Keywords for Astrology The Essential Guide to
Correspondences and Interpretation of Planets, Signs,
Houses, and Aspects
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Contents
Note to the Reader
Foreword by Theresa Reed
Introduction
Organization and Levels of Meaning in the Horoscope
How to Use This Book
The Luminaries, the Planets, and the Moon's Node
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Moon's Nodes
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, or the Sun in the Signs
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
The Moon and the Planets in the Signs
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
The Cardinal Axis
The Rising Sign or Ascendant (AC)
The Lowest Heavens or the Imum Coeli (IC)
The Descending Sign or the Descendant (DC)
The Midheaven or the Medium Coeli (MC)
The Sun, Moon, and Planets in the Houses
The Energy of the Houses
1st House
2nd House
3rd House
4th House
5th House
6th House
7th House
8th House
9th House
10th House
11th House
12th House
The Aspects
Key Words for Aspect Combinations
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
An Illustrated Key to the Horoscope
The Astrological Picture of the World
Glossary of Astrological Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Note to the Reader
In compiling the key words, the description of the planets and signs relates
to the gender of the signs (Virgo = feminine, Libra = masculine, for
example) and planets (Venus = feminine, Mars = masculine). The reader
should understand that both sexes are included when the word “king” is
used to describe the qualities of a Leo, for example.
Some words—like “Taurus, the Bull”—cannot be translated into a
female equivalent without becoming rather absurd (“the Bulless” or “the
Cow”?). Here we must find comfort in astrology, which describes Taurus
(along with Cancer) as the most archetypally feminine of all the signs,
despite its masculine name. We ask the readers to equally apply all the
astrological keywords to themselves, despite any inherent gender
implications.
Foreword
Picture this: you're at a cocktail party, conversing with someone, when they
suddenly start talking about astrology. It begins well enough with a brief
mention of Sun signs but quickly goes off the rails when they start speaking
like this: “The Moon aligned with Neptune and squared my natal Venus,
which is quincunx with my North Node natally . . . no wonder I'm having
trouble with love.”
Now you're unsure if they're referring to horoscopes, astronomy . . .
or hitting on you. So you mumble something about needing to refresh your
cocktail and slink away. You might even feel foolish.
But you're not. You've just been hit with what some astrologers call
“astrobabble,” a complex way of talking about astrology.
Astrology is the language of the cosmos. As in any language, there
are rules and patterns to follow. If you're fluent, you can articulate
astrological data without blinking a third eye. But for folks who are newer
to all things zodiac, the terminology can sound bewildering.
At its simplest, we might say astrology is nothing more than symbols
and patterns. A standardized list of meanings should suffice. But if that
was the case, we risk sounding like robots as we rattle off memorized
information. There would be no nuance, and that isn't how language
works.
Astrology is more than a string of data. Like any language, patterns,
symbols, and intricate details make it a rich lexicon, with room to interpret,
unique to the individual. If you've ever had your chart read by someone
who parrots data without a thorough understanding of what it all means on
an intuitive level, you probably didn't connect to the information. That's
because we don't talk like that in regular conversations (unless we are
robots).
Learning another language—any language—is confusing at first until
you understand the basics. Once you have that down, conversations
become possible. Through those, you can pick up on subtle cues, slang,
and different ways of conveying the information. Language isn't simply
lists of words in a particular order. Words have a “feel” to them, and once
you comprehend that, you can speak with confidence and eloquence.
Keywords for Astrology by Hajo Banzhaf and Anna Haebler may
seem like a book with simple lists for all the various parts of astrological
charts, but it's more than that. In the introduction, the authors state: “When
we describe every detail and give it a pronounced name, the purpose is to
make learning and remembering astrological terminology easier and to
stimulate thought about the configurations.”
They begin with a concise breakdown of the horoscope, which sets
the reader up with a solid but easy-to-grasp foundation on what reading a
chart entails. The authors compare the horoscope to a “play” with the
planets as actors, the signs as the role they play, the houses as stages of
life, and the aspects as how the actors interact with one another. This
analogy is a brilliant and simple explanation that both beginners and
seasoned pros will appreciate.
