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Magic. In occult terminology, a mastery of occult forces and the hidden mysteries of
nature. White Magic is that exercised for a beneficent, helpful purpose; Black Magic,
the abuse of super-normal powers when applied to a selfish end. Cornell associates
magical powers with Uranus and Scorpio and the 8th and 12th Houses.
Magnetism. In occult terminology, a form of elemental electricity which confers the
power of attraction and creates polarity. Almost every person and object has
magnetic attraction. Physical magnetism is deemed to be allied to electricity, hence
associated with Uranus and Scorpio.
Magnitude. An adopted arbitrary geometric scale whereby to indicate the brightness
of a celestial object; according to which an increase of 5 magnitudes corresponds to
100-fold decrease in brightness. Apparent Magnitude As it actually appears ranging from -26.7 for our Sun to + 20 for the faintest stars which can be
photographed by the largest telescope. Absolute Magnitude. As it would be
perceived if removed to a point from which its parallax would be 0.1" of arc - ranging
from -5 for the brightest of stars to +15 for the faintest, with our Sun about +5. The
faintest star visible to the unaided eye is of the sixth magnitude. Since greenish
yellow registers best on the eye and blue-violet registers best on the photo-plate,
magnitudes vary somewhat according to the method of observation employed.
Major Planets. v. Planets.
Malefic. (n.) Applied to certain planets deemed to exert a harmful influence; chiefly
Mars and Saturn. v. Planets. 2. (a) As usually employed, it is loosely applied to an
inharmonious aspect with any planet, and to a conjunction with any malefic planet.
(v. Planets.)
Afflicted by; in affliction with. Applied to certain aspects deemed to be
inharmonious.
Mansions of the Moon. A series of 28 divisions of the Moon's travel through one
complete circuit of 360 degrees, each Mansion representing one day's average travel
of the Moon (12° 51' 25.2", or roughly 13 degrees), beginning apparently at the
point of the Spring Equinox, or 0° Aries. In the Hindu system they are called
Asterisms, and are measured from the beginning of the Hindu Zodiac. The result is
this series of cusps:
Cardinal Signs: 0° 0' 0" The nearest even degree:
...............12 51 25 ........... 13
...............25 42 50 ........... 26
Fixed Signs:... 8 34 15 ............ 9
...............21 25 40 ........... 21
Mutable Signs:. 4 17
...............17
5 .............4
8 30 ............17
Fragmentary interpretations of the Lunar Mansions have come down to us from
Arabia, India and China. The precise manner in which they were employed has been
lost, but it is known that great importance was attached to them. Sepharial considers
that the entrance of the progressed Moon into a Mansion presaged important
changes involving affairs pertaining to that Mansion; but it is probable that they had
more to do with the transits of the planets, and with the Mansion in which fell the
current Lunation and Full Moon. Particular attention was paid to the Mansion in which
fell the Lunar Day - the day of the Full Moon
In a later period the cusps were known as Crucial or Critical Degrees, with particular
reference to the prognosis of a crisis in the progress of an acute disease; also the
days on which the Moon forms inharmonious aspects - the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th
days - are said to be Critical Days. These coincide with the cusps of the First, Eighth,
Fifteenth and Twenty-second Mansions.
Except in Horary questions the Hindu system uses only 27 of these asterisms omitting the 22nd. Each of these groups of 9 representing the following period in
years, are ruled in this sequence:
..South Node...Venus...Sun...Moon...Mars...North
Node...Jupiter...Saturn...Mercury
.......7.........20.....6.....10......7........18..........16.......19.
.......17
The periods total 120y, the Hindu idea of normal life span. 120/9 gives 13 1/3 years,
or the same number of degrees, showing the 1° per year unit of progression, and the
probability that the Mansions were largely a device for use in computing progressed
influences. Nevertheless the Hindu would state your birth date in terms of the
asterism much as we give it in terms of your Sun Sign.
Another Series of Mansions from an Ancient Chinese source indicates that it was
chiefly to determine the requests which one propitiates the gods to grant.
Map. v. Figure.
Marduk, or Asaru. The Chaldean equivalent to Jupiter: said to "restore man to
happiness." In the Babylonian religion, the god of magicians.
Mark, Noon or Midnight. A term used by Llewellyn George for the equivalent of
noon or midnight at Greenwich in the local mean time of the place for which a Figure
is cast. By this means the ephemeral places of the planets are corrected by the
amount of time the birth moment precedes or follows the noon or midnight Mark depending on whether the Ephemeris is for noon or midnight.
