Baughan’s historical astrology
Opposition in Baughan’s astrology
Baughan defines opposition through planets six signs apart, corresponding to an angular separation of 180 degrees. It belongs to the five positions named in her astrological alphabet. Within that interpretive system she describes it as very evil. The evaluation concerns the position’s role in the older scheme, rather than establishing an effect on events.
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Principal account
TraditionalBaughan defines opposition through planets six signs apart, corresponding to an angular separation of 180 degrees. It belongs to the five positions named in her astrological alphabet.
Further detail
TraditionalWithin that interpretive system she describes it as very evil. The evaluation concerns the position’s role in the older scheme, rather than establishing an effect on events.
Context & interpretation
This entry records Rosa Baughan’s nineteenth-century account of the older astrological system and its symbolic correspondences. The classifications and asserted influences are attributed to that book; the entry describes its interpretive vocabulary rather than diagnosing a person or establishing a physical effect.
Original passages
Source 1
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
when they are 180 degrees or six signs asunderOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 20
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0020
- Original scan leaf
- 20
- Recorded leaf number
- 20
- Current Reader position
- 13
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
is also very evilOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 21
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0021
- Original scan leaf
- 21
- Recorded leaf number
- 21
- Current Reader position
- 14
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
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