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144 SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY Nativity:

The same as ‘Horoscope,’ and ‘Radix;’ a map of the heavens cast for the moment of birth. See ‘Figure.’

Natural Zodiac: See ‘Intellectual Zodiac.’

Nebulae:

Cloudy star clusters, worlds in the making. Three of them are known to have an inimical effect on the eyesight. See ‘Fixed Stars.’

Nodes: See ‘Dragon’s Head.’

Northern Signs:

Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo. So called because the Sun is in these signs when he is above the equator in the Spring and Summer.

Nutation:

A vibratory motion of the axis of the earth which is responsible for the precession of the equinox. See ‘Intellectual Zodiac.’

Oblique Ascension: See ‘Ascension.’

Occidental:

Western. When the Sun or planets have passed the Zenith, Midheaven or noon mark, they begin to set towards the Western horizon, therefore the planets in the ninth, eighth and seventh houses of the horoscope are said to be ‘occidental’ or Western, and planets in the twelfth, eleventh and tenth houses