Houses as Roles

[sdi]

I think I'm coming to a realization that the geomantic houses (and, indeed, the figures within them) don't represent people, but rather roles. The seventh house isn't my wife, it's the spousal role. The third house isn't any of my neighbors, it's the neighborly role. The second house isn't my stuff, but the role of possession.

What's the difference? Well, one is that a person may well show up in multiple places in the chart if they play multiple roles. Sometimes this is done with a single figure, but sometimes it is not; for example, one might be distant (Carcer) as a "spouse" (VII house) but cordial (Laetitia) as an "advisor" (II house).

I'm not 100% certain of this yet, but I've been seeing hints at it in some of my charts lately, and it's something I intend to explore more deeply.