Houses 🕰
There are 12 houses. The rotation is counterclockwise. Each house has different traits and meanings. When you do a natal chart it tells you which sign and planet you’re in but you also need to know which house it’s in. That’s extremely important.
My Sun is in: Sagittarius 5th house
My Ascendent is in: Leo 1st house
My Moon is in: Pisces 8th house
The first six houses are “personal houses.” While the last six are “interpersonal houses.”
(Interpersonal- relating to relationships and communication between people)
Your sun is the basic you (about yourself)
Your moon is the inner you (your heart)
Your rising is the outer you (the “mask” you put on, how people see you)
The first house is where you will find your rising sign. The rising sign is also known as the ascendent.
Natal chart is your Birth chart
Cusp is a point where two curves meet
(Ruled by Aries ♈️ and Mars)
This house is located on the left, east side of the chart. It’s cusp is called the ascendent of the natal chart. The word first represents a start of things, as in new beginnings, first impressions, and new projects. The first house also rules early childhood. This creates the sense of how you will develop your mind, body, and behavior. Natal planets in the first house hold strong personality traits and huge influence.
Keywords: Ego, Leadership, Appearance
2nd house: House of Value
(Ruled by Taurus ♉️ and Venus)
The second house covers what you value, desire and everything that includes finance. These matters relate to material, physical environments, and concept of values. This includes our needs and wants which creates possession and ownership even if it’s not exactly ours.
Keywords: Money, Self-esteem, Possessions
3rd house: House of Communication
(Ruled by Gemini ♊️ and Mercury)
This house is all about communication, communities, and transportation. From this house they are to learn intellectual information, personal ideas, and short journeys. Rather their information is communicated by being spoken aloud or written down they are to share that information with others. The ones from this house are motivated by sibilings, neighbors, co-workers, and friends.
Keywords: Communication, Teaching, Thinking
(Ruled by Cancer ♋️ and The Moon)
This house sits at the very bottom of the zodiac wheel. This being at the base respresents it being the foundation of things. This includes home, security, and privacy. When we think about home we think about where we come from and what makes us comfortable. When you think of home you may even think of parents. In the 4th house it’s about the motherly role. How mothers nurture us, our roots, and care.
Keywords: Traditions, Motherhood, Heritage
5th house: House of creativity
(Ruled by Leo ♌️ and The Sun)
The fifth house is ruled by entertainment that brings joy into your life. Due to the fifth house being ruled by the Leo and the planet being the sun it can be full of dramatic and dynamic energy. This house is full of attention. This house also includes romance, personal pleasure, and self-satisfaction. Those can lead to children and procreation. Children are full of creative spirit. This house is full of arts including dancing, singing, drawing, writing, and other artistic talents.
Keywords: Children, Creativity, Self-expression
6th house: Service and Health
(Ruled by Virgo ♍️ and Mercury)
This house includes health and illnesses. Although they can have negative health effects it’s also space for healthy ones and exercise. Due to their critical behavior they work well with detail and analytical thoughts. They have a huge sum of work habits, services, organization, and usefulness.
Keywords: Service, Work, Self-improvement
7th house: The house of relationships
(Ruled by Libra ♎️ and Venus)
This house is the sector for coming together by forming relationships. For some in this house they may feel dependent on relationships creating a sense of security with it. Due to their sense of partnership they help us close business deals and legal contracts like marriages.
Keywords: Relationships, Partnerships, Alliance
8th house: The Mysterious House
(Ruled by Scorpio ♏️ and Pluto)
This house is full of mystery. This is the house that includes birth, death, and sex. This house is how we view those things. This is a powerful house. The house is full of extremes starting with supernatural topics, intense relationships, and transformations. They have the ability to change and grow.
Keywords: Growth, Change, Deep emotion
9th house: House of Philosophy
(Ruled by Sagittarius ♐️ and Jupiter)
This house is about the expansion of the mind with higher learning, and a deeper sense of education. This house searches for the true meaning of life. Although full of knowledge many lessons come from this house mostly resulting in humbling itself. It’s all about travel and international adventures. This house is full of risks however, due to risks being made in this house it’s full of luck.
Keywords: Philosophy, Journeys, Optimism
10th house: House of Career
(Ruled by Capricorn ♑️ and Saturn)
This house is at the very top. They do well with creating structures, boundaries, and self discipline. They are the corporation sense of the houses due to their tradition and hard work. They find pride in completing achievements and awards. This is the house of your career. The 4th house represents motherhood while this house represents fatherhood.
Keywords: Career, Recognition, Authority
11th house: House of Hopes and Wishes
(Ruled by Aquarius ♒️ and Saturn and Uranus)
This house is ruled by friendships, teams, and groups. This house is all about life of society. They are huge humanitarians and enjoy being a part of a community. This is what helps their socialization toward groups and friendships. It’s how you make friends and your attitude towards them. They have good networking skills as well as a strong sense of rebellion. They are full of originality and art.
Keywords: Orginality, Friendships, Global Awareness
(Ruled by Pisces ♓️ and Neptune)
This is the final house. The final house rules endings, afterlife, old age, and wisdom. This house is great with creativity and imagination. They refer to the unconscious and things beyond the physical touch and thought. They are full of psychic and spiritual abilities. They sacrifice their service and time into helping others.
Keywords: Service to Humanity, Self-sacrifice, Imagination
