dadsnook2000
For caridwen
I'm not sure that the IC angle or 4th house cusp represents the circumstances of our death in terms of the cause, the process, the type of death. Many of the older texts ascribed that to the 7th house cusp and planets in the 8th house.
Several things to keep in mind:
** Venus often plays a role in death-related charts as a "balancing" factor.
** Jupiter often relates to the remembered qualities of the deceased.
** There are many kinds of deaths and the symbols are often specific to the person and not generally the same for everyone.
** The IC is both a timing indicator and a family-security environment.
Edited to add. . .
Had to cut things short for an appointment. Relative to the IC as a "timing" indicator, transits and progressions across this angle typically coincide with an end of something and the start (sometimes) of something else. The "what" of what will end or how it will end can be determined (broadly speaking) by the rulership-house of the planet crossing the angle and the "how" by the nature of the planet itself.
I'd like to add to what was well-said about family-security issues later. When one wants to read a chart relative to a narrow topic such as "what was your early family life like" one doesn't look at the whole chart. You would, in this case, look at the "family axis or the MC-IC axis. You would look at the planets in or near those angles, and at the houses holding the planets ruled by those two opposite angles to see how family life would be expressed.
Now, some would say that this is much like what you would do if examining someone's career. True. Think about it. What brings security to a family? The status and success of the bread-winner. Change jobs and you often end up changing homes. Change your home and you end up changing jobs quite often. A similar polarity exists with the ASC and Descendant angles. Change your appearance and your manner and you will find your relationships changing. Changes in a relationship show up in your manner and appearance.
Dave
I'm not sure that the IC angle or 4th house cusp represents the circumstances of our death in terms of the cause, the process, the type of death. Many of the older texts ascribed that to the 7th house cusp and planets in the 8th house.
Several things to keep in mind:
** Venus often plays a role in death-related charts as a "balancing" factor.
** Jupiter often relates to the remembered qualities of the deceased.
** There are many kinds of deaths and the symbols are often specific to the person and not generally the same for everyone.
** The IC is both a timing indicator and a family-security environment.
Edited to add. . .
Had to cut things short for an appointment. Relative to the IC as a "timing" indicator, transits and progressions across this angle typically coincide with an end of something and the start (sometimes) of something else. The "what" of what will end or how it will end can be determined (broadly speaking) by the rulership-house of the planet crossing the angle and the "how" by the nature of the planet itself.
I'd like to add to what was well-said about family-security issues later. When one wants to read a chart relative to a narrow topic such as "what was your early family life like" one doesn't look at the whole chart. You would, in this case, look at the "family axis or the MC-IC axis. You would look at the planets in or near those angles, and at the houses holding the planets ruled by those two opposite angles to see how family life would be expressed.
Now, some would say that this is much like what you would do if examining someone's career. True. Think about it. What brings security to a family? The status and success of the bread-winner. Change jobs and you often end up changing homes. Change your home and you end up changing jobs quite often. A similar polarity exists with the ASC and Descendant angles. Change your appearance and your manner and you will find your relationships changing. Changes in a relationship show up in your manner and appearance.
Dave