Martian. One under the influence of, or ruled by, a strongly placed Mars.
Masculine Degrees. According to H. L. Cornell, M.D., these are:
Aries: 8-15-30
Leo: 5-15-30
Sagittarius: 2-12-30
Taurus: 11-21-30
Virgo: 12-30
Capricorn: 11-30
Gemini: 16-26
Libra: 5-20-30
Aquarius: 5-21-27
Cancer: 2-10-23-30
Scorpio: 4-17-30
Pisces: 10-23-30
Should the Ascendant be in one of these degrees the native, even if a woman, will be
of masculine appearance in some respects.
Masculine planets. v. Planets.
Masculine Signs. v. Signs, Masculine and Feminine.
Maternal Signs. v. Signs.
Matutine, Matutinal. Said of Moon, Mercury and Venus when they appear in the
morning. When a star or planet rises before the Sun in the morning, it is called
matutine until it reaches its first station (q.v.), where it becomes Retrograde (q.v.).
The Moon is matutine until it passes its first Dichotome. v. Orientality.
Maya. Illusion. An oriental concept that nothing is what it appears to be: that a man,
for example, who exhibits an unruly disposition is only suffering the penalty for
deeds committed in a previous incarnation, because of which his spirit is destined in
this incarnation to life in a body which fights against itself: hence is entitled to
sympathy rather than censure. It is the oriental approach to what to the Occidental
is philosophy. The astrological concept is not so much a matter of Karma as of the
Omar picture of the vase marred because the potter's hand slipped: the accident of
an unfavorable birth moment that subjects the native to a conflict of forces, and
entitles him to forbearance in case he is unable to summon to his aid spiritual
strength sufficient to resolve the conflict.
Mean Motion. The average motion of any body within a given period. The mean
motion of a planet is based on the presumption that it moves in a circle at a uniform
rate about the Sun. Actually the planets move in elliptical orbits, in portions of which
this motion is accelerated and retarded in ratio to their distance from the
gravitational center. The mean daily motions of the planets are:
...Pluto........0° 0' 14"........Jupiter........0°
4'59"
...Neptune......0° 0' 24"........Mars...........0° 31' 0"
...Uranus.......0° 0' 42"........Venus..........1° 36' 0"
...Saturn.......0° 2'
1"........Mercury........4°
6' 0"
...The Moon..(around the Earth)................13° 10'35"
...The Earth.(around the Sun)...................0° 59' 8"
The Heliocentric mean motions of the planets differ from their geocentric motions.
Mean Time. A consequence of the ellipticity of the Earth's track is that its orbital
motion is faster near perihelion than near aphelion. This has the effect of making the
day longer in Winter than in Summer: not the day from sunrise to sunset, but from
one noon to the next. We keep our clocks from going haywire by the employment of
the device known as mean time, thereby measuring time not by the true Sun, as
does the sundial, but by a fictitious mean Sun which moves uniformly along the
celestial equator, not along the ecliptic.
Measure of Time. Said of the method of calculating the time of an event from an
Arc of Direction. The Ptolemy unit is 1° of R.A. for each year of life. Later authorities
divided the arc by the diurnal increment of R.A. made by the Sun on the day of birth.
Others employ a mean arc of 1° of RA., as the equivalent of the mean motion of the
Sun, thus adjusting the circle of 360 degrees to a year of 365¼ days. A method
employed by Worsdale, Simmonite, Morrison and others, consists of adding the Arc
of Direction to the Sun's R.A. at birth, taking as years the number of days after birth
at which the Sun reaches this Advanced R.A. The method employed by Naibod (q.v.)
is to determine the arc in R.A., and consider each degree equal to 1 year, 5 days, 8
hours - a minute equal to 6 days, 4 hours. v. Directions.
Medical Astrology. That branch of Astrology which has to do with the planetary
causes of disease.
Medium Coeli. v. Mid-Heaven.
Mediumship. The psychic, intuitive or telepathic faculty. Presumably attributed to
the positions and aspects of Neptune at birth.
Medusa's Head. Medusa, the mental and beautiful one of the three Gorgon sisters,
who in one of Minerva's temples became the mother by Neptune of Chrysador and
Pegasus; therefore Minerva changed her hair into hissing serpents, whereby
everyone who looked at her was changed into stone. She was later decapitated by
Perseus. It is represented by Algol, in the constellation Persus. Its diameter is
1,060,000 miles, of the density of cork. To the Hebrews it was Lilith, a nocturnal
vampire - the serpent or "other woman" in the Garden of Eden.
