gland; the head, externally; the sense of
taste; the breasts and the maternal
functions, and in part the generative
organs; the motor nerves; the excretory
organs; the red corpuscles of the blood.
Jupiter:
The
posterior pituitary gland; feet, thighs,
liver, intestines, blood plasma, muscles,
growth; also control of shoulders and
arms, in motions that for effectiveness
depend upon good timing.
Saturn:
The medullary portion of the adrenal
gland; the skin and the secretive system;
teeth; bones, joints and
tendons-particularly the knee and the calf
of the leg; the spleen; the organs and
sense of hearing.
Uranus:
The
parathyroid gland; the brain and nervous
system; the electric and magnetic
emanations.
Neptune:
The pineal gland, the organs of
extra-sensory perception; intuitive and
psychic receptivity.
Pluto.
The
Pancreas, and the digestive glands; the
enzymes which effect catalytic and
hydrolitic transformations essential to
proper metabolism.
Planetary
Angels:
Sun, Michael; Moon, Gabriel; Mercury,
Raphael; Venus, Arnad; Mars, Samael;
Jupiter, Zadkiel; Saturn, Cassiel; Uranus,
Arvath.
Planetary
Colors:
All authorities, though variously,
associate the colors of the spectrum with
specific planets. In fact there are almost
as many versions as there are authorities.
Nevertheless the following planetary
associations represent a consensus of
opinion:
Sun:
Orange,
gold, deep yellows.
Moon:
White, pearl, opal, light,
pale blues; iridescent and silvery hues.
Mercury:
Insofar as Mercury can be
said to have any appropriate colors of its
own, slate color, spotted mixtures. Most
authorities agree that Mercury generally
assumes the color of that planet with
which it is in nearest aspect.
Venus:
Sky-blue to pale green,
lemon yellow; and tints in general as
contrasted to colors.
Mars:
Red, scarlet, carmine.
Jupiter:
Royal purple, violet, some
blends of red and indigo, deep blue.
Uranus:
Streaked mixtures, checks
and plaids like Joseph's coat "of
many colors."
Neptune:
Lavender, sea-green, mauve,
smoke-blue and possibly peculiar shades of
gray.
Pluto.
Luminous pigments, in unusual shades
containing a large percentage of red.
Planetary
Days:
Certain planets are by some deemed to have
added strength on, or to exercise rulership
over, certain days of the week, which was
considered in the assignment of names to the
days. (v. P. Hours.)
Planetary
Flavors:
According to Sepharial, these are:
Sun:
Sweet, pungent.
Moon:
Odorless,
insipid.
Mercury:
Cold,
mildly astringent.
Venus:
Warm,
sweet.
Mars:
Sharp
astringents, acids, pungent odors.
Jupiter:
Fragrant,
bland.
Saturn:
Cold,
sour, astringent.
Uranus:
Cold,
brackish, astringent.
Neptune:
Subtile,
seductive.
Pluto.
The
so-called aromatic flavors, in which
solubility releases both taste and aroma.
Planetary
Forms:
According to Sepharial, these are:
Sun:
Circles,
full curves, helical scrolls.
Moon:
Irregular curves, crooked lines.
Mercury:
Slender
curves, short incisive lines.
Venus:
Curved lines, rhythmic scrolls.
Mars:
Sharp
angles and barbs; fine straight lines.
Jupiter:
Full
generous curves.
Saturn:
Cramped forms, straight short lines, sharp,
clear-cut outlines.
Uranus:
Mixed forms, broken lines.
Neptune:
Curved
lines, rhythmic curves, nebulous and chaotic
forms.
Pluto.
Heavy straight lines and sharp angles, in
complex combinations.
