Word origin · etymology
Traditional translated name.
Lot means an allotted portion or a share; Fortune names the associated traditional topic. It is not the name of a physical body.
How we know · epistemology
Traditional angular formula
The point comes from a specified Ascendant–Sun–Moon formula and day/night rule. Different conventions can yield different positions; its name is not evidence of wealth, luck or a promised outcome.
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