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General astrology

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between visible astronomical phenomena and events in the human world.

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Quarter moon

Astrology; General astrology

When the phase of the Moon is displayed in the heavens as half light and half dark.

Quarter day

Astrology; General astrology

The Quarter Days mark the days of the Equinoxes and Solstices.

Quesited

Astrology; General astrology

Person or thing enquired after in an horary question.

Querent

Astrology; General astrology

Person asking a question of the astrologer.

Beibenia

Astrology; General astrology

Mediæval term for the brightest of the fixed stars. Jerome Vitali in his Lexicon Mathematicum (1668), says that beibenia are the main stars of the starry images, in particular their hearts and the ...

Besieged

Astrology; General astrology

A planet is besieged when it lies between two malefics, or when, having separated from a malefic, the next aspect it makes is with a malefic.

Benefics

Astrology; General astrology

Jupiter (the greater fortune) and Venus (the lesser fortune). These planets are considered to benefit the native, unless afflicted.

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