which one do you use? which one do you find is more accurate?
Astrologer50:
Raphael's Ephemeris is the most widely used
With placidus and very high latitudes it screws around with the houses too much...........
I was born in U.K..........
...My personal 'grumble' about Equal House is that it implies that all realms of life are of equal importance.
My personal 'grumble' about Equal House is that it implies that all realms of life are of equal importance. Are they? All men may be created equal, yet their living circumstances vary immensely. At least the other 'irregular house' systems can often show a prominence of a particular theme.
What's this MC is MC in any houses systems as is a house cups is a house cusp. Equal is just seeing certain planets move from one house to another and therefore altering the planets, signs meanings.....I also find the two MC's a bit confusing with Equal House
astrologer50 said:To me each house is equal not cos of Equal house system but cos the 'meanings' of the houses are unilateral. It's only the 'planets' in houses that emphasise the areas of life that are more important to the individual-- as with any house system. There are pro's and con's for everything-- so let's not allow this to deteriorate any further
Starlink: Ah Frisiangal, what a shame!
.Starlink: I also find the two MC's a bit confusing with Equal House
Who's deteriorating?
I don't understand what you mean by 'unilateral meanings'. You mean every realm is just as important as another, and one is not necessarily of more/less importance in one's life than another? Would this not counteract what you have written in bold type? All houses have the same meanings, whatever the house system involved.
Planets in a house emphasise a realm of life, yet those planets can also be rulers of houses other than that in which they are situated. The ruling house can also influence the area of life in which the natal planet is situated. This is a good method to use to discover which house system 'fits' when the ruling house doesn't follow the Equal House system. please explain, this doesn't make sense? a house cusp ruler is just the same in any house system and that cusp ruler can be placed anywhere --- in any house system
No problem. Changed loyalties; took and got the qualifications in Dairyland.
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For anyone scratching their head about this, there is but one MC. The M.C (medium coeli -Midday Sun)-I.C. axis for the location of one's birth remains the same in whichever house system is used. For most house systems its positional degree marks the beginning of the 10th house. M.C and 10th house cusp are the same, yet the M.C. is not the 10th house, which is a realm of experience.
Using the Equal House system, all further house cusps are taken from the Ascending degree. The 10th house begins on the same degree of the 10th sign following the Ascending sign but it is not the M.C. The positional MC-IC degree axis does not necessarily even fall IN the 10th-4th houses. It's often across the 9th-3rd houses (as in my chart!) and in some rare cases it can fall across the 8th-2nd. As the MC is said to be significant of 'one's destiny/position of importance in the world', Equal House implies that this can be found in other realms of life other than 'the career house'. There's something to be said for that....although it doesn't ever appear to be in the 7th house of private relationships or the 12th of willingly sacrificing all. where have you got this impression or mis conception from?
The 4th house is 'home roots', but what does the I.C. actually stand for, especially when in a house other than the 4th? not a lot actually it's not really that important 'where the MC' falls.... MC is MC and so is IC
Frisiangal
Frisiangal;
Planets in a house emphasise a realm of life, yet those planets can also be rulers of houses other than that in which they are situated. The ruling house can also influence the area of life in which the natal planet is situated. This is a good method to use to discover which house system 'fits' when the ruling house doesn't follow the Equal House system.
Astrologer50: please explain, this doesn't make sense? a house cusp ruler is just the same in any house system and that cusp ruler can be placed anywhere --- in any house system
Equal House implies that this can be found in other realms of life other than 'the career house'. There's something to be said for that....although it doesn't ever appear to be in the 7th house of private relationships or the 12th of willingly sacrificing all.
where have you got this impression or mis conception from?
it's not really that important 'where the MC' falls.... MC is MC