Preliminary NOTE: prior to approximately the late 5th/early 6th centuries CE, the term "House" referred exclusively to SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AS "DWELLINGS" OF THE PLANETS (the term was never used in reference to the houses of the horoscopic chart as we know them today) Thus....
the House of the Sun was Leo
the House of the Moon was Cancer
-the day house of Mercury was Virgo, the night house of Mercury was Gemini
-the day house of Venus was Libra, the night house of Venus was Taurus
-the day house of Mars was Scorpio, the night house of Mars was Aries
-the day house of Jupiter was Sagittarius, its night house was Pisces
-the day house of Saturn was Capricorn, its night house was Aquarius
Titles of Houses of the Horoscope
What we call "houses of the horoscope" today, were originally referred to as "PLACES" (loci) by astrologers prior to the early 6th century CE. Manilius (circa 14 CE) also frequently referred to the "Places" of the horoscopic chart as "Temples"-however, other astrologers of this period (BCE - 6th century CE) did not use that word.
Each "Place" of the horoscopic chart was given a name. Most of these names were derived from a mixure of Greek mythology combined with Greco-Roman religo-philosophical concepts, and each name was a kind of mnemonic shorthand representing a complex of symbolic ideas, understood by the astrologers using them.
-the 1st PLACE (contianing the ascending degree), was usually simply referred to as "the horoscope", although it was also know as "Stilbon", or as the "Place of Life"
-the 2nd PLACE was called the "Abode of Typhon"; and was also referred to as the "Gate of Pluto" or as the "Portal of Hades"
-the 3rd Place was called "Dea" (the goddess), and was also referred to as "the Place of the Moon Goddess"
-the 4th Place was called "Daemon"-note that the meaning was Greek (a "daemon" meant a spiritual creature intermediate between the Divine world and the world of humans, plants and animals) and had nothing to do with the later meaning of the word "demon"
-the 5th Place was called "Bona Fortuna" (good fortune)
-the 6th Place was called "Mala Fortuna" (bad fortune) and was also referred to as "the Gate of Toil"
-the 7th Place as titled "Ditis Janua"
-the 8th Place was called the "Abode of Typhon", "Gate of Pluto" or "Portal of Hades"-same titles as for the 2nd Place
-the 9th Place was called "Deus" (the god), and was also referred to as "the Place of the Sun God"
-the 10h Place was called "Fortuna" (fortune)
-the 11th Place was called "Felix Fortuna" (sweet fortune) it was also referred to as"Bonus Daemon" (the place of the Good Spirit)
-the 12th Place was called "Malus Daemon" (place of the Evil Spirit) and was also referred to as "the Gate of Toil" (same title as the 6th Place)
Many of these "Places" were considered to be the "natural dwellings" of certain planets: thus:
-the 1st Place was the natural abode of Mercury
-the 3rd Place was the natural abode of the Moon
-the 4th Place was the natural abode of Saturn (this was switched a couple hundred years after Manilius, to the 12th Place)
-the 6th Place was the natural abode of Mars
-the 9th Place was the natural abode of the Sun
-the 10th Place was the natural abode of Venus
-the 11th Place was the natural abode of Jupiter
All of these titles (together with their related concepts) fell by the wayside after the fall of the Classical world and the political triumph of the Christian Churches (Rome and Byzantium)-the names (and their symbolic meanings) were dropped during the transitional time of Arabic astrology, and were never taken up again in Western astrology...
the House of the Sun was Leo
the House of the Moon was Cancer
-the day house of Mercury was Virgo, the night house of Mercury was Gemini
-the day house of Venus was Libra, the night house of Venus was Taurus
-the day house of Mars was Scorpio, the night house of Mars was Aries
-the day house of Jupiter was Sagittarius, its night house was Pisces
-the day house of Saturn was Capricorn, its night house was Aquarius
Titles of Houses of the Horoscope
What we call "houses of the horoscope" today, were originally referred to as "PLACES" (loci) by astrologers prior to the early 6th century CE. Manilius (circa 14 CE) also frequently referred to the "Places" of the horoscopic chart as "Temples"-however, other astrologers of this period (BCE - 6th century CE) did not use that word.
Each "Place" of the horoscopic chart was given a name. Most of these names were derived from a mixure of Greek mythology combined with Greco-Roman religo-philosophical concepts, and each name was a kind of mnemonic shorthand representing a complex of symbolic ideas, understood by the astrologers using them.
-the 1st PLACE (contianing the ascending degree), was usually simply referred to as "the horoscope", although it was also know as "Stilbon", or as the "Place of Life"
-the 2nd PLACE was called the "Abode of Typhon"; and was also referred to as the "Gate of Pluto" or as the "Portal of Hades"
-the 3rd Place was called "Dea" (the goddess), and was also referred to as "the Place of the Moon Goddess"
-the 4th Place was called "Daemon"-note that the meaning was Greek (a "daemon" meant a spiritual creature intermediate between the Divine world and the world of humans, plants and animals) and had nothing to do with the later meaning of the word "demon"
-the 5th Place was called "Bona Fortuna" (good fortune)
-the 6th Place was called "Mala Fortuna" (bad fortune) and was also referred to as "the Gate of Toil"
-the 7th Place as titled "Ditis Janua"
-the 8th Place was called the "Abode of Typhon", "Gate of Pluto" or "Portal of Hades"-same titles as for the 2nd Place
-the 9th Place was called "Deus" (the god), and was also referred to as "the Place of the Sun God"
-the 10h Place was called "Fortuna" (fortune)
-the 11th Place was called "Felix Fortuna" (sweet fortune) it was also referred to as"Bonus Daemon" (the place of the Good Spirit)
-the 12th Place was called "Malus Daemon" (place of the Evil Spirit) and was also referred to as "the Gate of Toil" (same title as the 6th Place)
Many of these "Places" were considered to be the "natural dwellings" of certain planets: thus:
-the 1st Place was the natural abode of Mercury
-the 3rd Place was the natural abode of the Moon
-the 4th Place was the natural abode of Saturn (this was switched a couple hundred years after Manilius, to the 12th Place)
-the 6th Place was the natural abode of Mars
-the 9th Place was the natural abode of the Sun
-the 10th Place was the natural abode of Venus
-the 11th Place was the natural abode of Jupiter
All of these titles (together with their related concepts) fell by the wayside after the fall of the Classical world and the political triumph of the Christian Churches (Rome and Byzantium)-the names (and their symbolic meanings) were dropped during the transitional time of Arabic astrology, and were never taken up again in Western astrology...