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Placidus de Titis: The Monk Behind Your House System

Meet Placido de Titis, the 17th-century monk whose time-based house system still draws the twelve house lines in your birth chart today.

7 min read·Jun 25

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Intercepted Signs and Houses: The Enclosed Energy in a Chart

An intercepted sign is a whole zodiac sign sealed inside one house, with no cusp falling in it. Here is why interceptions appear, why they always come in pairs, and how to read planets caught inside them.

8 min read·May 20

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House Systems in Astrology: Placidus, Whole Sign, Koch and More

Placidus, Whole Sign, Koch, Equal, Regiomontanus or Alcabitius? What each house system does, why the choice can move a planet from one house to the next, and how to compare them on your own chart.

8 min read·May 9