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1593 T. Kelway tr. A. Ferrier Learned Astron. Disc. Natiuities iii. i. f. 52^v The first place is named the significator, the seconde the promittor: as if the ascendant were in the xx. degree of Sagittarius & Saturne in thex of Capricorne, one might direct the ascendant to Saturne & the ascendant shall bee significator of life, & Saturne promittor of death or sicknes.

1697 J. Partridge Defectio Geniturarum iii. 178 The Aphetas or Significators of Life are Five.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Ascendant The Degree of the Equator which rises upon the Horizon, at the Time of the Birth of any one... This is also called the First House, the Oriental Angle, and the Significator of Life.

1810 T. White Beauties Occult Sci. 201 If the Lord of Death be joined by body to the significator of Life, or to the Lord of the Ascendant..the Native will be suffocated with Smoak.

1886 Sc. Rev. Jan. 89 Either the sun, the moon, or the ascendant, according to the character of the horoscope, is called hyleg, apheta, or the significator of life.

1915 L. W. de Laurence Bk. Magical Art (rev. ed.) 202 To make any one fortunate, make an image at that time in which the significator of life, the giver of life, or Hylech the signs and planets, are fortunate.

2006 J. H. Holden tr. J.-P. Morin Astrologia Gallica xiv. 62 The planet itself..will be the significator of life.