Pathwalkers herb gardens - Gypsey Website

PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path
ASPECT: The angular distance, calculated in specific number of degrees of the chart wheel, between two
celestial points or planets. It shows the nature of the relationship between planets.
BIRTH-CHART: A diagram showing the exact positioning of the planets in the signs at the moment of
birth.
COMBUST: When a planet is very near the Sun in the birth-chart. It is theorized that the planet loses
some of its force.
CARDINAL SIGNS: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. Represents initiative.
COMPOSITE CHART: Two individual charts which are merged to form one. It shows the relationship
between two individuals.
CONFIGURATION: An Aspect which has three or more planets.
CONJUNCTION: Two or more planets sitting next to each other. A conjunction gives great strength to
the energies of the interacting planets.
CUSP: A line dividing the twelve houses. The midway point between two signs.
CYCLE: The time it takes a planet or point to make one complete revolution in the heavens.
DECANATE: The division of each sign into three equal parts of 10 degrees each.
DECLINATION: The distance of a planet north or south of the celestial equator
DEGREE: 1/360 of a circle.
DESCENDANT: The opposite point from the Ascendant: cusp of the 7th house. Describes one's
interaction with another.
EARTH SIGNS: Signs belonging to the element Earth (practical etc.). Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
ELEMENTS: Four-fold division of the Zodiac: Fire, Earth, Air, Water. Signs of the same element share
qualities of that element.
EPHEMERIS: Astrological almanac listing Zodiacal positions of the planets and other Astronomical
data.
EQUATOR: The imaginary line drawn around the Earth, dividing it into the northern and southern
hemispheres. When this line is extended into space, it is called the celestial equator.
EQUINOX: A time of equal day and equal night occurring twice a year at the beginning of Spring and
Autumn.
FEMININE SIGNS: The Earth and Water signs. Feminine signs are refereed to as negative and indicate
passive and receptive energy.
FIRE SIGNS: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. Signs with the qualities of the element of Fire (Willful,
energetic, etc.)
FIXED SIGNS: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. Fixed signs are stubborn.
GEOCENTRIC: The convention that the Earth, rather than the Sun is at the center of the Solar System.
GRAND CROSS: Configuration in which four planets form mutual squares. It creates a lot of tension.
http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules....ame=News&file=index&catid=&topic=1&allstories=1 (92 of 284) [12/25/2005 12:22:21 AM]