โโโ โนโห MISCONCEPTIONS #2 หโโน โโโ
I had so much fun with the first post, so I decided to make another one. For those who are not familiar with my previous post, I will try to bring attention to some misconceptions that modern astrology created and after that I'll explain how they actually showed up in hellenistic astrology. This way people will be able to understand the roots of tropical astrology more accurately and could perhaps even choose to sail away from the misconceptions or the "rose-tinted glasses" ideas that modern astrology created. I hope I will enlighten you, and if you have any other misconception that you'd love for me to talk about please leave it in the comments!
If you haven't seen Part 1, then I recommend you check it out!
โก๏ธ. "THE 4TH HOUSE REPRESENTS THE MOTHER. THE 10TH HOUSE REPRESENTS THE FATHER"
Plot twist: it's the complete opposite. The 4th house represents the father while the 10th house represents the mother. On my last astrology observations post some people were shocked when I said that the 4th house = the father and the 10th house = the mother so now I feel obligated to talk about this. The reason why modern astrology started to associate the 4th house with the mother and the 10th house with the father is due to the ABC house system. The ABC house system believes that each sign rules over each house (ex: Aries rules over the 1st house, Taurus rules over the 2nd house etc.), however this system is extremely inaccurate and makes absolutely no sense if you take in consideration the house's original/real meanings. Anyways, back to the topic, this mismatch in the parental roles based on houses started when Cancer was associated with the 4th house and Capricorn with the 10th house, and that of course makes no sense. For example Capricorn is a feminine sign and its ruling planet aka Saturn is described as a feminine planet based by Dorotheus of Sidon's texts, so then why are we assigning the father to these two?
โก๏ธ. "THE LUNAR NODES REPRESENT YOUR DESTINY"
While yes, they do represent disruption beyond your control, they certainly don't represent "the karmic lessons that you are meant to fulfill" or anything like that. The North Node tends to amplify, exaggerate or perhaps even obsess over whatever it touches, while the South Node tends to reduse, drain or perhaps even create detachment from whatever it touches. If you live life based on your North Node you won't fulfill your destiny, you'll just keep consuming and consuming and consuming until you eventually consume your peace of mind
โก๏ธ. "AQUARIUS IS REBELLIOUS/UNPREDICTABLE"
Nope. Aquarius by default does not represent the change in the system, and that role may actually belong to Capricorn. Stick with me a little on this one. Aquarius is a fixed sign that's ruled by Saturn, how can it possibly be unpredictable or volatile if its make-up literally does not allow that? I suppose that this misconception started from the fact that Uranus was assigned to rule over Aquarius, but first of all why are you assigning rulership for the generational planets that even in modern astrology are considered to represent a societal impact rather than a personal impact? And second of all even if you could assign rulership to the generational planets, why assign Uranus for Aquarius? That doesn't make any sense to Aquarius' true nature. As for the "rebellious" side of Aquarius, this belief may have started from the fact that Aquarius represents the underdogs, and while that is indeed true Aquarius does not represent the change that comes for them, it strictly represents the oppressed status. Capricorn on the other hand can be the Saturnian sign that represents the change for the underdogs because it is a cardinal sign where Mars finds it's exaltation in
โก๏ธ. "A SYNASTRY CHART IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU ALSO NEED TO SEE A COMPOSITE/DAVISON/ETC. CHART"
I'm sorry, but you can never pay me to care about Composite or Davison charts. This may be a controversial take but I said what I said. Even when I was a dedicated modern astrologer I still didn't care about them at all. A composite chart that's bad won't doom your relationship if your synastry chart is balanced and has stabilizing aspects, the same way a good composite chart won't magically solve a challenging synastry chart. Instead of focusing on 6493736 romantic charts, just focus on one good synastry chart reading and I'll assure you that you will be more fulfilled