Planetary
Hours:
Hours. Egyptian astronomy had only seven
planets, arranged in this order: Saturn,
Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon -
based seemingly on the apparent velocities
of the bodies. In rotation, each hour of
the 24-hour day was consecrated to a
planet. If Saturn ruled the first hour, it
also ruled the 8th, 15th and 22nd. As
Jupiter would then rule the 23rd, and Mars
the 24th hour, the first hour of the
following day would be ruled by the Sun;
and so on. The days thus came to be known
by the ruler of the first hour, resulting
in our present order of the days of the
week. Thus the order of the days of the
week, which can be hormonized with no
observable cosmic plan, are explainable
only by a student of astrology. The hatred
of the Jews for the Egyptians after their
flight from Egypt is said to have caused
them to "demote" Saturn from the
rulership of the first day, by beginning
the week on Sunday, making Saturn's day
the last day of the week. Probably some
symbolical association of the Sun with the
Hebrew idea of Jehovah, had something to
do with it. The evolution of the English
names of the days, from the Latin, through
the Saxon, resulted as follows:
Norse...Latin............French.......Saxon.......English
........Sol..............Le
Dimanche..Sun's day...Sunday
........Luna.............Lundi.....Moon's
day..Monday
Tyr.....Martis
(Mars)....Mardi.....Tiw's
day...Tuesday
Wotan...Mercurius........Mercredi..Woden's
day...Wednesday
Thor....Jove
(Jupiter)...Jeudi.....Thor's
day....Thursday
Freya...Veneris
(Venus)..Vendredi..Frigg's day..Friday
........Saturni..........Samedi....Seterne's
day..Saturday
Under
this system an hour was not uniformly
60 minutes, except at the equinoxes.
It was one-twelfth of the interval
between sunrise and sunset, by day;
and the reverse, by night. A planet
favorably aspected suggests that
action be initiated during that
planet's hour; or if unfavorably
aspected, that one should wait for
others to act. Wilson goes to some
length in expressing doubt as to the
efficacy and logic of this system.
The
astonishing thing about this sequence
is the placing of the Sun between
Venus and Mars, showing that the
ancients realized that in speaking of
the Sun they were actually making
reference to the position of the Earth
as determined by the apparent position
of the Sun.
Planetary
Jewels, or Precious Stones:
Here, again, there are almost as
many opinions as there are
authorities, but the following
list expresses a consensus:
Sun:
Diamond,
ruby, carbuncle.
Moon:
Crystal, pearl, opal, moonstone;
all milk-white stones.
Mercury:
Quicksilver,
loadstone.
Venus:
Emerald and, possibly, sapphire.
Mars:
Bloodstone, flint,
malachite, red haematite.
Jupiter:
Amethyst, turquoise.
Saturn:
Garnet, jet, all black stones.
Uranus:
Chalcedony, lapis
lazuli, jacinth, amber.
Neptune:
Coral, aquamarine, ivory.
Pluto:
Beryl and, presumably, sardonyx;
jade, cloissone enamels, ceramics.
It
should be realized that all
stones, precious and
semi-precious, as stones, come
more or less directly under
Saturn, the overall ruler of all
hard minerals. As for many,
authorities differ so widely that
to settle the question each stone
would have to be examined with
respect to its mineral components
before deciding the planet to
which it should rightfully be
assigned.
Planetary
Metals:
Sun:
Gold
Moon:
Silver, aluminum
Mercury:
Quicksilver
Venus:
Copper, brass
Mars:
Iron, steel.
Jupiter:
Tin.
Saturn:
Lead.
Uranus:
Radium, uranium.
Neptune:
Lithium, platinum.
Pluto:
Tungsten, plutonium.
Planetary
Motions:
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Planetary
Objects and Substances:
Sun:
Precious metals, diamonds-things valuable
and scarce; glistening substances.
Moon:
Utensils in common use in the laundry; or
in the silversmith's trade. Soft, smooth
substances.
Mercury:
Papers connected with money;
legal documents; books, pictures, writing
materials, anything connected with
education and communications. Flowing and
veined substances.
Venus:
Jewelry and ornaments; women's wearing
apparel; bed linens; polished reflecting
substances.
Mars:
Steel; cutlery, and anything that is
sharp; instruments of war; sparkling
substances.
