Departing Aspect

An aspect in which the direction from significator to promittor is backward in the zodiac (clockwise in a horoscope). A departing aspect is given a subjective and, esoterically, a fatalistic connotation.

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Sinister aspect is an older term for departing aspect. From the Latin sinister, left or left handl; a term replaced by modern astrologers with departing aspect.