The luminaries were what traditional astrologers called the two astrological "planets" which were the brightest and most important objects in the heavens...
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lumin- "light". Luminary may also refer to: Luminary (astrology), in traditional astrology, one of the two brightest and most astrological planets: the Sun...
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In astrology, planets have a meaning different from the astronomical understanding of what a planet is. Before the age of telescopes, the night sky was...
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acknowledges astrology as an influence on her work of literary criticism Sexual Personae (1990). Astrology features strongly in Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries, recipient...
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The Luminaries is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton. Set in New Zealand's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to...
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weight than any other astrological factor. The luminary of sect is the luminary which is said to rule each sect. The Sun is the luminary of sect in a day chart...
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Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. Western astrology is historically based on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos (2nd...
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of each of the luminaries (the Sun and Moon) was used in the formula for the Hellenistic Lot of Exaltation. In later Medieval astrology, influenced by...
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Mundane astrology, also known as political astrology, is the branch of astrology dealing with politics, the government, and the laws governing a particular...
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Astrology has been a topic of debate among Jews for over 2000 years. While not a Jewish practice or teaching as such, astrology made its way into Jewish...
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