Jupiter:
Men's wearing apparel,
merchandisable sweets; horses, domestic
pets; common and useful substances, cloth,
paper.
Saturn:
Land, minerals, agriculture and garden
implements; heavy materials; dull and
heavy substances; dross.
Uranus:
Machinery, old coins and
antiques, baths, public institutions;
everything uncommon and unusual;
radioactive and magnetic substances.
Neptune:
Poison, liquids, habit-forming drugs;
mysterious and unidentifiable substances.
Pluto.
Synthetics, through
splitting and recondensing processes;
plastics; atomic fission.
Planetary
Pathology, or
physical ailments. Associated with planetary
influences are the ailments affecting the
portion of the body represented by the Sign
position of the planet - at birth, in
transit, or by direction; and by the Signs
and Houses ruled by the planet. READ
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Planetary
Periods, or Cycles:
The mean
symbolical periods of the various bodies
are the length of time between two
successive conjunctions of that body with
the Sun at the same geocentric longitude,
i.e, falling on the same day of a
year. READ
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Planetary
Physiology:
Consideration
of the ruling planet, the Ruler of the
ascending Decanate and its aspects,
assists at arriving at a judgment as to
sub-active and hyper-active functioning,
as follows:
Sun:
Generation of vital force, circulation,
physical growth, expansion of areas of
sensitivity.
Moon:
Impregnation, generation, flow of
secretions.
Mercury:
Nerve functions, nerve reflexes,
volition, coordination of motivity.
Venus:
Exosmosis, filtration,
venereal functions.
Mars:
Rapid energy combustion
under stress, bodily distribution of
metallic elements.
Jupiter:
Cell nutrition and development, flesh
building, formation of hemoglobin and
red corpuscles.
Saturn:
Calcification, congestion,
conditions affecting tendons, cartilages
and articulation of bones.
Uranus:
Electro-magnetic forces, growth of long
bones.
Neptune:
Functioning of telepathic,
psychic or occult faculties; formation
of white corpuscles.
Pluto.
Balance between the anabolistic and
katabolistic phases of metabolism.
Planetary
Psychology: Planetary
influences upon the unfolding
psyche. READ
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Planetary
Physiques:
Sun:
Powerful, well formed body, with large
bones; large face and forehead, clear
complexion; hair, light but inclined
to baldness; commanding eyes.
Moon:
of
middle stature, inclined to heaviness;
round face, pale complexion; large,
soft eyes; short but thick hands and
feet; and usually small boned.
Mercury:
Slender
body and face; full forehead, long
nose, thin lips; slender, expressive
hands; dark hair, thin beard, poor
com- plexion, penetrating eyes.
Venus:
Short
but graceful body; inclined to
stoutness in advancing years; round
face, dark hair, large and wandering
eyes; soft voice and vivacious manner.
Mars:
Strong,
stocky body, but not overly tall,
military deportment; black or red
hair; often curly or wiry; sharp,
quick eyes; often very ruddy
complexion; when angry face is livid.
Jupiter:
Large,
well-formed body, inclined to become
portly in advancing years; wide chest;
high forehead; kindly and widely
spaced eyes; dark, wavy hair; paternal
attitude.
Saturn:
Slender,
angular body, with large bones - back
bends with increasing years; stern
features; small, beady eyes; dark,
curly hair; indifferent complexion.
Uranus:
Slender body, pleasing appearance;
irregular but prepossessing features;
usually large light eyes, brilliant
and keen; some types ascetic in
appearance, often giving the
impression of being effeminate.
Neptune:
Finely
organized, slender body; long head,
sharp features, often cruel
expression; always mysterious;
hypnotic eyes; hair retreats from
temples.
Pluto.
Medium stature, of rugged and sturdy
build, yet with a delicate skin; soft
fine hair on the scalp, but little
hair elsewhere on the body.
Planetary
Significators:
The solar system bodies are
subject to the following
interpretations. READ
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Planetary
Spirits:
In Occultism, the seven highest
hierarchies, corresponding to
the Christian archangels, which
have passed through states of
evolution in past cycles.
