Astrology. = house, n.1 11, mansion, n. 5a.

Astrology. Each of twelve parts of the ecliptic or the zodiac having some particular significance in human affairs, typically formed by great…

Astrology. = house, n.1 11. Also: each of the twenty-seven or twenty-eight divisions of the ecliptic, which are occupied by the moon on successive…

Astrology. Each of the four signs of the zodiac that are situated at the cardinal points of the compass (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn); each of…

The ‘house’, mansion, or position of the sun or a planet in the zodiac. Obsolete.

Astrology. = house, n.1 11. Obsolete.

Astrology and (formerly) Astronomy. Each of the four points on the ecliptic corresponding to its intersection with the horizon and the meridian…

(cf. sense 3 and house, n.1 11).

A twelfth part; a term formerly applied to each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.