Zodiac

Zodiac

The Zodiac is the ring of constellations that lines the ecliptic, which is the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.

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Out-of-sign aspects

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When a planet is at the very beginning or the very end of a sign, it may form an aspect that is easy to overlook to a planet at the beginning or end of another sign.

Opposition

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(180° or six signs apart, plus or minus 8°.) This can be an aspect of conflict, since two very opposite sets of needs and desires are involved.

Mutual reception

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This occurs when two planets are in the signs ruled by each other.

Refers to how the planetary positions unfolded in the days and weeks after birth. In one simple form of progression, called Day for a Year, the positions of the planets on the tenth day after birth ...

Plutonians

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These include people with several planets in Scorpio, a number of planets in the related 8th house of the birth chart, many aspects to natal Pluto, or Pluto near the Ascendant, Midheaven, or ...

Grand cross

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1. A rectangular formation consisting of at least four planets in hard aspect to one another—it involves both squares and oppositions between planets in the same sign type: cardinal, fixed, or ...

Elements

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1. Based on a mediaeval system, the zodiac signs are divided into four elements—fire, earth, air, and water. 2. Fire and air work well together (air keeps a fire burning, and fire warms up cold ...