Imum coeli, or mystery

The cosmogram is like a tree. The line from bottom to top is similar to the trunk of this tree. middle of the sky it's a crown and the lower part of the sky are the roots of this cosmic tree. The crown rises to the sky, basking in the sun, it can be seen. Roots - on the contrary, they are dug into the ground, we do not see them, we do not know what they are, how they look, how far they reach.

If the tree is sick, we notice that the leaves at the top turn yellow, but what happens to the roots? Nobody sees this. Yet often the disease begins at the roots. Roots are a mystery.

A disturbing journey to the beginning

When we divide the horoscope into houses, the fourth house begins with imum coeli. Its meaning can be summarized by the slogans "origin, family, home, beginning of life", that is, roots.

People who have important planets near imum coeli in their natal charts devote a lot of attention and heart - more than others - to home, place of residence, family, and often passionately build their house or several houses. They also collect photographs of their ancestors, write chronicles, redraw old emblems... They are interested in their origins, the past of the region, so they often become historians.

But whoever studies origins eventually stumbles upon a mystery. The beginning is always shrouded in a veil of mystery. If you remember your childhood, in the end pictures come that you don’t know, do you remember or invent? Probably, someone told you about your adventures as a child, and you visualized these exploits as real.

We do not remember the beginning of our life! If it wasn't for other people's stories, you wouldn't know where you came from! The same goes for history. Where did Poland come from? What are the origins of our state and nation? Who exactly was this Mieszko, nicknamed the First? Or, as the Vatican document shows, his name was Dagome? Or maybe it came from the Vikings, like Prof. Skrok, or from Moravia, as prof. Urban? We don't know and may never know.

Here knowledge surrenders, faith remains

Or the birth of Christianity - as if everything is described in the Gospels: the birth of Jesus, his teaching, death and resurrection, but when studied by historians, every detail turns out to be doubtful. It remains to believe. But faith is another name for mystery.

Scientists have the same problem of unknown origin when they investigate where the human species originated, where life on Earth originated, how the Earth itself, the Sun and the entire Universe were created. The origin of the Universe is allegedly known to the smallest fraction of a second, but from what zero point it all began, unfortunately, is unknown. It is not even known whether this point actually existed at all.

Therefore, when an astrologer sees a planet next to imum coeli, he knows that this person carries a secret that drives his life.