Planetary
Vegetation and Herbs: According
to Alan Leo, herbs are
classified according to
planetary influences as follows:
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Planetary
Vocations and Avocations: The
ruling planet, and the signs
in which posited, considered
with reference to occupational
aptitude, gives the following
testimony. READ
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Planetary
Years:
The ancients presumed the
planets to have definite
periods of rulership, at
the end of which changes
of constitution or
environment might be
expected to occur to
persons or in the places
ruled by them. What they
called "the shortest
years" can be traced
to the orbital motions in
most cases; but it is
difficult to trace a
justification for the
other groups. They are:
...Planet.....Short..Mean..Greater..Greatest
...Saturn......30....43.5.....57......465
...Jupiter.....12....45.......79......428
...Mars........15....40.......66......264
...Sun.........19....69......120.....1460
...Venus........8....45.......82......151
...Mercury.....20....48.......76......450
...Moon........25....66......108......320
By
the use of the short years
one deduces that, for
example, if Saturn
conjoins the Moon at
birth, its opposition will
occur at 15 years of age;
if Jupiter conjoins any
planet it will form its
sextile in 2 years from
birth. In other words, it
was a method whereby,
without the aid of an
ephemeris, to determine
when the planets wig form
aspects or directions to
the radical places of the
Sun and Moon, and they to
the radical places of the
planets - called
"periodical
directions." It is
principally of value in
mundane astrology, when
considering world-trends
over long epochs.
Planetary
Pattern:
A symmetrical arrangement of
two or more planets or
sensitive points around a
common axis. READ
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Point
of Life: A progressed
point, obtained by advancing 0°
Aries at the rate of 7y per
Sign. A planet at this point is
presumed to affect the native
according to its nature and
strength. The theory appears to
recognize the importance of the
equinoctial degree as an
individual point, and to
associate it somehow with the
Uranus motion, and the
progressed motion of the Moon.
Point
of Love: As this
represents the position of Venus
in a Solar figure, and as Venus
never has a greater elongation
from the Sun than 48°, this
Arabian Point can never be in
other than the 11th, 12th, 1st
or 2nd Houses.
Polar
Elevation: The
Elevation of the Pole, or the
Pole of the Descendant, is
relative to the north or south
latitude of the place for
which a map is erected.
Proceeding northward from the
Equator the North Pole appears
to rise up toward the zenith.
The elevation of the Pole at
London is 51° 30' - the
latitude of the city. The
Poles of the Houses increase
as they recede from the Imum
Coeli and the Mid-heaven,
which have no polar elevation,
toward the Ascendant and
Descendant. The cusps of the
intermediate Houses, have
polar elevation proportional
to the positions at which they
cut the Prime Vertical or
Circle of Observation - the
circle in which a person
stands when facing South.
The
formula whereby to ascertain
the Pole of a planet, is
one-third of the planet's
semi-arc: the difference of
elevation of the two cusps::
the planet's cuspal distance:
its proportional polar
distance. To ascertain the
cuspal distance of a planet
from the Oblique Ascension of
the cusp, subtract the
planet's Oblique Ascension or
Descension under the pole of
that cusp.
To
find the Oblique Ascension of
a cusp - add 30° to the Right
Ascension of the Mid-heaven
for each successive House
eastward.
To
find the Oblique Descension,
subtract 30° for every House
westward from the Mid-heaven.
Polarity:
Literally, that quality or
condition in virtue of which a
body exhibits opposite, or
contrasted, properties or
powers, in opposite or
contrasted, parts or
directions.
(1)
The
opposite point in the zodiac
to the Sun position in any
nativity may be spoken of as
its Sun's polarity; usually
employed in the harmonization
of two maps.
(2)
Since opposing signs are said
to complement each other, any
diameter can be termed a
polarity. It is through this
principle that Air and Fire
signs are deemed more
harmonious, since belonging to
the same polarity. Similarly
with the Water and Earth
signs. This polarization of
two groups through the
polarization of one member of
each group is illustrated in
Solomon's Seal (q.v.)
a six pointed star produced by
the juxtaposition of two
triangles.
