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Astral Atlas
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Significator

A planet assigned to represent a person or matter in an astrological judgement; the assignment depends on context and method.

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Word origin · etymology

Late Latin agent noun.

Significator means one that signifies or indicates, from the significare word family. A chart factor is assigned that representative role.

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How we know · epistemology

Declared representational rule

A planet stands for a person or matter because the method assigns it that role. The same planet can signify different things in different questions; its identity alone is insufficient evidence for a personal claim.

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