In this episode we discuss how in whole sign houses the degree of the IC acts as a sensitive point that floats around the bottom half of the chart, and that it imports 4th house significations and blends them with whatever whole sign house it falls in, with astrologers Pallas K. Augustine and Chris Brennan.

While the IC is traditionally associated with the fourth house topics of home, parents, and roots, in the Whole Sign House system the degree of the IC can actually float to different sectors of the chart, most commonly falling in the third or fifth houses.

We explore the astronomical distinction between the fourth whole sign house and the degree of the IC, and how the IC acts as an importer of fourth house significations into the house where it is located, creating a blending of themes between the two houses.

In order to research this topic we sent out a survey to listeners to ask them how this placement has worked out in their lives when the IC falls in a whole sign house other than the 4th sign, and most of the episode is spent going through examples of the IC in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th houses.

We also discuss the role of the ruler of the IC and how its placement can further modify these significations, as well as how this approach helps to reconcile some of the distinctions between Whole Sign and quadrant house frameworks.

Pallas recently published book titled The IC: The Astrology of Coming Home, and you can order the book or find out more about their work through their website:

https://www.nineofwands.com

This is episode 512 of The Astrology Podcast.

Timestamps

00:00:00 Introduction

00:04:14 The Floating IC Concept in Whole Sign Houses

00:05:42 The IC as Roots, Ancestors, and Mycelium

00:11:38 Tracking Transits Over the Floating IC

00:16:07 Significations of the 4th House and IC

00:22:01 The Hidden Nature of the IC

00:26:38 Extreme Latitudes and the Floating IC

00:30:53 Astronomical Definitions of the MC and IC

00:42:49 The Mercurial Nature of Astrology

00:45:29 2nd House IC

01:00:51 6th House IC

01:10:04 3rd House IC

01:53:52 5th House IC

03:04:17 Concluding Remarks

03:14:14 Credits

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