(3)
In
any one nativity, polarity as
used by Leo refers to a
relationship between the Sun
and Moon positions; viz., Sun
in Leo, as polarized by the
Moon in Libra. The basic
thought is probably that a
life revolves around an axis
which has as one pole its Sun
destiny, and the other pole
its Moon desires, the
character of the polarization
dependent upon the degree of
harmony or disharmony that
exists between the signs
positing the two luminaries.
Maurice
Weymss classifies the
polarities as follows:
Polarity:....Signs...................Root
Instinct....Simple Instinct
Electric:....Aries
and Libra.........Food
obtaining...Acquisitiveness
Crystalline:.Taurus
and
Scorpio......Reproductive.....Constructiveness
Energy:......Gemini
and Sagittarius..Imitative........Mimicry
Solid:.......Cancer
and
Capricorn....Precautionary....Acquisitive
Gaseous:.....Leo
and
Aquarius........Communicative....Sympathy
Liquid:......Virgo
and
Pisces........Herd.............Service
Pole
- of the Ascendant; of the
Horoscope: The
geographical latitude of the
place for which the figure is
cast. v. Polar Elevation.
Ponderous,
or
Ponderable planets: v.
Planets.
Posited:
The position actually occupied
by a body, in the heavens or in
the signs and houses of a
geocentric map.
Positive
sign:
An odd-numbered sign. v.
Signs, Positive.
Practical
Natures:
Referring to a balance between
idealism and the ability to
enjoy realities and actualities,
and to do whatever has to be
done, that is shared in common
by those born with the Sun in
Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo -
respectively the Initiative,
Executive and Deductive types of
the Practical group.
Precession
of Equinox and Pole:
The shape of the Earth is that of
an ellipsoid: flattened at the
poles and bulging at the Equator.
The gravitational pull of the
Moon, and to a lesser extent of
the Sun, on this equatorial bulge
is said to create a precessional
"couple," which causes
the Earth's poles of rotation to
gyrate or slightly nod in a
conical manner. The periods of
these Nutations are diurnal,
monthly and annual, in addition to
the chief one, of the same period
as the precessional motion of the
Moon's orbit, as noted by its
receding Nodes. READ
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Precession
of the Equinoxes:
In a recent astronomical work it
is defined as "that
westward march of the
intersection of the planes of
the equator and the ecliptic,
caused by the attraction of the
sun, moon and planets on the
protuberant mass at the earth's
equator." In doubting the
correctness of this explanation,
offered blandly by astronomers
as an accepted fact, I maintain
that this precession is due to
causes similar to those which
produce the precession of Moon's
node - where there is no
equatorial protuberation to
which to attribute the
phenomenon. More likely it is
the result of an oscillatory or
undulating motion of the entire
plane of the orbit, the rate of
oscillation determinable by
ratios between such factors as
the rate of motion of the body
and of the center around which
it revolves, and the relative
diameters of the intersecting
orbits. Although our Sun is
presumed to be a member of the
Milky Way Galaxy, the theory has
been advanced that the Sun is a
member of a sub-galaxy that is
itself a part of the Milky Way
Galaxy. This would mean a
revolution of the Sun around the
center of the sub-galaxy in a
much shorter period than that of
the entire Milky Way galaxy.
Predictions,
in Mundane Astrology:
Although predictions, as drawn
from a birth Figure, often
show a high percentage of
correctness, the practice
teaches a fatalistic
philosophy that denies the
gift of Free Will and Self
Determination. The high
percentage of correctness
proves only that a high
percentage of people permit
themselves to be ruled by the
emotions instead of the
dominance of the reasoning
faculties. It is only in the
realm of Mundane Astrology,
which deals with the mass
reaction of large political or
geographical groups, that
predicting can be indulged in
without inculcating a harmful
philosophy.