Meridian. A circle of longitude passing from the South point of the horizon, through
the zenith to the North point of the horizon. It coincides with geographical longitude
- a great circle crossing the equator and passing through the poles. Every point on
the Earth's surface has its own meridian or circle of longitude, which passes through
its zenith. The point on the heavens where the projection of this circle intersects the
ecliptic, marks the midheaven (MC) or the cusp of the Tenth House. The Sun's place
at noon is on this meridian, and the distance from this point to the horizon in either
direction constitutes the Sun's semi-diurnal arc. The same is true of any celestial
body. (v. Semi-arc.) The term is loosely and incorrectly applied to the midheaven, to
the degree of the zodiac thereon, and even to the whole of the X' house. On an
astrological map, it is approximated in the vertical line passing from the cusp of the
Tenth House, at the top of the map, to the cusp of the Fourth House, at the bottom.
Meridian Distance. The distance between a given point along the celestial equator
and the Midheaven or Imum Coeli; usually expressed in hours and minutes.
Meridional. Southerly.
Mesmerism. A word derived from Mesmer, the eighteenth-century physician who
applied animal magnetism or psychic influences in the treatment of disease. It has
largely been superseded by Hypnotism, with which it is approximately identical.
Metonic Cycle. The discovery about 432 B.C. by Meton, an Athenian astronomer, of
the Moon's period of 19 years, at the end of which the New Moon occurs on the same
day of the year. Upon this he based certain corrections of the lunar calendar. He
figured the 19-year cyclic of 235 lunations to consist of 6,939d, 16.5h. This he
divided into 125 full months of 30 days each, and 110 deficient months of 29 days
each. (v. Lunar Month.) the 235 full months, of 30 days each, totalled 7,050 days;
hence it became necessary to suppress 110 days or 1 in 64. Therefore the month
which contained the 64th day became a deficient month. As the true Lunation period
is 6,939d, 14.5h, his calculations showed a deviation of only two hours. The average
date on which a Lunation will occur can be determined from the following table
correlating Sun positions with the calendar:
METONIC CYCLE
Golden Capric Aqua Pisc Aries Taur Gemin Canc Leo .Virgo Libra Scor
Sagit Capric
Number 11º30º............................................................1º-11º
...1.....11....11...11...10.....9....7.....5....3..129...29....29...29.....29
...2.....29....30...29...28....17...25....23...22...19....18.....1...18
.....18
...3.....18....18...18...18....16...15....14...12...10.....8.....7....7
......7
...4......7.....7....7....7.....6....5.....3..129..28....26....26...25.....26
...5.....26....25...26...24....24...22....20...19...17....16....15...15
.....15
...6.....15....15...15...14....13...12.....9....8....6.....5.....5....5
......4
...7......4.....4....4....3.....3..129...27...26...24....24....23...23.....24
...8.....24....23...23...22....20...19....17...15...14....12....12...12
.....12
...9.....12....12...12...12....10....9.....7....4....3.....1.....1....0
......1
..10......1.....1....1....1...028..26....25...22...21....20....20...19.....20
..11.....20....20...20...19....18...17....15...13...10.....9.....9....8
......9
..12......8.....9....9....8.....8....6.....4....3..029...27....27...27.....28
..13.....28....27...27...26....25...23....22...20...19....17....17...16
.....16
..14.....16....17...16...16....15...14....11...10....8.....7.....6....6
......6
..15......6.....5....5....5.....4....3...129..27...25....25....24...24.....24
..16.....24....24...24...23....21...20....19...17...16....15....14...13
.....14
..17.....14....13...13...12....11...10.....8....6....5.....3.....3....3
......3
..18......3.....3....2....2...128...7....25...24...22....22....22...22.....21
..19.....21....22...21...21....19...18....15...13...12....11....10...11
.....11
To ascertain the Golden number (q.v.) of any year, add 1 and divide by 19: the
remainder is the Golden number. If there is no remainder, the number is 19.
Metonic Return. Said of the recurrence of an eclipse on a given degree on the same
date some 19 years later. This should not be confused with the Saros Cycle (q.v.).
Micron. A millionth part of a metre. Employed in measuring the wave length of light.
Millimicron. A thousandth part of a micron.
Midheaven. Variously called Medium Coeli (M.C.), Southern angle, South point, and
cusp of the Tenth House. Also improperly called the Zenith. (v. Celestial Sphere.)
