Treatises on Arabic Astrology

...the houses of religion and philosophy and the science of all things. The wisdom of the stars and the presence of all things; divinations; epistles and legendsoriginal: "legns"; and rumors; dreams themselves; and wisdom; and the things of the age to come; the presence of future things; holiness and religion; and all things past and present; and it seems that he [the planet or person] is a guest of honor and of great work.

The 10th House

The 10th house is called the Angle of the SkyAlso known as the Medium Coeli or Midheaven, representing the highest point in the sky at the moment of birth. and signifies the king, or the exaltation of kings, and the empress; glory and memory; or the voice of praise, the masters, and wealth stolen and taken away; judges, princes, and prelatesoriginal: "p'las" - high-ranking church officials., and the status of masters.

The 11th House

The 11th house followsA "succedent" house, which follows an angular house in the sky's rotation. the Angle of the Sky; it signifies friends, trust, and fortune; the wealth of kings, their rents or their tributesoriginal: "treuages" - taxes or dues paid to a lord.; their knights and their infantry; the man who succeeds the king or the first prince; and it signifies praise and sons.

The 12th House

The 12th house is falling awayA "cadent" house, traditionally considered a weak or difficult placement. from the ascendantThe first house or the sign rising on the eastern horizon., nor does it beholdThe 12th house is "in aversion" to the 1st house, meaning they do not form a mathematical "aspect" or connection. it; it signifies enemies, deceptionsoriginal: "d'aloius" - likely meaning bad faith or lack of integrity., lamentations, hauntings, misfortunes, sorrows, enemies, and travails; malevolence, pilgrimages, labors, and malice, poisons, and lettersoriginal: "lestres" - possibly meaning secret correspondences or perhaps a misspelling of "bestes" (beasts)..

And the most worthy of all these places, and the most laudable, primarily in their chief power and strength, are distinguished thus:

The circle is divided into 12 signs, of which 4 are named Angles: namely, the ascending sign, the 4th, the 7th, and the 10th. These signs are like the corners of the sky, which signify everything that is present in things—what is happening now—and the presence of things, and the power in all things.

And from these, four are called Succedent, or followers of the angles, which come after them: namely, the 2nd, the 5th, the 8th, and the 11th. These signify everything that is to come, and that which is stableoriginal: "ferment" - meaning things that are becoming fixed or established..

The other four are called Cadent, falling away from the angles, which draw apart and fall from the angles: they are the 3rd, the 6th, the 9th, and the 12th. These signify everything that is past; this is clear by the will [of God].