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A Glossary of Astrological Terms for the letter "D"
- table below to go
straight to that sector.
D
- Dæmon (Daim/strong>
- In classical mythology, the dæmons (daim) were guardian spirits, or inspirational powers; divinities of an intermediate stature between gods and men. In the Hellenistic period these were divided into good
and evil, achieving the status of demigod, or angel. The word in Christian times came exclusively to mean troublemaking evil spirit, or "demon". Any of the gods of competing pagan religions thus came to be classed as demons. See Cacodæmon.
- Dark (degrees)
- Light and Smoky degrees.
- Dark Energy
- According to NASA, "roughly 70% of the universe is made of dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 25%. Everything on Earth,
everything that we have ever observed with all of our instruments – normal matter – adds up to less than 5% of the universe". In cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure, counteracting gravity. Currently explaining the observations of an accelerating universe as well as accounting for a significant portion of the missing
mass in the universe. Could this be the æther, the alchemical quintessence, by another name...?
- Dark Matter
- Dark Energy.
- Dark Moon
- Black Moon.
- Dasa (Dasha)
- Alfridaria.
- Davison Relationship Horoscope
- Composite Chart.
- Day-Sign
- Day-Stars
- Debility
- Dignity.
- Decade
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Decan (Decanate)
- see Ptolemy's Table. Decanates themselves are also known as
faces. Decans originally derive from ancient Egyptian astrology, where the decans were considered paramount, before being subsumed in Hellenistic times under the Chaldean 12-sign zodiac. The circle of the 36 decans was deemed to lie beyond the zodiac, each one being governed by a particular spiritual entity.
- Decennial
- dasa-bhukti system, each of the periods is divided into sub-periods, in order, ruled by the various planets.
- Decile
- Declination
- decline (either northward or southward). Every part of the ecliptic has declination, except the beginnings of Aries and Libra (0°00'), because the plane of the ecliptic is not parallel with that of the celestial equator and those two points are where the two planes intersect. The Sun has maximum declination of 23°28', when it reaches either the Tropic of Cancer
in the north (23°N28'), or the Tropic of Capricorn in the south (23°S28'). Declination is due to the inclination of the earth in orbit. The Parallel and Contra-Parallel aspects are aspects of declination. See Parallel.
- Decreasing in Light
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- Decumbiture
- Decumbiture.
- Deep (degrees)
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- Deferent
- Degree
- Light (Lucid) degrees
- Smoky degrees
- Dark degrees
- Void degrees
- Deep (Puteal or Pitted) degrees
- Masculine degrees
- Feminine degrees
- Anaretic degrees
- Critical degrees
- Azimene degrees
- Fortunate degrees
- Equipollent degrees
- Equal Power degrees
Delineation
Delta T (ΔT)
Delta T (off site).
Depressed Pole
Elevated Pole.
Descendant
Descending
Descending Node
Nodes.
Descension
Detriment
Dexter
Sinister.
Diametral (Diameter; Diametric)
Differentia
Dignity, Accidental and Essential
Accidental Dignity
A planet's position by house (angular houses are strongest), or by other beneficial factors such as well-aspected, increasing in light,
elevated, swift, etc.
Essential Dignity
A planet's position by sign (home sign, exaltation, terms, or triplicity). See Ptolemy's Table of Essential
Dignities and Debilities.
To calculate the relative strengths of planets in a chart, see Table of Planetary Values.
Direct Motion
Retrograde Motion.
Direct Station
Direction
Directions
Primary Directions.
Disjunct Signs
"Disjunct" and "Alien" are the names applied to those divisions of the zodiac ... which belong neither to the
class of commanding or obeying, beholding or of equal power, and [are not in] opposition, trine, quartile, and sextile, and are either one or five signs apart; for those which are one sign apart are as it were averted from one another and, though they are two, bound the angle of one, and those that are five signs apart divide the whole circle into unequal parts. while the other aspects make an
equal division of the perimeter.". See Aversion. also Inconjunct.
Disposition
Dispositor
eg: Moon in Leo and Sun in Cancer) is very favourable and reduces any surrounding negativity. Disposition is particularly important in Horary readings.
Dissociate Aspect
Out-of-Sign.
Diurnal
Diurnal Arc
Diurnal Chart
Chart calculated for the day at the native's birthtime, but for the current location. A daily return chart.
Diurnal Signs
Divination
Divine
To find a solution, either using intuition; tools such as divining rods or pendulum; or symbolic systems such as astrology, tarot, runes etc.
Divine Year
Divinity
Divisional Chart
varga charts) are erected. Based on fractions ("divisions") of each sign, each varga gives light on a different side of the character. This ancient
system strongly influenced John Addey, who went on to devise the Harmonic Chart system for Western astrology in the 20th Century.
Dodecahedron
Timæus, the dodecahedron is the fifth natural solid, "a fifth figure (which is made out of twelve pentagons),
the dodecahedron—this God used as a model for the twelvefold division of the Zodiac."
Dodecatmoria
Ancient Greek 2½ degree division of a sign (one twelfth of 30 degrees). Related to the Mansions of the Moon. See Duad and Dwadishamsha.
Domal Dignity
Domicile
Double-bodied Signs
Bi-corporeal Signs.
Draco
Draconic Chart
Dragon's Head
Caput Draconis, or Moon's North Node. The sign and degree occupied by the Moon when crossing the ecliptic from south to north latitude. It is usually considered somewhat benefic, and is the opposite of the Dragon's Tail
(Cauda Draconis), the South Node, which is considered malefic. In Indian astrology, the Dragon's Head is called Rahu and the Dragon's Tail is called Ketu and both are considered malefic, though less so for Ketu. These significant points traditionally have the strength of a planet and are especially important in directions and transits. More on Dragon's Head & Tail.
Dragon's Tail
Cauda Draconis, or Moon's South Node. See Dragon's Head.
Drekkana
Decanate.
Duad (Dwad)
dwadishamsha.
Dual Signs
Double-bodied Signs.
Dwadishamsha (Dwadasamsa)
dodecatmoria. See Duad.
Dwarf Planet
Wikipedia on the subject.
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