Relocation - Bringing Houses to the Ascendant

topic posted Wed, March 7, 2007 - 11:06 AM by  Viki
Hi everyone!

I was just thinking about relocation, and how - in spite of my being a Scorpio - I feel very much like a Virgo in my present location, in which I have a Virgo Ascendant. In my natal chart, Virgo is partly in the 11th and on the 12th, so by moving here, I have brought the 11th house (by degree) to the Ascendant, meaning that I have brought the house of "hopes and dreams" to the Ascendant. The 12th would mean making the "unconscious" visible, or conscious. (People take me for a Vigo here with my Virgo Ascendant. They are always commenting that I'm organized, efficient, content with my own company, clean, fastidious, nit-picking, LOL!). Of course, any planets coming to the Ascendant will be more powerful as well.

I moved from Montreal to Edmonton - 4 provinces and 2 time zones west. I was thinking that a person could move far enough west to bring their 10th, 11th, or 12th houses to the Ascendant, or east to bring their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd houses to the Ascendant. (The Ascendant is a point in the chart, and is not to be confused with the 1st house.)

Has anybody here moved far enough east or west of your birth place to have brought these houses to the Ascendant? Do you find that if you visit your birth place for a time that your natal Ascendant reasserts itself?

Although I've been living in western Canada for 29 years now (Saturn return! and my Saturn line runs through this location!), when I do visit Montreal or locations close to it, my Libra Ascendant does "feel" prominent again. I am certainly more social than I am out west. In the west, I exemplify the Virgo energies (live like a hermit, with a few trusted friends around) but back east I am far more outgoing, as I was when I was growing up.

I have been contemplating a move even further west to British Columbia (I have to say, this is God's Country. So beautiful it's worth a visit!), and this would give me an Ascendant of 3 Leo at the coast - bringing my 10th house to the Ascendant. I suppose this would highlight career and public reputation matters.

What are your thoughts or experiences with the relocated Ascendant?

posted by:
Viki
Canada
  • HI Viki,
    Although I haven't had an actual relocation experience, I also live on my Saturn line and feel the same about being a hermit and have too many restrictions. I have noticed that when I go for a visit outside of my home boundaries I feel much freer and relaxed and even more social.

    Have you worked with a map based upon progressions? I'm just curious...I read another thread about someone who has tried that and it gives a different perspective. I am still new to understanding it, as usual, but am learning a lot! I also have recast my chart for a different location, but found that I would have quite a few interceptions, and am not sure if they would be beneficial or not?

    I think you should go for it! Hopefully someone out there has actually done it and can vouch for positive results!!

    My Uranus line runs through Vancouver BC and I would love to live there also. I think it's very expensive though! Maybe you and I should start some kind of business there! :)

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