Baughan’s historical astrology
The zodiac in Baughan’s astrology
The zodiac is divided into twelve portions of thirty degrees, completing a circle of 360 degrees. Each sign supplies a place through which the planets are described as moving. Baughan quotes the beginning at Aries as the vernal equinox in March. Her account discusses sign positions as distinct from the stars that compose a constellation.
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In the sources
Principal account
TraditionalThe zodiac is divided into twelve portions of thirty degrees, completing a circle of 360 degrees. Each sign supplies a place through which the planets are described as moving.
Further detail
TraditionalBaughan quotes the beginning at Aries as the vernal equinox in March. Her account discusses sign positions as distinct from the stars that compose a constellation.
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
they must consist of 30 degrees eachOpen 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
commences at the vernal equinoxOpen 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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Aries in Baughan’s astrology
Baughan associates Aries with the head and face and the colour white.
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An angular relationship in the book’s fivefold scheme of aspects.
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An angular relationship in the book’s fivefold scheme of aspects.