From there, the authors demonstrate how to use the keywords to
interpret every part of the chart. A handy “mad libs” style summarization
of the horoscope helps the reader find a succinct way to express the energy
behind every astrological component. For example, “I am a person with
the intrinsic character of (Sun/sign), and I find my greatest development in
(Sun/house).” Using this formula with the keywords provided, I can create
this pithy statement: “I am a person with the intrinsic character of Gemini,
and I find my greatest development in the 8th house.” As I pore through
the list of Gemini characteristics, I might choose “the philosopher” and
“life's enigma” for the 8th house. Now it becomes “I am a philosopher
about life's enigmas.” Genius.
If you assume the book is nothing more than a list of words, you're in
for a surprise. Instead, the authors list strengths, problem areas, shadow
sides, archetypes, and more. I especially love how they convey the essence
of each astrological component with a title. For example, Saturn in the 5th
house is “Stage Fright or Playing Prohibited.” I have this in my chart, and
it's true. I am terrified of the stage and was a “serious” kid who was
parentified at an early age. That title perfectly summed up my Saturn
situation!
Everything is smartly laid out with charts that keep the information
organized. An astrological view of the world explains how it all works,
while the glossary of astrological terms rounds out everything perfectly.
This is a handy reference, almost like an astrology thesaurus, that every
astrologer will reach for time and time again.
I'd like to finish with this admission: I have three planets in Virgo,
which means I happen to love lists. They give me a sense of order. That's
what this book does: it organizes every part of astrology so one can make
sense of it. Ultimately, it's the perfect guide to learning how to speak the
language of “me” in my own astrological terms.
Theresa Reed
Introduction
This book explains all the essential configurations in a horoscope by
showing both aspects of its expression—the light and the dark—with vivid
key words and concise descriptions.
Readers should avoid the popular error of getting lost in the details
and even mistaking a part for the whole: a horoscope consists of an
abundance of individual factors which only allow the entire picture to
emerge when all the factors are seen in relationship to each other.
Correspondingly, if you look up something relating to your horoscope and
shake your head in disbelief after reading the description, you should not
be too quick to leave it at that. Because of a multitude of reasons, an
astrological configuration can be lived in such a concealed manner that the
person concerned is quite certain it has nothing to do with him or her. It is
certainly easier to admit to the aspects of our personality which flatter the
ego or correspond to the spirit of the times. As a result, people had
difficulty accepting themselves as mystics during the 50s because the term
“mystic” had almost the same meaning as “crackpot” at that time. In
contrast, today it is considered an esoteric compliment when a person's
mediumistic capabilities are confirmed during astrological consultations.
In a very general sense, it can be said that configurations strongly
affected by Saturn or Pluto are permitted access to the conscious mind
only with reluctance. Furthermore. in our society we may observe that men
prefer to project their feminine planets (Moon and Venus) onto women,
and women in response prefer to delegate their masculine planets (Sun and
Mars) to men: the more difficult the position of these planets, the greater
the tendency toward this type of projection. Even without looking at the
horoscope, this kind of projection can be recognized when a man
accomplishes overkill with the statement that “all women are ...,” or when
a woman generalizes about “men.”
As Johannes Kepler very clearly states, the horoscope shows your
potential and not your predestination. The situation of astrology is similar
to the way researchers can use modern chaos research to perceive the
formulas concealed behind a multitude of manifestations (such as weather
clouds) without being able to predict in which form this formula will
manifest itself. The horoscope is a formula which is the basis for the life of
a human being. Yet, what you make of it, how far you let yourself drift
along, or to which heights of development you rise, all lie in a realm
beyond the possibility of interpretation.
These keywords should then be understood as a description of one
portion of the whole. Many opportunities for development are concealed in
every aspect in the chart. However, how, and to what degree, they are
manifested, and what level they attain always depends upon the
personality's degree of maturity—and precisely this factor is not revealed
in the horoscope. This is why we have also consciously dispensed with
stating the commonly made differentiation between good and bad, easy
and difficult, harmonious and tension-laden, auspicious and misfortune-
bringing configurations. Such definitions are foolish. We have seen
horoscopes that were full of so-called harmonious aspects, yet the people
affected were caught up in deep crises in life. Life simply ran on without
meaning. Nothing had challenged them and/or even forced them to make
something of their lives. Everything was simply easy and superficial, and
after a certain point in time it became unbearable.
