Aria draws on the Italian musical term for a solo melody, with a secondary thread linking it to a Persian word for "air" or "noble." Both readings point toward something expressive and lifted -- a voice rising above the rest. The name is often understood as carrying artistry and lightness rather than solemnity.
Those houses which behold not the Ascendant signifie occult or obscure places, and these houses are the 12th. 8th. and 6th. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)