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A
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Annual profections / zodiacal releasing / firdaria →

Annual profections and zodiacal releasing are associated with surviving Hellenistic material and its modern reconstruction.

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Word origin · etymology
Mixed historical timing terminology.

Profection means advancement and releasing is an English technique-name. Firdaria is a medieval period-system name; its deeper linguistic transmission is not settled here.

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Asteroid / centaur / dwarf-planet astrology →

Minor-body astrology expanded as observations and usable ephemerides made more objects accessible.

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Word origin · etymology
Astronomical categories with classical and English names.

Asteroid means star-like; centaur borrows a mythological creature-name; dwarf planet is a descriptive modern category. Astrology names their interpretive application.

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Aztec Tonalpohualli / other Mesoamerican counts →

The Mexica tonalpohualli belongs to the wider Mesoamerican family of 260-day ritual counts.

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Word origin · etymology
Historical people-label and Nahuatl calendrical name.

Tonalpohualli is conventionally rendered count of days or destinies. Aztec is the broader historical label; other Mesoamerican counts is an editorial extension.

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Babylonian omen and zodiac traditions →

Babylonian celestial practice includes multiple genres across time.

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Word origin · etymology
Geographic name with Latin and Greek technical vocabulary.

Babylonian refers to Babylon; omen is Latin for a portent; zodiac descends from Greek figure-name vocabulary. The full phrase is an editorial grouping.

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BaZi / Four Pillars / Saju →

Four Pillars arranges the year, month, day and double-hour into stem–branch pairs.

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Word origin · etymology
Native names and their English translation.

Bāzì, 八字, means eight characters; Four Pillars renders 四柱, also read Saju in Korean. The labels count characters or paired pillars in the chart.

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BG5 / Penta / DreamRave / animal-plant design →

BG5, Penta, DreamRave and the Design of Forms are extensions within Ra Uru Hu’s teaching corpus.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern program-names and explanatory labels.

BG5 is a business-program identifier; Penta uses the Greek five-prefix; DreamRave joins dream to Rave. Animal-plant design is an English description of the form-related teachings.

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Bhutanese / Mongolian / regional Tibetan calendars →

Bhutanese and Mongolian calendars belong to the wider history of Tibetan-derived calendrical learning while retaining regional versions.

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Word origin · etymology
Editorial geographic adjectives.

Bhutanese, Mongolian, and Tibetan derive from regional or people-names. The heading groups calendar versions by place and transmission without translating those names into invented roots.

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Burmese Mahabote / Thai / Balinese pawukon / other regional systems →

This is a regional discovery entry, not one astrological system.

Word origin, evidence & sources
Word origin · etymology
Regional labels and retained local method-names.

Burmese, Thai, and Balinese identify regions or cultures; Mahabote and pawukon retain local names. A dependable literal derivation of Mahabote is not established here.

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Chinese lunisolar zodiac →

The Chinese calendar coordinates lunar months with the solar year through intercalation.

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Word origin · etymology
Geographic adjective and translated scientific label.

Chinese identifies the tradition; lunisolar combines Moon and Sun; zodiac is an English comparison label for the animal cycle, not its Chinese word origin.

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Constellational /13-sign / Ophiuchus →

Constellational astrology uses actual sky regions or selected star patterns instead of twelve equal thirty-degree signs.

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Word origin · etymology
Descriptive chart labels and a Greek figure-name.

Constellational refers to constellations; 13-sign counts divisions; Ophiuchus is the serpent-bearer name. The title combines a method descriptor with one named constellation.

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Cosmobiology / midpoint schools →

Cosmobiology is particularly associated with Reinhold Ebertin's publishing and teaching.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern classical-root compound with an English method label.

Cosmobiology joins cosmos, world/order, and biology, study of life. Midpoint schools describes approaches organized around halfway positions.

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Divisional charts / vargas →

Vargas are divisional classifications within Indian horoscope practice.

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Word origin · etymology
English explanatory label paired with Sanskrit.

Divisional describes division into parts; varga means a group or division. The slash presents a translation aid, while preserving the native term.

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Draconic →

Draconic astrology appears in modern practitioner literature associated with writers including Dennis Elwell and Pam Crane.

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Word origin · etymology
Greek/Latin dragon-derived adjective.

Draconic comes from draco, dragon. The chart frame's name recalls the lunar nodes' dragon-head and dragon-tail imagery.

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Dreamspell /13 Moon / Galactic Signature →

Dreamspell is a modern creation associated with José and Lloydine Argüelles, developed around 1990–1991.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern authored calendar-names.

Dreamspell combines dream and spell; 13 Moon counts the named periods; Galactic Signature uses a celestial identity metaphor. These are the synthesis's English labels.

