Article: Ingress Charts

The word mundane means worldly, and in astrology, refers to the houses of the chart because they rule worldly affairs - man made conditions on the face of the earth. An Ingress chart is set for the entry of the Sun into the four cardinal signs:

The Sun is always at zero degrees. An Ingress chart can be set for any location. Setting the Ingress Chart for the capital city of a country, indicates conditions for the entire country, as that country is being governed from that particular location.

Key Words for Houses in Ingress Charts

Angular

10 - The government in power, the ruler of the tenth is the leader

1 - Those being governed, the people or the populace

4 - The homeland, the opposition party, the weather, crops, natural resources

7 - The law courts, agreements, relations with neighbors

Succeedent

11 - Money expended by legislation, laws the government makes, House of Commons

2 - Money owned and invested, the country's wealth, the budget

5 - Money speculated, ambassadors, the demise of the government in power

8 - Money owed by taxation, national debt, pensions

Cadent

12 - Communications of the government not for public knowledge, caucus meetings

3 - Communications of the public, media, post office, transportation, contracts

6 - Communications of the working force, unions, military, police

9 - Communications with foreign people, treaty decisions, customs, laws, traditions

Please note:

In an Ingress Chart, the planets house position is more significant than the sign the planet occupies.

Sun	The focal point, the leader, the supreme authority, the affairs of children
Moon	The timing of changes, the mood of the common people, the land mass, everyday affairs, the women of the nation
Mercury	The messenger, media, press, post office, transportation system, speeches, ambassadors, schools, basic education
Venus	The stabilizer in financial, social and cultural affairs
Mars	The force, aggression, armed forces, active revolutions, violent crimes, fires
Jupiter	The law, legal proceedings, royalty, ceremonies, the clergy, external affairs
Saturn	The parameters, limitations, borders, traditions, responsibilities, the formal side of the government, the elderly
Uranus	The objectives, the administration, inventions, scientific discoveries, rebellions, strikes, riots, explosions
Neptune	The undisclosed, fraud, large institutions, charities, the sea, breweries, gas, and oil
Pluto	The masses, the underworld, atomic power, mines, scandal

Reference book used: 'In The Beginning - Astrology' by Ivy M. Goldstein-Jacobson