The Twelve Houses (2007 Edition): Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

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While health is sometimes attributed to the 6th, vitality in itself is better understood through the 1st House and its ruler, hence the Ascendant's role as the place of 'Life and Vital spirit of men,' according to the ancient Astrologer Firmicus Maternus. Technically, the 6th House does not connect to the Ascendant except by quincunx, a 150-degree aspect also known as 'aversion'; taken further, the nature of the 6th House is averse to the health of the person and more clearly represents the absence of vitality than its presence. The 9th House is all about long-distance journeys, whether those happen out on the high seas or deep within our hearts. The houses also act as the 'homes' of the planets in our natal charts, and the presence or absence of planets within the houses can help describe where we seek or deny the expression of that planet's intentions. Some houses have a nature that is more or less conducive to certain pursuits, as we'll discover. House themes: marriage, marriage partners, committed long-term romantic partners, business partners, enemies (specifically, known enemies), our experience of 'the other,' our experience of the 'not self,' what we project onto others, opposing forces, energies given to others. The 8th House - Epicataphora Second House: This house governs all matters pertaining to personal finances and your earnings. Your attitude towards money matters and wealth as well as your spending habits – are you impulsive or cautious in spending and where you spend your money? Are you a good credit risk? What are your best sources of earnings? Will you have material gains through personal effort?

First House: The first house cusp represents your rising sign. (A house cusp is the division point between two houses.) This house represents your body, how you express yourself, and your physical presentation to the world. The first house is particularly important when it comes to health since it represents your physical Do you prefer the default Placidus House system? If so, you can find the default free natal chart report with Placidus houses here. If you prefer the Koch house system, you can use this Natal Chart Report Generator with Koch Houses, or if Equal is your preferred house system, use the Natal Chart Report with Equal Houses calculator. The 4th House is the roots of our chart: sitting at the bottom of the wheel, it not only touches the Earth itself but involves everything Earthly, such as land, and everything hidden below terra firma, as in the case of mining, oil, and minerals. Relatedly, the 4th House contains our roots too, in the form of the subconscious emotional landscape of our childhood home, our family dynamics, and particularly the father. The zodiac completes with the 12th and last house, which rules endings. This house covers the last phases of an undertaking, taking care of any potential issues, fulfillments, the hereafter, maturity, and transcendence. It's likewise connected with secrets from society, foundations, healing abilities, shrouded plans, and hidden adversaries. What's more, it manages imagination and the intuitive mind.Here are the players in an astrology chart: the signs, planets and asteroids, and the houses. Because many people share your birthday, they’ll also share your same sign and planetary placements. But what about your specific cosmic-karmic assignment? Enter the houses, which act as twelve lenses of consciousness, each with a different theme. An astrology chart functions as a cyclical epic; a vedda or hero’s journey of personal development, beginning and ending and beginning again at the ascendant, or rising sign. Once we can see where the signs and planets fall, in which houses, we’re really cooking with gas. This house is full of life-enhancing, boundary-bursting experiences that take us beyond the mundane and right into the heart of life's greatest questions. Who are we? What is God? And, what is the purpose of human life? If you’ve ever looked up your birth chart, you’ve likely been met with the image of a zodiac wheel divided into twelve sections. Because all the glyphs and aspect lines are confusing, you probably just scrolled down to a list version of your placements. But the zodiac wheel is the actual birth chart! It’s where you find all the juiciest information. Those 12 sections of the chart are the 12 astrological houses, each representing different topics in your life. The horoscope (hora=hour, scope=picture) represents the planetary positions at the time of a person's birth.

Each captain chooses its players. Sun drafts Jupiter, then Saturn. Moon chooses Venus, then Mars. And Mercury? He gets to referee.All matters pertaining to the expansion of the mind (mentally as well as physically), higher education and universities, phi­losophy, religion and attitudes towards other faiths, long dis­tance travel (usually those involving passports and visas), avi­ation, major travel accidents, languages, foreign lands and their peoples, import-export, law and legal matters, high courts, politics, diplomats, immigration, publicity and publishing.

