Meridian housesSimilar to the Campanus system, the Meridian system resembles a well-proportioned 'orange' but with the difference that the axis of this 'orange' is not placed on the horizon but runs through the celestial poles. In fact, the celestial equator is divided into 12 equal-sized segments starting at the Meridian. Then, Meridian circles are drawn through these segment points. The Meridian house cusps are created by the intersections of these circles with the ecliptic. The MC in the Meridian house system is identical with the 10th house cusp but the Ascendant is not identical with the cusp of the 1st house. The Meridian system can be interpreted as a time-oriented as well as space-oriented segmentation of the celestial sphere. Each segment of the 'orange' covers exactly 30° and exactly 2 hours in sidereal time. |