Recovery from Interceptions

An interception is when a sign is completely engulfed in a house in your natal chart, meaning that the sign doesn’t rule a house in your natal chart. Due to this, the sign preceding the intercepted sign rules the intercepted house instead.

The preceding sign ruling the intercepted house is often how people have tried to recover their intercepted house. However, it’s by this attempt of recovery where the void by intercepted houses is seen.

INTERCEPTED HOUSES

The intercepted houses shows which areas of life you may actively try to recover.

• 1st House/7th House: relationship with yourself and others

• 2nd House/8th House: securing yourself and others

• 3rd House/9th House: thinking and believing

• 4th House/10th House: past and upbringing, and ambitions and future

• 5th House/11th House: creative self-expression and friendships

• 6th House/12th House: conscious and subconscious

INTERCEPTED SIGNS

Aries/Libra Interception: If you have an interception in Aries and Libra, then your intercepted houses will be ruled by Pisces and Virgo instead. With Pisces ruling instead of Aries, you may feel that you can’t assert yourself in the area of life where Aries is intercepted in your chart. You also feel that the matters of your area of life can be confusing and not straightforward at all. You can struggle to find yourself. Due to this struggle, with Virgo ruling your intercepted House instead of Libra, you have the urge to serve others. There’s the thought that if you serve, rather than just be yourself, you will be likable. You don’t believe that just simply being yourself will get you what you want because you’ve struggled to learn how to be yourself in the first place.

Taurus/Scorpio interception: If you have an interception in Taurus and Scorpio, then your intercepted houses will be ruled by Aries and Libra instead. With Aries ruling the intercepted house instead of Aries, you struggle to feel a sense of comfort and stability in your intercepted house. Due to this, you constantly fight and believe that you have to work to get what you want. You don’t feel at peace. With Libra ruling the intercepted House instead of Scorpio, you feel stifled in your self-expression. You believe that if you are sociable and peaceful, you will get what you want. You struggle to be your true self shown in intimacy because there is a feeling of powerless. Rather than relying on your own power, you rely on others.

Gemini/Sagittarius interception: If you have an interception in Gemini and Sagittarius, then your intercepted houses will be ruled by Taurus and Scorpio instead. With Taurus ruling your intercepted House instead of Gemini, there is this strong, clinging need for stability in the intercepted House. You can struggle to be flexible, and you can be stubborn in regards to your intercepted House. Due to this, you can struggle to learn new things for you fear change. With Scorpio ruling your intercepted House instead of Sagittarius, there is a need for power in the intercepted House. Rather than being free and adventurous, you would much rather stay consistent, empowering yourself with staying power rather than empowering yourself with new knowledge from exploring.

Cancer/Capricorn interception: If you have an interception in Cancer and Capricorn, then your intercepted houses will be ruled by Gemini and Sagittarius instead. With Gemini ruling the intercepted House instead of Cancer, there is a lack of emotional nurturing and understanding. You fill this void with mental understanding and rationality instead. There is a feeling of inconsistency for there is a lack of comfort. With Sagittarius ruling the intercepted house instead of Capricorn, there is a sense of purposeless and rootless wandering. There is a feeling of being powerless due to not practically establishing yourself. You constantly search for new knowledge, but you struggle with applying that knowledge.

Leo/Aquarius interception: If you have an interception in Leo and Aquarius, then your intercepted houses will be ruled by Cancer and Capricorn instead. With Cancer ruling the intercepted house instead of Leo, there is the feeling that you can’t provide anything worthy from yourself. Due to this, you would rather emotionally nurture others and help others rather than express yourself and stand out. With Capricorn ruling the intercepted house instead of Aquarius, due to feeling that you are unworthy of providing anything worthy about yourself, you would much rather follow the rules rather than break them. You struggle with accepting the quirky, unique parts of yourself because you struggle to accept the likable, creative parts of yourself.

