Horoskopos - Ancient Hellenistic term for Ascendant
Horizon -The visible juncture of Earth and the sky, represented in a horoscope by the Ascendant-Descendant axis.
Appendix: Horoskopos
Analysis of the term 'Horoskopos' (or '1st place') falls outside the scope of this series but the subject was touched upon in Polar Meridians and has subsequently drawn forth an intriguing suggestion from Dieter Koch.
horoskopos: The greek word for ascendant, meaning "hour marker". The greek term is more flexible and can mean any house that can serve as a 1st house for counting purposes.
Also an archaic term for Ascendant (see Horoskopos). HoroskoposAncient Hellenistic term for Ascendant.
In sun-sign astrology the Sun is a horoskopos in exactly the ancient manner; it marks the sign of the Sun as a first house or place. All other signs become houses or places with respect to the sign of the Sun.
The word horoscope is derived from Greek words meaning "a look at the hours" (horoskopos, pl.
seen Astrology and Horoscopes spelled as: Astrolgy, Astroligy, Astrolegy, Astraligy, Astrolagy, Astology, Astralagy, Astrologogy, Horescopes, Horiscopes, Horascopes, Scopes, Horscopes, Horrescopes, Horrorscopes, Horcopes, Horroscopes and Horoskopos.
The word for the ascendant in Greek was horoskopos from which horoscope derives. In modern times, the word has come to refer to the astrological chart as a whole. Branches of horoscopic astrology: ...
 See also: House, Astrology, Sun, Houses, Ascendant
  
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