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

Planets and points · Beginner

Luminaries

Also called the lights

The Sun and the Moon, grouped together as the two lights.

Astrology treats the Sun and Moon as a pair set apart from the planets: they get wider orbs, they are never retrograde, and together with the Ascendant they make the “Big Three”.

Kind: Tradition
Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
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