The houses in your birth chart identify the areas of life that we experience the effects of planetary aspects. There are twelve houses depicted as slices of the pie in a chart. The houses flow counter clockwise beginning at the far left of circle (9 o’clock) also known as the Ascendant or Eastern point.Because there are several house systems where the first house begins is the most significant calculation . Thus an accurate birth time is mandatory..The next house of significance is the tenth house referred to as the Mid heaven.These two points (ASC/MC) determine the sizes of the remaining houses.
The sizes of each sign.can be more or less than the set 30 degrees allotted per each house can vary. The twelve houses can be also identified by type
-grouped by 4(quadraplicity)
The 1st, 4th, 7th,and 10th houses(ASC/IC/DC/MC) are the Angular/Cardinal houses.
Houses 2, 5, 8, 11 are Succeed ant /Fixed houses
Houses 3, 6, 9, 12 are Cadentt /Mutable houses
-grouped by 3(Triplicity )
Houses 1, 5, 9 are the houses of Life/ fire houses
Houses 2, 6, 10 are the $/Earth houses
Houses 3, 7, 11 are Relationship/Air houses
Houses 4, 8, 12 are houses of Endings/water houses
Click on the links below for detailed description of the twelve houses and house types.
Angular Houses 1 4 7 10
These are home to the cardinal signs
beginning of cycle
create and initiate
Succedant Houses 2 5 8 11
These are home to the fixed signs
middle of cycle
sustainzbilty and endurance
Cadent Houses 3 6 9 12
these are home to the Mutable sign s
end of cycle
adaptation and change
First House
1st House/(-) Ascendant Angular, Cardinal,Fire, Life Aries,, Mars, "I Am" 1st Quadrant, North /East Hemisphere self identity
Second House
2nd House (+) Succeedant, Fixed, Earth, $ Taurus, Venus "I Have" 1st Quadrant, North/East Hemisphere Values and material gain
Third House
3rd House(-) Cadent, Mutable, Air, Relationship Gemini, Mercury, "I Think" 1st Quadrant North/East Hemisphere Communication, siblings, neighbors, short distance travel
Fourth House
.4th House(+) Angular, Cardinal, water, Endings Cancer,Moon, "I Feel" 2nd Quadrant, North/West Hemisphere Home, family, motrher, foundation
5th House (-)
Succedant, Fixed, Fire, Life
Leo, Sun, “I will”
2nd Quadrant, North/East Hemisphere
Creative expression, joy, romantic encounters
6th house(+)
Cadent Mutable Earth $
virgo Mercury “I analyze”
2nd Quadrant North/East Hemisphere
daily work habits health and service to others.
7th House (-)Descendant (DC)
Angular Cardinal Air Relationship
Libra Venus “I relate “
3rd Quadrant South/East Hemisphere
one on one partnerships marraig
8th House(+)
Succedant Fixed Water Ending
Scorpio Pluto “I Desire”
3rd Quadrant South/East
Hemisphere
others peoples money research investigation occult and taboo subjects
Ninth House
9th House (-)
Cadent Mutable Fire Life
Sagittarius Jupiter “I See”
3rd Quadrant South/East Hemisphere
higher education long distance travel philosophy and foreign lands.
Tenth House
10th House(+) Midhaven (MC)
Angular Cardinal Earth $
Capricorn Saturn “I have”
4th Quadrant South/West Hemisphere
status public arena career
Eleventh House
11th House(-)
Succedent Fixed Air Relationship
Aquarius Uranus “I know”
4th Quadrant South/West Hemisphere
Hopes and dreams groups friendships
Twelfth House
12th House(+)
Cadent Mutable Water Endings
Pisces Neptune “I Believe “
4th Quadrant South /East Hemisphere
seclusion jails institutions self undoing and spirituality
life
substance
relationships
endings
LIFE
1~ 5~ 9
SUBSTANCE
2~ 6~ 10
RELATIONSHIPS
3 ~7~ 11
ENDINGS
4~ 8~ 12