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CELESTIAL SPHERE
sphere: a surface in three-dimensional space all of whose points are equidistant from a fixed point (the center). great circle: a circle on the surface of a sphere which divides the sphere into two equal parts.
Celestial Sphere: The apparent sphere of infinite radius having the earth as its center. All heavenly bodies (planets, stars, etc.) appear on the 'inner surface' of this sphere and the sun moves along the ecliptic.
Celestial Sphere: The conceptualization of the infinite heavens as a sphere revolving around Earth, based upon the part of the skies visible from a point on Earth.
Celestial sphere - The imaginary sphere whose center is the center of the Earth and on which the fixed stars, planets, Sun, Moon, and the zodiac are located.
Celestial Sphere. The hypothetical sphere of the heavens as seen from a point on earth.
Chart Ruler. Also called the "Personal Ruler." The planet that rules the sign on the Ascendant.
Celestial Sphere. If one pictures the sphere we call the Earth, enlarged to embrace the visible heavens, the resulting concept can be called the celestial sphere. If it is a true sphere, any circle drawn around it can be termed a circumference.
Celestial spheres
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Classical planets in Western alchemy
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Houses: The celestial sphere taken as a 360-degree circle divided into twelve sections. These sections are referred to by their numbers, such as "the First House," "the Second House," etc.
Circles on the celestial sphere are projected as circles on the projection.
Angles on the celestial sphere are preserved on the projection.
Celestial Equator The projection onto the Celestial Sphere of the Earth's equator in the same plane as the Earth's equator, in other words, the projection of the Earth's equator onto the sky.
What we have here — courtesy of RedShift 2 again — is an image of the celestial sphere viewed from the outside, so you can see as much of the whole thing as possible all at once.
Regardless of geographic latitude or house system, the two great circles [7] that generate the four angles of the horoscope always divide the entire celestial sphere into four quadrants of equal celestial space.
Tropic of Cancer The Tropic of Cancer is a circle on the celestial sphere, as well as on the surface of the Earth, parallel to and at an angular distance of 23 degrees and 27 minutes from the equator.
Celestial Sphere : An imaginary sphere around Earth used to map positions of Sun, Stars, Plnets and Earth.
Earth : Associated with reality, is one of four elements.
Ecliptic : Marks the point where Earths orbital plane intersects celestial sphere.
It is into this zone of the sky (or celestial sphere) that astronomers project a perfect circle - the eliptic - formed by the earth's yearly orbit around the sun - or, for an observer on the earth, the sun's apparent orbit around our own planet.
The celestial equator is a great circle of the celestial sphere marked out by indefinite extension of the plane of terrestrial equator.
In 1974 I headed west in a Wise Potato Chip truck with mahogany-framed sliding glass picture windows, real wood walls, a pot-bellied stove, and a 3-foot celestial sphere in the window.
Equinox; Celestial Sphere.
Vertical.
Virtually synonymous with perpendicular, save that vertical applies more to abstract things and implies the general direction of the zenith, ...
Meridian: A great circle or imaginary line on the celestial sphere that passes through the northern horizon and southern zenith directly above the observer
Midheaven: The doorway into the tenth house in an astrological chart.
At any moment of time it is defined as the "west hour angle of the first point of Aries (vernal equinoctial point) from the upper meridian of the place," hour angle being the angular distance on the celestial sphere measured west-ward, ...
When looking at a chart, we are seeing on a flat surface a picture of the celestial sphere, and the aspects in a chart are sometimes drawn as a series of lines connecting the planets.
Zenith: The point in the celestial sphere directly overhead; opposite the nadir. The zenith and nadir are the poles of the horizon.
Zeus: The third symbolic planet used in Uranian astrology. See also Uranian astrology.
Equinox
Either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic; also, either of the two times each year when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of approximately equal length on Earth.
The foregoing explanations embody the use of the degree as a unit of measurement to fix the position of the planets on the celestial sphere containing the fixed stars; ...
It describes the process by which the descending soul passes through the celestial spheres associated with the seven classical planets (including Sun and Moon) on its way to rebirth.
Equator: The celestial equator means the plane of the terrestrial equator projected out and onto what is known as the celestial sphere. The circle of the earth that is an equal distance from the two poles is called the terrestrial equator.
Astrolabe - An ancient instrument employed for measuring the angular position of Sun and stars, used also to project the celestial sphere on the plane of the equator.
Astrologer - One who practices astrology.
The prophets [21.33] And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all (orbs) travel along swiftly in their celestial spheres.
Kepler never lost his love for the mystery and magic of the study of the celestial spheres: he was quoted by Franz Hammer as saying, "May God free me from astronomy, so that I can devote myself to the effort of my work on the harmony of the world." ...
The Vedic concept of Time is based on the celestial phenomenon of the rotation of the earth round its own axis and its movement around the Sun. One constitutes the Celestial Sphere and the other the Ecliptic Sphere.
HOUSES: The celestial sphere as a 360 degree circle is divided into twelve sections called houses. They are numbered counterclockwise from the Ascendant (9:00 position). Each house represents certain aspects of life.
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Therefore, although the lower four centres work through the Earth Zodiac, they form the connections between this and the higher zodiacs, giving the magician the ability to contact the 360 spirits of the degrees of every zodiac or celestial sphere.
" Regulus was also associated with the semi-mythical antediluvian king Amegelaros, whose name means "King of the Celestial Sphere"! ...
 See also: Celestial, Astrology, Planet, Earth, Sun
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