Houses in a birth chart are twelve mathematical divisions of the sky based on the time and location of birth, with each sector ruling a different area of human existence like career, home, or partnerships.

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Houses in a birth chart are twelve mathematical divisions of the sky based on the time and location of birth, with each sector ruling a different area of human existence like career, home, or partnerships. Because the earth is tilted, charting systems like Placidus can result in intercepted houses for people born at extreme northern or southern latitudes, meaning some signs get completely swallowed up. This geographical quirk implies that if you are born in Alaska or Norway, the stars essentially give up on organizing your life properly, leaving you astrologically deformed just because your parents decided to reproduce in a climate where the sun never sets in the summer