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A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF aSTROLOGY 111 at the vernal equinox, and all nature wakens to the life, love and labor of another year. Therefore the point where the lesser Light crosses into the north declination is also subject to a benign life-giving influence, such as that ascribed to the Dragon’s Head. It fosters and promotes all matters within its influence.

But in the Fall Saturn, Satan, or the adversary, stands in his exaltation-sign Libra ready to vanquish with his cold clammy hand the life giving Sun and usher it across its descending node, leaving the Northern Hemisphere to mourn and die. Therefore the Moon’s South Node, called the Dragon’s Tail, is deemed to be Saturnine in its effect and obstructs all things wherewith it is connected.

Dragon's Tail:

The Moon’s South Node. See Dragon’s Head.

Earthy Signs: Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

Eclipses: See ‘Lunations,’

Ecliptic: The Sun’s path among the constellations of the firmament.

Election: See ‘Horary Astrology.’

Elevation:

The zenith which is occupied by the Sun at Noon, is the highest point in the heavens. The nearer that position a planet is, the more elevated it is said to be. Thus a planet in the Eleventh House is elevated