east point

east point

See cardinal points.

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East Point

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

The east point is sometimes used as an alternate expression to refer to the ascendant—the point where the eastern horizon intersects the ecliptic for any given astrological chart.

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east point

[′ēst ‚pȯint]

(geodesy)

That intersection of the prime vertical with the horizon which lies to the right of the observer when facing north.

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