Diagram MAPD0411

Circumsolar Pendant: An arrangement with Venus and Mercury each located on a part of a pendant circle or oval or other closed curve. The pendant for each planet is formed by the truncation of the top, or outside, of a closed curve (circle or other) by the path of the Sun. In this arrangement the pendant of Mercury usually hangs lower, bringing this planet closer than Venus to the earth. The Sun may appear either on an arc or on its full circle. The earth may or may not appear as the body around which the Sun revolves. This diagram may or may not include further planetary circles or the zodiacal circle. The diagram is not connected to any other planetary diagram in the way that the elements of the "Three versions" are connected. See description and text for "Three versions" (above).