te; it means being on the cusp of the tenth.

CUSP.--The beginning of any house. At noon the Sun is on the
cusp of the tenth house. It means the first point of the houses.

DECLINATION.--The distance any planet is North or South of
the Equator.

DECREASING IN LIGHT.--When a planet is past the opposition
of the Sun, it is then said to be weak.

DEGREE.--The 360th part of the zodiac; its mark is deg.; 90 deg. is a
square; 120 deg. a trine of the zodiac.

DESCENDANT.--The seventh house, or opposite to the
Ascendant; the West.

DESCENDING.--When a planet is between the tenth and seventh
houses.

DETRIMENT.--A planet in a sign opposite to its own house is in
its detriment. The house of the Moon is Cancer. When the Moon is
in Capricorn, it is in its detriment.

DIGNITIES.--When a planet is in exaltation, or in an angle,
increasing in light, etc.

DIRECT.--When the planets are moving in their true order
through the zodiac.

DIRECTIONS.--The period after birth. The position of the planets
as life advances. The Sun moves about one degree per day, and
this is equivalent to one year. The thirtieth day after birth would
denote the thirtieth year of life, and the Directions would be taken
out of the ephemeris for this day, the Sun's aspects forming the
primary directions and the Moon the secondary.

DRAGON'S HEAD.--The Moon's North Node, or when she crosses
the ecliptic into north latitude. The Moon's course is of
serpentine form, having a head and tail.

DRAGON'S TAIL.--The Moon's South Node when she crosses into
south latitude.

EARTHLY SIGNS.--Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.

ECLIPSE.--An obscuration of a heavenly body, owing to the
interposition of another. The Moon in the shadow of the Sun is
eclipsed.

ECLIPTIC.--The circle of the heavens which the Sun appears to
describe in the course of the year, in consequence of the earth's
motion round him.

ELEVATED.--The planet nearest to the mid-heaven is elevated
over any other.

EPHEMERIS.--A Table for each day, giving the latitude and
longitude of the planets. "Raphael's" _Ephemeris_, price 1s., is
considered the best. It is all that is needed to cast the horoscope.

EQUINOCTIAL SIGNS.--Aries and Libra.

EXALTATION.--There are certain houses in which a planet is
exalted, as follows: Sun, Aries; Moon, Taurus; Mercury, Gemini;
Jupiter, Cancer; Saturn, Libra; Mars, Capricorn; Venus, Pisces.

FALL.--When a planet is in a sign opposite to its exaltation, it i