significatorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

significator (plural significators)

1. One who, or that which, signifies.
2. (astrology) A planet that is supposed to rule something.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

     In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention.

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.

同意語

• (cartomancy): signifier

参照

• “significator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.