g3m4 Glossary

Angles (ASC/MC/IC/DSC)

Angles 101: ASC = east/rising; MC = top/midheaven; DSC = west/setting; IC = bottom/home/foundations.
Angular benefic: Jupiter or Venus on/near ASC or MC boosts overall success and cushions other hits.
Angular malefic: Mars or Saturn on the angles can signify friction; softened if dignified or helped by benefics.
Chart ruler strength: Condition of the rising sign ruler (dignity, aspects, combustion) is a primary go/stop gauge.

Basics (plain English)

Ascendant (ASC): The degree rising on the eastern horizon at the moment; sets the chart’s starting point and house angles.
Aspect: Geometric angle between bodies (conjunction 0°, square 90°, opposition 180°, trine 120°, sextile 60°). Hard = more friction, soft = smoother.
Benefics: Jupiter and Venus (supportive planets). Malefics: Saturn and Mars (can add pressure); softened by dignity/sect/reception.
Combust / under beams / cazimi: Too close to the Sun (combust ~8°, under beams ~17°) weakens the planet; cazimi (within ~0.5°) briefly strengthens it.
Descendant (DSC): Western horizon point opposite the Ascendant; describes “the other” and partnerships.
Imum Coeli (IC): The bottom of the chart; home/foundations angle.
Midheaven (MC): The highest point above the horizon; career/public angle.
Orb: The allowed distance (in degrees) for an aspect or hit to “count.” Smaller orb = tighter, louder.
Planetary day/hour: Each day/hour has a ruler planet; Jupiter/Venus days/hours are supportive, Saturn/Mars are harsher unless topic-aligned.
Retrograde: Planet appears to move backward; themes of review/redo. Station: Speed near zero at direction change; loud/unstable.
Sect: Day charts prefer Jupiter/Mars; night charts prefer Venus/Saturn. Out-of-sect malefics hit harder.
Void of Course (VOC) Moon: Moon makes no applying major aspects before changing signs; often considered “nothing sticks.”

Benefics and Malefics

Who is who: Benefics = Jupiter, Venus. Malefics = Saturn, Mars.
Benefic support: Jupiter/Venus aspecting ASC/MC/rulers can mitigate other difficulties.
Malefic pressure: Saturn/Mars angular, retrograde, or squaring ASC/rulers adds friction; dignities soften the blow.
Sect awareness: Day charts prefer Jupiter/Mars; night charts prefer Venus/Saturn. Out-of-sect malefics hit harder.

Combustion / Under Beams

Combust: Planet within ~8° of the Sun; can weaken its topics (Mercury for comms/contracts, Venus for money/PR).
Under beams: ~17° orb; milder than combustion but still obscuring.
Cazimi: Within ~0.5° of the Sun; brief clarity/strength window.

Definitions (plain language)

Angular: On/near ASC or MC; strongest lever. Angular benefics lift; angular malefics add pressure.
Anaretic degree: 29°+; edgy/urgent endings. Avoid big starts here.
ASC/MC: Fastest-moving, highest-impact angles; rerun if timing shifts by hours.
Aspect: Angular relationship (conj/sextile/square/trine/opp); tighter orbs = stronger. Example: Sun trine Jupiter = tailwind.
Benefic/Malefic: Jupiter/Venus help; Mars/Saturn challenge. Context (sect/reception) can soften or sharpen.
Cadence: Sampling interval (30/60/120 min); finer cadence catches ASC/MC/hour flips.
Combust: Within a few degrees of the Sun; clarity/strength reduced. Keep messaging crisp.
Domicile/Detriment: Own sign = strong footing; opposite sign = weaker footing.
Exaltation/Fall: Special strength vs. special weakness; boosts or drags outcomes.
Mansion/Nakshatra: Lunar segment (~13°20'); some tagged supportive (e.g., Al Thurayya, Al Dabaran).
Norm: Score minus the run’s mean for that location (baseline adjust).
Opportunity/Risk: Separate positive vs. negative sums before blending.
Orb: Allowed degrees from exact; small for fast factors, wider for slow. Example: Moon aspects often within 4–6°.
Percentile: Rank within the run (0–100); higher = better relative slot.
Planetary day/hour ruler: Small nudge to tone; more potent if angular.
Reception: Planet in another’s sign; benefic reception can buffer malefic hits.
Retrograde / Station: Retro = backward speed; Station = near zero. Expect reviews/revisions; avoid irreversible commits on station days.
Sect: Day/night condition; Saturn milder by day, Mars milder by night.
Severity tags: Go/Caution/Avoid from percentile (or score if percentile missing).
Via combusta: 15° Libra–15° Scorpio; traditional caution/volatility zone.
VOC (Void of Course): Moon makes no major aspects before sign change; “do nothing new.” Good for routine/cleanup, not launches.
Z-score: Std devs from run mean; magnitude flags outliers.

