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Double Signs
perfectionist, he does very well with social
issues, but not in business. He has a tendency to
be pessimistic.
—Michele Delemme
DOG DAYS
Dog days are a 40-day period, usually given as
July 3 to August 11, that is regarded as being the
hottest time of the year. This period was originally
calculated from the heliacal rising of Sirius, the
Dog Star, after which dog days received its name.
DOLPHIN
The dolphin is a traditional alternate name for
the sign Pisces.
DOMAL DIGNITY
A planet is in its domal dignity when it is placed
in the sign it rules. Traditional astrology referred
to such a planet as domiciliated.
DOMICILE
An antique garnet gem showing a dog surrounded by
solar ray, based on Roman superstition relating to the
“dog days” between July 3 and August 11, when warm
weather was thought to be caused by the rising and
setting of the dog star, Sirius. Reproduced by permission
of Fortean Picture Library.
In traditional astrology, a planet placed in the sign
that it rules was said to be in domicile, a word
derived from the Latin for home. Thus, a planet
in domicile (e.g., Mercury in Gemini, Mars in
Aries, etc.) is “at home,” a location that allows
the planet to express its nature freely. A planet in
domicile is in the sign of its dignity, and an alternative
term for domicile is domal dignity. The term domicile is infrequently used in modern
astrology; when it is, it is often used in a more general sense to denote location, as
when someone says that a certain planet is “domiciled” in a particular house.
DORYPHORY
A doryphory, or “spearbearer,” is a planet that rises shortly before the Sun rises—or
shortly after the Moon rises—in the same or in a contiguous sign.
DOUBLE SIGNS
The double signs, also called the double-bodied signs or the bicorporeal signs, are Gemini,
Pisces, and Sagittarius. This expression comes from the symbols for these signs: twins
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