On a physical, material level, the 12th house includes things that take us away from everyday life: institutions (such as hospitals, prisons, government offices), places of confinement, secrets, secret relationships, hidden enemies, and self-sacrifice for others. It also refers to sorrow, tribulations, widowhood, grief, funerals, exile, seclusion, bribery, subversion, murder, suicide, kidnapping, and endings. Sixth House: Work environment and your attitude towards work. What kind of work environment do you need? What type of worker are you? This house also shows minor ailments and preventive aspects of health and illnesses which could lead to major health hazards if not corrected earlier on. The wheel of the zodiac depends on the sun's yearly revolution around our Earth, along the ecliptic, while the houses depend on our Earth's 24-hour pivot around its own axis. The 2 wheels consolidate at special points that are determined by your birth time and birth location. Through the lens of these two wheels, the planets in your natal chart give 2 distinct ways of looking at your personality: first as being within a zodiac sign, and furthermore as being within a house. For instance, two individuals may both have a Leo Sun sign, however one may have their Leo Sun in their twelfth house, while the other may have their Leo Sun in their first house. This could make for two altogether different sorts of individuals. This happens to be yet another reason why the well known Sun Sign Horoscopes may not be very helpful: they are composed under the pretense that everybody has their Sun in the first House. This makes for a very imprecise horoscope. What are the 12 Houses of Astrology?Note: in your own birth chart, the rulers of your houses are determined by the signs that fall on the cusps of your houses. However, the natural rulers, listed here, give a subtle influence. Table of Natural Ruling Planets of Each House House The 9th house covers the higher self, development, worldwide travel, motivation, hopefulness, expansion, spiritual matters, religion, colleges and advanced education, good fortune, ethics and morals. Whereas the 5th House holds no-strings-attached paramours, here we are more likely to encounter marriage partners or longer-term arrangements in love or business. Parental home environment and later on our own domestic conditions, type of childhood, treatment at home, all domestic affairs. First, find the house in your chart that represents your partner (that would be the Seventh House). Then starting with the Seventh House, count forward 10 houses, to find the house that represents your partner’s career. And you can use that house to answer your question: “how can I be more supportive of my partner’s career.”

Each of the 12 zodiac houses is associated with a set of traits, beginning from the self, and expanding outward into society and beyond. Do you have all 12 houses in your birth chart? Indeed, this house was known as 'Bona Fortuna' (Good Fortune) or 'The House of Pleasure.' Perhaps the only danger to this house is too much of a good thing; a loaded 5th House or strong transit to the 5th can make us carelessly ramp up the good times, leaving us skint and spent. It is, however, a definitively creative and fertile section of the chart, so it's equally able to generate artistic output, as it is fervent escapism. Planets in the 5th can describe one's experience of conception, childbirth, and children. Some other essentials to keep in mind: the first six houses form the bottom half of the chart, and deal largely with the self. Houses seven through twelve, meanwhile, represent the relational and public interface. The four angles of your chart (ascendant, IC, descendant, MC, as explained in our House Systems guide) act as the key compass points of your chart. Get to know whichever houses host them, as these will be some of the major metamorphic arenas of your chart. Remember, the houses are not “energies” like the elements or planets, nor do they color the expression of energies like the zodiac signs do. The houses are WHERE these energies are most likely to manifest. The houses are the fields of experience, not the experience themselves. As the Sun rises out of the 1st House at daybreak, it next enters the 12th House. Any planets here disappear behind the incoming rays of the Sun; similarly, the 12th House is a place of all things hidden or clandestine. That may involve being hidden away from society altogether, as the 12th is connected to all matter of isolation, like prisons and asylums.

If you’ve been doing astrology, you’re actually using some derived house meanings and don’t even realize it. In fact some of the derived house meanings are so ingrained, we don’t even realize they are actually derived. For example, children are located in the Fifth House, because the Fifth House is the second house from the Fourth House or the things that belong to the family. Planets in the 1st House are strongly felt and expressed, for good or for bad. Sometimes, these planets help describe our manner or appearance: Venus in the 1st folks may be particularly appealing in a Venusian way, while Saturn in the 1st may create a Saturnine, buttoned-up demeanor. The 1st House sign and ruler are also connected with one's sense of health and vitality. Fifth House: This house represents creativity, artistic expression, and children. The fifth house is associated with fun, pleasure, free time, dating, and romance. Since the fifth house represents recreation and the energy of fertility, this portion of your chart contributes to your health by supporting your vitality and creative self-expression.