Separation,
is when two planets have been lately in conjunction, or aspect, and are separated from it.
Translation of Light and Virtue,
is when a lighter planet separates from the body or aspect of a heavier one, and immediately applies to another superior planet, and so translates the light and virtue of the first planet to that which it applies to.
Refrenation,
is when a planet is applied to the body or aspect of another; and, before it comes to it, falls retrograde, and so refrains by its retrograde motion.
Combustion.
A planet is said to be combust of Sol, when it is within 8° 30″ of his body, either before or after his conjunction: but Astrologers complain, that a planet is more afflicted when it is applying to the body of Sol, than when it is separating from combustion.
Reception,
is when two planets are in each other’s dignities, and it may either be by house, exultation, triplicity, or term.