Fixed Stars

Royal stars: Regulus, Spica, Sirius, Aldebaran, Antares on angles can be potent (with sign-specific cautions).
Algol / volatile stars: Avoid tight contacts for sensitive launches unless intentionally courting shock themes.
Parans: Star rising/setting with key planets can color the chart (supportive or disruptive).
Orbs for stars: Often 1–2°; tighter = louder. Wider orbs soften the effect.

Gematria

Ciphers: Ordinal, Reverse Ordinal, Reduction, Reverse Reduction; same input across multiple mappings.
Mixed digits: Count digits adds 0-9 values inside phrases; Spell numbers converts digit runs to words (useful for 432/440/444-style comparisons).
Shortlinks: Shareable saved runs that rehydrate terms and numeric mode.
Collisions: Cross-cipher matches where different phrases land on the same value.
Exports: CSV, raw JSON, and WordPress-ready HTML for analysis or publishing.

Hellenic

Calendar mapping: Labels dates with Attic/Macedonian/Delphic variants.
Approximate conversion: Quick converter for historical-style time labels.
Reference hub: Fast lookup of month names and sequences.

Horary

Quick input: Simple question capture; no login required.
Recent questions: Auto-saved locally as you type.
Grouped questions: Account archive for topic/subtopic grouping.
Overlay: Attach a horary question to Astro/AstRADAR for context.

Mathematique

Digital root: Sum of digits reduced to a single number; highlights 3/9 patterns.
Polygonal numbers: Triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal membership with indices.
Prime factor stats: Omega/omega, tau, sigma; basic structural fingerprint of a value.
Sequences: Fibonacci, Lucas, Catalan, Bell, partition membership tags.
Prime gaps: Nearest primes, twin-prime proximity, and gap size markers.

Mercury State

What Mercury rules: Contracts, documents, travel, logistics, communications, code/systems.
Retrograde / station: Slows contracts, travel, launches; near-station is peak volatility.
Combust / under beams: Within ~8° (combust) or ~17° (under beams) of the Sun can burn clarity; cazimi (~0°) is a brief boost.
Afflicted ruler: For contracts, a harmed Mercury or 3rd/7th ruler is a major flag.

Mitigation Tips

Lean on benefics: Timing to place Jupiter/Venus on angles or aspect rulers can offset moderate negatives.
Match topic to ruler: Start during a supportive planetary day/hour for the topic ruler.
Shift location/time: Adjust latitude or time window to move malefics off angles or avoid VOC/combust periods.

Moon State

Phases: Waxing (growing light) favors building; waning (shrinking light) favors winding down.
VOC basics: Moon making no applying major aspects before sign change; treated as “nothing sticks” for fresh starts.
Waxing vs waning: Waxing favors growth; waning often weakens starts unless intentionally winding down.
Void of course: Moon making no applying major aspects before sign change; often avoided for launches and contracts.
Last aspect before sign change: Final applying aspect shows the “story ending” (to benefic = supportive; to malefic = caution).
Sign / mansion / nakshatra fit: Some signs/mansions are pro-build, others favor rest or endings.

Noos

Coherence level: Quiet, elevated, or spike relative to a recent baseline.
Deviation score: Snapshot of how far the current value sits from the short-term mean.
Interpretation: Optional narrative framing; treat as context, not causation.
Overlay: Adds a Noos tag to AstRADAR windows when enabled.

NASA/NOAA Space Weather

Kp index: Geomagnetic activity proxy; higher Kp implies stormy conditions.
F10.7 flux: Solar radio flux proxy; elevated values indicate higher solar activity.
Flare classes: C/M/X classes for intensity context.
CME reports: Large ejections and flare reports for context.

Overlays: Space / Lunar / Weather / Jet / Seis / Finance (optional tags)

Space weather: Geomagnetic activity, solar flux, flares, and CME notes; informational only.
Lunar phase: Adds phase/illumination tags (e.g., “Waxing Gibbous 78%”); doesn’t change the core score.
Weather: Adds precip/wind/temp tags by location/time; informational only.
Jet stream: Adds upper-atmosphere wind-speed tags by location/time; highlights high-flow windows.
Seismic: Local distance-aware events plus optional global activity summaries.
Finance: Earnings/FOMC/volatility windows; informational only.
Weighting: Overlays are informational; they do not modify the astro score. Toggle on/off per run.

