Therefore we have the rising (AC), upper culmination (MC), setting (DC), and lower culmination (IC). The earliest house systems where split into 4 quadrants going clockwise. It shows the evolution of the soul through the signs, which are really the months of the year. The first house is naturally associated with new life, new starts and birth. The AC represents 0 degrees Aries, the beginning of the vernal equinox and start of the pagan year which is spring. The whole of modern Western Astrology is based on the tropical zodiac, which is based on the seasons and nothing to do with actual star-gazing. Between the two Roberts I think I have found a house system that works and has the weight of history and scientific analysis to back it up. The books that prompted me to look into Whole Signs in the first place were Robert Hand’s “Whole signs – The Oldest House System” and the “History of the Houses” by Robert Powell. I moved over to using whole sign houses exclusively in 2013.
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