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BOUT THE UTHOR
James R. Lewis has worked as a professional astrologer for more than 25
years. Among astrologers, he is best known for his innovative work on Baby-
lonian astrology and on the astrological significance of the planetary moons.
Having completed his graduate work in religious studies at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Prof. Lewis has an extensive background
in history, psychology, philosophy, and comparative religion, including reli-
gious cults. He is an internationally recognized authority on nontraditional
religious groups and currently teaches religious studies at the University of
Wisconsin at Stevens Point.
Prof. Lewis is the author of Visible Ink’s The Death and Afterlife Book,
Angels A to Z, and The Dream Encyclopedia. Other titles include Doomsday
Prophecies: A Complete Guide to the End of the World,Magical Religion and Mod-
ern Witchcraft,and Peculiar Prophets: A Biographical Dictionary of New Religions,
and the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements.His work
has received recognition in the form of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title
award and Best Reference Book awards from the American Library Associa-
tion and the New York Public Library Association.
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Angels A to Z
The Death and Afterlife Book: The Encyclopedia of Death, Near Death, and Life after Death
The Dream Encyclopedia
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Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
The Religion Book: Places, Prophets, Saints, and Seers
The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial
Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings
The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism
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The Astrology Book
The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences
Second Edition
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For my partner and wife Eve,
who originally inspired this project,
and without whose support
this book might never have been completed.
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STROLOGY
BOOK
The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences
JAMES R. LEWIS
Detroit
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ONTENTS
Introduction [xiii]
Acknowledgments [xxviii]
Contributors [xxix]
Astrological Glyphs and Abbreviations [xxxi]
A Anomalistic Period (Anomaly; Anom-
alistic Year) X Antipathy X Antiscion
................[1] XAntivertex XAnubis XAnuradha X
Abu¯ Ma‘shar XAbundantia XAcciden- Aphelion X Aphrodite X Apogee X
tal Ascendant XAccidental Dignity X Apollo X Apollon X Aporhoea X
Achilles X Acronycal X Adad X Apparent Motion X Applying Aspect
Adams, Evangeline XAdjusted Calcu- (Approaching Aspect) X Appulse X
lation Date X Admetos X Adorea X Aquarius XAquinas, Thomas XAra X
Aestival Signs XAeternitas XAffinity Arabic Parts X Arachne X Archer X
XAffliction XAge of Aquarius (Aquar- Ardra X Aries X Armillary Sphere X
ian Age) XAges of Man XAgricultural Armisticia X Artemis X Arthur X
Astrology (Planting by the Signs) XAir Ascendant (Rising Sign) XAscendant
Signs X Albedo X Al-Biruni X Alco- Axis X Ascension, Long and Short X
holism X Aletheia X Almagest X Ashwini XAslesha XAspect XAspec-
Almanac X Almuten X Altitude X tarian X Association for Astrological
Ambrosia XAmerican Council of Vedic Networking X Astarte X Asteroids X
Astrology X American Federation of Astraea X Astro*Carto* Graphy X
Astrologers X Amicitia X Amor X Astrodiagnosis XAstrodynes XAstro-
Anahita X Androgynous Planet X labe XAstrologer XAstrological Asso-
Angle (Angular) XAngular Distance X ciation of Great Britain XAstrological
Angular Houses XAngular Velocity X Data X Astrology X Astromancy X
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Contents
Astronomy XAte XAthene XAtlantis Church of Light XCirce XClark, Ver-
X Attila X Autumnal Equinox (Fall non E. X Clement, Stephanie Jean X
Equinox) XAxial Rotation XAzimuth Clementina XClimacteric Conjunction
X Clio X Cochrane, David X Cold X
Coleman, Cathy X Collective Uncon-
B
scious (Archetypes) X Colors and the
Zodiac X Combust X Comets X Com-
................[81]
manding (Obeying) X Common X
Bacchus X Bacon, Francis X Bailey,
Common Planet XComposite Chart X
Alice A. XBailey, E. H. XBarren Signs
Concept Asteroids XConception (Con-
XBeer XBeholding XBellona XBenef-
ception Charts) XConceptive Signs X
ic (Benefic Aspects; Benefic Planets) X
Concordia XConfiguration XConjunc-
Bennett, Sidney Kimball (Wynn) X
tion X Constantia X Constellation X
