                              KEYWORDS OF ASPECTS

     The  keyword  of an  aspect is  usually a  VERB DENOTING  ACTION which 
     connects the affairs ruled by one planet, its sign and house, with the 
     affairs ruled by the other planet and its sign and house.

     The  keywords  of  the  sextile  and  trine  are  verbs which  express 
     reinforcement, assistance, ease and cooperation.

     The  keywords  of  the  square  are  verbs which  express obstruction, 
     inharmony, strife, struggle or detraction.

     The keywords of the opposition in the case of the  average person  are 
     similar  to  those of  the square.   The opposition,  however, usually 
     brings into play the two directly opposite signs  of the  zodiac which 
     constitute the two poles of one department of nature. Therefore  these 
     two signs have a certain affinity between them  which tends  to reduce 
     the inharmony of the  opposition and  make it  less than  that of  the 
     square. For instance, Leo represents the personal love  for one's  own 
     children and Aquarius represents the impersonal, universal, altruistic 
     love for the children of all people, namely, humanity.  Therefore  the 
     opposition of Jupiter in Leo to the Sun in Aquarius,  for example,  is 
     not as inharmonious as the square between Jupiter in Leo  and the  Sun 
     in Scorpio, the sign of militarism and force. In the case of  advanced 
     egos the opposition may become an aspect of great power.

     The keywords of the conjunction are the same as those for the trine or 
     the  square  depending  respectively  on  whether  the conjunction  is 
     harmonious  or  inharmonious. For  information as  to the  harmony and 
     inharmony of conjunctions see  SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC  ASTROLOGY, pages 
     98-99.

