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Glyphs
Sources:
George, Llewellyn. The New A to Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator. 13th ed. Edited by Marylee
Bytheriver. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1986.
———. Astrologer’s Searchlight. 2d ed. rev. Los Angeles: Llewellyn Publications, 1933.
———. (The New Improved) Planetary Hour Book. Portland, OR: Portland School of Astrology,
1907.
———. Practical Astrology for Everybody. Portland, OR: Bulletina Publishing, 1911.
Holden, James H., and Robert A. Hughes. Astrological Pioneers of America. Tempe, AZ: American
Federation of Astrologers, 1988.
GEORGIUM SIDUS
Georgium Sidus (Latin for “George’s Star”) was the name given to the newly discovered
Uranus by Sir William Herschel in honor of his patron, George III. Needless to
say, astronomers in other countries of the world were not pleased with Herschel’s
choice of name, so Georgium Sidus never became widely used.
GILGAMESH
Gilgamesh, asteroid 1,812 (the 1,812th asteroid to be discovered, on September 24,
1960), is approximately 14 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 5.2
years. It was named after the Sumerian hero of the Gilgamesh epic. Gilgamesh was a
king of Uruk who, after his best friend died, embarked on an unsuccessful quest for
immortality. The asteroid represents an interest in death and physical immortality.
The sign and house position of Gilgamesh in a natal chart indicates how this interest
manifested. If prominent in a chart (e.g., conjunct the Sun or the ascendant), it may
show a person for whom this interest is a major life theme.
Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names. London: Routledge, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
GLYPHS
Astrological glyphs are symbols that represent celestial bodies, signs, or other components
of a horoscope. Glyphs constitute a kind of shorthand that allows astrologers to
concentrate a large amount of information in a small space. To many new students of
astrology, these symbols seem to constitute an unnecessary and difficult hurdle: Why
not just write the names of the planets into the chart But, once memorized, they are
easy to use and are far preferable to drawing in other kinds of abbreviations. The
increasing use of asteroids by astrologers has led to the proliferation of new, not particularly
memorable, glyphs, as well as questions about who should have the final say on
adopting new symbols. One proposal is that an interorganizational glyph committee,
parallel to the International Astronomical Union nomenclature committee, be created
to standardize new glyphs.
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