More precisely, it is applicable to the South point of the Map, and what it indicates is
dependent on the manner of interpretation employed. Sometimes loosely applied to
the whole of the Tenth House.
Midpoint. An unoccupied aspected degree between and equidistant from two other
planets, resulting in a symmetrical grouping, sometimes called a planetary picture.
Such configurations are deemed important by some authorities, although there is
some difference of opinion as to the width of orbs across which there can result a
"transference of light" through the planet which aspects the Midpoint.
Milky Way. The galaxy of stars of which the Sun is a member, and which pursue an
orbit around a Galactic Center located in the direction of 0° Capricorn. The stars of
this Galaxy occupy a band that extends in width from 21° Germini to 5° Leo, and
that stretches across the sky to from 7° Sagittarius to 16° Capricorn. According to
recent astronomical opinion the Milky Way Galaxy resembles a huge wheel with a
large hub, 99 per cent of its stars contained within a diameter of 100,000 light-years
and a thickness of 10,000 light-years - with the Earth about 30,000 light-years
distant from the center.
Minute. The sixtieth part of an hour in time, marked 1m; or the sixtieth part of a
degree in arc, marked 1'.
Moderators. A term applied by Placidus and Ptolemy to the Significators: Sun,
Moon, Ascendant, Mid-heaven and Fortuna. It implied that aspects from the
Significators moderate or condition the influences of the planets, producing a
different "mode of motion" in the rays reflected. The term has largely passed into
disuse.
Modus Rationalis. A term applied by Regiomontanus to his method of locating the
cusps of the intermediate Houses - those which lie between the angular Houses of a
Figure - by dividing the Ecliptic by the Equator instead of the semi-arc. Its division
into twelve equal parts was accomplished by circles, the cusps located where the
circles cut the plane of the Ecliptic. The method has been superceded by one
employing Oblique Ascension under the Poles of the Houses for all but the 4th and
10th cusps. v. House Division.
Moisture. Said to increase when planets are matutine, when the Moon is in her First
Quarter, during the winter, and by night.
Monad. In occult terminology, it signifies Nature's pattern for each species, with
special reference to differences between contrasting characteristics. In Greek
philosophy, a unit; individual; atom. According to Giordano Bruno, a miscroscopic
embodiment of the Divine essence which pervades and constitutes the universe.
Month. One of the twelve major subdivisions of the year. The names of the months
are of great antiquity, and although they have in more than one sense lost their
original significance, they continue to survive as a part of our common language.
Originally they were intended to represent the twelve arcs of the Earth's annual
revolution in orbit about the Sun, and thus were comparable to the arcs we now
know as the Astrological or Astronomical Signs of the Zodiac. The original
significance of the months is as follows:
January. A month of 31 days, the first in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It was
named after Janus, the ancient Roman deity who presided over gates and doors,
hence all beginnings. He was represented with two faces, turned in opposite
directions, to indicate how every ending is also a beginning. He was propitiated at
the beginning of every important undertaking. Both A. B. Cook and J. G. Frazer
identify Janus as Jupiter, and indicate that he looked both ways to give better
protection to the house over which he stood guard. January 1st was made the
beginning of the year in England with the statutory adoption of the Gregorian
calendar in 1752, before which date the year began on March 25. Nevertheless, it
was in the Temple of Janus that Saturn sought refuge in times of peace.
February. A month of 28 days, except when increased by one intercalary day on
bissextile or leap years; the second month of the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It
was not contained in the Romulian calendar, and was said to have been introduced in
to the Roman calendar by Numa in 713 B.C., as the eleventh month. January and
February were transposed by the decemvirs in 452 B.C., making it the twelfth
month. The name was derived from Februare, to purify, from which came Februa,
the festival of expiation, celebrated at the end of the month, during which the
women were "purified" by the priests. By the Anglo-Saxons it was caged Sprout Kale, as the cabbage-sprouting season. The two martyred Saints Valentine who died
on the same day in the reign of Claudius, determined February 14th as St.
Valentine's day, but the modern celebration of it as a lover's festival appears to be
purely accidental.
March. A month of 31 days, the third in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the first
in the Roman calendar. It was named in honor of Mars, god of war, the reputed
father of Romulus, who was traditionally believed to have compiled the first calendar.
However, Ovid says the month existed before the time of Romulus. It was the
beginning of the legal year in France until 1564, when by decree Charles IX made
the year begin in January. Scotland followed this example in 1599, but in England it
continued to begin in March until the 18th century. At that time the first three days,
the "blind" or "borrowed" days, were deemed so unlucky that no English or Scottish
farmer would sow seed on these days.
