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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.
GRAND TRINE: When three planets meet each other to form a triangle. This is a harmonious
configuration.
GREAT YEAR: The period when the pole makes a complete circle.
HARD ASPECT: Squares, oppositions and quincunxes. Aspects which create tension and/or friction.
HOUSES: The celestial sphere as a 360 degree circle is divided into twelve sections called houses. They
are numbered counterclockwise from the Ascendant (9:00 position). Each house represents certain
aspects of life. I.C. (Immum Coeli): One of the four major angles of a birth chart. It is the beginning of
the fourth house and is a very personal point in a chart.M.C. (Medium Coeli): One of four major points in
the birth chart and is at the top af the chart (beginning of the tenth house. It represents public life and
reputation.
MASCULINE SIGNS: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius. Masculine signs are
assertive and self-assured.
MERIDIAN: The Meridian at Greenwich. The point from which time and space is measured. It divides
longitude into east and west.
MIDPOINTS: The midpoint between two planets or angles and sometimes house cusps.
MUTABLE SIGNS: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. Flexible nature.
NATAL: Birth. The natal chart refers to a chart for the time of birth.
NODES: The north and south nodes of the moon are those points on the ecliptic where the moon crosses
it going either north or south.
OPPOSITION: An opposition is when planets are exactly opposite each other in the chart wheel.
Oppositions create stress.
ORB: The space in the chart wheel measured in degrees, between planets and points, by which an aspect
may vary from exactness and still remain effective.
POLARITY: Opposite signs effect each other: each sign has a relationship with its partner across the
Zodiac.
PROGRESSION: A method of advancing the planets and points of a natal chart to a particular time after
birth.
QUALITIES: Cardinal, Fixed, Mutable.
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