Part 3

Cusp of the Ascendant.

LIFE and HEALTH

Cusp of the Second House.

RICHES

Cusp of the Third House.

KINDRED and SHORT JOURNEYS

Cusp of the Fourth House.

INHERITANCES

Mid-night.

Cusp of the Fifth House.

CHILDREN

Cusp of the Sixth House.

SICKNESS

Cusp of the Seventh House.

MARRIAGE

Sun-set.

Cusp of the Eighth House.

DEATH

Cusp of the Ninth House.

LONG JOURNEYS

Cusp of the Mid-heaven.

HONOR

Noon-day.

Cusp of the Eleventh House.

FRIENDS

Cusp of the Twelfth House.

ENEMIES

The first, called the Ascendant House, was the portion rising above the horizon at the east. It was regarded as the House of Life, the planets located therein at the moment of birth having most potent influence on the life and destiny of the native. Such planets were said to rule the ascendant, being in the ascending house; and it is from this usage that our familiar expression that such and such an influence is 'in the ascendant' is derived. The next house was the House of Riches, and was one-third of the way from the east below the horizon towards the place of the sun at midnight. The third was the House of Kindred, short journeys, letters, messages, etc. It was two-thirds of the way towards the place of the midnight sun. The fourth was the House of Parents, and was the house which the sun reached at midnight. The fifth was the House of Children and Women, also of all sorts of amusements, theatres, banquets, and merry-making. The sixth was the House of Sickness. The seventh was the House of Love and Marriage. These three houses (the fifth, sixth, and seventh) followed in order from the fourth, so as to correspond to the part of the sun's path below the horizon, between his place at midnight and his place when descending in the west. The seventh, opposite to the first, was the Descendant. The eighth house was the first house above the horizon, lying to the west, and was the House of Death. The ninth house, next to the mid-heaven on the west, was the House of Religion, science, learning, books, and long voyages. The tenth, which was in the mid-heaven, or region occupied by the sun at midday, was the House of Honour, denoting credit, renown, profession or calling, trade, preferment, etc. The eleventh house, next to the mid-heaven on the east, was the House of Friends. Lastly, the twelfth house was the House of Enemies.