Berosus X Besieged X Bestial Signs X
Contemporary Academic Study of
Bettina X Bharani X The Bible and
Astrology X Contraparallel X Con-
Astrology XBicorporeal XBiquintile X
trascion XConverse Directions XCor-
Birth Control, Astrological X Birth
rection X Correspondences, Law of X
Moment XBirthplace System XBitter
Co-significator XCosmic Patterns Soft-
Signs XBlue Moon XBonatti, Guido X
ware X Cosmobiology X Crab X Cres-
Boomerang XBoreal Signs XBowl Pat-
centia XCrowley, Aleister XCulmina-
tern X Bradley, Donald A. (Garth
tion XCulpepper, Nicolas XCulture and
Allen) X Brady, Bernadette X Brahe,
Cosmos X Cunningham, Donna X
Tycho XBroken Signs (Mutilated Signs;
Cupido XCurry, Patrick XCusp
Imperfect Signs) X Broughton, Luke
Dennis X Brutish Signs X Bucket Pat-
tern X Bull X Bundle Pattern X Busi-
D
ness Astrology
..............[193]
C Daily Motion X Dawson, Graham X
Day Horoscope X Days of the Week X
..............[107] Death Chart X Debility X Decan
Cadent House XCalendar XCampanus (Decanate) X Decile X Declination X
System XCampion, Nicholas XCancer Decreasing or Increasing in Light X
XCapricorn XCaput DraconisXCardi- Decumbiture XDegree XDegree Rising
nal Signs X Carter, Charles E. O. X XDegrees, Meanings of XDelineation
Casting the Horoscope XCat (Rabbit) XDembowska XDemeter XDepression
XCauda DraconisXCazimi XCelestial XDescendant XDetriment XDexter X
Coordinates X Celestial Equator X Dhanistha XDiana XDignity XDirect
Celestial Sphere XCentaurs XCentilo- XDirections XDispositor XDissociate
quium XCeres XChakras and Astrolo- Aspects XDissociate Signs XDiurnal X
gy X Chaney, W. H. X Charis X Chi- Divisional Charts XDog XDog Days X
nese Astrology X Chinese Calendar X Dolphin X Domal Dignity X Domicile
Chinese Zodiac X Chiron X Chitra X XDoryphory XDouble Signs XDragon
Choisnard, Paul X Choleric X Chris- X Dragon’s Head X Dragon’s Tail X
tianity and Astrology X Christino, Dreyer, Ronnie Gale X Dudu X Dun-
Karen X Chronocrators X Chronos X can, Adrian XDwad
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Contents
E Michel X Gemini X Gemstones and
Astrology XGenethliacal Astrology X
...............[211] Genetics and Astrology X Geniture X
Geocentric Astrology X Geographical
Eagle X Earth Signs X Earthquakes X
Astrology X George, Demetra X
East Point X Ebertin, Reinhold X
George, Llewellyn XGeorgium SidusX
Eccentric X Eclipse X Ecliptic (Via
Gilgamesh X Glyphs X Goat X Grand
Solis, the Sun’s Path) X Egyptian
Cross (Cosmic Cross) XGrand Trine X
Astrology XElectional Astrology XEle-
Grant, Ernest A. XGratia XGreat Cir-
ments XEleutheria XElevation XElon-
cle X Greenwich Time X Gurdjieff,
gation X Elpis X Ephemeral Map X
George Ivanovitch XGuttman, Arielle
Ephemeral Motion X Ephemeris X
Epicycle XEqual House System XEqua-
tor X Equinoctial Signs X Equinox X
H
Erato X Erlewine, Michael X Eros X
Erratics XEsoteric Astrology XEsoteric
..............[289]
Rulerships X Esoteric Technologies X
Essential Dignity XEsther XEthics and Hades XHagar XHalloran Software X
Astrology X Eunice X Euphrosyne X Hamburg School X Hansa X Hard
Euterpe XExaltation XExecutive Type Aspects X Harmonia X Harmonic
XExperiential Astrology XExternalize Astrology X Harmonic Chart X Hasta
X Heavy Planets X Hebe X Heindel,
Max X Hekate X Heliacal X Helio X
F
Heliocentric Astrology X Hemisphere
XHera XHerschel XHesperus XHes-
...............[233]
tia XHidalgo XHillis-Dineen, Madalyn
Face XFagan, Cyril XFall XFamiliarity
XHipparchus XHistory of Astrology in
XFanatica XFarrow, Penny XFelicia X
America XHistory of Western Astrology
Felicitas X Feminine Signs (Negative
X Hoen, Joyce X Homosexuality and
Signs) XFeral XFeronia XFicino, Mar-
Astrology XHopi XHorary Astrology X
silio XFides XFiducia XFigure XFire
Horary Time XHorizon XHorizon Sys-
Signs X First Point X First Station X
tem XHoroscope (Astrological Chart)
Fish X Fixed Signs X Fixed Stars X
X Horse X Horus X Hot X Hours X
Flower Remedies and Astrology X
Houses X Huberta X Human Signs X
Forming XFortified XFortunes XFoun-
Humanistic Astrology XHunter, Kelley
dation Chart XFour Pillars Divination
XHurtful Signs XHygiea XHyleg
X Four-Footed Signs X Fraternitas X
Frieda XFrigga XFruitful (Fertile Signs
and Planets) I
G ................[349]
Iatromathematics XIbn Ezra, Avraham
..............[261] X Icarus X Immersion X Impeded X
Gadbury, John XGaea XGalactic Cen- Imum Coeli X Inception X Inclination
ter X Galahad X Galaxy X Galilean X Inferior Conjunctions X Inferior
Moons (Moons of Jupiter) XGanymed Planets X Influence X Infortunes X
X Gauquelin, Françoise X Gauquelin, Ingress X Intercepted X International
THE ASTROLOGY BOOK [ix]