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Egyptian decans / stellar calendars →

Egyptian stellar timekeeping and decanal imagery precede the later Greco-Roman zodiacal syntheses.

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Word origin · etymology
Geographic adjective with classical technical words.

Egyptian names the setting; decan retains a tenfold Latin term; stellar comes from stella, star. The slash joins related subjects rather than translating one ancient title.

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Electional / Muhurta →

Electional astrology selects a proposed starting time for an activity.

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Word origin · etymology
Latin-derived adjective alongside Sanskrit.

Electional comes from election, a choosing; muhūrta names a moment or time interval. Both labels concern the selection of a suitable time.

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Element / animal / mewa / parkha overlays →

Tibetan elemental astrology adds animal cycles, mewa numbers and parkha trigrams to calendrical reckoning.

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Word origin · etymology
English category words with Tibetan transliterations.

Mewa renders sme-ba, the magic-square number; parkha renders spar-kha, a trigram designation. Element, animal, and overlay are explanatory English additions.

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Esoteric / Alice Bailey / seven rays →

Alice Bailey's esoteric astrology belongs to a modern spiritual teaching corpus maintained by Lucis Trust.

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Word origin · etymology
Greek-derived adjective, author-name, and metaphorical title.

Esoteric means inward or restricted teaching; Alice Bailey is the author-name; seven rays names the light-ray metaphor organizing her system.

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Fixed-star / Behenian / parans →

Fixed-star astrology contains multiple methods rather than one extra layer of zodiac degrees.

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Word origin · etymology
Historical labels with different linguistic histories.

Fixed-star is descriptive English; paran shortens paranatellonta. Behenian names a traditional selected-star group; an uncertain deeper derivation of Behenian is left unasserted.

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Galactic / whole-sky astrology →

Galactic and whole-sky astrology extends astrological attention to objects beyond the familiar planets.

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Word origin · etymology
Classical-root adjective and transparent English compound.

Galactic derives from the Milky Way's milk-related Greek name; whole-sky expands the scope beyond a narrow zodiac band. These are descriptive modern approach-labels.

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Gene Keys / Golden Path / expanded spheres →

Richard Rudd describes Gene Keys as emerging from his study with Ra Uru Hu and years of contemplation of the sixty-four hexagrams.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern authored English titles and geometric metaphor.

Gene Keys joins biological gene with the unlocking-key metaphor; Golden Path names a curriculum; spheres uses circular-form vocabulary for themes. Expanded is an editorial qualifier.

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Harmonic / vibrational approaches →

Modern harmonic astrology is closely associated with John Addey and later authors such as David Hamblin.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern mathematical and physical metaphors.

Harmonic derives from harmony and proportional joining; vibrational derives from vibration, a shaking or oscillation. These are modern approach-labels, with school-specific meanings.

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Hellenistic / traditional →

Hellenistic astrology is represented by surviving Greek-language authors including Ptolemy and Vettius Valens.

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Word origin · etymology
Historical label and Latin-derived transmission word.

Hellenistic derives from Greek Hellēn, Greek; traditional comes from handing down. Together they describe a historical milieu and a mode of transmission.

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Horary / interrogations / Prashna →

Question-based approaches with distinct chart conventions and judgement rules. This gateway compares Western horary with named Indian Prashna approaches; the implemented worksheet is tropical Regiomontanus.

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Word origin · etymology
Latin-derived labels alongside Sanskrit.

Horary derives from hora, hour; interrogation means asking; praśna means question. The combined title links several traditions' question-based vocabulary.

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Question-based judgment in distinct traditions

Lilly weighs significators, dignities and aspects in Western question charts. Rao describes Tajaka combinations used in Prashna, an Indian approach with its own conventions. A Western Regiomontanus worksheet is therefore not a generic Prashna calculation; consistent rules make results reproducible without establishing that answers predict events.

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Human Design / Rave astrology →

Human Design was introduced by the teacher known as Ra Uru Hu.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern authored system names.

Human Design is Ra Uru Hu's English title; Rave is his distinctive vocabulary. Rave astrology is a system-associated label, not an ancient language-name.

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Jaimini / chara dashas →

Jaimini astrology names a body of techniques transmitted through terse sutras, commentaries and modern teaching.

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Sanskrit eponym and descriptive period-name.

Jaimini names the attributed sage; cara means moving or changeable, and daśā period. The label combines an attribution with a timing-family name.

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Jyotish / Parashari family →

Jyotish is a broad Indian astral discipline; the Parashari label identifies a family of horoscope techniques associated with the authority of Parashara.

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Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit discipline-name and eponymic adjective.

Jyotiṣa derives from celestial light; Parāśarī means associated with the sage Parāśara. Family is the atlas's grouping metaphor, not a literal genealogy.

