Treatises on Arabic Astrology

The Fourth House

The fourth house is called the Angle of the EarthIn astrology, this is the Imum Coeli (IC), the lowest point of the chart, representing the midnight sun, one's roots, and the private life. and signifies fathers and their status, birth, the root, decay, and prisons; cities and fields; towns and cities and every building; every thing hidden and moved, or hidden treasures; and death and that which follows after death—that is, what happens to the dead regarding their burial, such as whether the dead shall be buried or burned, or whether he shall be placed on a bieroriginal: "chalyet" - a frame or stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed., or whether he shall be thrown into some pit, and such things that will happen to the dead. And it signifies the end of things, and houses, and lands—that is to say, inheritances and everything that is moved under the earth.

The Fifth House

The fifth house followsA "succedent" house; it follows an angular house in the daily rotation of the sky. the Angle of the Earth and is a place of love; for it belongs to the same triplicityA group of three zodiac signs belonging to the same element (fire, earth, air, or water). and degree as the ascendantThe sign rising on the eastern horizon.. It signifies children and everything in which one has trust; messengers and gifts; honors and petitions; many friendships and certain cities and the festivities of their citizens, and fruits and inheritance.

The Sixth House

The sixth house falls awayA "cadent" house, which was traditionally considered a weak or "unfortunate" placement because it does not "aspect" or "see" the first house. from the ascendant, nor does it look upon it at all. It is a malignant place and signifies illnesses, both curable and incurable; the timing of illnesses; male and female servants; rusticsPeasants or those who work the land.; and movements from one place to another.

The Seventh House

The seventh house is the Angle of the WestThe descendant, the point where the sun sets, representing the "other" in one's life. and signifies weddings and what belongs to them; and battles, contentions, and desires; and purchases that are made between two persons; pilgrimages; and the closeness of things between them. This line is adverse to the ascendant, and every planet that shall be in it is opposite to the ascendant.

The Eighth House

The eighth house follows the Angle of the West and signifies death, infection, and deadly poisons; and fear, and everything regarding the inheritance of the dead; and everything one might possess; and battles, and certain original: "heriaus" - possibly heirs or heralds; contextually, "heirs" is more likely given the mention of inheritance. heirs, and adulteries, and impious people; and things that are held in trust, in guardianship, and baseness, and sorrow, and schemes.

The Ninth House

The ninth house falls away from the ascendant and signifies pilgrimages and travel, and the power of the gods, and of all