significator

• IPA^(key): /sɪɡˈnɪfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/

significator (plural significators)

1. One who, or that which, signifies.
2. (astrology) A planet that is supposed to rule something.

   In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention. ― Sir W. Scott

3. (cartomancy) A card representing a querent, question, or situation.
   • 2001, Janina Renée, Tarot for a New Generation, Llewellyn Worldwide (→ISBN), page 17

     In fact, I have fallen out of the habit of separating a significator from the deck because most layouts have positions to indicate the role that a person is acting out, or that otherwise reflect his status and state of mind.

• (cartomancy): signifier

• significator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

significātor

1. second- and third-person singular future passive imperative of significō