April. A month of 30 days, the fourth month of the Julian and Gregorian calendars;
the second in the Roman calendar. Its etymology is commonly traced to the Latin
aperire, "to open," as the season when the blossoms open their petals. The Roman
months, however, were named after divinities, and as April was sacred to Venus and
the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis was celebrated on the first day, it is possible
the month was originally Aphrilis, from Aphrodite - the Greek name for Venus. To the
Anglo-Saxon it was the month of Easter, the pagan Saxon goddess of Spring, from
which name is derived the modern Easter. April Fools' day as we know it seems to
have originated at the time of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. Prior thereto
the celebration of the New Year began on March 25th, and ended April 1st with the
general distribution of gifts. With the change of the New Year to January 1st, those
who objected thereto made ostentatious presentations of mock gifts to those who
under the influence of the church had advocated the adoption of the Gregorian
reform.
May. A month of 31 days, the fifth of the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of
the Roman calendar. It is said to have been named in honor of the goddess Maia,
daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury and Jupiter, to whom sacrifices were
offered on the first day of this month. Probably, however, it was named in honor of
the majors of the government - the senators; June honoring the juniors, or members
of the lower house. The month was regarded a unlucky for marriages, owing to the
celebration of the Lemuria, the festival of the unhappy dead, held on the 9th, 11th,
and 13th. This is reflected in a proverb of unidentified origin - "Marry in May, you'll
rue the day." May day, a people's holiday on which to go "a-Maying" in the woods,
goes back to medieval and Tudor England. A huge maypole of cedar erected under
the supervision of James II was taken down in 1717, and used by Sir Isaac Newton,
as part of the support of a large telescope presented to the Royal Society by a
French astronomer.
June. A month of 30 days, the sixth in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the
fourth in the Roman calendar. Ovid makes Juno state that the month was named in
her honor, but elsewhere he contradicts this origin. Probably June was named after
the junior assemblage of the government, and May after the senior assemblage of
the Senate. Prior to the Julian reform of the calendar it had 29 days. To the AngloSaxons it was the "dry" month.
July. A month of 31 days, the seventh in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the
fifth in the Roman calendar. Originally called Quintilius, it was renamed by Mark
Antony in honor of Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. Among the AngloSaxons it was known as "hay month," as the meadows were then in bloom. Dog days
begin on July 30th, and St. Swithin's Day falls on July 15th.
August. A month of 31 days, the eighth in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the
sixth in the Roman calendar. Originally known as Sextilis, it was renamed by
direction of Augustus Caesar, who refusing to be honored by a month of smaller size
than that which in honor of Julius Caesar had been named July, ordered it increased
to 31 days, taking the extra day from February. In Gallia and remote parts of the
Empire it was known as Aust, meaning harvest.
September. A month of 30 days, the ninth in the Julian and Gregorian calendars;
the seventh in the Roman calendar. The Ludi Magni, in honor of Jupiter, Juno and
Minerva, was celebrated by the Romans on September 4th. In Charlemagne's
calendar it was called the "harvest month," corresponding partly to the Fructidor and
partly to the Vendemiaire of the First French Republic. The Anglo-Saxons called it the
gerstmonath, or barley month, as the crop was usually harvested in this month. In
Switzerland it is still known as the Herbstmonat.
October. A month of 31 days, the tenth in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the
eighth in the Roman calendar. The Equiria, when the Equus October was sacrificed to
Mars in the Campus Martius, was celebrated on October 15th. Successive attempts
were made to rename it Germanicus, Antoninus, Tacitus and Herculeus, but all
failed, as did the effort of the Roman Senate to christen it Faustinus in honor of
Faustina, wife of Antoninus. The Slavs called it "yellow month" from the fading
leaves. To the Anglo-Saxons it was known as the Winter-fylleth (moon), since Winter
was supposed to begin with the October Full Moon.
November. A month of 30 days, the eleventh in the Julian and Gregorian calendars,
the ninth in the Roman calendar. The Roman winter began on November 11th, and
was celebrated on the 13th by a sacred banquet in honor of Jupiter, the Epulum
Jovis. The proposal of the Senate to name it Tiberius, was vetoed by the Emperor,
with a question as to what they would propose when it came to the thirteenth
Caesar. All Saints Day is the 1st, AH Souls Day, the 2nd, and St. Andrew's Day, the
30th.
