posted August 07, 2019 02:12 AM
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Regardless the language used by some astrologers (even in supposed texts) planets cannot be intercepted.
Within the astrological community, signs that do not fall on a house cusp are usually referred to as "intercepted signs". ... Houses that have the same sign on their first/opening degree and last/closing degree are usually referred to as "intercepted houses" and/or as "duplicated houses".
Planets that fall within an intercepted sign are usually referred to as "intercepted planets".
As Kannon points out above ... geometrically :-
1) A planet cannot be intercepted. ... Hence, these should be referred to as "planets located within a sign that is wholly contained within an intercepted house".
2) A sign cannot be intercepted. ... Hence, houses containing signs that do not fall on a cusp should be referred to as "intercepted houses" (rather than "intercepted signs").
Hence, confusion has indeed arisen within the astrological community because some astrologers understand (and correctly use) the geometrical definition; some attempt to do so (but get it wrong) and others make no attempt to do so at all. In reality though, if one understands what a person's comment is referring to ... it does not matter if he/she chooses to call it a rose or a thistle. ... And my comment below refers to signs that do not appear on a house cusp (intercepted signs) and houses that have the same sign on their opening and closing degree (intercepted houses).
Interpreting Intercepted Signs and Houses
Generally, an issue in the intercepted house pair will be adversely affecting the activities of the following house pair - in a way that prevents the (positive) qualities of the intercepted signs (and all planets located within them) from functioning EFFECTIVELY. ... And that will continue until the chart owner identifies (and resolves) the underlying issue.
For example, I have Cancer/Capricorn intercepted in the 10th/4th houses (with Moon in Cancer + Jupiter in Capricorn) and my Virgo/Pisces is duplicated on the cusp of the 12th+1st/6th+7th houses.
Hence ... an issue in my 12th/6th houses (of service) adversely affected the activities of my 1st/7th houses (of self and partners) - in a way that prevented me from operating effectively in the 10th/4th houses (of career and home).
However, identifying that 12th/6th house issue was extremely difficult ... because it was a childhood-conditioned belief (instilled by my parents) that had always seemed so "obviously right" to me that I felt no need to question it until the death of my father. Only then (when I was 43, with transit Uranus opposing my natal Uranus and conjunct natal Jupiter) was I ready/able to separate from my father - to become free of a childhood conditioned Piscean Age belief that was a barrier to my Aquarian Age development.