Predictions
in Mundane Astrology are
certainly no more damaging
than those based upon Gallup
polls, or the experience and
judgment of practical
politicians. Even the
weatherman is often wrong, yet
he stacks up a pretty good
average, but in doing so he
uses an efficient
communications system to get
advance warning of movements
that must have had their
inception in some cosmic
condition. Weather predicting
is therefore no more and no
less legitimate than
predictions in Mundane
Astrology. Whether based upon
an eclipse path, a chart of an
ingress or lunation, or a
national chart erected for
some presumed moment of
inception or initiation, and
whether or not the predictions
are substantiated by ensuing
events, the important factor
is that, right or wrong, there
is no harm done. Mass
reactions generally follow
cosmic trends, for the same
reason that only the minority
is ever consistently right.
However, when it comes to the
individual, astrology cannot
be helpful other than by
teaching that man has the
inherent ability, if he will
use it, to negate unfavorable
urges and work in harmony with
favorable ones. For that
reason, the future value of
astrology rests upon the
willingness of astrologers to
discourage anything that
smacks of fortune-telling and
confine its use to the
diagnosis of conditions, and
the giving of a formula of
prescribed thinking calculated
to free the individual from
subserviency to mere emotional
stimulations.
Predictive
Astrology:
The branch of Astrology that
deals with
"Directions," the
methods by which future
influences are ascertained.
The consideration of this
branch opens up the whole
question of Fate versus Free
Will, and at once determines
the difference between the
"exoteric" and the
"esoteric"
astrologer. The one is a
confirmed fatalist who
believes himself forever under
the bane of Destiny, with an
entire life mapped out for him
over which he has no control:
no re-embodiment of the soul,
no continuity of existence and
with no sense of purpose -
because a cruel or a kind Fate
has brought him into existence
against his will and imposed
upon him an environment he did
not choose. The other is
sustained by a belief that as
a man sows so must he reap.
His motto is "Man know
thyself," that he may
choose to sow in such manner
as to reap a harvest of his
own enlightened desires. It is
from this standpoint that all
"Directions" should
be made, and all rules based
upon the dictum that while the
stars may impel they do not
compel. This presents
Astrology as cosmic
conditioning, but over which
Man is capable of conscious
control.
One
supposedly historic prediction
that is of interest in the
epoch of world history in
which this is written, dates
from about 166o and has been
ascribed to Friar Jehan; in
which he is reputed, according
to CORONET, to have said that
in the Twentieth Century
"the land of the Black
Eagle (Germany) would invade
the country of the Cock
(France), and that the Leopard
(England) would rush to the
Cock's aid. The Black Eagle
would claw its antagonists
almost to defeat but would
turn, before finishing them
off, to attack the White Eagle
(Russia). There would then
take place a struggle more
terrible than words can tell,
where the dead would be piled
in mounds as high as cities.
The nation of the Black Eagle
(also referred to in the
prophecy as the country of
Luther) would at last succumb
and, deprived of all its
weapons, would be divided into
twenty-two separate states.
Then, at long last, would
follow the true golden age of
mankind."
Prenatal
Epoch:
The theoretical moment of
conception. v. Epoch.
Prescience:
Foreknowledge. An excellent
word, used by Ptolemy in the
affirmation ... "only
prescience by astronomy will
afford premonition of such
events as happen to men by the
influence of the Ambient."
It suggests preparedness for the
exercise of discretion, rather
than the fatalistic terror
inspired by a prediction.
Primary
Directions:
Any method, for determining the
changing influences of the altered
relationship between the cuspal
and the planets' places on
successive days or years after
birth, that is based upon the
diurnal rotation of the Earth upon
its axis, arc known as Primary
Directions. READ
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Prime
Vertical:
The vertical circle that lies at
right angles to the meridian,
and passes through the East
point, Zenith, West point and
Nadir of any place.
Primum
Mobile:
The first mover, the outermost,
or tenth sphere of the ancients,
which in its daily motion
carried all of the fixed stars.
