Your Astrological Toolbox
The North
In temperate climates, as in the U.S., the lower half of
our astrology chart maps the area of the sky beneath us
and to the North. This is the most closed or private part
of the chart, since it includes all of the heavens beneath
our feet, and on the other side of the earth from where
we are. This lower point in the chart and, in the zodiac,
is called the I.C. (Immum Coeli), which means, literally,
"bottom of the sky."
This bottom of the chart includes the six houses: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 6. Later in this course, we will see that this
very closed (and lower) area of the chart represents our
inner or more personal aspect—not in the open—and
those who are born with most of their planets in these
lower houses (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) are said to be more
private, inward, and family or home-oriented.