Astro*Dictionary
by Michael Erlewine

4 articles for
"Nodal"

Nodal Degree [Astro*Index]

Horary Astrology.

A planet in the same degree as, irrespective of sign or rounding, as the Moon's mean nodes. Significators in a nodal degree is said to signify a fateful event, that is, something about the situation is beyond control. Authorities differ as to how malefic this influence is.

 

See also:
♦ Horary Astrology ♦ Significator ♦ Malefic

 

Nodal Line [Astro*Index]

Also called Line of Nodes. The line connecting the north and south nodes, form by the intersection of the orbital plane of the body with a specified reference plane (usually the Ecliptic).

 

See also:
♦ Node ♦ Ecliptic

 

Nodal Period [Astro*Index]

Elapsed time between two successive passages of a body through the same nodal point in its orbit.

 

See also:
♦ Node

 

Nodal Period [Munkasey M.]

The time that it takes a body to move in its orbit from one ascending or North Node conjunction to the next.

 

See also:
♦ Node