A Glossary of Astrological Terms

Use this glossary to look up the meanings of words you come across on this website, or in your astrological reading. Just select the first letter of the word you need and click on it in the table below to go straight to that sector.

J

Joys

Certain places in the zodiac where planets, being harmoniously located, have some beneficial effect. Rarely used in modern astrology.

Judicial Astrology

Relates to the forecasting of principal events which will befall a country and public conditions which will prevail.

Juno

The queen of the gods. An asteroid seen by modern astrologers as significant.

More about Asteroids.

Jupiter

The king of the gods, a planet symbolising matters to do with the law, religion, authority, the higher mind and so on. Ruler of Sagittarius and Pisces. Exalted in Cancer. The greater benefic.

More about Jupiter.