Word origin · etymology
Historical phrase using a gathering metaphor.
Collection comes from colligere, gather together. The phrase describes a planet gathering the light or testimony of other significators.
How we know · epistemology
Traditional convergence of aspects
Two significators must apply to a collecting planet under the chosen rules, including any speed and reception conditions. Shared contacts in a chart are not enough to establish collection, and the pattern cannot prove that a third party will help.
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