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.
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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