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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Planets and points · Houses · Beginner

Angles

Also called the four angles, cardinal points of the chart

The four points where the ecliptic meets the horizon and the meridian: Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven and Imum Coeli.

The angles are not planets but directions, fixed by the birth time and place. They change about one degree every four minutes, so they need an accurate time; with an unknown time this site does not show them.

  • Kind: Calculation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, Imum Coeli, Angular houses

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