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Amish - Christian sect founded by Swiss Mennonite, Jacob Amman, who came to America in the 18th century, noted for a traditional, non-technological lifestyle.

AMORC - Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis.

amplication - clarification of a dream-image by direct association and parallels from myth and legend. (Jung)

amulet - an object producing certain effects naturally.

anahata - Sanskrit name for the heart chakra, symbolized by a 12-petal lotus.

Anahibazon - arabic term for Caput Draconis (q.v.).

Anandrious - unmarried

Anareta, n., anaretic, a. (Gr., destroyer) - the planet which destroys form; that which kills, if such a term may be applied to a planet that unfavorably aspects the hyleg (q.v.).

Anaretic Point. Anaretic Place - the degree occupied by the Anareta.

Androgyne, n., androgynous, a. - hermaphroditic; having characteristics of both sexes. Said of the planet Mercury, which is both dry and moist.

angel
1. A messenger or heavenly envoy. (Greek)
2. A person understanding and manifesting the Order of the Universe in the physical plane.

Angels - the angels which were associated with the different planets. v. Planetary angels.

Angle (L., a corner) - any one of the four cardinal points in a Figure, or map, of the heavens; variously referring to the Zenith, or South Vertical; the Nadir, or North Vertical; and the East and West horizons: the cusps of the Tenth, Fourth, First and Seventh Houses, or the Medium Coeli, Immum Coeli, Oriens (Ascendant) and Occidens (Descendant) of a Solar or, indeed, of any Celestial Figure. Usually identified as the Southern, Northern, Eatern and Western angles. They are the most powerful and important arcs in Astrology. Planets therein become immensely potent for good or ill, according to the nature of the planets and their aspects. The term may refer to the shape and position of the House as placed on the square maps employed by the ancient astrologers. v. Map of the Heavens. Many depose that the Ascendant is the most powerful angle in any Figure, though Ptolemy gives preference to the Midheaven, or Zenith, since the celestial bodies are uniformly more potent in their effects at their meridian altitude than when rising.

Angstrom - a ten-billionth of a metre. Employed as a unit for measuring the wave lengths of light. Ten angstrom equal one millimicron. v. Wave Length.

Angular - said of a planet in an angle (q.v.) or in an angular House close to the first, fourth, seventh, or tenth house cusps. The angular Houses bear a correspondence to the Cardinal Signs, and planets therein posited are materially strengthened, though whether beneficially or adversely depends upon the nature of the planet itself as also upon the nature of the aspects it receives from other planets in the Scheme.

Angular Velocity - the angle through which a planet sweeps in a unit of time. Technically, the daily motion of a planet, expressed in degrees and minutes of arc, is its Angular Velocity.

Animamundi - "The soul of the world." An occult term applied to the all-connecting consciousness, or divine essence, which permeates and animates everything in Nature. According to occult lore all sentient life is fused, blended and unified by Animamundi so that in reality there is no such thing as separateness. Radio-activity symbolizes this principle. Synonym of the oriental term Alaya.

animism - belief that life is activated by spiritual force.

Animoder - a term used by Ptolemy in his process of rectification.

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