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Nymphe<br />

ras (c. 580–500 B.C.E.), <strong>the</strong> ancient Greek philosopher and ma<strong>the</strong>matician. The gender<br />

of <strong>the</strong> signs originated with <strong>the</strong> Pythagorean notion that odd numbers were male and<br />

even numbers female. This caused <strong>the</strong> first (Aries), third (Gemini), fifth (Leo), seventh<br />

(Libra), ninth (Sagittarius), and eleventh (Aquarius) signs in <strong>the</strong> zodiac to be<br />

classified as masculine, and <strong>the</strong> signs that came second (Taurus), fourth (Cancer), sixth<br />

(Virgo), eighth (Scorpio), tenth (Capricorn), and twelfth (Pisces) as feminine.<br />

In numerology, <strong>the</strong> planets, including <strong>the</strong> luminaries (<strong>the</strong> Sun and <strong>the</strong> Moon)<br />

are used to represent <strong>the</strong> principles of <strong>the</strong> different numbers. Different systems of<br />

numerology utilize different correlations. In <strong>the</strong> Kabbalahalistic system, <strong>the</strong> associations<br />

were traditionally as follows: <strong>the</strong> Sun, 1 or 4; <strong>the</strong> Moon, 2 or 7; Jupiter, 3; Mercury,<br />

5; Venus, 6; Saturn, 8; and Mars, 9. When <strong>the</strong> “new” planets were discovered,<br />

Count Louis Cheiro Hamon popularized a modified version of this system that assigned<br />

<strong>the</strong> extra numbers associated with <strong>the</strong> luminaries to Uranus, (4) and Neptune (7).<br />

—Evelyn Dorothy Oliver<br />

Sources:<br />

Cheiro Hamon, Count Louis. “Astrology and Numbers.” In The Best of <strong>the</strong> Illustrated National<br />

Astrological Journal. Richard Wagner, 1978.<br />

Gettings, Fred. Dictionary of Astrology. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.<br />

Westcott, W. Wynn. The Occult Power of Numbers. North Hollywood, CA: Newcastle, 1984.<br />

(Originally published 1890.)<br />

NYMPHE<br />

Nymphe, asteroid 875 (<strong>the</strong> 875th asteroid to be discovered, on May 19, 1917), is<br />

approximately 13 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.1 years. It is<br />

named after <strong>the</strong> mythological spirits of nature, <strong>the</strong> nymphs. Nymphe represents an<br />

exuberance for <strong>the</strong> natural world. If prominent in a natal chart (e.g., conjunct <strong>the</strong> Sun<br />

or <strong>the</strong> ascendant), it may show a person somehow deeply involved with nature.<br />

Sources:<br />

Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis<br />

Horwood Limited, 1988.<br />

Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names. London: Routledge, 1988.<br />

Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.<br />

[500] THE ASTROLOGY BOOK

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