Hey which house system do you think is better to use? Which one do you use?
Hey! So, I'm going to be annoying at first and not give you a direct answer until the very end so that you have to read muahaha >:)
I feel like both systems have their benefits, and if I can give you my true honest opinion, I like the both of them and I think that they are both useful tools that can be used together to get a very full and in depth understanding of your chart.
I like Placidus for mind mapping purposes. I feel like this house system really allows you to understand how energy manifests in your chart in a much deeper way. This housing system is often compared to reviewing your chart from a psychological perspective. This is a good system to use if you want more insight about how you experience life events subjectively.
Placidus is also my preferred house system to use when looking at transits & progressions because it just hits different in terms of the detail and precise timing you get using this system.
I guess the major downside to this system would be that it could be too subjective and I suppose it could be a bit confusing for somebody who's just starting out reading charts because the math and calculations are very complex on top of dealing with intercepted signs.
The whole sign system is nice because it is very beginner friendly as there's no interceptions (signs) rule the whole house and it is easy to follow the house rulers order. This is definitely the better option for objectivity, this system focuses more on the what rather than the why.
To piggyback off of this point, there's much less psychological nuance involved with this system and you might not get a very well personal reading using this house system but you will definitely see the major things going on in a chart based on this system.
So to me it depends on what I'm trying to look for in a chart, what is a good starting point. If I had to answer with one specific house system that I prefer mostly, I would probably go with Placidus because while whole sign can paint a story too, whole sign is laying down the foundations of the story like the plot, the climax, the conclusion, etc.. while Placidus describes the characters, the characters connections, the baggage that the characters bring to the table etc. I mostly use this house system but I do often find myself working with the whole system.
