GELIOCENTRIC.--As seen from or having reference to the centre of the Sun. HOUSES.--One of the twelve divisions of the zodiac. IMUM COELE.--The fourth house, or lower meridian. INCREASING IN LIGHT.--When the Moon or any planet is leaving the Sun, until the opposition is reached. INFORTUNES.--Saturn, Mars, and Uranus when afflicted. INTERCEPTED.--A sign lying between the cusp of two houses. LATITUDE.--The distance of any planet north or south of the ecliptic. LEO.--The fifth sign in the zodiac; the house of the Sun. LIBRA.--The seventh sign and house of Venus. LOGARITHMS.--Of great use to astrologers. A Table of artificial numbers; to be found at the back of "Raphael's" _Ephemeris_. LONGITUDE.--The angular distance of a heavenly body from the first point of Aries, measured from the ecliptic as seen from the earth. LORD.--The ruler of a sign or house. Mars is the lord of Aries, and if Aries was in Ascendant, it would be lord and ruler. LUMINARIES.--The Sun and Moon. LUNATION.--A lunar period. MALEFICS.--See Infortunes. MASCULINE SIGNS.--Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius. MASCULINE PLANETS.--Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. MODERN ASTROLOGY.--A monthly magazine of interest to all thinkers. NORTHERN SIGNS.--Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo. OCCIDENTAL.--The western portion of the map. OPPOSITION.--When two planets are opposite each other, or 180 deg. distant. ORBS.--The orbs of the planets are the number of degrees allowed to each in which their influence is felt. Five degrees all round is the safest number to give. ORIENTAL.--When a planet is in the eastern part of the heavens. PARALLELS.--The declination north or south of the equator. It is a position considered of the nature of a conjunction. PART OF FORTUNE.--A point in the horoscope where the rays of the Sun and Moon converge. PISCES.--The twelfth sign of the zodiac. QUERENT.--One who asks a horary question. QUESITED.--The one enquired about. QUINTILE.--An aspect of 72 deg. in longitude. RADICAL.--That which is connected with the radix, or root, dealing with the horoscope. RECEPTION.--The planet that receives the aspect. RECTIFICATION.--A method by which the true Ascendant is discovered. RETROGRADE.--An apparent motion of a planet that is not in the order of the signs. REVOLUTIONS.--A solar revolution is the return of the Sun to its place at birth. SAGITTARUS.--The ninth sign of the zodiac. SCHEME.--A map of the heavens. SEMI-SEXTILE.--A difference of 300 in longitude; a weak, good aspect. SEMI-SQUARE.--An aspect of 450 difference in longitude; an evil aspect. SEPARATION.--When a planet is separating from another. SESQUIQUADRATE.--An evil aspect being a difference of 1350 in longitude. SEXTILE.--A good aspect, a difference of 60 deg. in longitude. SIGNIFICATION.--The ruling planet, or word, of the Ascendant. SOUTHERN SIGNS.--Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. SPECULUM.--A Table of the aspects in the horoscope.