Relative: 3. Consanguine. 7. Conjugal. 11. Congenial.
Terminal: 4. The grave. 8. Paradise. 12. Heaven.
Another grouping, of modern origin and based largely on statistical research, is:
Self: 12th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
Companions: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th.
Public: 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th.
Eastern Houses: Those in the Eastern half of the Figure, containing planets rising toward the
Midheaven; viz.: the 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 12th, 11th, 10th. Of these, the three above the horizon -
containing planets which, moving clockwise against the order of the Signs, are passing away
from the horizon toward their culmination at the Midheaven - are considered to confer upon
these planets added strength "by position."
Western Houses: Those in the Western half of the Figure - 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Posited in these Houses, malefic planets are said to be strengthened and benefic planets
weakened - particularly as regards their influence upon the native's health. An advisable
distinction would be to classify the Twelve Houses as Eastern and Western and confine the
Oriental Houses to the 12th, 11th and 10th, and the Occidental to the 4th, 5th, and 6th - those
which culminate at either the oriental or occidental side of the meridian for which the Figure
is cast.
Oriental Houses: Those which extend clockwise from the horizon to the meridian: The 12th,
11th, 10th, 6th, 5th and 4th.
Occidental Houses: Those which extend clockwise from the meridian to the horizon: The
9th, 8th, 7th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st.
Zodiacal House is a misnomer, for that would mean a Sign, a subdivision of an orbital
revolution rather than of an axial rotation. The term Mundane House, once used to distinguish
between two types of so-called Houses, is thus unnecessary, since properly termed all Houses
arc mundane Houses.