Glossary44 terms
Glossary
Tarot and astrology, defined in plain language — from arcana to zodiac.
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- Cardinal SignsAries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn — the four sign-modes that start things.
- Celtic CrossThe classic ten-card spread — a full situation map, best for big questions.
- ChargingThe deliberate pause that bonds a question to a draw — in Soulolo, the long press.
- CleansingResetting a deck between readers or questions — a habit of respect, not hygiene.
- Court CardPage, Knight, Queen or King of a suit — the sixteen "people" cards of the deck.
- CuspThe boundary between two signs — and why "born on the edge" still has one sun sign.
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- Major ArcanaThe twenty-two archetype cards of a tarot deck, from the Fool (0) to the World (21).
- Minor ArcanaThe fifty-six suit cards — wands, cups, swords, pentacles — the daily weather of a reading.
- Moon SignThe zodiac sign the moon occupied at your birth — the emotional weather system.
- Mutable SignsGemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces — the four sign-modes that adapt and translate.
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- SignificatorA card chosen to represent the querent or the question before the draw.
- SpreadThe layout of cards in a reading — each position assigned a question.
- SquareA 90-degree angle between planets — the aspect of productive friction.
- SuitOne of the four elemental families in the Minor Arcana: wands, cups, swords, pentacles.
- Sun SignThe zodiac sign the sun occupied at your birth — the "star sign" in the newspaper.
- SynastryComparing two charts — the astrology of relationships.
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- Tarot (word)From the Italian tarocchi / French tarot — a 15th-century card game before it was an oracle.
- Three-Card SpreadThe smallest honest layout: past, present, trend — one line of story.
- TransitA planet's current, real position as it moves against your natal chart.
- TrineA 120-degree angle between planets — the aspect of easy flow.
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