semisextile
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Etymology
Noun
semisextile (plural semisextiles)
- (astrology) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
- 1825, Society of the Mercurii (LONDON), The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; Or, The Master Key of Futurity, and Guide to Ancient Mysteries, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy. ... By the Members of the Mercurii; Raphael, the Metropolitan Astrologer; the Editor of the Prophetic Almanack; and Other Sideral Artists. ... The Seventh Edition, Supervised ... by Merlinus Anglius, Junior, Gent. ., page 265:
- The semisextile, or twelfth part of a circle , is a distance of thirty degrees in the zodiac […]
- 1825, Society of the Mercurii (LONDON), The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; Or, The Master Key of Futurity, and Guide to Ancient Mysteries, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy. ... By the Members of the Mercurii; Raphael, the Metropolitan Astrologer; the Editor of the Prophetic Almanack; and Other Sideral Artists. ... The Seventh Edition, Supervised ... by Merlinus Anglius, Junior, Gent. ., page 265:
See also
References
- “semisextile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.