Solsticial Signs - Cancer and Capricorn. These signs hold the summer and winter solstices cf Equinoctial Signs. Sortilege - is the casting of lots and the assessment of omens indicated. Divination by casting or drawing lots.
In the northern hemisphere, the summer-solsticial signs, Gemini and Cancer, ride high in the sky (regardless of whether or not the Sun is there) and the winter-solsticial signs, Sagittarius and Capricorn, ...
ingress signs : The equinoctial (Aries and Libra) and solsticial signs (Cancer and Capricorn), the cardinal signs that coincide with the beginning of the seasons each year. These signs symbolize beginnings and initiatory action in a horoscope.
However, when the Moon is in the solsticial signs, Cancer and Capricorn, the pull is unequal. When the Moon is above the equator and in the sign Cancer, the pull at Moon up is always stronger than the pull at Moon down.
See also: Capricorn, Libra, Equinoctial, Astrology, Signs
 
|