Why are my placements showing up in a different house?

If some of your placements seem to have moved from one house to another, don’t worry — there’s likely a simple explanation! Here are a couple of things to check:

1. Check your House System

Go to Settings > Default Chart Settings > House Calculation Method and make sure you’re using the house system you prefer — such as Placidus, Whole Sign, or another method.

2. Check the House Cusp Margin Setting

TimePassages has a feature called the house cusp margin, which shifts placements near a house cusp into the next house.

In older versions of TimePassages:

• A 1-degree margin was turned on by default.

• So if a planet was within 1 degree of the next house cusp, it showed up in that next house.

In TimePassages 3.0:

• The default margin is now OFF (zero degrees).

• That means all placements now stay in their original house unless you change this setting.

Example:

If your Mercury used to show in the 9th house because it was close to the cusp, it may now show in the 8th house under the new default.

3. Want to Change the Margin?

To change this setting for all new charts you create:

1. Log in to the TimePassages Web App.

2. Click the gear icon in the top-right corner to open Settings.

3. Click Default Chart Options, then click Edit.

4. Find the House Cusp Margin dropdown.

5. Choose your preferred margin (0–5 degrees).

   • Set to 0 to turn off the feature entirely (recommended for traditional house boundaries).

6. Click Update Chart Options to save your changes.

Note: This change applies only to charts you create going forward. To update an existing chart, open it and click the gear icon (Chart Settings) to change the margin for that chart specifically.

We offer this option because some astrologers treat placements within 5 degrees of the next house as belonging to that house. But our default reflects the more common practice — no margin.

Need more help?  Feel free to reach out to our support team—we’re happy to assist!