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# planets
## sun
su (o)  

spirit, outward expression, intellect, rule  

## moon
mo (()  

fortune, body, integration, senses,  
wandering, sustenance, dreams  

## mercury
me (-o<)  

how the message is delivered. from one to  
the next, keeping tally, writing, moving  

## venus
ve (~:o)  

the connection, realationship, fluidity,  
desires. the social bonds, delight in ones  
environment, beauty  

## mars
ma (o->)  

stress, passion, lusts, force, all things  
requiring action without thought. war,  
violence, and death  

## jupiter
ju (\\+)  

bounty, ethics, lofty desire,philosophical  
notions, the law itself, beliefs and dogma.  
abundance  

## saturn
sa (h)  

discipline, mesh, boundaries, fear,  
depression, melancholy, long in the face.  
holding much weight. thick walls, slow  

## uranus
ur (\\*/)  

sudden strikes, genius, will, breaking  
boundaries, disintegration, pranks  

## neptune
ne (?)  

spiritual undercurrent, unsaid alignments,  
fog, artistic inspiration, altered states  

## pluto
pl (P)  

demons, religious draw, power,  
magnets, reincorporation, intensity  

## south node
so (u)  

where one is sitting. removal of waste  

## north node
no (^)  

where one is moving. indulging  

# zodiac

## cancer
can  

nourishing, protecting, intuitive. fond of  
pleasure, crabs  

## leo
leo  

well tempered, notable, expressive, seen,  
loyalty  

## virgo
vir  

taking stock, counting, embodying, reaping,  
endings, mystical  

## libra
lib  

relational, fairness, adjustments, concord  

## scorpio
sco  

understanding, hunger, rot, purification,  
diving, passion  

## sagittarius
sag  

experiencing, bringing home, jovial,   
pursuing truth, just  

## capricorn
cap  

builders, simple, cold, planners of  
great works  

## aquarius
aqu  

outside the walls, alone, enmeshed,  
concealing, rational  

## pisces
pis  

slippery, inconstant, evasive, dreamy,  
compassion  

## aries
ari  

initiation, youth, cutting, violence,  
uncompromising, self  

## taurus
tau  

garden, caretaking, enjoying, intentional,  
lounging, arousing  

## gemini
gem  

double minded, sociable, playful,   
information getting  

# angles

## as

the ascendant. eastern horizon, inception,  
incarnation, body, health  

## mc

midheaven. medium coeli. height, direction,   
being seen  

## ds

descendent. decrease, endings. western  
horizon, the other. relation  

## ic

imum coeli. roots, foundation, private life,  
parents, death  

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# sect

## night
the sun under the horizon.  
moon, venus, mars  

## day
the sun over the horizon.  
sun, jupiter, saturn  

## common
mercury  

# lots

## fortune

lot of the moon.   
that which happens to us, the environment,  
luck  

## daimon

lot of the sun  
the actions one takes, will, effect on the  
world  

# elements

## fire
ari, leo, sag  
red  
process of action  

## earth
cap, tau, vir  
green  
process of materializing  

## air
lib, aqu, gem  
yellow  
process of messaging  

## water
can, sco, pis  
blue  
process of being  

# modality

## cardinal
air, cap, lib, can  

onrush   

## fixed
leo, tau, aqu, sco  

steadfast  

## mutable
sag, vor, gem, pis  

changing  

# dignities

## ruler
rul  

the planet which naturally coincides with  
the sign. other planets look to them for  
advice when in their natural signs  

saturn: aquarius, capricorn  
jupiter: sagittarius, pisces  
mars: scorpio, aries  
sun: leo  
venus: taurus, libra  
mercury: virgo, gemini  
moon: cancer  

## exaltation
exa  

planets highest honors  

saturn: libra  
jupiter: cancer  
mars: capricorn  
sun: aries  
venus: pisces  
mercury: virgo  
moon: taurus  

## triplicity
tri  
community support, flowing expression  
through others  

day, night, common  
fire: sun, jupiter, saturn  
earth: venus, moon, mars  
air: saturn, mercury, jupiter  
water: venus, mars, moon  

## bound
bou  

family bonds  

## decan
dec  

home away from home  
minor arcana  

## detriment

opposite their ruling sign.   
general obstacles in the way,   
building in strength  

saturn: leo, cancer  
jupiter: gemini, virgo  
mars: taurus, libra  
sun: aquarius  
venus: scorpio, aries  
mercury: pisces, sagittarius  
moon: capricorn  

## fall
fal  

opposite their exaltation  
being stopped, heavy  

saturn: aries  
jupiter: capricorn  
mars: cancer  
sun: libra  
venus: virgo  
mercury: pisces  
moon: scorpio  

# motions

## eclip
days until/since an eclipse, lunar or solar  

## speed
degrees moved per day  

days until/since a retrograde  

# aspects

## opposition
red  
180 degrees  
saturnian  

what is being highlighted  

## trine
blue  
120 degrees  
jupitarian  

easy movement and flow  

## square
red  
90 degrees  
martial  

frustration yet strength of force  

## sextile
blue  
60 degrees  
venusian  

friendly easy going connections