Lord/houses (Kate)

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At 07:01 AM 5/7/04 -0400, Kate wrote:

>Hullo,

>I've recently started learning Astro and have not been able to find a

>clear table/definition so please would someone either post here or pmail

>me a link/table for the following.

 

Hi Kate,

 

I think your post slipped by me since I have so much mail coming into my

e-mail box each day. If I've already replied to your post, please forgive

me and chalk it up to aging memory cells.

 

First, welcome to the Sidereal list! We've had a few new members join

lately, which makes the list a lot more interesting.

 

You wrote:

>

>I understand the concept of Lord of each zodiac sign but in B.V. Raman's

>books as well as some discourses on Horary find the term " Lord of the

>House. " As I understand house, it is a division of 2hrs. from sunrise to

>sunset, making ascendant 1st ..... .but I do not find anywhere a list of

>which planet is the Lord of 1st house or Lord of Ascendant. Please would

>someone clarify? Thanks.

 

As far as I know, " Lord of the House " simply refers to the ruling planet of

the sign on the cusp of a house. So if Aries is on the first house cusp

(the ascendant), Mars is the lord of the house. If Taurus is on the second

house cusp, then Venus is the lord of 2nd.

 

>>Also there are many systems of calculating houses, probably according to

>purpose of horoscope?

 

Yes, but for starters, choose one of these two methods:

 

(1) Sign-as-house: Each sign has to do with one house. This works fine if

the ascendant degree is between 10 and 20 degrees of a sign.

 

(2) Indian Equal House: The degree on the ascendant is the center of a 30

degree house. This degree is on all the cusps in their own signs, and each

house is exactly 30 degrees in size, 15 degrees on either side of the cusp.

 

The time for the study of house calculations is after some of the basics

are learned.

 

>Since I am using the sidereal ephemeris would appreciate any

>suggestions/pointers as to which would give the most accurate results.

 

Planets that contact the angles by major aspect are important. Say if Venus

aspects the ascendant, you will probably emphasize Venus activities in your

life: Maybe relationships or art or music or love of nature. Also aspects

to the Moon describe the mind and personality.

 

>Lastly, please is there an online free sidereal ephemeris for NY-EST?

 

I believe there is. Also there are sites that will do free horoscopes for

you. I don't have these at hand, but try typing in 'free horoscope' or

'sidereal ephemeris' in a search engine and see what comes up.

 

Does anyone have the URLs of these sites?

 

Kate, if you're only interested in one or two charts right now, I can

calculate them tomorrow. Also, for sidereal sign basics, please check the

site below: (This is my take on the signs--there are other views, but you

have to start somewhere...)

 

http://users.snowcrest.net/sunrise/LostZodiac.htm

 

Welcome again, Kate.

 

Blessings,

Therese

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At 06:41 PM 5/9/04 -0400, Kate wrote:

>Hi Theresa,

 

>2) What did you mean use sign as house if asc. is between 10 and 20

>degrees?

 

I meant that you can just consider each sign as a house if the ascendant

falls in the vacinity of the middle of a sign. Whatever sign the ascendant

is in is the first house, then the next sign is the second house, and so

on. This is a house system that is commonly used in India and also some

western astrologers are experimenting with it because it was used in

Hellenistic times.

 

Is there a name for this?

 

Only sign-as-house. You might choose 'Equal House' in astrodienst and then

view the cusps as the centers of house influence rather than the beginnings

of the houses. I do this often with my western astrology program.

 

>3) My question about choice of houses was also because I am using the

>sidereal ephemeris and maybe that will be more/less compatible with a

>particular style of house calculation

 

No, it makes no difference. But western sidesrealists like the Campanus

house system. I don't use Campanus.

 

>4) In some books it says to use 7th house for men if querying

>relationship houses, but does not say which for women? Any input please?

 

It's the same for women.

 

>I did find a site that calculates arabic parts

>(forgot which one) but not sure how to use them to figure out when an

>event would take place? The easiest would be using the moon transit, but

>I am sure it has to be more complicated than that: Please if you would

>point me to what the trigger would be? Maybe the next planet transiting

>that point?

 

Arabic parts are another whole study and too complex to get into right now.

I haven't found the time even to work with them myself.

 

>I greatly appreciate your help and look forward to sharing more,

 

Happy to help!

 

Blessings,

Therese