Astrotheology
DefinitionAstrotheology is the study of relationships among celestial phenomena, religious ideas, sacred stories, and concepts of divinity. It examines how cultures have...
Deferent
DefinitionIn classical geocentric astronomy, a deferent is the large circular path along which the center of a planet’s smaller epicycle was thought...
Aten
DefinitionAten is the ancient Egyptian solar disk and a deity associated with the visible light of the Sun, especially prominent during the...
Julian Day
DefinitionA Julian Day is a continuous count of days and fractions of a day from a fixed starting point: noon Universal Time...
Akhenaten, or Amenhotep IV (obit
DefinitionAkhenaten, originally known as Amenhotep IV, was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who reigned during the fourteenth century BCE. He...
Athazer
DefinitionAthazer is a rare historical astrological term, generally encountered as a spelling variant of atazir or tasyir. It refers to directing or...
