The Houses
Defined
The Houses
Defined
The birth chart is divided into twelve houses, each of
which represents a different area of life. The houses are
where we encounter the energies of the signs and
planets.
The
First House is the house of personal identity,
and is where we encounter things that we consider to be
fundamental to who we are as individuals. The First house is
what we bring forward, what we hold out when we go into the
world and relate with others. Anything that we can use to
describe ourselves from who we are to how we look is found
in the first house.
The
Ascendant or Rising Sign is the sign that was
on the eastern horizon at the time of birth. The Ascendant
is not a house, but an Angle. It is usually also the start
or cusp of the 1st house. The Sign of the Ascendant shows
how we first encountered and experienced the world, and this
experience shapes all of our future experiences. The
Ascendant is the way that we want the world to see us. It
how we want to be known by others; it is the mask that we
wear.
The
Second House is the house of material
security, and is where we encounter anything that we can
call our own. This includes both our material possessions
and our values, beliefs and talents. The second house
represents how we generate our resources.
The
Third House is the house of social and
intellectual learning. This is where we begin to explore our
environment, and to make sense out of the world. The Third
House is also related to early education, all forms of
communication and short journeys. The Third House also
contains brothers and sisters, childhood friends, and
neighbors.
The
Fourth House is the house of emotional
identity. The fourth house is where we discover our
connection with our emotions, and with our past. The Fourth
House represents the home, the family, and our most private
thoughts and feelings. The Fourth House is the most private
and personal area of the chart. The Fourth House, as well as
the Tenth House relate to the parents; traditionally, the
Fourth House represents the Father, but the more recent
definitions assign the Mother to the Fourth House. Often, a
compromise is reached, and the Fourth House is assigned to
the "more nurturing" parent.
The
Fifth House is the house of identity security.
This is the house where we encounter the things that make us
feel special, the things that we use to receive attention
and admiration from other people. Children, love affairs,
gambling, and any kind of creative expression are all part
of the Fifth House.
The
Sixth House is the house of material learning,
and it is where we encounter the things that we must do on a
day-to-day basis in order to maintain a physical body. The
Sixth House concerns our physical health, as well as our job
or daily occupations and things that we do to be of use and
service to others.
The
Seventh House is the house of social identity.
While the first house represents who we are, the seventh
house represents who we are not. This house represents our
partners, both romantic and platonic, contractual
obligations, and open enemies. The Seventh House is the
house of one-to-one relationships.
The
Eighth House is the house of emotional and
soul security. This is where we seek to connect and merge
with another person on the deepest levels. The Eighth House
is related to sex, to death, and to other people's
resources. The Eighth House is also related to all
activities where we can lose our sense of self through
intense focus. Research, investigative activities,
psychology, and archeology are found in the Eighth House, as
are occult and secret pursuits.
The
Ninth House is the house of learning about
identity. In the Ninth House we encounter the things that
help us to discover our place as individuals in the greater
scheme of things. The Ninth House relates to higher
education, long distance and foreign travel and organized
religion.
The
Tenth House is the house of Material Identity.
This is where we seek to create a tangible manifestation of
who we are in the world. The Tenth House relates to our
career, to how we are known by others, and to our
accomplishments in the outside world.
The
Midheaven is the most visible point in the
chart, and it represents how you actually are seen by the
world (as opposed to the Ascendant which represents how you
would like others to see you). The Midheaven is not a house,
but an angle. It is usually (but not always) the cusp of the
Tenth House. The Midheaven is your public face, and also
where you encounter success and recognition from the world.
The Midheaven and the Tenth House rule the career, while the
Sixth house governs your day to day work, and the Second
house your resources and how you are likely to earn a
living.
The Eleventh House is the
house of Social and Intellectual Security. In the Eleventh
House, we seek acceptance by our peers as an equal. The
Eleventh House represents friends and social groups, and it
also represents the love that we receive from
others.
The
Twelfth House is the house of Emotional and
Soul Learning, and it contains the things that we must do on
a day to day basis to maintain a spiritual and soul
identity. Traditionally, the Twelfth House is related to
prisons, secret enemies and the unconscious, as well as
service to others and institutions.
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