162 SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY
Secondary Directions:
See ‘Directions and Transits.’
Separating:
When a planet which has been in aspect with another moves onward and thus dissolves the aspect, it is said to be separating from that aspect. See ‘Apply.’
Sextile:
When two planets are sixty degrees apart they are said to be in sextile, so called because sixty degrees are one sixth part of the circle which has 360 degrees. It is considered a ‘good’ aspect. See ‘Good’ and ‘Bad,’ also ‘Aspect.’
Short Ascension: See ‘Ascension.’
Sidereal Day:
Is the time which elapses between two successive passages of a fixed star over the meridian of a given place. See chapter on ‘Time’ p 18.
Sidereal Year:
Is the period of time which elapses between a conjunction of the Sun with any fixed star and its return again to the same conjunction.
Significator:
The Planets, Ascendant, Midheaven, Part of Fortune and the Dragon’s Head and Tail are called ‘Significators,’ because their places and aspects in
