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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 : 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.

Celestial spheres
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Classical planets in Western alchemy
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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 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: an imaginary sphere of the heavens on the surface of which all celestial bodies appear to be located; once thought by the ancients to be an actual, crystalline physical sphere.

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
An imaginary sphere of very large radius centered on an observer; the apparent sphere of the sky.
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THE CELESTIAL SPHERE
If we look up into the sky, from our position on Earth, the stars and other celestial bodies appear to be on the inside of a large sphere with the Earth at its centre.
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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.

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.

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.

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.

#5 Death: Nocturne, (Celestial sphere)
Our story ends in an empty boat left adrift with only the starry sky above. You are left to contemplate what happens next.

The celestial equator is a great circle of the celestial sphere marked out by indefinite extension of the plane of terrestrial equator.

Equinox; Celestial Sphere.
Vertical.
Virtually synonymous with perpendicular, save that vertical applies more to abstract things and implies the general direction of the zenith, ...

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.

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.

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57. Celestial Sphere
Imaginary sphere surrounding the Earth to which the stars, planets, Sun and moon seem to be attached.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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" Regulus was also associated with the semi-mythical antediluvian king Amegelaros, whose name means "King of the Celestial Sphere"! ...

See also: Celestial, Plane, On the, Planet, Earth