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Words so you do not get lost

Short definitions of OmenHall terms: sealed reading, significator, reversed card, transit, synastry, Echo, and share-safe card.

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Basics

Oracle

A voice or system through which a question receives a symbolic answer.

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Symbolic reading

An answer that works through images and meaning, not guarantees.

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Trust

Sealed reading

A reading where the question and selected signs are fixed before interpretation.

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Tarot

Spread

A layout of positions through which cards answer a question.

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Reversed card

A card drawn upside down: not bad, but changed in expression.

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Cards

Significator

A card or symbol representing a person, theme, or question focus.

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Daily

Daily omen

One short symbolic orientation for the day.

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Retention

Reading echo

Returning to a reading later to compare the sign with reality.

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Privacy

Share-safe card

A public fragment of a reading without personal question or sensitive data.

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Quality

Quality gate

A check that an answer is not too weak, unsafe, or incomplete.

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Astrology

Transit

The current movement of a planet relative to a chart or the general sky.

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Compatibility

Synastry

Comparing two birth charts to understand relationship dynamics.

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Numerology

Life path number

A symbolic number profile, usually calculated from birth date.

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