Rules & source facts

Cited definitions, source-specific rules, and boundary notes from the engine reference library.

Reference boundary

Source context, not a runtime claim

These entries summarize reviewed reference material. Inclusion here does not assert that a predicate, score, or calculation is implemented by the engine.

Annual Timing

Yearly, periodic, and return-based methods for organizing astrological time.

Annual Timing rules and facts

1 entry

Firmicus Rulers Of TimeA Firmicus-facing timing rule family tied to the active decennial ruler-of-time lane.28 sources

Directions And Life Periods

Directional, circumambulatory, climacteric, and lifespan timing methods.

Directions And Life Periods rules and facts

1 entry

Circumambulation Alternate Bounds Table WitnessesSource witnesses for alternate bounds tables used in circumambulation research, kept as reference material until table selection policy is separately exposed.6 sources

Planetary Condition

Dignity, sect, motion, reception, and related ways of assessing planetary condition.

Planetary Condition rules and facts

17 entries

Core Condition BundlesMulti-source condition rules for high-frequency ruler, sect, dignity, house, motion, visibility, reception, and joy signals.17 sources Dorotheus Saturn-Mars Family And Property AphorismA Dorotheus configuration page distinguishing Saturn-Mars hardship testimony from Jupiter mitigation.1 source Firmicus House Mitigation By TestimonyA Firmicus condition page for benefic and malefic testimony modifying house significations.28 sources Firmicus Moon Phase Aspect ConditionA Firmicus page for phase-sensitive Moon configurations with Venus and Mars, kept as a narrow condition boundary.28 sources Firmicus Sect Rejoicing ConditionA Firmicus page for day and night rejoicing as a sect-related condition boundary.28 sources Firmicus Sign-Ruler Host ConditionA Firmicus page for judging a planet through the condition of the ruler or host of the occupied sign.28 sources Hephaistio Moon Parent Predecease AphorismA narrow Hephaistio lunar phase and sign aphorism about parental predecease, preserved as a source-specific rule/fact page.1 source Paulus Condition Statesavailable Paulus-facing condition rules for compact late-antique state judgments, kept at the rule-pack level.6 sources Planetary Condition Rule PackA surfaced rule-pack family that preserves visible dignity, sect, house, motion, visibility, reception, and joy components as condition evidence.25 sources Ptolemy Dignity StatesPtolemaic dignity rules for frequent domicile and exaltation states applied to the Ascendant ruler, sect light, benefics, and malefics.7 sources Sahl Lunar Impediment ConditionsA reviewed Sahl account of how lunar phase, malefic contact, sign gender, and aspect qualify lunar impediment.4 sources Valens Condition BlendsNarrowly scoped Valens condition rules for time-lord and chart-condition testimony that are surfaced only where the implementation has explicit rule support.60 sources Valens Mars Parent-Separation SignificationA Valens source-specific Mars signification page that includes separation from parents among disruptive Mars topics.60 sources Valens Mars-In-Cancer Example BoundaryA Valens example-boundary page preventing Mars in Cancer from being collapsed into a parent-abandonment rule.60 sources Valens Mars-Moon Adverse Condition BoundaryA Valens Mars-Moon configuration page preserving day-nativity, left-square, dignity, and Ascendant-testimony boundaries.60 sources Valens Moon-Saturn Nurture ConditionA Valens Moon-Saturn condition page for parent abandonment and interrupted nurture claims in the reviewed batch.60 sources Valens Venus-Moon Condition BoundaryA Valens configuration page where Venus-Moon testimony changes according to dignity, sect, and degree conditions.60 sources

Chart Structure

Houses, signs, aspects, derived points, and other structures used to organize a chart.

Chart Structure rules and facts

3 entries

Firmicus Eighth-House Moon ConditionA Firmicus page for a constrained eighth-house Moon condition qualified by nocturnal nativity and Jupiter testimony.28 sources Firmicus Twelve-House TopicsA Firmicus witness for the twelve houses as topic-bearing places, separated from house-system calculation.28 sources Paulus Twelfth-Part Contact JudgmentsA Paulus page for twelfth-part calculation and benefic or malefic contact judgments around lights, pivots, lots, and lunations.6 sources

Relationships And Interactions

Aspectual testimony, planetary relationships, and medieval interaction doctrines.

Relationships And Interactions rules and facts

9 entries

Al-Kindi Reflection Of LightAn Al-Kindi witness for reflection of light, where a third planet mediates between planets that do not regard one another by sign.1 source Composite And Synastry Method BoundaryA reviewed method-boundary page distinguishing synastry activation, midpoint composite charts, and adjacent synastry midpoint contacts.3 sources Davison Marriage Chart Interpretation BoundaryA reviewed Davison method-boundary page for marriage and first-meeting event charts, with sensitive risk language held out of chart use.1 source Davison Marriage Event Chart BoundaryA reviewed Davison relationship-event page for treating a public wedding ceremony as a marriage-chart inception, kept separate from presets and advice.1 source Medieval Relations Rule Packavailable medieval relation rules for translation, collection, prohibition, reflection, besiegement, refrenation, and frustration.13 sources Midpoint Composite ConstructionA reviewed relationship-chart fact page for constructing a midpoint composite from corresponding natal positions, kept separate from relationship scoring.3 sources Paulus Moon Application And SeparationA Paulus rule/fact page for lunar application and separation by degree relation, sign adjacency, and aspect side.6 sources Planetary Relations Rule PackA multi-source relation rule family for co-presence, whole-sign rays, aversion, aspects, overcoming, and enclosure state.81 sources Ptolemy Sign RelationsPtolemaic whole-sign witnessing and aversion rules centered on the Ascendant, its ruler, and the sect light.7 sources

Visibility And Events

Visibility states, phasis, heliacal phenomena, and observed-event reference material.

Visibility And Events rules and facts

5 entries

Abu Ma'shar Moon Visibility BoundaryA reviewed Abu Ma'shar witness for a lunar solar-distance visibility boundary, preserved with latitude and context caveats.4 sources Abu Ma'shar Superior-Planet Synodic BandsA reviewed Abu Ma'shar sequence of superior-planet solar-condition stages and planet-specific thresholds.4 sources Abu Ma'shar Venus Latitude ExceptionA reviewed Abu Ma'shar visibility caveat in which Venus's latitude can qualify a close-solar-proximity condition.4 sources Phasis Proximity ThresholdsA cited page for solar-rays, combustion, and heart-of-Sun proximity thresholds, kept separate from observed heliacal visibility.8 sources Phasis Rising And Setting TerminologyA Robinson reference page for true and apparent rising and setting terminology used around heliacal phenomena.1 source

Electional Workflows

Applied electional techniques and workflow groupings for choosing astrological moments.

Electional Workflows rules and facts

4 entries

Bonatti Electional AdaptationA Bonatti sources for adapting the Moon, matter significators, Fortune, and matter signs in elections.1 source Bonatti Partnership Separation ElectionA Bonatti page for partnership and money-contract elections with separation-outcome testimony.1 source Choices War Election FitnessA Choices/Inceptions page for war-election fitness around Fortune, Ascendant condition, war significators, Mars, Mercury, and the Moon.1 source Paulus Planetary Hours SequenceA Paulus witness for planetary hours, using a day planet going about while successive planets execute the hours.6 sources