December. (L. Decem, ten). A month of 31 days, the twelfth in the Julian and
Gregorian calendars, the tenth in the Roman calendar. The Saturnalia, or feast of
Saturn, was celebrated in this month. During the reign of Commodus it was
temporarily styled Amazonius, in honor of his mistress whose portrait he had had
painted as an Amazon. The Saxons called it the Winter month; also the Holy month,
from the fact that Christmas fell within it.
MONTH. Sidereal, 27.3217 d.; Synodical, 29.5306 d.
Motion. According to Newton's law of motion, all bodies traveling in elliptical orbits
move faster at certain portions of their orbits, and slower in others. It is therefore
important to observe whether the travel between two successive days is greater or
less than their mean motion. In erecting a Figure for a specified hour it is necessary
to reduce this to hourly motion, to determine the exact position occupied by the
faster-moving bodies.
To Reduce Daily Motion to Hourly Motion Since 1° or 60 m., divided by 24 h.
equals 2½; therefore: degrees per day X 2½ = minutes per hour; and minutes per
day X 2½ = seconds per hour. Thus: Moon's travel of 14° p. d. X 2½ = 35' p. h.;
and 24' less p. d. = 1' less p. h., or 34' p. h.; Mercury's travel of 2° 7' p. d.
(computed as 2° X 2.5 = 5'; and 7' X 2.5 = 17.5") gives a rate of 5' 17.5" p. h.
Movable Signs. Leading or Cardinal Signs. v. Signs.
Mundane Aspects. Those formed by planets occupying cusps, whereby it can be
said that from the 10th to the 12th cusps is a Mundane sextile, though it may be as
little as 50° or as much as 80°. v. Aspects.
Mundane Astrology. Mundane Interpretations. An interpretation of Astrology in
terms of world trends, the destinies of nations and of large groups of individuals,
based on an analysis of the effects of Equinoxes, Solstices, New Moons, Eclipses,
planetary conjunctions, and similar celestial phenomena; as distinguished from Natal
Astrology, specifically applicable to an individual birth horoscope.
Mundane Directions, or Directions in Mundo. These are based solely upon the
axial rotation of the Earth in relation to the circle of observation whereby planets arc
carried clockwise through the Houses of the Figure, from east to west, forming
aspects to the Ascendant, Midheaven, Sun and Moon. Aspects formed by the
opposite or Converse Motion are also employed. The use of spherical trigonometry
and of logarithms is necessary to reliable use of this so-called Primary System of
Directing. Knowledge of the exact place, hour and minute is also essential.
Mundane Parallel, or Parallel in Mundo. A progressed position in which a
Significator and a Promittor occupy points on opposite sides and equidistant to any of
the four Angles of the geocentric Figure: Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant, or
Imum Coeli. v. Parallel.
Music of the Spheres. A phrase utilized by Pythagoras, an early Greek
mathematician and astronomer who was the first to discover a mathematical
relationship in the frequencies of the various tones of the musical scale. In
postulating the planets' orbits as bearing a similar relationship based upon the
distance from the center, he characterized their interrelated orbits as "the harmony
of the spheres."
Mutable Signs. The Common Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. v.
Signs.
Mute Signs. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces; so named by the Arabians because
symbolized by dumb creatures that emit no sounds. Arabian astrologers deemed that
Mercury afflicted in these signs was liable to indicate dumbness, especially when
afflicted by Saturn. v. Signs.
Mutilated Degrees. Certain degrees are said by some authorities to indicate
lameness if rising at birth, or if the Moon or the Ruler of the Ascendant is posited
therein. These are:
6°-10°........................... Taurus
9°-15°........................... Cancer
18°-25°.......................... Leo
18°-19°.......................... Scorpio
1°,7°, 8°,18°,19°................ Sagittarius
26°-29°.......................... Capricorn
18°-19°.......................... Aquarius
Other authorities deem that if their influences exist it must be due to the presence of
fixed stars in these arcs, in which event the position must be advanced by 1° every
70 years.
Mutual Application. This results when the applying body is in direct motion, and
the body to which it applies is in retrograde motion. In other words, each is in
motion towards the other.
Mutual Reception. Said of two planets mutually posited in each other's essential
dignities. For example, with Jupiter in Aries, the Sun's place of exaltation; and the
Sun in Cancer, Jupiter's place of exaltation: Sun and Jupiter are said to be in mutual
reception. This is accounted a configuration of singular amity and agreement. By
some authorities, the term is confined to the placement of the two planets, each in a
house or sign ruled by the other.