It is purely a Ptolemaic
concept, exploded in theory by
the Copernican concept of a
solar system revolving about the
Sun instead of the Earth. From
the standpoint of Astrology,
which deals with the effect of
those apparent motions around
the Earth by virtue of the
Earth's own motion, the concept
is as valid today as it was in
Ptolemy's time.
Principal
Places:
The five places in which the
luminaries are said to have the
most beneficial effects in a
Nativity; the hylegiacal places:
the 1st, 11th, 10th, 9th and 7th
Houses. v. Hyleg.
Profections:
A term used by Ptolemy to
indicate the successional rising
of the Signs, hence of the Sun
and other Significators, at the
rate of one Sign per year, or 2°30'
per month. First study the rules
for determining the Hyleg, or
hylegiacal degree. With that
located advance it 30° for each
year. Bearing in mind that the
year from your third to your
fourth birthday is your fourth
year, proceed as follows: Assume
a Protectional Figure for the
year beginning on your 27th
birthday with the Hyleg at
Pisces 15°. 28 Signs minus 24 -
two circles - equals 4 Signs,
hence the annual Profection
extends from Cancer 15° to Leo
15°. The Moon and the Sun thus
become the chronocrators for the
28th year. v. Directions.
Prognosis:
Originally synonymous with
Prediction, usage has attached
to it a more conservative
meaning, that of "a
probability of outcome."
Astrologers who adhere to the
doctrine of Free-Will, and who
seek only to render helpful
assistance and wise guidance
through a crisis, rather than to
mystify and astound, generally
prefer this terminology. They do
not hesitate to draw forth a
complete case-history of
everything that might have
bearing on the matter under
consideration, before passing
judgment, in preference to the
exhibitionist feat of telling
the client what he reads from
the chart concerning the past. A
recent treatise on a phase of
scientific astrology says the
"astrological prognosis
must be guided by every personal
fact or situation of the person
in question. The researcher
should take into consideration
these attendant circumstances
and from them deduce the logical
results of the indicated
astrological conditioning. By
this procedure, astrology
supplies the factor for
psychological analysis that
psychology alone could never
authoritatively deduce."
With utter frankness, the author
adds: "There is no
infallible certainty in
astrological prediction any more
than there is in medical or
meteorological prognosis. A
doctor can only prog- nosticate
within limits of probability the
course an illness will run, and
can err even as the
meteorologist in a weather
forecast." Medicine
achieved respectability through
the impersonal approach, and
Astrology might with profit
emulate the example.
Progressed
Horoscope:
One erected for a date that is
as many days after a given birth
date as the native's age in
years. v. Directions.
Progressions:
Alterations in the birth chart
aiming to show the changing
influences that result from
motions of the celestial bodies
after birth. v. Directions.
Progressions
vs. Directions:
To clarify astrological
terminology it is perhaps well
to emphasize a distinction
between these two terms so often
loosely applied to the same
process: Directions,
to indicate the theoretical
advance of some one body or
point in a chart, by applying to
it an arc of direction for a
given period of time, or by
measuring the arc between it and
some other sensitive point,
cuspal point or place formerly
tenanted by a planet, and by
reducing it to time by some such
measure as that employed in the
Primary System of Directions. Progressions,
indicating the advanced
positions of the Ascendant,
Midheaven and planets as shown
in a Progressed Figure cast for
a given date, as employed in the
system of Secondary Progressions
(q.v.). Alan Leo employs
both terms rather
indiscriminately, defining
Directions as "calculations
made from the Nativity for the
purpose of ascertaining the time
when events will happen.
Properly speaking this is
predictive Astrology, since it
is concerned with the future of
the person for whom the
calculations are made.
Directions are classed under two
heads: Primary and Secondary.
The former is similar to the
small hand of a clock which
marks off the hours, while the
latter are like the long hand
which marks off the exact
time."
Although
Alan Leo wrote an imposing
volume on the "Progressed
Horoscope" he says in his
Dictionary that "the
question of the progressed
birthday at the rate of a day
for a year needs
investigation."
