Declination. What is it?
1. Every schoolchild knows that it is the Dianthus caryophyllus, cultivated in the Mediterranean region for more than 2000 years and favoured by Vettius Valentine in his collection of blossoms. Although some say it was already cultivated in the hanging gardens of Babylon.
2. It is what any sensible planet does after it has encountered the equator. It is ‘cross and distances itself.
3. It is what occurs when one occupies a chaise longue after a long day at the charts.
4. The word has been misspelled. You mean D-E-C-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N. Like in the declimation of interference.
5. Declination is part of a coordinate system that shows the position of an object with respect to the equator. Its companion coordinate is right ascension.
6. Declination is a form of inflection much used in hoary astrology, particularly in questions where number, gender, case and possession play a major role.
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Lovely stuff Thomas even though I thought that ‘declination’ was what one did when politely turning down one’s more eccentric client’s horary requests. 😉
My favorite of yours below is number 3, but that could of course be on account of my detrimented Venus. Hmmmmm I wonder which Sun Sign gave which explanation?
My take would be:
Number 1 = Taurus the gardener
Number 1 = Quarrelsome Aries
Number 3 = Lazy (or love-loving) Libra
Number 4 = Nit-picky Virgo!
Number 5 = Astrologer Aquarius
Number 6 = Gemini the orator
Love
CarO 🙂
Hello CarO,
You are quite right. Declination must be cultivated by the horary astrologer. One must know when to say no. 🙂
And yes, the answers do seem to have a zodiacal counterpart, perhaps representatives of the water signs, Leo, Sagittarius and Capricorn might decline to give their versions of the answer?
Love,
Thomas
We missed your riddles!
Declination in this moment for me is rosa, rosae, rosae..
We study here, we don’t pick herbs:)
margherita
Hello Margherita!
Are you sure you are not speaking about inclination?
rose, rise, arisen? 😉
And Dianthus Caryophyllus is not just a common herb. It was worn even by the Pythagoreans at examination time. Astrological wisdom is concealed in its whorl! Where do you expect the term crib petal came from?
Thomas
Dear Thomas
Number 1 is the right answer, of course!
We all know that Vettius was so famous that he was made a Saint after his death and we all remember his birthday every year on February 14th, which is of course St. Vettius Valentine’s day, also known in as Clination day in some regions.
Regards
Peter
Dear Peter,
And the closer the day the more hawkers on the lane calling, “‘de clination day is comin’. Caryfilly for sale!”
Regards,
Thomas
Dear Thomas
The thought of someone like Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, selling carfillies in a bun, ‘for all your Pythagorean needs, get them while thay are fresh’, cheers me up tremendously.
Thanks for the Quizze, it makes my day!
Regards,
Peter 🙂
Hello Peter!
Always a pleasure. 🙂
Regards,
Thomas
Hello Thomas,
nit-picky Virgo votes for five, of course.
For me – recently retired man – my new position is a kind of declination from the way of former life.
Thank you for Ye Quizze.
Trojan
Hello Trojan,
And the Aquarian astrologer would agree with you. 🙂
Retirement and declination do seem to be related don’t they?
All the best!
Thomas
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“Declination” is a misspelled shortcut for “DECimal Lineation”, which is a top secret prediction techniqe applied by this reknown computer program.
This was recently discovered on a newly uncovered ancient stone tablet , found by archaic archeologists under the ruins of the biblical city of Ur Kasdim. Its unquestionable creator was Terach, Abraham’s father, the world famous chaldean astrologer.
“Decimal Lineation” is a greedy gridding tool which creates 3D and 4D time-space maps, on which the unfortuante native’s entire pre-determined life history is plotted.
Hello Antique,
What so cheap?
Dr. N. says that Terach was such a clever young man and he remembers his visit to Ur Kasdim well. He also tells me that if one wants to tweak the decimal lineation and ensure an optimal reception, make sure to choose sexigismal notation from the pop-down menu in the pre-determination menu. After the >”/=<<//<<<//—
Thank you for pointing this valuable software out to us. 🙂
Th.