Virgo/Pisces interception: If you have an interception in Virgo and Pisces, then your intercepted houses will be ruled by Leo and Aquarius instead. With Leo ruling over the intercepted house instead of Virgo, you may feel that you are not useful and resourceful to others. So instead of serving others, you find it easier to serve yourself and to be yourself to compensate. With your intercepted house ruled by Aquarius instead of Pisces, you struggle with utilizing your creativity to show compassion for others because you may find your creativity to be irrational. To compensate, you will often only show your compassion rationally and due to this, you limit yourself by not accepting the irrational. Due to limiting yourself, you can often feel like an outsider.

INTERCEPTIONS: Part 2

INTERCEPTIONS IN THE SIGNS

The best way to think about interceptions is considering the sister sign pairs and what they represent, with their unique characteristics. Being aware of each sign’s distinct lessons and qualities will help you understand what the effects of an interception will have - when those lessons and qualities are absent from your life.

Aries//Libra - Aries is the sign of assertion, the sign of taking and independence while Libra is the sign of equality, fairness, and teamwork. With Aries intercepted, it will be hard for you assert yourself and to be independent. Action is difficult for you. Perhaps it’s difficult to find your identity, and you might struggle knowing who you are. When you do try to do things, it just happens wrongly and awkwardly. You don’t have a sense of who you are. And since you don’t know who you are and what you have and lack, the effects of a Libra interception will come into play. If you don’t know who you are, how will you work well with others? How will you work well with others, when you struggle to work well with yourself? With a Libra interception, you will struggle to equalize giving and taking - either taking too much or taking too little. You lack the balance Libra represents. You will struggle working and compromising with the people you face in your life, and relationships were out of the picture at this point, due to the fact that you don’t work well with others.

Taurus//Scorpio - Taurus is the sign of love, beauty, security, and stability, the sign of standing your ground when times get tough while Scorpio is the sign of transformations, and taboos, the sign of looking into the dark insides of your soul, embracing everything within. With Taurus intercepted, it’s hard for you to feel secure. This insecurity can manifest in a lack of material comforts like food and sleep or perhaps a lack of self-esteem. You may feel unloved or ugly, or you never got the love and confidence that you needed from others. Due to this, you could find yourself hoarding or spending impulsively, trying to fill the void you’re uncomfortably familiar with. Since there’s an excessive action of filling, and a lack of emptying, the effects of a Scorpio interception will come in. Due to the excessive fills and gains of your life, you will be devastated the moment you face a loss. You will be so involved in your security, you will never get out of your comfort zone to embrace solitude, and the dark sides of you that you try to push away due to a lack of self-esteem.

Gemini//Sagittarius - Gemini is the sign of the mind and intellect, the sign of learning while Sagittarius is the sign of learning and traveling, the sign of teaching. When Gemini is intercepted, your mind is perhaps choked and bound by the people around you. Curiosity killed the cat, and the cat in this case is certainly you. The answers to your questions were never answered, and your thoughts were usually suppressed or not taken seriously. With having thoughts concealed, the effects of an intercepted Sagittarius will follow. When you have Sagittarius intercepted, the ability to explore is taken away from you. Since you’ve never been able to express your thoughts, you never got to learn from your mistakes. It’s hard for you to open your mind and take risks and chances, since your mind was never appreciated in the first place. And when you go into the world with such a mind, you can struggle seeing other perspectives and views because you never got to express yours. It’s hard for you be optimistic during hard times.

Cancer//Capricorn - Cancer is the sign of the home and emotions, the sign of nurturing while Capricorn is the sign of the world and ambitions, the sign of responsibility. When Cancer is intercepted, it can difficult for you to express your emotions in a smooth, effective manner. Many times, your emotions can come out in explosions - problematic outbursts. “Home” is an elusive item you’ve never really had. You might’ve not considered the place you lived at as home. There was a lack of comfort and safety that you deeply wanted. Constantly lacking nurturing and care will cause the effects of a Capricorn interception. With Capricorn intercepted, it can be hard for you to chase your dreams and to be responsible. Since nobody comforted you or showed they believed in you, you feel powerless to the world. The world feels cold like the world you were raised in and you will struggle to make a mark in the world. Since you never felt accepted at your “home,” you really don’t know where you belong. There are so many things you want to do, but you feel like you aren’t capable.

