the key fundamentals of any accurate astrology practice :
[ getting to know the whole house system ]
without going into too much of a lecture , i’m going to try and briefly talk about the differences in the whs vs . the placidus house system , in an effort to preface the material of this post .
you see , because both house systems were created around radically different time periods , they were each attributed their key significations through different methods .
the placidus system was invented by Giovanni Antonio Magini who lived from 1555-1617 and was named after an italian mathematician , Placidus de Titis . it’s use has been primarily focused on the realm of deducing and understanding the inner workings of a person’s psyche in relation to their natal chart .
the whole house system arguably began its use from as early as the years 2 BCE to 5 BCE . it’s use in astrology has primarily been to predict the timing and topic of events or cycles in a person’s life .
the placidus system is most commonly used in modern astrology and probably the system you are most familiar with as it is the default house system when calculating a natal chart on any website popularized by western culture .
it gained it’s key significations through the zodiac signs which were attributed their significations through the planets . when using this house system , each house has a corresponding ( or ruling ) zodiac sign . the first house is associated with aries , the second house is associated with taurus , the third is gemini , and so on and so forth . . .
THE WHOLE HOUSE SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK LIKE THIS
the individual houses in the whole house system gained their key significations through a combination of the thema mundi and planetery joys scheme . these are both very intricate and abstract ideas that will each require their own set of posts to fully explain . but basically …
this is what they look like :
according to the whole house system :
the first house is associated with cancer and the moon . it is the joy of mercury and most commonly referred to as the “helm”
the second house is associated with leo and the sun . no planet finds it’s joy here . it is commonly referred to as the “gate of hades”
the third house is associated with virgo and mercury . it is the joy of the moon and commonly referred to as “goddess”
the fourth house is associated with libra and venus . no planet finds it’s joy here . it is referred to as the “subterraneous” place
the fifth house is associated with scorpio and mars . it is the joy of venus and referred to as the place of “good fortune”
the sixth house is associated with sagittarius and jupiter . it is the joy of mars and known as the place of “bad fortune”
the seventh house is associated with capricorn and saturn . no planets find their joy here . it is referred to as the “setting” place .
the eighth house is associated with aquarius and saturn . no planet finds its joy here . it is referred to as the idle place .
the ninth house is associated with pisces and jupiter . it is the joy of the sun and referred to as the place of the “god”
the tenth house is associated with aries and mars . no planet finds its joy here . it is referred to as the midheaven .
the eleventh house is associated with taurus and venus . it is the joy of jupiter and known as the place of “good spirit”
the twelfth house is associated with gemini and mercury . it is the joy of saturn and referred to as the place of “bad spirit”
it is important to note that while the whole sign houses my be associated with certain signs or gain their significations from certain planets , they are not ruled by the signs or planets .
when speaking of the houses in general , they are their own foundational system that may receive its significations from certain planets or zodiac signs , however it is not ruled by either of these other systems .
in this system , the first house is not ruled by cancer , mercury , or the moon , it is simply associated with them . these associations help us better understand and internalize the boundaries of each house , they are not , however , ruling factors or the end-all-be-all of each house’s topics , movements , or energies .
when speaking of the houses in relation to a person’s natal chart , each house is ruled by the planetary ruler of whichever sign it’s in .
in this completely random chart i pulled up , this person’s first house is in virgo , so their first house ruler is mercury .
we would look at the condition of mercury in sagittarius / their fourth house for added significations or insight into the direction of focus their first house might take .
we would not , however , look to cancer or aries for added information of the energies of their first house .
even if you’re used to using the placidus house system where the first house is ruled by aries , so it is attributed different traits of the sign aries , these techniques do not transfer over to the whole sign house system . they are not accurate when used in this house system . you will misinform your clients by misreading their chart this way .
if you’re looking to get the most out of this house system , you can’t read it the way you’ve been taught to through modern or popular astrology practices .
first of all , you MUST use it with sidereal zodiac . it doesn’t matter what your overall preference is of zodiac systems or how you usually read a chart .
whole sign houses and sidereal zodiac go hand in hand .
modern astrology and popular practices might resonate more with tropical zodiac , but whole sign houses don’t . if you’re going to switch up your house system you must also use the appropriate zodiac system to go along with it .
secondly , you MUST know what the uses of this house system are for .
traditional astrology finds its strong suit in the predictive measures of outside circumstance through a variety of techniques .
if you’re switching up your house systems to get a better look at who you are as a person on the inside , you’ve been misinformed .
whole sign houses are a staple of traditional astrology , which was used for determining external circumstances and predictive measures in that realm of existence . that’s where it’s accuracy consistently lies . not in anything else .
predictive measures / techniques :
any type of predictive astrology is most accurate when used in congruence with whole sign houses and sidereal astrology .
if you know what you’re doing , and where to look , you can predict anything through a person’s natal chart .
the most accurate techniques used for predictive measures are :
profection techniques in persona charts
the solar return analysis of different persona charts in comparison with the natal chart and solar return of natal chart from the same year
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