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A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTROLOGY 145 which are ascending from the Eastern horizon to the Midheaven, as the Sun does in the forenoon, are said to be ‘oriental’ or Eastern.

But when the Sun sets in the place where we live, it rises on another part of the world represented by the sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second and first houses of our horoscope, and during that time it is also oriental, and occidental to their Midheaven, which corresponds to our Nadir. When it rises from their Eastern horizon, which is our descendant, through the sixth, fifth and fourth houses, it is called oriental, and when it gradually sets towards their Western Horizon, which is our Ascendant, it is called occidental.

Therefore, planets in the twelfth, eleventh, tenth, sixth, fifth, and fourth houses are called oriental,

and the planets in the other six houses are called occidental or Western.

Opposition:

When two planets are in the same degree of opposite signs, they are said to be in ‘Opposition.’ See ‘Aspect’ and ‘Orb.’

Orb:

Planets form aspects which influence human affair when they are in the same degree of the Zodiac, or a certain number of degrees apart. But it has been found that the influence is felt even when planets are not exactly the required number of degrees