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?

If you’d like placements near the cusp to appear in the next house, you can turn the margin back on:

• Go to Settings > Default Chart Settings

• Tap House Cusp Margin

• Choose your preferred margin (up to 5 degrees)

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.

Still need help? You can quickly contact our support team directly from the app:

1. Tap Settings (gear icon in the bottom toolbar).
2. Tap Report an Issue.
3. Fill out the support form with a short description of the issue.
4. Tap Submit Ticket.

Submitting your request through the app helps us resolve your issue faster by automatically collecting important technical details. We’re here to help!