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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Ascendentia signa

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Ascendentia signa

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An expression with stellar and spirit-related senses.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 7; facsimile PDF page 335.

Historical Definition

Ascendentia signa are either the stars of heaven’s firmament or sidereal spirits.

Meaning

The dictionary offers alternatives: visible heavenly stars and sidereal spirits. The relation to the heavens is shared, but the categories are not identical. A passage about positions or appearances may have a different subject from one about the agency of spirits. The complete argument must determine which reading is intended.

The term also belongs near Astrum, where the dictionary records a sense involving the power acquired by preparation. That neighbouring entry is a reminder that star vocabulary can extend beyond literal celestial bodies. Its technical sense should not, however, be imposed on this entry’s expressly stated alternatives.

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Astrum. A “star” understood as a material’s enhanced power through preparation.

Cœli planetarum. The planets’ own orbs and spheres.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 7; facsimile PDF page 335 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Ascendentia signa ; compare Astrum, Cœli planetarum

See also. Astrum; Cœli planetarum

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.