The 5 astrology terms starting with W, explained simply: meaning, use in chart interpretation and related notions.
The phase between the Full Moon and the New Moon.
The Moon's light gradually diminishes. This period favors clearing out, letting go, moving on and bringing things to completion. It is a time for taking stock and for preparing for the new cycle.
One of the four elements: emotions, intuition, empathy and psychic depth.
The Water element gathers the signs of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. It represents the world of emotions, intuition, empathy and the unconscious. Natives strongly marked by Water feel things before understanding them intellectually: they pick up on moods, absorb the emotions of others and often possess an almost mediumistic sensitivity. Water is cold and moist by nature. It fertilizes but can also overwhelm. In excess, Water produces hypersensitivity, emotional dependence or a tendency to flee reality. A chart devoid of Water can signal a difficulty in accessing one’s emotions, in showing empathy or in surrendering to intimacy. Water is the invisible bond between beings — it reminds us that we are all connected by the same emotional source.
The state of a body whose light or separating distance is increasing.
We speak chiefly of the waxing Moon between the New Moon and the Full Moon. By extension, a planet is said to be waxing relative to the Sun when it moves away from it toward the opposition. Symbolically, the waxing phase represents externalization, the accumulation of experience and the building of concrete forms in the world.
The phase between the New Moon and the Full Moon.
For about fourteen days, the lit portion of the Moon increases as seen from Earth. Symbolically, this is the phase of building, assimilation, growth and the accumulation of energy. It is the ideal time to launch projects that call for an increase in vitality.
The greatest English astrologer of the 17th century, master of horary astrology.
Author of 'Christian Astrology' (1647), Lilly went down in history for his astonishing predictive ability, notably his forecast of the Great Fire of London in 1666. He brought horary astrology to its highest level of perfection. His work is today the foundation of the revival of traditional astrology in the West, for he set out his methods with a clarity rare for his time.