cadent house

Word Origin

noun, Astrology.

any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.

Compare angular house, succedent house.

Origin of cadent house

1665-1675

First recorded in 1665-75

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Any planet posited in a cadent house is regarded as weak in its effects on the native.

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