Conjunction
HellenisticRenaissance & early modernModern WesternEditorial synthesisTraditional doctrine
Definition
Two planets occupying (approximately) the same zodiac position: an angular separation near 0 degrees. Traditionally read as a fusion of the planets' significations; strictly, classical doctrine treated it as co-presence rather than an aspect.
Also called: Co-presence (Hellenistic usage)
In more depth
The conjunction heads every modern list of major aspects, though Hellenistic doctrine technically distinguished co-presence in a sign from the 'regards' between different places. Its traditional character depends heavily on which planets meet: a blending, for good or ill, of what each signifies.[1][2]
How close the two bodies must be to count is set by the school's orb convention; exact positions are a matter of computation, never assertion, on this platform.[2]
References
Numbered citations in the text link to the records below; each record links to the full source registry.
- Chris Brennan. Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune. Amor Fati Publications. 2017. Modern practitioner interpretation View source record
- William Lilly. Christian Astrology, Modestly Treated of in Three Books. T. Brudenell for J. Partridge & H. Blunden, London. 1647. Historical primary source View source record