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apologist - one who defends or attempts to justify a doctrine or faith.

apport - an object or being that appears to manifest spontaneously from the air. Thought to be a gift from Spirit.

Appulse - the near approach of one orbital body to another - a conjunction; the culmination at or crossing of the meridian. Applied particularly to the appulse of the Moon near to the Earth's shadow. v. Penumbral Eclipse.

Apsis, n.  (pl., apsides) - the points of greatest and least distance of a heavenly body from its centre of attraction. v. Orbit.

Aquarian Age - the era of coming peace, wisdom and universal group effort (2000-4100).

Aquarius - "Waterbearer," 11th sign of the zodiac (approx. January 20 to February 20); ruling planet Uranus; of the air element; keywords: consecration, originality, eccentric innovative energy. Recognized strengths: generous, inventive, detached, progressive, tolerant, ingenuous, open-minded, social, creative; problem-solver, humanitarian. Potential weaknesses: unconventional, eccentric, changeable, independent to a fault, unsteady, aloof.

Arabian Points, or Parts - of the so-called Arabian Points, Fortuna, or the Part of Fortune, is the best known to modern astrologers, although its full significance is not generally realized. These Points tend to show that the Arabians understood the value of the Solar Houses – those based upon the Sun's degree as the Ascendant, thence erecting twelve Houses consisting of successive thirty degree arcs. » More Info 

Arc - a portion or segment of a curved line, such as a circle, or ellipse. Hence the orbital distance separating two bodies, or between two points.

ARC - Affinity, Reality, and Communication; prerequisites to knowledge practiced by Scientology.

Arc of Vision - the least distance from the Sun at which a planet is visible when the Sun is below the horizon. Diurnal Arc. The arc through which the Sun passes from sunrise to sunset. At the Equinox this arc is 180°, or 12 hours of right ascension. With increased latitude (distance away from the Equator) and nearness to the Solstices it becomes larger or smaller. Nocturnal Arc. That portion of 360°, or 24 hours, which remains after subtracting the Diurnal Arc. Semi Arc. Diurnal and Nocturnal, Half of either the Nocturnal or Diurnal Arc, measured from the Midheaven or Imum Coeli to the horizon. Arc of Direction. The distance between a significator and the point where it forms an aspect with a promittor, measured in degrees and minutes of the Equator; distance from the place of a planet to the body of same, or to a point where an aspect will be formed thereto. It may be measured either in Sidereal Time according to Tables of Ascension, or in Right Ascension as computed by spherical trigonometry. In primary directions this Arc is translated into time in the proportion of one degree of arc to a year of time, or five minutes of arc to one month of time. (v. Directions.)

Arcane School - esoteric school founded by Alice and Foster Bailey.

archetype - basic type for form. (Jung)

Ares, The Greek god of War and Pestilence - son of Zeus and Hera, consort of Aphrodite. The Romans associated him with Mars, the enemy of tyrants and defender of the just.

arhat - an adept in Theravada Buddhism. (Sanskrit)

Aries - "The Ram," first zodiac sign (approximately March 20 to April 20); ruling planet Mars; of the fire element; keywords: activity, intellectual energy. Recognized strengths: youthfully vital, warm, bright, dynamic, independent, assertive, courageous; initiator and leader. Potential weaknesses: impatient, head-strong, arrogant, intrusive, lacks perseverance, quick to over-react.

Arithmetical Complement - the arithmetical complement of a logarithm (q.v.) is what it lacks of 10,000.

Armillary Sphere - a skeleton sphere suggested by concentric rings which represent the relative positions of the celestial circles of the equator and the ecliptic revolving within a horizon and meridian divided into degrees of longitude and latitude. It was invented by Eratosthenes (q.v.), who by this means computed the size of the Earth, and inclination of the ecliptic to the equator; also the latitude of the city of Alexandria. The armillary sphere is frequently used as a decoration, such as the beautiful specimen cast in bronze and supported on the shoulders of Atlas, which adorns the entrance to Rockerfeller Plaza in New York.

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