Astrology Glossary

Renaissance & European Tradition

26 terms with definitions, classical sources and practice notes.

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19th-20th century British astrologer; founder of the modern astrology movement, pioneer of the psychological approach.

Della Porta and Natural Magic

Giambattista della Porta's concept of natural magic and the connections between astrological principles and natural science.

English: Evangeline Adams

An early 20th century American astrologer; contributed to the legalization of astrology in the USA.

A 16th century Italian mathematician-astrologer; the first astrologer to analyze his own chart in his autobiography.

İtalyanca: Giovanni Battista della Porta

A 16th century Neapolitan scientist; conducted studies on physiognomy, natural philosophy and astrological medicine.

İtalyanca: Girolamo Cardano

A Renaissance mathematician, physician and astrologer; conducted pioneering works on natal astrology and authority charts.

A 16th century occultist; systematized astrological magic and decan imagery with his work De Occulta Philosophia.

17th-century French astrologer; achieved the most detailed systematization of primary directions with his work Astrologia Gallica.

Jean-Baptiste Morin de Villefranche

French court astrologer and mathematician (1583–1656) who wrote the monumental work Astrologia Gallica.

Almanca: Johannes Kepler

The astronomer who discovered the laws of planetary motion; sought to reform astrology and contributed to aspect theory.

Astronomer-astrologer who discovered the laws of planetary motion; theorist of harmonic astrology.

English: John Dee

Elizabethan-era mathematician, astrologer and occultist; advisor to Queen Elizabeth I.

17th-century British astrologer; contemporary and rival of Lilly, with works on natal astrology.

Luca Gaurico

A Renaissance-era astrologer (1475–1558) known as an Italian mathematician, astronomer and papal astrologer.

İtalyanca: Marsilio Ficino

The founder of Renaissance Neoplatonism; united Hermetic astrology and astrological medicine with philosophy.

15th-century Italian Neoplatonist; theorist of astrological medicine and cosmic sympathy with his work De Vita.

Morinus Chart Interpretation Method

Morinus's technique of systematic interpretation by classifying planetary determinations according to houses.

17th-century British herbalist-astrologer; the most comprehensive source on plant-planet correspondences.

16th-century French astrologer-prophet; the most well-known figure of the popular prophecy tradition with his work Centuries.

Nostradamus's Prediction Methods

The astrological techniques, eclipse analyses and symbolic methods used in Nostradamus's prophecies.

Placidus de Titis

The Italian monk, mathematician and astrologer (1603–1668) who developed the world's most widely used house system.

15th-century German mathematician-astronomer; developed a house system and precise ephemeris tables.

A 16th-century Danish astronomer-astrologer who advanced both astronomy and astrology through precise observations.

Students of Tycho Brahe

The students Tycho Brahe trained at his observatory on the island of Hven, who went on to shape the history of astrology.

English: William Lilly (1602-1681)

The greatest figure in British astrology; his Christian Astrology (1647) is the foundational English-language reference work on horary astrology.

William Lilly (1602-1681)

William Lilly, the most important representative of 17th-century British astrology, established the foundational source of horary astrology with his work 'Christian Astrology'.