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Astrology Signs Planets Glossary Home  Tip a friend! All you need to do is to write your friend's e-mail- address and click on send. email Your Name(optional) send   reset  More... Contact us Privacy policy © 2001 E&L There are many concepts and terms in astrology. We will attempt to explain some of them here.   Select a word... Ephemeris Houses Tables of the Houses The Ascendant The Descendant Horoscope aspects Conjunction Semi-Sextile Sextile Square Trine Quincunx Opposition Select the word you wish to look up in the menu!     Ordlista Ephemeris Are books, indicating the positions of the planets for each day. E. g. The American Ephemeris for the 20th Century (Noon Edition), which indicates the positon of the planets once a day for the whole 20th Century. Up Houses There are twelwe astrological Houses. The Houses are not existing in our material world. They are a dividing of the heaven into twelwe equal pie-shaped pieces with the basis from the earth rotation round its axis and the four quarters. Up Tables of the Houses are existing to a number of so-called house systems. E. g. the AFA Tables of Houses for instance, for the Placidus system. Up The Ascendant is very important for horoscopes; it is the point, which rules personality. Up The Descendant is the opposite point from the Ascendant. The Descendant explains which way to behave in close relationships. Up Horoscope aspects There are several aspects and they are indicating the nature of the relationships between planets and also the signification of traits for those aspects. Up Conjunction There is a Conjunction when two or more planets are sitting next to each other. The Conjunction is the strongest aspect. Up Semi-Sextile This aspect creates unease; it is a less important aspect than the Conjunction. It comes up when two or more planets are about 30 degrees from each other. Up Sextile The Sextile contains two or more planets, which are about 60 degrees from each other. Up Square The Square is one of the most important aspects, the strongest after the Conjunction. The Square is formed by two or more planets, which are about 90 degrees from each other. Up Trine Planets, which are about 120 degrees from each other, forms a Trine; it is a harmonious aspect. Up Quincunx The planets are in Quincunx when they are about 150 degrees from each other. The Quincunx is a minor aspect and it creates a certain uneasiness and a feeling of discomfort. Up Opposition When the planets are exactly opposite each other in an angle of 180 degrees. The Opposition is usually the strongest aspect right after the Conjunction and the Square. Up