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Long Ascension - Signs of long ascension take longer to ascend than others. Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius. Long and short ascension are reversed in the southern hemisphere.
Long Ascension: Signs of, See 'Ascension.'
Longitude:
In Geography, Longitude is measured from the Meridian of Greenwich, East or West on the Equator.
long ascension A term applied to Cancer, leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius because they take longer to rise over the horizon than do the other six signs due to Earth's tilt relative to the ecliptic. See also short ascension.
LONG ASCENSION. v. Ascension.
LUXURIOUS. Aries is so classed, because of a propensity to luxury and intemperance.
MASCULINE. v. Positive.
LONG ASCENSION - An into Signs of right or long ascension, viz. CANCER , LEO, VIRGO, LIBRA, AQUARIUS, SAGITTARIUS.
Signs of Long Ascension - in the northern hemisphere, these summer and autumn signs include Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
The Signs of Long Ascension
are those which, due to the obliquity of the Ecliptic, require more than two hours to rise over the Eastern horizon. The
Signs of Short Ascension
are those which rise in Less than two hours.
Right ascension = long ascension: Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius.
Oblique ascension = short ascension: Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini.
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See Long Ascension. Sidereal DayWhen the Earth has made one complete revolution on its axis; i.e. when the meridien has returned to its exact position after a twenty four hour period of rotation of the Earth.
Long ascension signs in the northern latitudes are Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. They rise slowly and take longer than the two hours that it would take if all twelve signs rose at the same rate every twenty-four hours.
Ascension: (short and long.) Signs of long ascension take more time to rise than signs of short ascension. Depending on the obliquity of the ecliptic, some zodiac signs rise over the horizon more rapidly than other signs.
Signs of long ascension require more time to rise than signs of short ascension. In the northern hemisphere, the signs of long ascension are Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius.
In the northern middle latitudes, the signs Cancer to Sagittarius are referred to as signs of Long Ascension and the signs Capricorn to Gemini are called those of Short Ascension. In the southern middle latitudes it is the opposite.
ascension : Due to the obliquity of the ecliptic, some signs rise over the horizon faster than others. Signs of long ascension require more time to rise than signs of short ascension.
The so-called signs of 'long ascension' in the tropical Zodiac are Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius, while those of 'short ascension' are Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini.
 See also: Signs, Ascension, Astrology, North, Libra
  
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