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A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTROLOGY 123 aspect with these planets energizes the mind and makes it more alert; Uranus in aspect to them gives a spiritual perception to those who can express this faculty, but they are very few.

On the other hand, the so-called good planets may be decidedly detrimental by fostering self-indulgence, and therefore the appellation ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is ambiguous, The true esoteric student will carefully cultivate this mode of mind with regard to the factors in Astrology, and always base his judgment on this conception of the planets and their aspects.

A malefic that is well placed and aspected will prove of more help than a benefic that is weak and afflicted.

Great Sidereal Year: See ‘Intellectual Zodiac.’

Heliocentric Astrology:

A system introduced by certain modern astrologers in an effort to conform to the Copernican conception of the solar system with the Sun as the centre. It is not satistactory however, for while those who practice geocentric Astrology have the records and observations of past ages to guide them, the votaries of the new system have mainly speculation.

Horary Astrology:

The science of judging how a certain matter will turn out from a figure set up for the time the question was asked. The philosophy is that the same stellar influence which makes a person sufficiently