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Krishnamurti Paddhati (KP) →

Krishnamurti Paddhati takes its name from K.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern eponym and Sanskrit method word.

Krishnamurti identifies K. S. Krishnamurti; paddhati means a procedure or system. KP is an initialism of the school-name.

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Locational / relocation / astrocartography / local-space →

Locational astrology predates its modern computerized maps.

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Word origin · etymology
Descriptive location vocabulary and modern method names.

Locational and relocation name place and changing place; Astro*Carto*Graphy is Jim Lewis's coined title; local space is Michael Erlewine's surrounding-space label.

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Observer geometry and locational interpretation

Relocation keeps the instant and changes local axes; astrocartography maps angular positions, while local-space maps observer-based directions. Changing zodiac labels alone cannot move physical map lines. These geometries are testable; promises about a location’s personal effects are interpretive claims.

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M
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Maya Haab / Long Count / Calendar Round →

The Maya calendar combines cycles with a count of elapsed days.

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Word origin · etymology
A Maya name and two English scholarly labels.

Haab is the retained Maya calendar-name; Long Count and Calendar Round are English labels describing extended counting and cyclic combination.

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Maya Tzolk’in / Chol Q’ij →

The 260-day sacred count is a living Maya tradition, not merely an archaeological curiosity.

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Word origin · etymology
Cultural designation with two Mayan-language names.

Tzolk’in is the Yucatec calendar-name and Chol Q’ij the K’iche’ name. Maya is the broader cultural label, not the language of one shared spelling.

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Modern psychological / evolutionary →

Psychological and evolutionary astrology are related modern approaches, not synonyms.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern school labels built from scholarly vocabulary.

Psychological draws on psyche, mind or soul; evolutionary draws on evolution's unfolding vocabulary. Here both name interpretive schools rather than a shared technical procedure.

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Mundane / ingress / financial / medical astrology →

Mundane astrology applies celestial symbolism to collective affairs.

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Descriptive Latin-derived application names.

Mundane comes from mundus, world; ingress means entering. Financial and medical name subject areas, not separate etymological branches of astrology.

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Nadi / Bhrigu / Lal Kitab / regional lineages →

This registry entry groups traditions that need separate articles rather than implying a single school.

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Word origin · etymology
Several native names joined by an editorial heading.

Nāḍī is a Sanskrit word with channel/tube senses; Bhṛgu is a sage-name; Lal Kitab is the Red Book title. Their deeper naming histories should not be merged.

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Nine Star Ki / Kyūsei →

Nine Star Ki is a Japanese-associated cycle practice encountered today through several teaching lineages.

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Word origin · etymology
English rendering with Japanese romanization.

Kyūsei, 九星, means nine stars; ki, 気, is the Japanese qi-related term. The title keeps the native reading beside the English form.

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Numerology / tarot-astrology / I Ching birthday overlays →

Numerology, tarot correspondences and I Ching birthday overlays have different histories and should not be presented as one ancient science.

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Word origin · etymology
Mixed modern compound labels and a Chinese book-title.

Numerology joins number vocabulary with -logy; tarot is a French card-name with uncertain deeper origin; I Ching is an older romanization of Yijing, Book of Changes.

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Onmyōdō / Sukuyō / 27–28 mansion systems →

Onmyodo, Buddhist Sukuyodo and mansion systems should not be collapsed into one Japanese zodiac.

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Japanese technical names with an English explanatory label.

Onmyōdō is the way of yin-yang/divination; Sukuyō uses mansion-and-luminary characters 宿曜. The numbered mansion label is an English description of the calendrical divisions.

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Panchanga / drik calculation →

Panchanga means a five-part almanac framework.

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Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit compound and observation vocabulary.

Pañcāṅga means five-limbed; drik represents dṛk, sight. The title combines the almanac's components with the calculation approach.

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Astronomical calendar with declared local-day rules

Positions and transition times are reproducible within the selected zodiac and sunrise convention. A sunrise day differs from a civil date; festival assignment and auspiciousness require further religious or lineage rules. Daily and birth-instant views answer different calendar questions.

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Persian / Arabic / medieval Latin / Renaissance →

Persian, Arabic-language, medieval Latin and Renaissance astrology form connected but distinct histories.

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Editorial sequence of cultural, language, and period names.

Persian and Arabic identify linguistic-cultural settings; medieval Latin identifies language and era; Renaissance is French for rebirth. The title lists linked contexts, not synonyms.

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Phugpa / Tsurphu / Kālacakra →

Tibetan calendar computation preserves mathematical traditions associated with the Kalachakra literature and later lineages.

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Tibetan names alongside a Sanskrit title.

