posted March 25, 2013 06:06 AM            

IE: Using equal house system I have Sun and Merc in house 8. Not to focus on the negative, but it does suit my example.. Bad point of having Mercury in 8H, it can signify the early death of a relative. The Sun in 8H can signify the early death of a father or husband. I feel like having both these placements stacked the odds against me and is why I went through the death of my father at the age of 17.
On the otherhand, I also portray the qualities of a 9th house Sun/Merc. I'm adventureous, idealistic, optimistic to a fault, blunt, I love learning and traveling. Nothing gets me talking more than asking me about the places I've been and the things I've seen... Unless of course you ask me about the things/people I loved while i was there 9H Venus as well.

What I'm getting at here is that maybe the Equal house system is better for predictions and the Placidus house better suited for interpretations/synastry. For example: If I were to post a question about "who am I?" a placidus chart would go with it. But if I were to pose a question pertaining to events or outside circumstances, perhaps the equal chart would be more appropriate?

Any thoughts on this? Has anyone else noticed similiar situations to mine, where both descriptions fit you, but one suits your personality and the other your circumstances?

posted March 25, 2013 07:18 AM            

For me, there really isn't any difference in houses going from Placidus or Equal.

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Gemini Sun
Libra Moon
Gemini Mercury
Cancer Venus
Virgo Mars
Virgo Asc

posted March 25, 2013 07:52 AM            

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Originally posted by anonymidarkness:
An astrologer I know uses equal for transits and placidus for natal.

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This kinda follows what I meant. Transits are usually used for indicators of events/predictions (Solar Return for example) whereas your natal chart would be who you are..

@somethingexcellent
I relate only relate to my 8H Sun/Merc in reference to that particular description. In every other way I feel like the descriptions of 9H Suns I read. I'm curious to see if I can pinpoint more "events" in my natal chart using the equal houses though.

posted March 25, 2013 08:19 AM            

Ceridwen is a poster from Europe, and she uses the same types of methods that I do. She uses Placidus also. She once mentioned that Placidus seems to work even with people from Sweden... The uneven Placidus house cusps seemed more accurate, when say, the 5th house cusp changed signs or something.

posted March 25, 2013 08:29 AM            

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Originally posted by Lotis White:
I use the Placidus house system for the house ruler analyses that I utilize, to do with romantic attraction and taste. I find this method 'works' even for those born in Europe.

Ceridwen is a poster from Europe, and she uses the same types of methods that I do. She uses Placidus also. She once mentioned that Placidus seems to work even with people from Sweden... The uneven Placidus house cusps seemed more accurate, when say, the 5th house cusp changed signs or something.

I suppose it's possible that different house systems work better for different types of analyses. But Placidus works best for what I do.

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Synastry comparisons would definitely fall under "who am I?" charts. I don't ever use equal houses for synastry. And my Placidus 5H 7H, and 8H make PERFECT sense in relation to your House Rulerships theories. (which I use and quote often, btw. Thank you so much for that wonderful little gem of insight!!)

I actually have a set of charts posted in Personal Readings that I would love for you to take a look at Lotis. I'm more curious as to how I affect him.. I already know I'm doomed where he's concerned and I'm not sure I can look at the charts with an unbiased opinion anymore lol

posted March 25, 2013 08:33 AM            

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Originally posted by LionFish:
What I'm getting at here is that maybe the Equal house system is better for predictions and the Placidus house better suited for interpretations/synastry. For example: If I were to post a question about "who am I?" a placidus chart would go with it. But if I were to pose a question pertaining to events or outside circumstances, perhaps the equal chart would be more appropriate?

Any thoughts on this? Has anyone else noticed similiar situations to mine, where both descriptions fit you, but one suits your personality and the other your circumstances?

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This is a possibility. I work mainly with interpretations/synastry/relationship type stuff, and find that Placidus works better for that.

posted March 25, 2013 04:02 PM            

I understand the argument for placidus for interpretation and equal for transits.. But in regards to house rulerships how does it work? If I'm having Saturn conjunct Venus by transit, do you consider what houses Venus rules in placidus or in equal?

I've done lots of observations, and in my experience I feel that equal houses works for transits. As far as the natal chart goes, I've found that equal houses and placidus make sense :/