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

Traditional technique · Intermediate

Benefic

Also called greater benefic, lesser benefic

Traditional vocabulary for Jupiter (greater) and Venus (lesser), thought to bring good.

Ptolemy linked it to warm, moist qualities. This site explains the term as historical vocabulary; it does not label any placement in anyone's chart good or bad.

Kind: History, Tradition
Tradition: Traditional Western astrology
In this site’s birth chart: not used

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