Understanding House Rulers in Astrology

In episode 442 astrologers Chris Brennan and Sam Ogden discuss the rulers of the houses in astrology, and what it means for the ruler of one house to be in another house in a birth chart. The rulers of the houses is an ancient and important element of birth chart delineation, but it is often overlooked in modern times. It is more of an intermediate level technique, because it involves combining different basic concepts surrounding the fourfold system of planets, signs, aspects, and houses. Understanding the rulers of the houses is crucial for chart synthesis, because it is through this technique that you start to see how the basic concepts work together, as well as how different parts of the chart are connected. In the first part of this episode we discuss how to interpret what it means when the ruler of one house is in another, such as for example when the ruler of the 4th house is in the 9th house, and then later we talk about how to time the activation of the rulers of the houses using the annual profections time-lord technique. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Chris' Hellenistic Astrology Course https://courses.theastrologyschool.com Sam's Website http://www.brothermoonhealing.com Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:28 Traditional rulership scheme 00:08:28 Whole sign houses 00:10:45 Planets as rulers of houses 00:14:35 Rulers of houses in houses 00:20:48 Rhetorius examples of rulers 00:29:50 Considerations for studying rulers 00:26:05 Significations of the houses 00:39:30 Ruler of 2nd in 11th example 00:43:00 Ruler of 2nd in 4th example 00:47:56 Ruler of 3rd in 8th example 00:51:20 Ruler of 4th in 9th example 00:54:00 Ruler of 4th in 8th example 00:57:00 Ruler of 5th in 9th example 01:09:45 Ruler of 6th in 10th example 01:12:12 Ruler of 7th in 9th example 01:14:23 Ruler of 8th & 9th example 01:21:00 Ruler of 10th in 3rd example 01:25:33 Ruler of 10th in 6th example 01:29:00 Ruler of 10th in 8th example 01:33:51 Ruler of 10th in 11th example 01:38:50 Ruler of 11th in 5th example 01:46:10 Ruler of 12th in 10th example 02:00:18 Considerations recap 02:01:10 Annual Profections 02:04:40 Timing the activation of the rulers 02:05:50 Activating the house 02:07:00 Ruler of 2nd in 8th activated example 02:11:00 Ruler of 3rd afflicted example 02:12:30 Ruler of 7th and 8th in 2nd 02:16:55 Ruler of 8th and 9th in 7th 02:20:25 Ruler of 9th in 10th 02:22:15 Activating the sign containing a ruler 02:22:38 Ruler of 3rd in 8th activated 02:24:15 Ruler of 12th in 4th activated 02:26:12 Ruler of 8th in 2nd activated 02:27:00 Ruler of 4th in 9th activated 02:28:42 Reflecting on the implications 02:36:50 The time of birth 02:44:55 Concluding remarks 02:46:46 Learning more about rulers 02:47:30 Sam’s consultations 02:49:53 Call for listener examples 02:50:57 Credits, sponsors, end cards Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on the rulers of the houses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8gbIOSiX_M - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 442 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3: