significator

English

Noun

significator (plural significators)

  1. One who, or that which, signifies.
  2. (astrology) A planet that is supposed to rule something.
    In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention. ― Sir W. Scott
  3. (cartomancy) A card representing a querent, question, or situation.
    • 2001, Janina Renée, Tarot for a New Generation, Llewellyn Worldwide (→ISBN), page 17
      In fact, I have fallen out of the habit of separating a significator from the deck because most layouts have positions to indicate the role that a person is acting out, or that otherwise reflect his status and state of mind.

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References

  • significator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

significātor

  1. second-person and third-person singular future passive imperative of significō
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