Vocabulary

Question 1

Ascendant (Rising Sign)

Answer 1

Public image; face you present to the world

Question 2

Aspects

Answer 2

Geometric angles formed between planets and the angles of the houses
Show whether the planets are cooperating or not
How you determine if you have trouble ahead

Question 3

Cusp

Answer 3

Division between one house or one sign and the other

Question 4

Descendant

Answer 4

Opposite the Ascendant and cusp of 7th house
Shows how you relate to others

Question 5

Dignities

Answer 5

Evaluates the strength or weakness of a planet based on the sign or degree.
Four to consider: rulership, exaltation, détriment, fall

Question 6

Ephemeris

Answer 6

Diary or book that shows positions of the planets at any given time

Question 7

Houses

Answer 7

12; each representing a different facet of our lives

Question 8

Imum Coeli

Answer 8

Also called the Nadir
Lowest point on chart and opposite Midheaven
Shows your roots or where you’re coming from

Question 9

Intercepted House or Sign

Answer 9

Two signs holding space in that house
Can show hidden or repressed energy; the part of you that’s operating under the surface

Question 10

Midheaven

Answer 10

Also known as Medium Coeli; highest point on wheel
Represents your aspirations and where you’re headed

Question 11

Mutual Reception

Answer 11

One planet in another one’s sign and vice versa; both planets support each other
Ex) mercury in Sagittarius and Jupiter in Gemini

Question 12

Natal Chart

Answer 12

Birth chart; map of where the planets were in the sky at the moment you were born; your unique blueprint

Question 13

Nodes

Answer 13

Indicate karma and fate

Question 14

Orbs

Answer 14

Number of degrees between two planets

Question 15

Point of Fortune

Answer 15

Calculation that shows where you’re lucky

Question 16

Stellium

Answer 16

Group of 4 or more planets all in one sign
Show concentrated energy

Question 17

Transit

Answer 17

The planets as they move through the sky

Question 18

Rulership or Dignity

Answer 18

when the planet sits in the sign it rules, which means it’s at home; the planet functions well

Question 19

Detriment

Answer 19

when the planet is in the opposite sign it rules; weak; planet’s energy becomes watered down or negative

Question 20

Exaltation

Answer 20

the best expression of the planet; strong & positive

Question 21

Fall

Answer 21

if the planet is opposite the exaltation; totally weak & most negative expression of planet

Question 22

Peregrine

Answer 22

a planet that doesn’t fall in any of the rulership categories

Question 23

Chart Ruler

Answer 23

the planet that rules your Ascendant

Question 24

Mutual Reception

Answer 24

When 2 planets are in each other’s signs of rulership

Question 25

Reception by Exaltation

Answer 25

when one planet occupies the exaltation of another sign

Question 26

Aspect

Answer 26

an angle that one planet makes to another; can also be aspects between planets and any points on the horoscope wheel

Question 27

Unaspected

Answer 27

a planet with no links to other planets