Over the 5 plus years that I have been researching the Galactic Center (and other galactic points), my focus has been primarily on planets conjunct the Galactic Center (and friends). What happens to planets conjunct the Galactic Center, etc. and what that means for the planet (and the person). What I haven’t focused on (as much) is the Galactic Center by House placement…and the impact that the GC has on the house in which it falls in an astrology chart. To be honest, in retrospect, it feels a little stupid of me to have seemingly neglected this piece of the research. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I KNOW WHY I have been so focused on conjunctions to the Galactic Center (and friends). If a person has a planet, angle, etc. conjunct the GC, etc., it makes sense that the planet, angle, etc. would be “mutated” (or other GC keywords) by the GC…which makes the planet part of this equation an important one to focus on. I’m not shifting the focus of my research (conjunctions to the GC ARE important!), but I want to begin integrating this other phase of the research to what I already have going on. 

Me: “This also brings me to another question, and I realize that you don’t do what I do so you might not be able to answer this, but I’ll ask you and you tell me what you think… intuitively if it makes sense. Okay, so my focus has been primarily on conjunctions to these things (the Galactic Center, etc.), but I also have, you know, I haven’t focused as much on people (research) that don’t have anything conjunct the Galactic Center. You know, there are a lot of people that don’t have anything conjunct the GC, they just have the GC, like, in their Third House or something. Like, they just have it there. I haven’t focused as much on that, but I’ve always had a feeling that it probably intensified that house’s areas of life?” 

Answerer: “I think it must.”

What got my mind moving in this seemingly obvious direction? Someone found me through my Galactic Center research that is an astrophysicist…and is EXACTLY WHO I have been seeking out to speak with for years (without realizing that I was looking for them specifically 🤣). A very small piece of a conversation we had is above; I’m the one asking the question and they are the answerer. For privacy reasons I won’t be revealing who they are but trust me when I say they know their shit. And they have given me SO MUCH to think about (this particular piece feels very mutual 🤣 it seems like I get their mind buzzing as much as they get mine buzzing).

Hypothesis (look at me being inspired to cosplay scientist 🤣): The Galactic Center in an astrology chart plays a huge role in the chart even if there happens to be no planets, angles, asteroids, etc. conjunct the GC in the chart. This translates down to the house that the GC falls, and this house’s “areas of life” may hold a lot of “weight” for the native.

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Words like “extreme,” “intense,” “spiritual,” “distorted,”  “highly-charged,” “mutation,” and “fragmentation” are some of the first words that come to mind when I think about the Galactic Center. If I were to assign the GC “keywords” (or it’s own “consciousness”) to explain what it does….which, over the years, is exactly what I have done…these are the words I would choose. Through the research these particular keywords seem to fit for people when they consider the impact that the Galactic Center has on planets, etc. that happen to be conjunct it in their charts. Now I’m wondering if the same thing could be said about the Galactic Center’s effect on the house that it falls in the natal chart (regardless if there happens to be a planet conjunct the GC or not). 
**You might notice that the keywords I have given the GC over the years have ties to Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. This is because I do feel  (and have always felt) like the GC has ties to the outer planets….almost like it encompasses ALL of their qualities in different ways and at different times. 

For instance, let’s say someone has the Galactic Center in their Third House with no planets conjunct it. My thought (going with this train of thought) is that the GC being in the Third House will impact the “areas of life” which the house represents…JUST because the GC is in that house. In this example, it could cause there to be some distortion/spiritualized/intense/extreme/highly charged/mutated/fragmented regarding the person’s communication, their thoughts, their perception of things, and other Third House areas of life. This could also translate to the person have some kind of difference (or mutation) to their learning which could present as a learning difference of some kind. Difference in this context could be anything from being “gifted” to “disabled” which is why I use the term “learning difference”). The possibilities are endless…and this is exactly what I am wanting to figure out.

Since the bulk of this particular piece of the research hinges on the house that the Galactic Center falls, everyone should probably be aware of WHAT (or areas of life) that the houses represent. They are as follows:
*First House – sense of self, knee jerk reactions to the world, the vibe of the person
*Second House – resources/money, values/self-value, security, stability, survival, where we are comfortable (or not!)
*Third House – communication, basic learning (school), thinking, area that is local to you, logic & reason
*Fourth House – home, family, private spheres of life, the deeply conscious
*Fifth House – creative self-expression, risk taking (or not), leisure/hobbies, lighter side of sex and dating, where we create (this can include children)
*Sixth House – work/work environment, daily routines/habits, health of the body & mind, real world, unequal relationships
*Seventh House – relationships/partnerships of ALL varieties, legal contracts, balance (or lack thereof)
*Eighth House – other people’s money/resources/values (or those that are shared), deep soul merging between two people, insecurity, instability, discomfort, inheritance (tangible & intangible), the bridge between the conscious & unconscious
*Ninth House – understanding & assimilating information, higher learning (university, etc.), areas that are NOT local, abstract thinking, beliefs of all kinds
*Tenth House – public spheres of life, career, reputation, goals & ambitions (or lack thereof)
*Eleventh House – long term goals, hopes & wishes, influence, (career) legacy, what we share with other people, friends/groups/social & humanitarian causes
*Twelfth House – health of the mind & spirit, release (what this house wants most of all), the unconscious/unseen, imprisonment (of all kinds), escape, spirituality
**This above is in no means a complete list, lol, but it gives you an idea for the purposes of this blog post and if you know nothing about astrology and want to partake in the research**
….and as a side note, if you want to REALLY LEARN how to read an astrology chart, check out the Star Cards.

Now, the astrophysicist has added another possible keyword to the Galactic Center:
Me: “What may be the consciousness (archetype) of a black hole be if one were to try to assign understanding to it.” 
Answerer: “I think I know what the answer is.”
Me: “What?”
Answerer: “It seems obvious, but it’s HIDDEN.”
(Me staring at them…begging them with my eyes to continue)
Answerer: “So… from the outside you cannot know, but once you’re in, you have the ultimate truth. It’s the same thing to do with ALL of these things (the galactic points) indicate – the higher self.”

You have no idea HOW MUCH OF A DUMBSHIT I felt after hearing the keyword “hidden” come from them (but I felt like a dumbshit in the best possible way). In ALL OF THE YEARS that I’ve researched the Galactic Center I don’t remember EVER assigning this as an archetype. In retrospect it feels really fucking stupid that I never have. I mean, black holes ARE hidden – they are literally black in space and can’t be seen. Their gravitational pull is so intense that not even light can escape them. So this begs the next part of my thought process – could there be things about the house in which the GC falls that are HIDDEN to the native? And if any planets DO happen to be conjunctions the GC, does that make things about that planet hidden to the person? There ARE SO MANY ways to think about this (which I will be doing for a while, probably).

In the words of the astrophysicist: “These things are not going to NOT affect us.” 
(These things that they are talking about are the galactic points)

Want the rest of the galactic stuff? Here’s everything I’ve written about the Galactic Center and the other deep space points — five-plus years of research, all in one place.