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Significator

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A planet representing the querent or matter in horary charts. In poetry, significators signifies as symbolic avatars or quest representatives.

Detailed Definition
Significator, quesited ruler, personifies. Poets signify in allegorical quests like Spenser's. Literary reps symbolize focus. The term's representative role poeticizes agency, where significators embody, allowing explorations of query, role, and the personified poetry of stellar proxies.
Example
Example in poetry:
In horary astrology by Lilly, significator planets point to querent's quest; Modern poet Mark Doty in "Source" significates loss's guiding light; William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" significates stars in lovers' doom; In electional verse, significators choose auspicious hours, teaching interpretive keys.|John Milton's "Lycidas" significates the drowned swain; T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" significates mermaids' evening.|In Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Swan," significator glides final swim; Walt Whitman's "Out of the Cradle" significates sea's mocking bird.|In Sylvia Plath's "Daddy," significator black shoe houses the tongue.
Additional Notes
Significator in horary (e.g., 1st house querent) or traditional (Saturn old age). Poets avatar symbolic stars in query roles—related to almuten; tip: turned houses; aids representation in narrative astrology poetry.
Also Known As
Significator Planet
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