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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.
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.