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Topic: silly question of the day..
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sunshine_lion
Knowflake Posts: 1157
From: ann arbor mi
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 05:34 PM
 
I have always wondered. why are some houses bigger than others. like my 12th house is big, so big, very big, no planets, 4th house regular, 3 planets, 5th house normal size 3 planets. why the big wide houses. shouldn't they all be the same size? I feel like I should know the answer to this.
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MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 1032
From: processing destination......
Registered: Sep 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 05:41 PM
Oh my god, it's SO funny that you ask this! I keep wondering the same thing...I find it really odd, and annoying during synastry. One tiny house right next to this ridiculous mansion-sized empty one right next to it...what's up with that?!Good question, Sunshine_lion  IP: Logged |
blue moon
Moderator Posts: 4944
From: U.K
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted December 22, 2008 05:47 PM
It isn't if you do an Equal House chart. The houses are unequal on Placidus (and other systems). I prefer this as it makes more sense based on what I see outside of the window.
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MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 1032
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Registered: Sep 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 05:51 PM
Interesting. Is it the same way with Koch? I do prefer that way, but I will try the Equal (duh, I guess it would 'equal' out the houses...silly me  ) IP: Logged |
MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 1032
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Registered: Sep 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 05:54 PM
What the hell? I just did the Equal chart and now my Pluto and Mercury are there with my sun in the 5th. That definitely changes a lot (but oddly makes more sense). IP: Logged |
Scorpionic Web
Knowflake Posts: 900
From: Pennsylvania
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted December 22, 2008 05:55 PM
Its due to the curvature of the Earth. The Placidus method accounts for this curve. The further toward the poles one goes, the more extreme the house variations. Many astrologers believe the Earth's curvature doesn't make a difference (or at least not as defined by Placidus) and thus they maintain the Equal house system. Create and compare Placidus charts in cities like Anchorage, Alaska, and Mexico City, Mexico, and you'll see the effect. IP: Logged |
MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 1032
From: processing destination......
Registered: Sep 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 05:57 PM
Well, I don't know, but it's looking like a lot's changed here. My Saturn just moved from the 3rd to the 2nd. My NN is now in the 8th. My Jupiter is in the 9th. It's like a new person.How do you deal with this stuff? Is there a more 'accurate' system? IP: Logged |
good girl
Knowflake Posts: 283
From: ohio
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 06:08 PM
My favorite authors prefer the Koch system for predictive work, I use the placidus system. Equal works fine too.
That is the wonderful yet disturbingly odd thing about astrology. It always somehow works.
For a test try doing a solar chart. I love those. They always (!!!) echo what you find in your natal.For example in my natal I have pluto in 1= in solar ruler of 8th in 1st
in natal the ruler of 4 in 10 =solar moon in 10,etc. IP: Logged |
good girl
Knowflake Posts: 283
From: ohio
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 06:15 PM
I don't know where Glaucus is but I think I remember him saying somewhere that he prefers to not use any houses. I could be wrong....IP: Logged |
Scorpionic Web
Knowflake Posts: 900
From: Pennsylvania
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted December 22, 2008 06:21 PM
No houses? That's some old-school thinking, as the Houses are a relatively newer concept (discovery?) in the long history of astrology. I can't support a non-house method. Does he still believe in an Asc/Dsc or MC/IC?!?IP: Logged |
MyVirgoMask
Knowflake Posts: 1032
From: processing destination......
Registered: Sep 2008
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posted December 22, 2008 06:30 PM
I can't imagine not using houses. I feel it totally colors the personality and gives strong clues.
In looking at my ex-husband's chart in Equal, the houses placement makes soooo much more sense now.
And I definitely associate more with my Mercury in the 5th, and even a bit with my Pluto in there too.
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darkdreamer
Knowflake Posts: 4257
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted December 23, 2008 05:17 AM
Well, the houses are not a really new concept.Personally I think house system is very important, but yes, there are schools, and not necessarily old schools, who work without it or with different house systems for different areas of life. I myself have tried out Equal system, but ended up with Placidus again. Koch doesn`t really make sense to me. I also read several articles that stated Koch`s calculations of the middle cusps were wrong, but honestly, I didn`t understand enough of the mathematic and astronomy to really have an opinion on this one. Theoretically, Equal makes the most sense to me actually. Practically, Placidus seems to work best. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3022
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted December 24, 2008 10:26 PM
My personal preference is equal, but I'm not terribly good at interpreting. Which brings up another question-- I've been studying astrology for 24 years and I still can't really do it. What's up with that? Will it all just click for me one day?It seems to me that there are so many possible ways to read each placement/aspect. And I never know how to determine which piece of the puzzle is affecting the other, and so on... And don't even get me started on the 500 asteroids. I get dizzy just looking at those charts! I hope I'm not interrupting-- the topic is silly question of the day, and this is mine. (By accident. It occurred to me after responding the the original question. Somehow, this felt like the place to ask????)  Anyway... hope that's okay. IP: Logged |
AceNeerav
Knowflake Posts: 181
From: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 25, 2008 12:22 AM
i think it depends on how far away you live from the equator.IP: Logged |
praecipua
Knowflake Posts: 771
From: france
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted December 25, 2008 05:12 AM
future_uncertain, what about your saturn or the sign virgo in your chart?
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future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3022
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted December 25, 2008 11:09 AM
Haha... funny you should ask. LOL. I have some questions about those two things myself. I'll get back to this later. Hope you can help, bc I really want to know!  IP: Logged |
Azalaksh
Moderator Posts: 7610
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted December 25, 2008 02:46 PM
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future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 3022
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted December 26, 2008 10:25 AM
Sorry to keep you waiting-- My Saturn is in Leo in the 8th and opposes my Venus and squares Uranus and Jupiter. Virgo is the sign on the cusp of my 10th house. People often mistake me for Virgo, online and in person. Otherwise, I have no other Virgo placements. Thanks, Praecipua.  IP: Logged |
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