Glossary
The glossary,
without fuzzy jargon.
Every word the site and the app use, defined with the app’s own texts. A notion we don’t calculate gets no entry.
Your chart
The rising signthe first thing people register about you, before they know you.The midheaventhe highest point of your sky: what your public life tends toward, the role you end up being given.The north nodethe direction you grow in — what does not come naturally, and for that very reason moves you forward.…Lilith (the Black Moon)where you refuse to bend — what you will not negotiate, even at a cost. Not a body: an empty point, the…Chironthe place dented early, still tender — the one you avoid exposing, and exactly what you end up best at…The Part of Fortunethe point where your Sun, Moon and Rising compose: where things carry without you forcing them. The oldest…The housesThe sky cut into twelve sectors starting from the rising sign — whole-sign here: your rising sign is house…The chart rulerThe planet that rules your rising sign — classically: Mars for Aries or Scorpio rising, Venus for Taurus or…The stelliumThree or more planets in the same sign or house: a concentration that tilts the whole chart to one side.…The dignitiesA planet's strength according to the sign it lands in — the classical system. In domicile (at home) or…The four elementsFire is the element of drive: act first, adjust later. Aries, Leo and Sagittarius share this way of…The three modalitiesCardinal: the gesture that STARTS. Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn each open a season — their basic move…Signs and constellationsSigns are not constellations. The sign zodiac cuts the Sun's path into twelve equal 30° slices, anchored to…
Aspects
The aspectsAn aspect is a precise angle between two points of the chart, measured on the zodiac circle: 0°…The orbThe gap between the exact angle and the real one, in degrees. An exact trine is 120°; if your two planets…The conjunction — 0°Two points at the same degree: their functions merge, impossible to live one without the other. The…The sextile — 60°The angle of quiet ease: the two functions cooperate when called upon, but nothing happens by itself. An…The square — 90°The friction angle: the two functions want incompatible things and force each other to move. Uncomfortable…The trine — 120°The angle of the obvious: the two functions speak the same language (same element) and cooperate…The opposition — 180°Two points face to face: two needs pulling in opposite directions, and life swings between them — often…
The moving sky
Retrograde motionSeen from Earth, the planet appears to move backwards. It has not changed direction: we are overtaking it…The new moonSun and Moon occupy the same degree. The Moon is invisible — no light comes back to us.The full moonThe Moon sits exactly opposite the Sun, fully lit.EclipsesA new moon so well aligned that the Moon passes IN FRONT of the Sun and hides its disc.The phases of the MoonMoon and Sun on the same side of the sky, less than 22° apart: the face turned to Earth sits in shadow. The…The solar returnThe Sun returns to exactly the longitude it held at your birth. This is your astronomical birthday —…The Saturn returnSaturn takes about 29 and a half years to circle the zodiac. Your Saturn return is when it crosses back…The Jupiter returnJupiter circles the zodiac in just under 12 years. Your Jupiter return is its exact pass over its position…ProgressionsAn old convention: one day after birth stands for one year of life. The sky of your 31st day describes your…