Circulus Secundarium (Secondary Circle) has been categorized as the advanced gates of Circulus Elementarium since it deals with more detailed versions of its base elements. However, those fortunate to unlock such a gate of their respected elements have to take into account the lunar phase that could enhance or hinder one’s Aetheral or Nethereal sensitivity. The lunar phase or phase of the Moon is the shape of the directly sunlit portion of the Moon as viewed from Earth.
The lunar phases gradually change over a synodic month (about 29.53 days) as the orbital positions of the Moon around Earth and Earth around the Sun shift:
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Lightning (Fulgur)
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Lightning (Fulgur) is the transitional Aetheral gate of Fire (Ignis). It is considered to be called “cold fire.” Although it is widespread for Ignis users for those who control the Aether and the Nether, only a few ever use Fulgur. Even though users are rare, mainly those who control the Nether are the first ones to make the transition easier. Fulgur requires a lot of skill and patience to even use. Even then, no one could master Fulgur as quickly as they did with Ignis. That is why constant training and conditioning are also required to use such a gate.
Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions in the atmosphere or ground temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one gigajoule of energy. This discharge may produce a wide range of electromagnetic radiation, from scorching plasma created by the rapid movement of electrons to brilliant flashes of visible light in the form of black-body radiation. Lightning causes thunder, a sound from the shock wave which develops as gases near the discharge experience a sudden increase in pressure. Lightning occurs commonly during thunderstorms and other types of energetic weather systems.
The three main kinds of lightning are distinguished by where they occur: inside a single thundercloud, between two different clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. Many other observational variants are recognized, including "heat lightning," which can be seen from a great distance but not heard; dry lightning, which can cause forest fires; and ball lightning, which is rarely observed scientifically.
Stars (Sidera)
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Stars (Sidera) is the transitional Aetheral gate of Wind (Ventus). Sidera deals with a vast scope of powers that are deemed both physical and mental. To unlock such an Aethereal gate, you must be physically and mentally healthy even to harness at least one ability. Many who mastered Ventus would instead use Sidera for astral purposes, although being one-dimensional. No one has ever taken the time and the patience to fully understand and master Sidera. There have been many joint Aethereal-Nethereal taskforces to understand Sidera, but with little success for multiple reasons.
A star is an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth at night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth. Historically, the most prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms, the brightest of which gained proper names.
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Astronomers have assembled star catalogs that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable Universe contains an estimated 1×1024 stars, but most are invisible to the naked eye from Earth, including all stars outside our Milky Way.
For at least a portion of its life, a star shines due to thermonuclear hydrogen fusion into helium in its core, releasing energy that traverses the star's interior and radiates into outer space. Almost all naturally occurring elements heavier than helium are created by stellar nucleosynthesis during the star's lifetime, and for some stars, by supernova nucleosynthesis when it explodes. A star can also contain degenerate matter near the end of its life.
Botany (Botanicae)
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Botany (Botanicae) is the transitional Aetheral gate of Earth (Terrae). This is one of the few Aethereal gates where using science and magic together is beneficial. Transitioning from Terrae to Botanicae is the easiest of the four since it usually deals with both seamlessly. However, learning Botanicae is dangerous if one’s creativity goes out of control. Such restraint is necessary when cross-pollination and mixing natural chemicals with plants. Naturally, you could never get such grant results, but by using Botanicae, anything is possible.
Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, medicinal, and poisonous plants, making it one of the oldest branches of science. Medieval physic gardens, often attached to monasteries, contained plants of medical importance. In the 19th and 20th centuries, new techniques were developed for the study of plants, including methods of optical microscopy and live-cell imaging, electron microscopy, analysis of chromosome number, plant chemistry, and the structure and function of enzymes and other proteins. In the last two decades of the 20th century, botanists exploited the techniques of molecular genetic analysis, including genomics and proteomics and DNA sequences to classify plants more accurately.
Modern botany is a broad, multidisciplinary subject with inputs from most other areas of science and technology. Research topics include the study of plant structure, growth and differentiation, reproduction, biochemistry and primary metabolism, chemical products, development, diseases, evolutionary relationships, systematics, and plant taxonomy.
Ice (Glacies)
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Ice (Glacies) is the transitional Aetheral gate of Water (Aqua). Similar to Aqua, Glacies is just as formless and adaptable. At first, it is a requirement to learn Glacies in frigid temperatures as it always been. Even in medieval times, the use of Glacies was extremely limited due to the changing seasons and temperatures. Now to the thanks of modern medicine and sports science, practitioners of Glacies can now perform techniques in even the hottest of climates. Many people would argue Glacies as a pure masculine and offensive art of the Aether, due to its harsh means and methods to create and harness such power.
Ice is water frozen into a solid-state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.
In the Solar System, ice is abundant and occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far away as the Oort cloud objects. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice. It is abundant on Earth's surface – particularly in the polar regions and above the snow line – and, as a common form of precipitation and deposition, plays a crucial role in Earth's water cycle and climate. It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes.
Ice molecules can exhibit eighteen or more different phases (packing geometries) that depend on temperature and pressure. When water is cooled rapidly (quenching), up to three different types of amorphous ice can form depending on the history of its pressure and temperature. When cooled slowly, correlated proton tunneling occurs below −253.15 °C (20 K, −423.67 °F), giving rise to macroscopic quantum phenomena.