CrescentWhat the twelve houses actually govern
Signs are how. Houses are where. This is the half of the chart most people never learn.
What are the houses in astrology?
Signs are how. Houses are where. A house is an area of life, and a planet landing in one tells you where that planet spends its energy.
This is the half of the chart most people never learn, and it does most of the work.
What does each house mean?
- 1st: you, your body, how you arrive in a room
- 2nd: money you earn, what you own, what you value
- 3rd: siblings, short trips, everyday communication
- 4th: home, family, your private base
- 5th: creativity, romance, children, play
- 6th: work, routine, health, the daily grind
- 7th: partnership, marriage, the person opposite you
- 8th: shared money, debt, sex, endings, transformation
- 9th: belief, higher study, long journeys
- 10th: career, reputation, public standing
- 11th: friends, networks, what you are aiming at
- 12th: rest, retreat, what happens out of sight
Which houses are the most important?
The angles: first, fourth, seventh and tenth. Planets there are loud, and they describe things other people can see.
A planet on an angle is doing something visible in your life whether you like it or not.
See which houses your planets are in
House placements need your birth time. Cast the chart free and find out where your weight really sits.
Cast your free birth chartDoes it matter which house system I use?
Sometimes, yes. Whole sign puts one sign in each house, so the boundaries are the sign boundaries. Placidus divides by time, so houses vary in size.
A planet near a boundary can land in a different house depending on which you use. Vedic astrology uses whole sign almost exclusively, which is one reason a Vedic reading can put a planet somewhere a Western one does not.