Astrology: How to Make and Read Your Own Horoscope

Chapter III The Tables of Houses

The Tables of the Houses on pp. 40, 41, are calculated for the latitude of 51° 32′ North. This will serve for London and environs, and approximately for the South of England and the Midlands. Tables of Houses for other latitudes may be obtained through the booksellers, a useful set of half a dozen different latitudes being sold for one shilling.

In order to illustrate the uses to which these Tables may be put in the solution of astronomical problems, let us take the Sun’s position in the horoscope for the 1st of May, 1890, and find when the Sun sets on that day on the horizon of London. The Sun is in Taurus, 11 degrees, and it will set when the opposite point of the Heavens is rising. Find under the column marked “Ascen.” the 11th degree of Scorpio, and against it in the column marked “Sidereal Time” you will find 9h. 49m. 9s. This will be the Right Ascension of the Midheaven when the Sun sets on London. We have already seen that the Sidereal Time at noon on the 1st of May was 2h. 37m. 28s., and this, taken from the former Sidereal Time, gives about 7.12 p.m. as the time of sunset. Now in the example horoscope the birth took place at 3.30 p.m., and this time, taken from 7.12 p.m., gives 3h. 42m. from birth to sunset. If you multiply this by 15 to turn it into degrees and minutes of the Equator, you will obtain 55° 30′, which are the number of degrees which pass over the Midheaven from birth until sunset. At the rate of 1 degree for every year of life, this corresponds to 55½ years of age, when the subject of this horoscope would come under the adverse influence of the Sun opposition Ascendant, and would suffer some serious ill health of a feverish nature, incident to the throat (the part ruled by Taurus, the sign in which the Sun is situate). This is how predictions are made, but of this more anon.

Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3	Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3
Time.			♈	♉	♊		♋		♌	♍	Time.			♉	♊	♋		♌		♍	♍
H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°	H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°
0	0	0	0	9	22	26		36	12	3	1	51	37	0	9	17	16		28	4	28
0	3	40	1	10	23	27		17	13	3	1	55	27	1	10	18	17		8	5	29
0	7	20	2	11	24	27		56	14	4	1	59	17	2	11	19	17		48	6	♎
0	11	0	3	12	25	28		42	15	5	2	3	8	3	12	19	18		28	7	1
0	14	41	4	13	25	29		17	15	6	2	6	59	4	13	20	19		9	8	2
0	18	21	5	14	26	29		55	16	7	2	10	51	5	14	21	19		49	9	2
0	22	2	6	15	27	0	♌	34	17	8	2	14	44	6	15	22	20		29	9	3
0	25	42	7	16	28	1		14	18	8	2	18	37	7	16	22	21		10	10	4
0	29	23	8	17	29	1		55	18	9	2	22	31	8	17	23	21		51	11	5
0	33	4	9	18	♋	2		33	19	10	2	26	25	9	18	24	22		32	11	6
0	36	45	10	19	1	3		14	20	11	2	30	20	10	19	25	23		14	12	7
0	40	26	11	20	1	3		54	20	12	2	34	16	11	20	25	23		55	13	8
0	44	8	12	21	2	4		33	21	13	2	38	13	12	21	26	24		36	14	9
0	47	50	13	22	3	5		12	22	14	2	42	10	13	22	27	25		17	15	10
0	51	32	14	23	4	5		52	23	15	2	46	8	14	23	28	25		58	15	11
0	55	14	15	24	5	6		30	23	15	2	50	7	15	24	29	26		40	16	12
0	58	5	16	25	6	7		9	24	16	2	54	7	16	25	29	27		22	17	12
1	2	40	17	26	6	7		50	25	17	2	58	7	17	26	♌	28		4	18	13
1	6	23	18	27	7	8		30	26	18	3	2	8	18	27	1	28		46	18	14
1	10	7	19	28	8	9		9	26	19	3	6	9	19	27	2	29		28	19	15
1	13	51	20	29	9	9		48	27	19	3	10	12	20	28	3	0	♍	12	20	16
1	17	35	21	♊	10	10		28	28	20	3	14	15	21	29	3	0		54	21	17
1	21	20	22	1	10	11		8	28	21	3	18	19	22	♋	4	1		36	22	18
1	25	6	23	2	11	11		48	29	22	3	22	23	23	1	5	2		20	22	19
1	28	52	24	3	12	12		28	♍	23	3	26	29	24	2	6	3		2	23	20
1	32	38	25	4	13	13		8	1	24	3	30	35	25	3	7	3		45	24	21
1	36	25	26	5	14	13		48	1	25	3	34	41	26	4	7	4		28	25	22
1	40	12	27	6	14	14		28	2	25	3	38	49	27	5	8	5		11	26	23
1	44	0	28	7	15	15		8	3	26	3	42	57	28	6	9	5		54	27	24
1	47	48	29	8	16	15		48	4	27	3	47	6	29	7	10	6		28	27	25
1	51	37	30	9	17	16		28	4	28	3	51	15	30	8	11	7		21	28	25

Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3	Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3
Time.			♊	♋	♌		♍		♍	♎	Time.			♋	♌	♍		♎		♎	♏
H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°	H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°
3	51	15	0	8	11	7		21	28	25	6	0	0	0	6	6	0		0	24	24
3	55	25	1	19	12	8		5	29	26	6	4	22	1	7	7	0		47	25	25
3	59	36	2	10	12	8		49	♎	27	6	8	43	2	8	8	1		33	26	26
4	3	48	3	10	13	9		33	1	28	6	13	5	3	9	9	2		19	27	27
4	8	0	4	11	14	10		17	2	29	6	17	26	4	10	10	3		5	27	28
4	12	13	5	12	15	11		2	2	♏	6	21	48	5	11	10	3		51	28	29
4	16	26	6	13	16	11		46	3	1	6	26	9	6	12	11	4		37	29	♐
4	20	40	7	14	17	12		30	4	2	6	30	30	7	13	12	5		23	♏	1
4	24	55	8	15	17	13		15	5	3	6	34	51	8	14	13	6		9	1	2
4	29	10	9	16	18	14		0	6	4	6	39	11	9	15	14	6		55	2	3
4	33	26	10	17	19	14		45	7	5	6	43	31	10	16	15	7		40	2	4
4	37	42	11	18	20	15		30	8	6	6	47	51	11	16	16	8		26	3	4
4	41	59	12	19	21	16		15	8	7	6	52	11	12	17	16	9		12	4	5
4	46	16	13	20	21	17		0	9	8	6	56	31	13	18	17	9		58	5	6
4	50	34	14	21	22	17		45	10	9	7	0	50	14	19	18	10		43	6	7
4	54	52	15	22	23	18		30	11	10	7	5	8	15	20	19	11		28	7	8
4	59	10	16	23	24	19		16	12	11	7	9	26	16	21	20	12		14	8	9
5	3	29	17	24	25	20		3	13	12	7	13	44	17	22	21	12		59	8	10
5	7	49	18	25	26	20		49	14	13	7	18	1	18	23	22	13		45	9	11
5	12	9	19	25	27	21		35	14	14	7	22	18	19	24	23	14		30	10	12
5	16	29	20	26	28	22		20	15	14	7	26	34	20	25	24	15		15	11	13
5	20	49	21	27	28	23		6	16	15	7	30	50	21	26	25	16		0	12	14
5	25	9	22	28	29	23		51	17	16	7	35	5	22	27	25	16		45	13	15
5	29	30	23	29	♍	24		37	18	17	7	39	20	23	28	26	17		30	13	16
5	33	51	24	♌	1	25		23	19	18	7	43	34	24	29	27	18		15	14	17
5	38	12	25	1	2	26		9	20	19	7	47	47	25	♍	28	18		59	15	18
5	42	34	26	2	3	26		55	21	20	7	52	0	26	1	29	19		43	16	19
5	46	55	27	3	4	27		41	21	21	7	56	12	27	2	29	20		27	17	20
5	51	17	28	4	4	28		27	22	22	8	0	24	28	3	♎	21		11	18	20
5	55	38	29	5	5	29		13	23	23	8	4	35	29	4	1	21		56	18	21
6	0	0	30	6	6	30		0	24	24	8	8	45	30	5	2	22		40	19	22

Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3	Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3
Time.			♌	♍	♎		♎		♏	♐	Time.			♍	♎	♎		♏		♐	♑
H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°	H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°
8	8	45	0	5	2	23		40	19	22	10	8	23	0	2	26	13		33	13	20
8	12	54	1	5	3	23		24	20	23	10	12	12	1	3	26	14		13	14	21
8	17	3	2	6	3	24		7	21	24	10	16	0	2	4	27	14		53	15	22
8	21	11	3	7	4	24		50	22	25	10	19	48	3	5	28	15		38	15	23
8	25	19	4	8	5	25		34	23	26	10	23	35	4	5	29	16		13	16	24
8	29	26	5	9	6	26		18	23	27	10	27	22	5	6	29	16		52	17	25
8	33	31	6	10	7	27		1	24	28	10	31	8	6	7	♏	17		32	18	26
8	37	37	7	11	8	27		44	25	29	10	34	54	7	8	1	18		13	19	27
8	41	41	8	12	8	28		26	26	♑	10	38	40	8	9	2	18		52	20	28
8	45	45	9	13	9	29		8	27	1	10	42	25	9	10	2	19		31	20	29
8	49	48	10	14	10	29		50	27	2	10	46	9	10	11	3	20		11	21	♒
8	53	51	11	15	11	0	♏	32	28	3	10	49	53	11	11	4	20		50	22	1
8	57	52	12	16	12	1		15	29	4	10	53	37	12	12	4	21		30	23	2
9	1	53	13	17	12	1		58	♐	4	10	57	20	13	13	5	22		9	24	3
9	5	53	14	18	13	2		39	1	5	11	1	3	14	14	6	22		49	24	4
9	9	53	15	18	14	3		21	1	6	11	4	46	15	15	7	23		23	25	5
9	13	52	16	19	15	4		3	2	7	11	8	28	16	16	7	24		8	26	6
9	17	50	17	20	16	4		44	3	8	11	12	10	17	17	8	24		47	27	8
9	21	47	18	21	16	5		26	3	9	11	15	22	18	17	9	25		27	28	9
9	25	44	19	22	17	6		7	4	10	11	19	34	19	18	10	26		5	29	10
9	29	40	20	23	18	6		48	5	11	11	23	15	20	19	10	26		45	♑	11
9	33	35	21	24	18	7		29	5	12	11	26	56	21	20	11	27		25	0	12
9	37	29	22	25	19	8		9	6	13	11	30	37	22	21	12	28		5	1	13
9	41	23	23	26	20	8		50	7	14	11	34	18	23	22	13	28		44	2	14
9	45	16	24	27	21	9		31	8	15	11	37	58	24	23	13	29		24	3	15
9	49	9	25	28	22	10		11	9	16	11	41	39	25	23	14	0	♐	3	4	16
9	53	1	26	28	23	10		51	9	17	11	45	19	26	24	15	0		43	5	17
9	56	52	27	29	23	11		32	10	18	11	49	0	27	25	15	1		23	6	18
10	0	43	28	♎	24	12		12	11	19	11	52	40	28	26	16	2		3	6	19
10	4	33	29	1	25	12		53	12	20	11	56	20	29	27	17	2		43	7	20
10	8	23	30	2	26	13		33	13	20	12	0	0	30	27	17	3		23	8	20

Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3	Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3
Time.			♎	♎	♏		♐		♑	♒	Time.			♏	♏	♐		♐		♒	♓
H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°	H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°
12	0	0	0	27	17	3		23	8	21	13	51	37	0	22	10	25		20	10	27
12	3	40	1	28	18	4		4	9	23	13	55	27	1	23	11	26		10	11	28
12	7	20	2	29	19	4		45	10	24	13	59	17	2	24	11	27		2	12	♈
12	11	0	3	♏	20	5		26	11	25	14	3	8	3	25	12	27		53	14	1
12	14	41	4	1	20	6		7	12	26	14	6	59	4	26	13	28		45	15	2
12	18	21	5	1	21	6		48	13	27	14	10	51	5	26	14	29		36	16	4
12	22	2	6	2	22	7		29	14	28	14	14	44	6	27	15	0	♑	29	18	5
12	25	42	7	3	23	8		10	15	29	14	18	37	7	28	15	1		23	19	6
12	29	23	8	4	23	8		51	16	♓	14	22	31	8	29	16	2		18	20	8
12	33	4	9	5	24	9		33	17	2	14	26	25	9	♐	17	3		14	22	9
12	36	45	10	6	25	10		15	18	3	14	30	20	10	1	18	4		11	23	10
12	40	26	11	6	25	10		57	19	4	14	34	16	11	2	19	5		9	25	11
12	44	8	12	7	26	11		40	20	5	14	38	13	12	2	20	6		7	26	13
12	47	50	13	8	27	12		22	21	6	14	42	10	13	3	20	7		6	28	14
12	51	32	14	9	28	13		4	22	7	14	46	8	14	4	21	8		6	29	15
12	55	14	15	10	28	13		47	23	9	14	50	7	15	5	22	9		8	♓	17
12	58	5	16	11	29	14		30	24	10	14	54	7	16	6	23	10		11	2	18
13	2	40	17	11	♐	15		14	25	11	14	58	7	17	7	24	11		15	4	19
13	6	23	18	12	1	15		59	26	12	15	2	8	18	8	25	12		20	6	21
13	10	7	19	13	1	16		44	27	13	15	6	9	19	9	26	13		27	8	22
13	13	51	20	14	2	17		29	28	15	15	10	12	20	9	27	14		35	9	23
13	17	35	21	15	3	18		14	29	16	15	14	15	21	10	27	15		43	11	24
13	21	20	22	16	4	19		0	♒	17	15	18	19	22	11	28	16		52	13	26
13	25	6	23	16	4	19		45	1	18	15	22	23	23	12	29	18		3	14	27
13	28	52	24	17	5	20		31	2	20	15	26	29	24	13	♑	19		16	16	28
13	32	38	25	18	6	21		18	4	21	15	30	35	25	14	1	20		32	17	29
13	36	25	26	19	7	22		6	5	22	15	34	41	26	15	2	21		48	19	♉
13	40	12	27	20	7	22		54	6	23	15	38	49	27	16	3	23		8	21	2
13	44	0	28	21	8	23		42	7	25	15	42	57	28	17	4	24		29	22	3
13	47	48	29	21	9	24		31	8	26	15	47	6	29	18	5	25		51	24	5
13	51	37	30	22	10	25		20	10	27	15	51	15	30	18	6	27		15	26	6

Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3	Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3
Time.			♐	♐	♑		♑		♓	♉	Time.			♑	♑	♒		♈		♉	♊
H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°	H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°
15	51	15	0	18	6	27		15	26	6	18	0	0	0	18	13	0		0	17	11
15	55	25	1	19	7	28		42	28	7	18	4	22	1	20	14	2		39	19	13
15	59	36	2	20	8	0	♒	11	♈	9	18	8	43	2	21	16	5		19	20	14
16	3	48	3	21	9	1		42	1	10	18	13	5	3	22	17	7		55	22	15
16	8	0	4	22	10	3		16	3	11	18	17	26	4	23	19	10		29	23	16
16	12	13	5	23	11	4		53	5	12	18	21	48	5	24	20	13		2	25	17
16	16	26	6	24	12	6		22	7	14	18	26	9	6	25	22	15		36	26	18
16	20	40	7	25	13	8		13	9	15	18	30	30	7	26	23	18		6	28	19
16	24	55	8	26	14	9		57	11	16	18	34	51	8	27	25	20		34	29	20
16	29	10	9	27	16	11		44	12	17	18	39	11	9	29	27	22		59	♊	21
16	33	26	10	28	17	13		34	14	18	18	43	31	10	♒	28	25		22	1	22
16	37	42	11	29	18	15		26	16	20	18	47	51	11	1	♓	27		42	2	23
16	41	59	12	♑	19	17		20	18	21	18	52	11	12	2	2	29		58	4	24
16	46	16	13	1	20	19		18	20	22	18	56	31	13	3	3	2	♉	13	5	25
16	50	34	14	2	21	21		22	21	23	19	0	50	14	4	5	4		24	6	26
16	54	52	15	3	22	23		29	23	25	19	5	8	15	6	7	6		30	8	27
16	59	10	16	4	24	25		36	25	26	19	9	26	16	7	9	8		36	9	28
17	3	29	17	5	25	27		46	27	27	19	13	44	17	8	10	10		40	10	29
17	7	49	18	6	26	30		0	28	28	19	18	1	18	9	12	12		39	11	♋
17	12	9	19	7	27	2	♓	19	♉	29	19	22	18	19	10	14	14		35	12	1
17	16	29	20	8	29	4		40	2	♊	19	26	34	20	12	16	16		28	13	2
17	20	49	21	9	♒	7		2	3	1	19	30	50	21	13	18	18		17	14	3
17	25	9	22	10	1	9		26	5	2	19	35	5	22	14	19	20		3	16	4
17	29	30	23	11	3	11		54	7	3	19	39	20	23	15	21	21		48	17	5
17	33	51	24	12	4	14		24	8	5	19	43	34	24	16	23	23		29	18	6
17	38	12	25	13	5	17		0	10	6	19	47	47	25	18	25	25		9	19	7
17	42	34	26	14	7	19		33	11	7	19	52	0	26	19	27	26		45	20	8
17	46	55	27	15	8	22		6	13	8	19	56	12	27	20	28	28		18	21	9
17	51	17	28	16	10	24		40	14	9	20	0	24	28	21	♈	29		49	22	10
17	55	38	29	17	11	27		23	16	10	20	4	35	29	23	2	1	♊	19	23	11
18	0	0	30	18	13	30		0	17	11	20	8	45	30	24	4	2		45	24	12

Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3	Sidereal			10	11	12	Ascen.			2	3
Time.			♒	♒	♈		♊		♊	♋	Time.			♓	♈	♉		♋		♋	♌
H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°	H.	M.	S.	°	°	°	°		′	°	°
20	8	45	0	24	4	2		45	24	12	22	8	23	0	3	20	4		38	20	8
20	12	54	1	25	6	4		9	25	12	22	12	12	1	4	21	5		28	21	8
20	17	3	2	27	7	5		32	26	13	22	16	0	2	6	23	6		17	22	9
20	21	11	3	28	9	6		53	27	14	22	19	48	3	7	24	7		5	23	10
20	25	19	4	29	11	8		12	28	15	22	23	35	4	8	25	7		53	23	11
20	29	26	5	♓	13	9		27	29	16	22	27	22	5	9	26	8		42	24	12
20	33	31	6	2	14	10		43	♋	17	22	31	8	6	10	28	9		29	25	13
20	37	37	7	3	16	11		58	1	18	22	34	54	7	12	29	10		16	26	14
20	41	41	8	4	18	13		9	2	19	22	38	40	8	13	♊	11		2	26	14
20	45	45	9	6	19	14		18	3	20	22	42	25	9	14	1	11		47	27	15
20	49	48	10	7	21	15		25	3	21	22	46	9	10	15	2	12		31	28	16
20	53	51	11	8	23	16		32	4	21	22	49	53	11	17	3	13		16	29	17
20	57	52	12	9	24	17		39	5	22	22	53	37	12	18	4	14		1	29	18
21	1	53	13	11	26	18		44	6	23	22	57	20	13	19	5	14		45	♌	19
21	5	53	14	12	28	19		48	7	24	23	1	3	14	20	6	15		28	1	19
21	9	53	15	13	29	20		51	8	25	23	4	46	15	21	7	16		11	2	20
21	13	52	16	15	♉	21		53	9	26	23	8	28	16	23	8	16		54	2	21
21	17	50	17	16	2	22		53	10	27	23	12	10	17	24	9	17		57	3	22
21	21	47	18	17	4	23		52	10	28	23	15	22	18	25	10	18		20	4	23
21	25	44	19	19	5	24		51	11	28	23	19	34	19	26	11	19		3	5	24
21	29	40	20	20	7	25		48	12	29	23	23	15	20	27	12	19		45	5	24
21	33	35	21	22	8	26		44	13	♌	23	26	56	21	29	13	20		26	6	25
21	37	29	22	23	10	27		40	14	1	23	30	37	22	♉	14	21		8	7	26
21	41	23	23	24	11	28		34	15	2	23	34	18	23	1	15	21		50	7	27
21	45	16	24	25	13	29		29	15	3	23	37	58	24	2	16	22		31	8	28
21	49	9	25	26	14	0	♋	22	16	4	23	41	39	25	3	17	23		12	9	28
21	53	1	26	28	15	1		15	17	4	23	45	19	26	4	18	23		53	9	29
21	56	52	27	29	16	2		7	18	5	23	49	0	27	5	19	24		33	10	♍
22	0	43	28	♈	18	2		57	19	6	23	52	40	22	6	20	25		15	11	1
22	4	33	29	2	19	3		48	19	7	23	56	20	29	8	21	25		56	12	2
22	8	23	30	3	20	4		38	20	8	24	0	0	30	9	22	26		36	12	3

If I wished to know what particular part of the Zodiac one is subject to in any particular year of life—that is to say, what part of the Zodiac is rising—I add 1 degree for every year to the Midheaven at birth and thus obtain a new Midheaven, under which, in the Tables of Houses, I find the Ascendant which rules the year. Thus in the case of one born on the 1st of May at 3.30 p.m. the 30th year comes under the Midheaven of Leo 2, which is 30 degrees further advanced than Cancer 2, and under Leo 2 in the 10th House I find the Ascendant to be in Libra 24.7, which is the Ascendant governing that year of life. The meaning and importance of these calculations will appear at a later stage of this exposition.

When a degree is on the Midheaven or the 10th House it is said to “culminate,” and when on the horizon Eastward it is said to “ascend.”

The Midheaven is often called the “M.C.” (Medium Coeli), and the opposite point is called the “I.C.” (Imaum Coeli). They are the points of the Ecliptic which cut through the meridian of a place at any given time.