DIGNITIES.—When a planet is in exaltation, or in an angle, increasing in light, etc.
DIRECT.—When the planets are moving in their true order through the zodiac.
DIRECTIONS.—The period after birth. The position of the planets as life advances. The Sun moves about one degree per day, and this is equivalent to one year. The thirtieth day after birth would denote the thirtieth year of life, and the Directions would be taken out of the ephemeris for this day, the Sun's aspects forming the primary directions and the Moon the secondary.
DRAGON'S HEAD.—The Moon's North Node, or when she crosses the ecliptic into north latitude. The Moon's course is of serpentine form, having a head and tail.
DRAGON'S TAIL.—The Moon's South Node when she crosses into south latitude.
EARTHLY SIGNS.—Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.
ECLIPSE.—An obscuration of a heavenly body, owing to the interposition of another. The Moon in the shadow of the Sun is eclipsed.
ECLIPTIC.—The circle of the heavens which the Sun appears to describe in the course of the year, in consequence of the earth's motion round him.
ELEVATED.—The planet nearest to the mid-heaven is elevated over any other.
EPHEMERIS.—A Table for each day, giving the latitude and longitude of the planets. "Raphael's" Ephemeris, price 1s., is considered the best. It is all that is needed to cast the horoscope.