Damiani, De Perfectione Monachorum, where the author speaks of the significator horarum, he does not so much as allude to a clepsydra.
This having been done, they are laid in the form of a horseshoe in front of the dealer in the order in which they came, being careful to note that the significator is amongst them.
These are now laid out in four rows of seven, being sure that the significator is amongst them; or else the card which is supposed to represent the thoughts of the person consulting you, viz: the jack, may be counted from.
These are now laid out in a row before the dealer and read from left to right, always taking note that the significator is amongst them, and counting four as above described.
The significator is now put in the center, and counting every way from it, these cards are taken to signify the past and present.
When these are all explained (those across the significator last), they are then paired, beginning with the topmost cards and the bottom cards, from end to end.
Venus [Symbol: Venus] is the chief significator of love and marriage.
But every planet can be a particular significator in its own province, namely, in the Sign which it rules, and the House in which it is found at birth.
Mars issignificator of enterprises, strifes, and young male relations.
Mercury is the significator of the mind and intellect, the faculties generally.
Thus should any of the Eclipses fall on the place of a Significator in a horoscope, it will have the most sinister effect upon the life and fortunes.
An Eclipse of the Sun or Moon falling on the place of any Significator in the horoscope of birth is of a sinister import, and cannot be too seriously considered.
Jupiter is significator of increase and emoluments; Saturn of legacies, inheritance, and aged persons; Uranus of civic and governmental bodies; Neptune of voyages and psychic experiences.
Its dispositor then becomes thesignificator of the partner.
Because Mercury, the ruler of the Ascendant and prime significator of Mr. Chamberlain, is angular and well aspected, while Mars is weak and afflicted by Uranus which is in elevation above it.
If it is more convenient for the purpose of a divination to take as the Significator the matter about which inquiry is to be made, that Trump or small card should be selected which has a meaning corresponding to the matter.
Turn up the SIXTH CARD; place it on the side that the Significator is facing, and say: This is before him.
It shows the foundation or basis of the matter, that which has already passed into actuality and which the Significator has made his own.
If the Significator is a Trump or any small card that cannot be said to face either way, the Diviner must decide before beginning the operation which side he will take it as facing.
Turn up the top or FIRST CARD of the pack; cover the Significator with it, and say: This covers him.
Turn up the FIFTH CARD; place it on the side of the Significator from which he is looking, and say: This is behind him.
In this event also it is useful to take the Court Card in question as the Significator in a fresh operation, and discover what is the nature of his influence in the matter and to what issue he will bring it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "significator" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
