Cadent: 3, 6, 9, 12 - the weakest positions.
In a Birth Figure many planets in Cadent Houses may confer versatility. In Horary Astrology
planets in these Houses are considered to produce delays. James Wilson says that a cadent
planet seldom brings to pass any event of which it is the Significator, or if at all then it will be
when all hope has vanished; also that when obtained it is either useless or detrimental to the
querent's interests.
Other groupings are -
Individual or Life Houses: 1, 5, 9 - representing respectively the body, soul, and spirit or
mind: the Trinity of Life.
Temporal or Possessive Houses: representing the temporal status of the native: 2.
Possessions and property; 6. Comforts, such as food, clothing, health and servants; 10. Honor
and credit, business or professional standing, position in society: the Trinity of Wealth.
Relative or Association Houses: having to do with human relationtionships. 3. Ties of
Consanguinity - brothers, sisters, close relatives; 7. Ties of conjugality and legality, such as
marriage and partnership; 11. Ties of friendship; close associates and advisers: the Trinity of
Association.
Terminal or Psychic Houses: referring to eventualities, particularly to the termination of
conditions in the native's life, and the psychological reaction to their contemplation. 4. The
environment in each epoch of life, with particular reference to old age; 8. The influence of
others upon his environment, particularly with respect to the effect upon him of their death,
by way of inheritance and inherited responsibilities; 12. Confinement and other hindering
influences which retard the fruition of the soul's yearnings: the Trinity of Psychism.
These esoteric realms have been compared to three degrees of death: 4th, of the mind; 8th, of
the body; 12th, of the soul. Or, as taken from the Kabala, according to this table:
Personal: 1 The body. 5. The soul. 9. The spirit.
Possessive: 2. Wealth. 6. The Household. 10. Honor.