Imum Coeli
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Imum Coeli: From the Latin, literally bottom of the heavens; the zodiacal point opposite the Medium Coeli (Midheaven, MC).
I.C.: "imum coeli" or "lowest heaven"; the fourth house cusp. The most intimate and personal point in the chart: one's innermost feelings, roots, and internal sense of self.
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Imum Coeli: From the Latin, literally bottom of the heavens; the zodiacal point opposite the Medium Coeli (Midheaven, MC). The Imum Coeli is one of the angles and forms the fourth house cusp in an unequ . . . View Full Definition ...
Imum Coeli ( I.C.)-One of the four major angles of a birth chart; this one falls at the bottom of the chart wheel. It is the start of the Fourth House and is one of the most personal points of the chart.
Imum Coeli (IC): The Imum Coeli is the point where the Lower Meridian intersects the Ecliptic. The Imum Coeli is opposite the Midheaven (MC). In most house systems the IC forms the 4th House Cusp.
Imum Coeli. The lowest heaven, the North Angle or cusp of the fourth house. v. Midheaven; Celestial Sphere.
Imum Coeli The bottom of the heavens. The fourth house cusp in non-equal or Quadrant House System. Represent the family relations and the home life. Also known as the Nadir.
Imum Coeli: The meridian point opposite to the Medium Coeli.
Inconjunct: Another term for a quincunx aspect.
Imum Coeli or IC- this marks the 4th house cusp and is where the ecliptic crosses the meridian in the north. IC means the bottom of the heavens. This represents home, family and ancestry.
Imum Coeli. The lowest part of the chart. Any planets located there underpin everything else in the chart. May or may not be the same as the fourth house cusp. Abbreviated IC and sometimes called the anti-midheaven.
Imum Coeli
The lowest point in the sky (nadir) that a planet can travel relative to the horizon. If you are born at midnight, the Sun would be found around the IC of the chart. "IC" stands for the Latin Imum Coeli which means "bottom of the heavens.
2: Imum Coeli [IC]
Each IC line is separated by 180 degrees of map longitude from its corresponding MC line. IC lines also run vertically, straight up and down on the A*C*G map and they too correspond to parallels of longitude.
Imum Coeli (IC)
Usually marking the cusp of the 4th house, the lowest point of a chart
Intercepted Sign ...
The imum coeli is the low point of your horoscope, opposite your MC. It has the same significance as the fourth house and symbolises your deepest emotional needs, plus your family and home life as their manifestation.
The Imum Coeli
We do not find a direct aspect from Chiron to this point, nor a mid-point including Chiron, but a: 165° with Pluto and a Mercury/Venus mid-point.
Imum Coeli (or IC) : The point of the zodiac where the ecliptic intersects the lower part of the meridian, a vertical plane that passes directly north and south. Generally the same as the cusp of the 4th house. See also House.
The nadir is in the horizonal coordinate system what the Imum coeli or lower midheaven is to the ecliptic coordinate system; the two cannot be used interchangeably. Source: Astro Index Natal ChartHoroscope drawn for the Nativity. Birth Chart.
cusps of the right angles created by a horizon and meridian axes are called the angles of chart. These important points on the horoscope are called 1) the Ascendant, 2) the Midheaven or Medium Coeli (M.C.), 3) the Descendant, and 4) the Imum Coeli (I.
Diurnal and Nocturnal, Half of either the Nocturnal or Diurnal Arc, measured from the Midheaven or Imum Coeli to the horizon.
Arc of Direction.
The term “IC' for the bottom point of the chart is short for Imum Coeli. Imum means lowest part, bottom or foot. We use the word Midheaven for the MC. There isn’t such an easy word for the IC. Most astrologers just call it the IC.
The Meridian - A Vertical Division
Imum Coeli and Medium Coeli
Origins and orientation ...
As the Sun sets in the sky, it travels down clockwise toward the bottom of the chart, the IC (imum coeli) or lowest heavens. This represents midnight, and a person born around this time will have the Sun near the bottom of the chart, also due north.
The cusp, or border, of the 4th House is called the IC (for Imum Coeli, Latin for "lower heavens"), the northernmost point in a birth chart. The IC symbolizes one's roots as it is the very base of the chart itself.
Many systems of house division called quadrant house systems also use the midheaven (medium coeli) as the cusp of the tenth house and the nadir (imum coeli) as the cusp of the fourth house.
These crossing points are the ascendent, descendent, midheaven (or MH) and imum coeli (or IC). Planets that are near one of these angles is emphasized and more important in a chart because of this proximity. See also House.
The First House lies 'under' the horizon, the Second and Third follow, to the start of the Fourth House, which is at the nadir, or point opposing the Midheaven (the Latin terms Imum coeli and Medium coeli or the abbreviations IC and MC are often ...
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