Leo//Aquarius - Leo is the sign of creativity and excitement. It is the the sign of shining under the spotlight, and showing your talents to the world. Aquarius is the sign of humanity and innovation. It is the sign of doing the quirky, showing your progress in humanity to the world. When you have Leo intercepted, you can find yourself never being praised for your talents. You could feel like you didn’t have a right to show yourself off, and perhaps you felt like you had nothing to show off after awhile. And with constant discouragement, your creativity runs low. After all, why be creative with your ideas when it’s going to be crushed? Being stuck in a creative block and wanting to hide from the spotlight will transition over to the effects of an Aquarius interception. With an Aquarius interception, you will struggle to show the weird, quirky side of yourself since you didn’t get praised for showing the best sides of yourself. If anything, you want to be “normal” so you don’t get called out. However, everybody has their quirks, and yours can come out quite unexpectedly.

Virgo//Pisces - Virgo is the sign of order and routine. It is the sign of your daily reality and work. Pisces is the sign of your dreams and spirituality. It is the sign of fantasies. When you have Virgo intercepted, order goes out the door. The only routine that works well for you is your own, even if it ends up not being conventional for the long run. Perhaps people tell you that your way isn’t the right way, or perhaps you do that to others. There is however an aura of criticism and harsh judgment regardless. Being broken in routine and criticized will transition to the effects of a Pisces interception. When Pisces is intercepted, you will struggle to see reality and fantasy. You will struggle to see what’s real. You might find yourself with impractical dreams with impractical plans due to your Virgo interception. After all, if you struggle to make order in your reality, how will you make order in your dreams? A Pisces interception will also bring a disorganization and confusion to you. You can easily be deceived by others or yourself.

INTERCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSES

The houses where the interceptions are located in are the areas of life most affected by your interceptions.

Interception in the 1st/7th House - You will see your interception manifest in your identity (1st House) and all of your relationships (7th House.)

Interception in the 2nd/8th House - You will see your interception manifest in your self-worth and money (2nd House) and major life changes and secrets (8th House.)

Interception in the 3rd/9th House - You will see your interception manifest in how you think and communicate (3rd House) and how you teach and believe (9th House.)

Interception in the 4th/10th House - You will see your interception manifest in your home and upbringing (4th House) and your interactions with the world and career (10th House.)

Interception in the 5th/11th House - You will see your interception manifest in your creativity and hobbies (5th House) and your friends and community (11th House.)

Interception in the 6th/12th House - You will see your interception manifest in your everyday work and health (6th House) and your subconscious and spirituality (12th House.)

*Part 3 will be about intercepted planets!*

INTERCEPTIONS: Part 1

SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Before I get into the topic of interceptions, how interceptions come to be requires some background information about natal charts. In the Placidus house system, every sign takes up 30 degrees in a chart, but houses can vary in size, being very large or small. House sizes vary more as the you go farther from the equator. With that being said…

WHAT IS AN INTERCEPTION?

Due to the varying sizes of the 12 Houses, an interception happens when a sign is entirely engulfed inside a house. When this happens, a sign isn’t present at the cusp of the house, meaning that certain sign will not rule over the house.

So if you look in this chart here, you can see that Leo and Aquarius are both engulfed in a house, the 1st and 7th House. When you have an interception, you will always have two signs intercepted, and those two signs are sister signs. The same also applies to houses. You will always have two houses intercepted. There is no such thing as having only one sign intercepted or having only 1 house intercepted. You will also notice that Mars and Uranus, NOT Neptune are intercepted.

SO I HAVE AN INTERCEPTION. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?

Having an intercepted sign means that this sign has no rulership over a house. Every sign is supposed to rule a house, but this wouldn’t be the case if you had an interception. An interception shows a lack of balance in your chart, and you’re missing your intercepted sign in particular. It shows no development in your sign. Some say it is a karmic issue where you have to make effort to bring that intercepted sign in your life properly, but whether you believe in karma or not, an intercepted sign can give you a lot of struggles in your life. These struggles vary greatly depending on your sign and where the house is. With an interception, the missing sign feels like a gaping hole you are trying to fill because you were born with it. Literally.

*Part 2 will be about interceptions in the signs and houses!*