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hyleg

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

In Hellenistic astrology, the planet with the greatest essential dignity in five important natal chart positions: the degree of the Sun; the degree of the Moon; the Ascendant; the Lot of Fortune; and the prenatal syzygy (that is, New Moon or Full Moon, whichever most closely preceded the birth).

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Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

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From medieval Latin, from Arabic هيلاج (haylāj), from Middle-Persian ŠḆKWN-k' (hilag, “releaser”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀφέτης (aphétēs).