Phugpa names a calendar-author lineage; Tsurphu a monastery-linked tradition; Kālacakra means Wheel of Time. The slash preserves three different naming origins.

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Qi Men Dun Jia / Da Liu Ren / Tai Yi →

Qi Men Dun Jia, Da Liu Ren and Tai Yi are three distinct Chinese divination systems often grouped as the three cosmic boards.

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Romanized Chinese titles of distinct methods.

Qimen Dunjia uses unusual-gate and hiding-jia terminology; Liuren means six ren, the yang-water stem; Taiyi is the deity/system title. These are separate names, not one compound.

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Quantum Human Design →

Quantum Human Design is Karen Curry Parker’s contemporary reinterpretation of Human Design.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern coined title by Karen Curry Parker.

Quantum Human Design extends the Human Design name with quantum. Parker describes creating the title for her revised vocabulary and approach; quantum is part of that branding.

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Secondary progressions / solar arcs / primary directions →

Secondary progressions, solar arcs and primary directions are different timing constructions.

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Word origin · etymology
Historical English technical phrases.

Progression names advancing; solar arc names the Sun's angular travel; direction names a directed displacement. Secondary and primary distinguish different timing conventions.

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Starseed / soul-origin / Arcturian-Pleiadian overlays →

This registry label groups contemporary spiritual soul-origin interpretations rather than a single documented school with a standard founder or algorithm.

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Word origin · etymology
Modern spiritual compounds using astronomical names.

Starseed joins star and seed; soul-origin is descriptive English. Arcturian and Pleiadian derive from Arcturus and the Pleiades; their spiritual use is a later naming layer.

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Synastry / midpoint composite / Davison →

Three relationship-chart methods: compare two natal charts, combine corresponding angular midpoints, or calculate an intermediate time-and-place chart.

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Word origin · etymology
Greek comparison-word, English geometry, and an eponym.

Synastry uses together-star roots; midpoint composite describes putting halfway positions together; Davison names Ronald Davison. The three names identify different comparison constructions.

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Distinct chart constructions with practitioner interpretations

Each method has different inputs and geometry. Reproducible contacts or combined positions do not establish another person's feelings, the quality of a relationship or its future.

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Tajika / Varshaphala →

Tajika is a Sanskrit adaptation of Perso-Arabic astrology, particularly associated with anniversary horoscopes.

Word origin, evidence & sources
Word origin · etymology
Borrowed school-name and Sanskrit compound.

Tājika is the Persian-derived school designation; varṣaphala combines year with fruit or result, naming the year's results.

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Historically documented annual-chart tradition

Balabhadra's text records a substantial Tajika method with its own judgement rules. A sidereal return supplies a chart, not the full method. Historical attestation and calculated positions do not test its predicted outcomes.

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Transits / solar and lunar returns →

Transits compare a later sky with an earlier chart.

Word origin, evidence & sources
Word origin · etymology
Latin-derived motion words and English recurrence labels.

Transit means passage; solar and lunar mean of Sun and Moon; return means coming back. The wording describes movement to reference positions.

How we know · epistemology
Two-epoch comparison and calculated returns

A transit snapshot measures relationships at a chosen instant; a return search locates a specified longitude crossing. Both depend on the stated reference. Their numerical reproducibility does not establish a forecast.

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Tropical natal / modern Western →

Tropical natal astrology belongs to a long textual tradition that was repeatedly revised.

Word origin, evidence & sources
Word origin · etymology
Editorial compound of chart vocabulary.

Tropical refers to the seasonal zodiac, natal to birth, and modern Western to the school grouping. These are three descriptive qualifiers of different kinds.

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Uranian / Hamburg School →

The Hamburg School grew around Alfred Witte's methods, with Friedrich Sieggrün and Ludwig Rudolph involved in its organization and publishing.

Word origin, evidence & sources
Word origin · etymology
Modern school name and geographic label.

Uranian draws on Uranus; Hamburg School names the German city associated with Alfred Witte's circle. Neither expression is an ancient system-name.

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Western sidereal →

Western sidereal astrology is a modern Western tradition associated with zodiac calibrations such as Fagan–Bradley.

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Word origin · etymology
Geographic adjective with Latin-derived frame name.

Western names the school context; sidereal comes from sidus, star or constellation. The phrase distinguishes this tradition's star-referenced zodiac convention.

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Zi Wei Dou Shu / Tử Vi →

Zi Wei Dou Shu belongs to the Chinese family of calendrical fate-calculation.

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Word origin · etymology
Chinese and Sino-Vietnamese names.

Zǐwēi Dǒushù, 紫微斗數, retains an astral name plus Dipper-number terminology; Tử Vi is the Vietnamese reading of Zǐwēi. The names have related linguistic forms.

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