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A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF asTRoLOGY 127 To thus select a time for an undertaking is called “making an election.”

Horizon:

The birthplace is, in Astrology, always considered the highest point on earth, and the principal circle seen from there is the horizon. This is either sensible or rational.

The sensible horizon is the circle which bounds our view, where heaven and earth seem to meet.

The rational horizon is below the sensible horizon, in the plane of the earth’s centre.

Houses:

The Houses are divisions of the earth, as the signs are of the heavens. The Zodiac appears to move at the rate of one degree in every four minutes, but the Houses are considered stationary relative to the birthplace.

The birthplace is always considered the highest place on earth. And from that point four imaginary lines are drawn to the four cardinal points, North, East, South and West. Imagine a line drawn from your birthplace to the point directly overhead where the Sun is at noon. That would be directly South, and this line is regarded as the cusp of the Tenth House, which for that reason is called the Midheaven. If this line is extended through the centre of the earth, to the opposite side of the earth and thence into space, that lower part would point North, and