Progressive
Solar Revolution:
A map similar to the Solar
Revolution (q.v.) erected
for the moment of the Sun's
return to the exact location it
occupied on the equivalent birth
hour of a date determined by
adding one day to the birth date
for each year of life up to the
year for which the p.s.r. figure
is to be erected. From the
computed longitude of the Sun,
refer to the ephemeris of the
current year for the calculation
of the planets' places, and
aspects, Transits, eclipses and
lunations in important places of
the p.s.r. map are deemed by
some authorities to have great
significance.
Prohibition:
v. Frustration
Promittor:
A planet, to which a
significator may be
"directed" in order to
form an aspect between the
"progressed position"
of the Significator and the
"birth position" of
the promittor, whereby certain
events or conditions are
promised as concerns the
significator so directed. The
distance the significator must
travel to form this aspect is
termed the "arc of
direction," to be reduced
to time, usually at the rate of
1° for a year and 5' for a
month.
Proper
Motion:
(1) Said of the
motion of planet in space, as
compared to any apparent motion
which results from any movement
of the Earth: either axial
rotation, annual revolution, or
the motion through space of our
entire solar system. (2)
Loosely applied to the direct
motion of a planet through the
signs, in distinction to the
diurnal rising and setting
caused by the Earth's rotation.
Prophecy:
The ability to foretell the
future. According to occult
teachings anyone who is able to
prophecy accurately must be
psychically equipped to read the
Akashic, or astral, records.
When there is faulty
interpretation it is not the
astral light which falters but
the adept who is not in tune
with the vibratory beam.
Proportional
Arcs: Additional
sensitive degrees proposed by
Sepharial on the theory that
each planet has a point of
influence at the same distance
on the opposite side of the
radical Sun, Moon, Ascendant and
M.C. Thus the p.a. of Venus in
19°, Aries to the Sun in 5°
Aries falls upon 21° Pisces
where its influence would be
felt when a New Moon falls
thereon, or the directional Moon
or transit of any planet. Each
planet has a p.a. to the
Ascendant and M.C., making 9
points; also 8 points each for
the Sun and Moon, a total of 34.
When the influence of the planet
is thus brought out it
supposedly brings into activity
the affairs of the House in
which the arc falls. It is an
extension of the theory of
Converse Directions.
Prorogator:
A term used by Ptolemy in
connection with a method of
direction, effected by
proportion of horary times -
semi-arcs. One must distinguish
between the Prorogator, the body
directed and the Prorogation or
method by which it is directed.
The Prorogator is the Apheta or
Life Giver, in contrast to the
Anareta. By day and in aphetical
places, the Sun holds the
position of Prorogator; by night
the Moon. (v. "Hyleg.")
Psychography:
In occult terminology it
signifies automatic writing in
which the hand supposedly
transcribes supernal concepts
without mental direction.
Psychometry:
(1) The art of
measuring the duration of mental
processes; of establishing the
time relations between mental
phenomena. (2) As
employed by occultists it
applies to an adept's supposed
ability to weigh or determine
psychically the qualities of
inanimate objects - such as
metals, textiles, antiques or
potentially active chemicals. It
is explained as the reading of
the "memory" of innate
powers of material things.
Psychophobia:
Fear of the unseen. Literally a
horror of destiny. A
psychosomatic manifestation,
often of astrological genesis.
Ptolemaic
Astrology:
A correct appraisal of Ptolemy's
work might well begin, not with
what he knew but with what he
did not know. From a careful
study of the Tetrabiblos,
one must classify his work under
three headings: (1)
A valid philosophy that treats
in theoretical terms of the
plausible value of astrology and
the benefits it would confer if
properly assayed and applied. (2)
A compilation of knowledge from
"ancient" sources, for
which he erected a consistent
framework of practice: an
excellent piece of editorial
work in any day. (3)
An attempted scientific
explanation of how and why it
works in terms of what was then
known of astronomy and physics.
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Pyrois:
Greek name for Mars, referring
to its fiery nature.
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