On the other hand, it is widely known that the horoscopes of great
personalities are charged with tensions. For this reason, we have described
all the horoscope factors in their polar tensions as strengths and problem
areas—or—for the aspects—as harmony and discord. We have followed
the development from the obstruction to the solution solely in the case of
Saturn, the Lord of Time (Cronos). It may certainly be true that a difficult
astrological configuration, such as a planet positioned in “detriment” or in
“fall,” or irritated or impaired by difficult aspects (such as a square or an
opposition) initially attracts attention from its critical side. Yet, there is not
only the possibility of transformation, but also the responsibility to
transform, in each of these configurations. From the astrological
perspective, the horoscope describes the starting situation in which we
begin our life on Earth. Now our task is polishing ourselves against our
various tensions until we succeed in uniting all the original discord into a
great harmonious symphony.
Malicious tongues will grumble that this book is a “cookbook” in
which astrology has now once and for all been prepared and served like a
collection of recipes. These people will have fundamentally misunderstood
our intentions. When we describe every detail and give it a pronounced
name, the purpose is to make learning and remembering astrological
terminology easier and to stimulate thought about the configurations which
are infrequently discussed elsewhere, such as the light and shadow sides of
the slowly moving planets in the water houses. Above all, however, this
book's concentrated form is designed to save the readers from all the
superfluous words through which they often must sift to find important
concepts, and the tabular form should enable readers to quickly make
comparisons, since comparable statements for all the related configurations
are always written under the same heading.
Anna Haebler & Hajo Banzhaf
Organization and Levels
of Meaning in the
Horoscope
The interplay of three different levels of effect are expressed in a horoscope.
There are planets in signs, planets in houses, and aspects between planets. A
general overview of what that means follows.
1. THE PLANETS IN THE SIGNS OF THE
ZODIAC (THE DAILY CONFIGURATION)
This interplay involves the distribution of all ten bodies (eight planets and
two luminaries) throughout the entire heavens, no matter whether the
“planets” are found below or above the horizon. (Readers should note that
the Sun and Moon are not planets, but in order to avoid clumsy language we
call them “planets.”) You are born under a “sign,” and this is where the Sun
is located in the heavens at the time of your birth. The zodiac corresponds
to the orbit of the Sun, and every year the Sun stands in the same place at
the same time, so the position of the Sun (= sign) can be read from the date
of birth. The Sun moves through all twelve signs. It does not move into the
next sign precisely at midnight. Deviations of up to one day can occur,
particularly because of the leap year cycle. The exact position of the Sun on
the day when the signs change must—this applies to all the other planets as
well—be read in tables, which we call an ephemeris.
Figure 1. The planets move in different signs based on the date of
birth.
2. THE PLANETS IN THE HOUSES
The decisive factor here is the daily “rotation of the heavens around the
Earth” (which means the rotation of the Earth on its own axis). The
horizontal axis divides the circle into the visible heavens and the invisible
heavens beneath the horizon. This results in the Ascendant (AC), which is
the point of sunrise on the eastern horizon, and the Descendant (DC) on the
opposite side (figure 2a). This axis from the meridional point (MC =
Medium Coeli) to the midnight point (IC = Imum Coeli) divides the circle
into rising and descending signs. The four quarter sections (figure 2b)
created in this manner are then divided again into thirds, whereby a “spoked
wheel” with 12 fields (figure 2c) is created. These fields are also called
“houses.”
Figure 2. Dividing the horoscope.
3. THE ASPECTS
These are the significant distances of the planets from each other. The
aspects can be best illustrated using the example of the Moon, which forms
all possible aspects with the Sun during the course of a month.
The so-called harmonious and disharmonious aspects are created (as
in music) by dividing the circle with the cardinal numbers, whereby
