#placidus system

Hey! So, I'm going to be annoying at first and not give you a direct answer until the very end so that you have to read muahaha >:)

I feel like both systems have their benefits, and if I can give you my true honest opinion, I like the both of them and I think that they are both useful tools that can be used together to get a very full and in depth understanding of your chart.

I like Placidus for mind mapping purposes. I feel like this house system really allows you to understand how energy manifests in your chart in a much deeper way. This housing system is often compared to reviewing your chart from a psychological perspective. This is a good system to use if you want more insight about how you experience life events subjectively.

Placidus is also my preferred house system to use when looking at transits & progressions because it just hits different in terms of the detail and precise timing you get using this system.

I guess the major downside to this system would be that it could be too subjective and I suppose it could be a bit confusing for somebody who's just starting out reading charts because the math and calculations are very complex on top of dealing with intercepted signs.

The whole sign system is nice because it is very beginner friendly as there's no interceptions (signs) rule the whole house and it is easy to follow the house rulers order. This is definitely the better option for objectivity, this system focuses more on the what rather than the why.

To piggyback off of this point, there's much less psychological nuance involved with this system and you might not get a very well personal reading using this house system but you will definitely see the major things going on in a chart based on this system.

So to me it depends on what I'm trying to look for in a chart, what is a good starting point. If I had to answer with one specific house system that I prefer mostly, I would probably go with Placidus because while whole sign can paint a story too, whole sign is laying down the foundations of the story like the plot, the climax, the conclusion, etc.. while Placidus describes the characters, the characters connections, the baggage that the characters bring to the table etc. I mostly use this house system but I do often find myself working with the whole system.

Just wanted to know your thoughts on using placidus housing system vs whole sign for the birth chart as I’ve been stuck on which one? Thanks for being you💗

Whole Sign + Placidus 🩷🌻

Hiii! I'm doing great, thank you so much for the sweet message 😘

I get this question all the time and you don't even have to choose just one! I actually use both in my practice every single day. Whole sign is amazing for getting the big picture, tracking transits, and keeping everything super clean and easy to read.....but Placidus is my go to for diving into the complicated psychological layers of a chart especially when looking at intercepted signs or emotional nuances.

I now tell people to start with whole sign so you don't get a headache and then layer in Placidus when you want to dig a little deeper. But Placidus is my favorite 🐥

placidus or whole sign 🧍

honestly both.

I’ll put it simple: If you’re born in Oslo, you will have probably more interceptions than someone who is born on the Equator with the classic/Placidus system. And to me this concept of astrological imbalance doesn’t sound good. 

The placidus system was calculated wrongly for a lot of centuries, during in which it became a standard system for the Western Astrology. People that are born on the equator have less energetic imbalance in the chart than the people born in Alaska or in South Africa? It’s not right. So after some researches I found that the equal house system is better, especially for interpreting chart, understanding conjunctions and the meaning of the houses. 

Thank you so much!