Cool Moon Facts by Whip

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

Traditional technique · Advanced

Term

Also called bound, terms, bounds

Unequal sections of each sign, each assigned to one of the five planets other than the luminaries.

The Egyptian terms were the most used; Ptolemy proposed his own. They are a minor dignity and a timing tool.

Where sources differ
Egyptian, Ptolemaic and Chaldean terms differ.
  • Kind: Technique, History
  • Tradition: Hellenistic astrology, Traditional Western astrology
  • In this site’s birth chart: not used

Related: Essential dignity, Face

Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.

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