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(astrology) A historical period corresponding to the astrological sign of Aquarius, concerning the timing of which (past, present, or future) there is a wide range of views.
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(obsolete, UK, dialect, astrology) The planet which bears rule in the principal places of an astrological figure when a person is born.
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Alternative form of almucantar [(astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body.]
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(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
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A set of astronomical tables compiled in A.D. 1252.
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(astrology) The planet that has the most influence on a person's life.
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(astronomy, geology, planetology) The analogue of the geoid for the planet Venus; the Venusian geoid. The gravitational and rotational equipotential surface for Venus. The surface that provides the datum line (the equivalent for sea level) for Venus.
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(astrology, obsolete) The calculation and explanation of a horoscope.
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(astronomy) A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus.
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(of the orbit of a satellite) Having a rate of revolution that matches the rotation period of Mars, and thus remaining over the same point on that planet's surface.
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(astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
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(chiefly archaic) Alternative form of asterisk [The symbol *.]
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The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.
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The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
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Abbreviation of astrology. [Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.]
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2018-01-18, Julie Beck, “The New Age of Astrology”, in The Atlantic:
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(rare) Love of and/or obsession with planets, stars, and outer space.
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Of or relating to the star Betelgeuse.
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Involving two planets.
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An astrological diagram of the position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a horoscope.
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(Greek mythology) The transformation of a hero or mythological creature, into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.
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Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
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In the manner of a constellation (“(astrology) the configuration of planets at a given time (notably of birth), as used for determining a horoscope; (astronomy) a formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern”).
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The paradigm shift, from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens based around the Earth to a heliocentric model, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus and later supported by Galileo and others.
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(astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
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(astronomy) Of or relating to a Damocloid asteroid.
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(astrology) One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods, in which these planetary periods have good or bad effects depending on their placement by sign, house, combinations with other planets, and aspects.
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(astrology) Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
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(obsolete, astrology) The planet that is lord of the sign where another planet is.
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(astrology) The division of the heavens into twelve astrological houses; or a particular system for such division.
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(historical astronomy) The (approximately) twelve years of Jupiter's orbital period, forming the Chinese zodiac and personified as twelve or sixty gods known as Tai Sui.
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Computer software that calculates the apparent position of celestial bodies.
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(astronomy) A former standard astronomical time scale intended to overcome the drawbacks of irregularly fluctuating mean solar time, superseded in the 1970s.
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(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
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An early model of the solar system that put Earth at the centre, and had Sun and Moon orbiting the Earth with other planets revolving about the Sun.
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(obsolete) A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.
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(astronomy, historical) The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
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The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
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(astrology) The aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth.
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(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
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(astrology) The malign influence of a planet
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(astrology, obsolete) Under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter.
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(astronomy) Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.
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(historical) The supposed divination of human affairs based on the motions of the stars and planets (as opposed to natural astrology).
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Alternative letter-case form of Keplerian [Of or pertaining to Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician.]
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(astrology) Of, or pertaining to, the Libra star sign.
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(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
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(astrology) A purported statistical correlation between a person's athletic success and the position of the planet Mars relative to the horizon at the time and place of their birth.
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(astronomy) The side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits.
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(astronomy) Of or pertaining to the nodes of an orbiting body (such as the moon)
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(astronomy) Taking over 200 years to complete an orbit; especially said of comets.
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(astronomy) of or pertaining to the asteroid Pallas
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(planetology) Alternative form of periareion [The point in an elliptical orbit around Mars that is closest to Mars.]
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(astronomy) Being or relating to one of these astronomical objects.
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(astronomy) prior to the invention and use of the telescope
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(astronomy) Prussian; applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.
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Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography
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The static Ptolemaic universe
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horoscope, particularly one derived from Indian astronomy
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(astrology) A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
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(astronomy) Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
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Specifically, designating a set of astronomical calculations computed by Johannes Kepler in 1627, using data collected by Tycho Brahe (both of whom had Rudolf II as patron).
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(astrology, informal) Clipping of Sagittarius. [(astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer.]
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(archaic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites.
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(astronomy) Appearing as if seen from the centre of the planet Saturn; relating or referring to Saturn as a centre.
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(astrology) The combination of the heavenly bodies.
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(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
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The topography of the Moon
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(astrology) A form of astrology that measures the position of the sun relative to the stars. This compensates for the precession of Earth's axis, which causes the zodiac signs to move around the sky relative to the vernal equinox.
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(astrology) An astrological sign.
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(astrology) A planet that is supposed to rule something.
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(science fiction) The Solar System
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(astronomy, rare) Moving away from the sun.
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(idiomatic) Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.
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(obsolete) stellar; astral
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(astrology) concurrence of the position or influence of stars
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(astrology) A form of astrology that measures the position of the sun relative to the vernal equinox. This does not compensate for the precession of Earth's axis, so that the zodiac signs move around the sky relative to the vernal equinox by about one sign every 2150 years.
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Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer
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(astrology, of a planet or star) That sets after the sun.
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The astrology system which is derived from the Hellenistic astrology and is based on the relative positions of, particularly, the twelve zodiacal constellations on the moment of a person's birth.
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