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Definition of Planetary house
1. Noun. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided.
Category relationships: Astrology, Star Divination
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Group relationships: Zodiac
Specialized synonyms: Aries, Aries The Ram, Ram, Bull, Taurus, Taurus The Bull, Gemini, Gemini The Twins, Twins, Cancer, Cancer The Crab, Crab, Leo, Leo The Lion, Lion, Virgin, Virgo, Virgo The Virgin, Balance, Libra, Libra The Balance, Libra The Scales, Scorpio, Scorpio The Scorpion, Scorpion, Archer, Sagittarius, Sagittarius The Archer, Capricorn, Capricorn The Goat, Goat, Aquarius, Aquarius The Water Bearer, Water Bearer, Fish, Pisces, Pisces The Fishes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planetary House
Literary usage of Planetary house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1811)
"... when the master of the sign, as astrologers said of old, sits in full power
upon the cusp or entrance of the planetary house, as Lord of the Ascendant, ..."
2. The Occult World by Alfred Percy Sinnett (1886)
"... are many mansions," and in this planetary house of humanity there are many
more states of existence than the physical state. Some of these states may be ..."
3. The Talisman for by William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommerlin Verplanck (1827)
"... were in conjunction in Libra, in the seventh house of heaven, whilst Venus
lorded the ascendant, culminating from the very ridge of the planetary house. ..."
4. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"... from one thing to another, as the sun in the firmament is said to walk from
one planetary house to another, and to have his several stages to pass by. ..."
5. The Cambridge Platonists: Being Selections from the Writings of Benjamin by Benjamin Whichcote, John Smith, Nathanael Culverwel (1901)
"... walk from one planetary house to another, and to have his several Stages to
pass by. And therefore where there is no such Vicissitude or Variety, ..."
6. Dryden's Palamon and Arcite by John Dryden, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Tenney Brewster (1897)
"The sign in which a particular planet was most powerful was called his "planetary
house." Thus, Capricorn (III., 384) was the "house" of Saturn, ..."
7. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1811)
"... when the master of the sign, as astrologers said of old, sits in full power
upon the cusp or entrance of the planetary house, as Lord of the Ascendant, ..."
8. The Occult World by Alfred Percy Sinnett (1886)
"... are many mansions," and in this planetary house of humanity there are many
more states of existence than the physical state. Some of these states may be ..."
9. The Talisman for by William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommerlin Verplanck (1827)
"... were in conjunction in Libra, in the seventh house of heaven, whilst Venus
lorded the ascendant, culminating from the very ridge of the planetary house. ..."
10. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"... from one thing to another, as the sun in the firmament is said to walk from
one planetary house to another, and to have his several stages to pass by. ..."
11. The Cambridge Platonists: Being Selections from the Writings of Benjamin by Benjamin Whichcote, John Smith, Nathanael Culverwel (1901)
"... walk from one planetary house to another, and to have his several Stages to
pass by. And therefore where there is no such Vicissitude or Variety, ..."
12. Dryden's Palamon and Arcite by John Dryden, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Tenney Brewster (1897)
"The sign in which a particular planet was most powerful was called his "planetary
house." Thus, Capricorn (III., 384) was the "house" of Saturn, ..."