Eastern Hemisphere Emphasis

The eastern hemisphere is the half of the chart holding houses ten through three, the side containing the Ascendant. A majority of planets there traditionally suggests a life directed more by the person's own choices than by circumstance, with a preference for setting terms rather than responding to them. The reading is a tendency rather than a rule, and it should be weighed against the rest of the chart. Hemisphere emphasis depends entirely on the house positions, which depend on an accurate birth time, so a rounded or unknown time makes it unreliable.