noxflisk
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Hello! I run an astrology blog, and I have recently been trying to write more educational articles (rather than my usual posting -- which is answering questions regarding astrology). I realize that every astrologer (well, almost every astrologer) has their own unique understanding of astrological chart features.
The following is my rough draft of an introductory post for those who are unfamiliar with houses. The vast majority of my followers are very new to astrology. I used a poll to figure out which areas my readers are the least knowledgeable, and a disproportionate number of poll participants did not know what the houses were, or what they mean. Apparently, many had heard the astrological houses mentioned somewhere, but few understood anything about them.
Please do give me constructive criticism. I would like to make this better if I could. I also would be happy if you were to point out any grammatical errors, or issues with my writing such as repetition of certain words, poor organization (if you'd point out how I should rearrange it, that'd be lovely), and so on.
I would like any ideas for additions as well, if you have any.
Note that I am quite casual with my writing, so expect that. I prefer to keep it that way.
Here it is:
The following is my rough draft of an introductory post for those who are unfamiliar with houses. The vast majority of my followers are very new to astrology. I used a poll to figure out which areas my readers are the least knowledgeable, and a disproportionate number of poll participants did not know what the houses were, or what they mean. Apparently, many had heard the astrological houses mentioned somewhere, but few understood anything about them.
Please do give me constructive criticism. I would like to make this better if I could. I also would be happy if you were to point out any grammatical errors, or issues with my writing such as repetition of certain words, poor organization (if you'd point out how I should rearrange it, that'd be lovely), and so on.
I would like any ideas for additions as well, if you have any.
Note that I am quite casual with my writing, so expect that. I prefer to keep it that way.
Here it is:
A lot of people are unfamiliar with the astrological houses, so, I figured I would make an introductory piece, explaining what they influence and how they manifest themselves, et cetera.
Now, if you don’t know your house placements, know that you MUST have your exact time of birth in order to calculate it. The houses move through the signs at a rate of one sign per four minutes, so it is imperative that you be right on the mark with your birth time, else your end result will not make sense.
Now, you know that the time of year you were born in is the deciding factor as to which sun sign you will have. For example, myself, being born on December 20th, have the sun sign of Sagittarius. As I mentioned before, your sun’s house varies depending on the very minute of your birth.
The sign placement of your sun is like a “base”; your sun’s house placement is how you consciously express your ego, your being, THROUGH your sun’s sign. My sun’s placement decides that I am an 8th house Sagittarius. I express my Sagittarian disposition through traits/behaviors/attributes associated with the 8th house. To reword that: my Sagittarius sun sign is like my base stats, and its placement in the 8th represents the additional qualities tacked on to that Sagittarius archetype. The 8th house shows the type of character that manages to shine through my Sagittarian-ness, and make me unique to other Sagittarius suns.
Each house corresponds with one sign. There are 12 signs, and hence there are 12 houses. Your sun’s house is very, very seldom the native house of your sun sign. Take my placement(s) for example: Sagittarius’ native house is house 9, and yet here I am, in house 8. House 8 is the native house of Scorpio. Therefore, I would have Scorpio-like qualities being expressed through a Sagittarius consciousness and ego. (As the sun is representative of your conscious mind and your ego.) I would essentially think like a Scorpio, but apply those thoughts onto real situations like a Sagittarius.
Does that make sense?
Note: Native signs of the houses go as followed — Aries is associated with house 1, Taurus with house 2, Gemini with house 3, Cancer with house 4, Leo with house 5, Virgo with house 6, Libra with house 7, Scorpio with house 8, Sagittarius with house 9, Capricorn with house 10, Aquarius with house 11, and lastly, Pisces with house 12.
Each house shares a profound number of traits with its native sign. Houses are, at the core, a set of abstractions, and signs are a personified version of them.
Read about the meanings of each house here.
Now, if you don’t know your house placements, know that you MUST have your exact time of birth in order to calculate it. The houses move through the signs at a rate of one sign per four minutes, so it is imperative that you be right on the mark with your birth time, else your end result will not make sense.
Now, you know that the time of year you were born in is the deciding factor as to which sun sign you will have. For example, myself, being born on December 20th, have the sun sign of Sagittarius. As I mentioned before, your sun’s house varies depending on the very minute of your birth.
The sign placement of your sun is like a “base”; your sun’s house placement is how you consciously express your ego, your being, THROUGH your sun’s sign. My sun’s placement decides that I am an 8th house Sagittarius. I express my Sagittarian disposition through traits/behaviors/attributes associated with the 8th house. To reword that: my Sagittarius sun sign is like my base stats, and its placement in the 8th represents the additional qualities tacked on to that Sagittarius archetype. The 8th house shows the type of character that manages to shine through my Sagittarian-ness, and make me unique to other Sagittarius suns.
Each house corresponds with one sign. There are 12 signs, and hence there are 12 houses. Your sun’s house is very, very seldom the native house of your sun sign. Take my placement(s) for example: Sagittarius’ native house is house 9, and yet here I am, in house 8. House 8 is the native house of Scorpio. Therefore, I would have Scorpio-like qualities being expressed through a Sagittarius consciousness and ego. (As the sun is representative of your conscious mind and your ego.) I would essentially think like a Scorpio, but apply those thoughts onto real situations like a Sagittarius.
Does that make sense?
Note: Native signs of the houses go as followed — Aries is associated with house 1, Taurus with house 2, Gemini with house 3, Cancer with house 4, Leo with house 5, Virgo with house 6, Libra with house 7, Scorpio with house 8, Sagittarius with house 9, Capricorn with house 10, Aquarius with house 11, and lastly, Pisces with house 12.
Each house shares a profound number of traits with its native sign. Houses are, at the core, a set of abstractions, and signs are a personified version of them.
Read about the meanings of each house here.