| cardo | Latin | cardinal point , pole |
| 〈ortus〉 ‘rising’ | Latin | rising , ascendant , sunrise , heliacal rising , east |
| 〈occasus〉 ‘setting’ | Latin | descendant , setting , opposite of a degree , west |
| 〈radiatio cardinalis〉 ‘conjunction/square/opposition to the ascendant’ | Latin | conjunction/square/opposition to the ascendant |
| 〈cardo primus〉 ‘cardinal point’ | Latin | cardinal point |
| 〈cardo secundus〉 ‘favorable place’ | Latin | favorable place |
| 〈cardo transversus〉 ‘horizontal cardinal point’ | Latin | horizontal cardinal point |
| 〈ἀνατολικὸν κέντρον〉 anatolikon kentron ‘Ascendant’ | Greek | Ascendant |
| 〈ἐπίκεντρος〉 epikentros ‘at a cardinal point’ | Greek | at a cardinal point |
| 〈ἀνατολή〉 anatolē ‘diurnal rising’ | Greek | diurnal rising , heliacal rising , east , cardinal point |