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Latitude (Celestial)
- Measurement of distance of any planet or star north or south of the ecliptic. The Sun never has any latitude.
- Latitude (Terrestrial)
- Degree of distance of any place north or south of the Earth's equator.
- Leo
- This regal sign is the fifth sign of the zodiac. Ruled by the Sun. The exaltation of Pluto. Leo's symbol is the lion.
- More about Leo.
- Libra
- The seventh sign of the zodiac, Libra is the sign most concerned with relationships. Cardinal and Airy. Ruled by Venus. The exaltation of Saturn. Libra's symbol is the scales, or balance
- More about Libra.
- Lights
- Sun and Moon.
- Logarithms
- Tables by which when a planet's motion is known its position at a given time may be readily calculated.
- Long Ascension
- Signs of long ascension take longer to ascend than others. Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius. Long and short ascension are reversed in the southern hemisphere. See Short Ascension.
- Longitude (Celestial)
- Measurement along the ecliptic in terms of signs and degrees from the point of the vernal equinox (0° Aries). The longitude of a planet in the 126th degree of the zodiac is 6° Leo. See Right Ascension.
- Longitude (Terrestrial)
- Distance in degrees, minutes and seconds of any place east or west of Greenwich, England. Also measured in hours, minutes and seconds.
- Luna
- The Moon.
- More about the Moon.
- Lunation
- A lunar period, measured from one place in the zodiac until the Moon's return thereto. For example, the time taken by the Moon from one conjunction with the Sun until the next, 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds, is called a synodical lunation. Lunation is also used to describe different aspects of the Moon to the Sun, thus accounting for her phases. The New Moon is also called a Lunation. A chart made for the moment the Moon conjoins the Sun is called a Lunation Chart.
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