CUSP.--The beginning of any house. At noon the Sun is on the cusp of the tenth house. It means the first point of the houses. DECLINATION.--The distance any planet is North or South of the Equator. DECREASING IN LIGHT.--When a planet is past the opposition of the Sun, it is then said to be weak. DEGREE.--The 360th part of the zodiac; its mark is deg.; 90 deg. is a square; 120 deg. a trine of the zodiac. DESCENDANT.--The seventh house, or opposite to the Ascendant; the West. DESCENDING.--When a planet is between the tenth and seventh houses. DETRIMENT.--A planet in a sign opposite to its own house is in its detriment. The house of the Moon is Cancer. When the Moon is in Capricorn, it is in its detriment. DIGNITIES.--When a planet is in exaltation, or in an angle, increasing in light, etc. DIRECT.--When the planets are moving in their true order through the zodiac. DIRECTIONS.--The period after birth. The position of the planets as life advances. The Sun moves about one degree per day, and this is equivalent to one year. The thirtieth day after birth would denote the thirtieth year of life, and the Directions would be taken out of the ephemeris for this day, the Sun's aspects forming the primary directions and the Moon the secondary. DRAGON'S HEAD.--The Moon's North Node, or when she crosses the ecliptic into north latitude. The Moon's course is of serpentine form, having a head and tail. DRAGON'S TAIL.--The Moon's South Node when she crosses into south latitude. EARTHLY SIGNS.--Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. ECLIPSE.--An obscuration of a heavenly body, owing to the interposition of another. The Moon in the shadow of the Sun is eclipsed. ECLIPTIC.--The circle of the heavens which the Sun appears to describe in the course of the year, in consequence of the earth's motion round him. ELEVATED.--The planet nearest to the mid-heaven is elevated over any other. EPHEMERIS.--A Table for each day, giving the latitude and longitude of the planets. "Raphael's" _Ephemeris_, price 1s., is considered the best. It is all that is needed to cast the horoscope. EQUINOCTIAL SIGNS.--Aries and Libra. EXALTATION.--There are certain houses in which a planet is exalted, as follows: Sun, Aries; Moon, Taurus; Mercury, Gemini; Jupiter, Cancer; Saturn, Libra; Mars, Capricorn; Venus, Pisces. FALL.--When a planet is in a sign opposite to its exaltation, it is weak. FEMININE SIGNS.--The odd signs, as Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces. FIERY SIGNS.--Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. FIGURE.--A map of the heavens is called by astrologers a figure. FIXED SIGNS.--Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius. FORTUNES.--Jupiter, Venus, and the Sun when well placed. FRUITFUL SIGNS.--Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. GEMINI.--The third sign, or house of Mercury. The Sun enters the sign about 21st May. GENETHLIACAL.--That which applies to the geneture in nativity. GEOCENTRIC.--As viewed from the centre of the earth.