RADAR Features & UI

Top / Avoid lists: Quick 25 best and 25 worst windows from the current run; sorted by score. Use for fast pick/skip decisions.
Day summaries: Per-day best/worst lists plus daily charts to break up long timelines.
Charts: Heatmap (day/hour density), line (scores with mean line), std-dev (Z bars). Click to expand; tooltips show timestamps/scores.
Wheels: Optional chart wheels for scan start and per-day avg/best/worst; toggle on/off to reduce clutter.
Astro vs Gematria weight: Blend slider (0–100). Default 100 = astro-only; lower to let gematria resonance influence rankings.
Presets + sliders: Profile preset sets strictness/benefic sliders and scheme defaults (e.g., launch/PR, contracts, travel, money, health).
Start time parsing: Natural language (e.g., “-15 days”, “last month”) plus absolute dates.
Timezone output: Toggle UTC vs local for timestamps and exports.
Pinned runs: Keep a handful of recent scans visible for quick comparison and sharing.
Precise mode: Slower option that confirms VOC/station edges/lunation proximity; leave off for fast sweeps.
Location entry: Up to 10 locations per run, with fast re-scans for comparison.

Retrogrades / Stations

Retrograde basics: Planet appears to backtrack; use for review/maintenance, not fresh launches.
Station basics: Speed near zero at direction change; effects loud, erratic, concentrated around that day.
Stations: Near-zero speed; planets are loud and unstable. Mercury/Mars/Saturn stations especially noticeable.
Retrogrades: Reconsider/rework themes; often avoided for first launches, but acceptable for returns/maintenance.
Direction changes: Days around the station intensify effects; plan accordingly for travel/contract start dates.

Seisma

Local tags: Distance-aware quake counts above a magnitude threshold within a time window.
Global tags: Optional worldwide activity summaries (lower thresholds) for macro context.
Settings: Configure thresholds on the Seisma page.

Sigils

Intent to glyph: Phrase input becomes a repeatable abstract symbol.
Layered strokes: Structured rendering that stays consistent across runs.
Exportable: Use for print, ritual, or design studies.

Sun/Moon Page (standalone)

Scope: Past 30 / next 14 days of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, and phases/illumination.
Location: Enter city or lat,long; timing is shown in local timezone.
Use: Cross-check daylight, night windows, and moon visibility alongside RADAR timing.

Tarot

Deterministic draw: Same input yields the same spread for repeatable experiments.
Major/minor arcana: High-level vs. daily/operational themes.
Upright/reversed: Signal polarity and tension, not just “good/bad.”

Timing Levers

Planetary day/hour 101: Each day/hour has a ruler; Jupiter/Venus day/hour tend to help, Saturn/Mars can strain unless topic-aligned.
Cadence: How often the timeline samples (e.g., 30/60/120 minutes). Finer cadence finds short windows; coarser keeps things fast.
Planetary day/hour: Jupiter/Venus day/hour boosts; Saturn/Mars day/hour can be harsher unless topic-aligned.
Ingress sensitivity: Sign changes can destabilize a start; some prefer to avoid hours around malefic ingresses.
Cadence: Finer sampling (15–30 min) helps catch short-lived windows near stations/VOC boundaries.

Topic Fit

House/topic rulers: ASC = you/launch; 2nd = money; 3rd = comms/travel; 7th = contracts/partners; 9th = travel/foreign; 10th = career/PR.
Contracts / comms: Mercury strength, 3rd/7th rulers dignified, avoid Mercury affliction/VOC Moon.
Travel / logistics: 3rd/9th rulers in good condition, Mercury not combust/retro near station.
Launch / PR: ASC/MC rulers strong, benefic angular support, avoid malefics on angles.
Money / fundraising: 2nd/8th rulers dignified, Venus/Jupiter support, avoid heavy Saturn hits.

Weather Page (standalone)

Scope: Past 30 / next 14 days of daily max/min temperature, precip probability, and max wind.
Location: Enter city or lat,long; visual bar rows for quick scanning.
Use: Pair with RADAR picks to spot weather risks for travel/outdoor work; informational only.

Workbench Tools

Gematria: The meaning engine; multi-cipher runs and collisions.
Astro (Electional): Rank time windows within a date range.
AstRADAR: The timing engine; forward scans for top/avoid windows.
Horary: Question-centric workspace with recents + grouped archives.
Cipher Lab: Classic letter transforms for alternate encodings and comparisons.
Symbols: Crosswalks across planets, zodiac, metals, letters, and cards.
Trails: Multi-step story threads that capture a research path.
Runs: A unified view of saved work across tools.
Notebook: Print-ready run summaries.
My: Profile, login count, and history shortcuts.
Sun/Moon: Phase and visibility context for timing.
Weather: Forecast context to sanity-check windows.
NASA/NOAA: Space-weather context to annotate timing windows.
Noos: Coherence context signal layer (optional).
Seisma: Seismic context tags (optional).
Sys: Admin-only system view for hits and user management.
Tarot: Deterministic draws for repeatable experiments.
Sigils: Intent-to-glyph generator for fast iteration.
Hellenic: Calendar labels and reference context.