The Houses In A Horoscope And Their Meanings

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Houses are the astrological divisions of our planet Earth, just as the twelve signs of the zodiac are astronomical divisions of the Heavens. The houses number twelve also, and they represent every aspect of human existence. The following is a brief summary:

1st house - the self and personality
2nd house - money and material possessions
3rd house - communications, siblings and short journeys
4th house - home and family
5th house - love, children, and social pleasures
6th house - health, work, and service to others
7th house - marriage, relationships
8th house - sex and death
9th house - law, religion, philosophy, higher education, and long journeys
10th house - careers, status and professionalism
11th house - friends, hopes, wishes and aspirations
12th house - secrets, suffering, self-undoing, and places of confinement.

Here are the sign and house affinities of the planets:

THE SUN rules the fire sign Leo; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 5th house; exalted in Aries and in its fall in Libra; powerful affinity for the 1st house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 7th house; in its detriment in Aquarius, thus some antipathy for the 11th house.

THE MOON rules the water sign Cancer; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 4th house; exalted in Taurus and in its fall in Scorpio; powerful affinity for the 2nd house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 8th house; in its detriment in Capricorn, thus some antipathy for the 10th house.

MERCURY rules the air sign Gemini and the earth sign Virgo; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 3rd house and the 6th house; exalted in Aquarius and in its fall in Leo; powerful affinity for the 11th house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 5th house; in its detriment in Sagittarius and Pisces, thus some antipathy for the 9th house and the 12th house.

VENUS rules the earth sign Taurus and the air sign Libra; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 2nd house and the 7th house; exalted in Pisces and in its fall in Virgo; powerful affinity for the 12th house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 6th house; in its detriment in Aries and Scorpio, thus some antipathy for the 1st house and the 8th house.

MARS rules the fire sign Aries and the water sign Scorpio; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 1st house and the 8th house; exalted in Capricorn and in its fall in Cancer; powerful affinity for the 10th house; antipathy for the concerns of the 4th house; in its detriment in Taurus and Libra, thus some antipathy for the 2nd house and the 7th house.

JUPITER rules the fire sign Sagittarius and co-rules the water sign Pisces; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 9th house and the 12th house; exalted in Cancer and in its fall in Capricorn; powerful affinity for the 4th house; antipathy for the concerns of the 10th house; in its detriment in Gemini and Virgo, thus some antipathy for the 3rd house and the 6th house.

SATURN rules the earth sign Capricorn and co-rules the fixed air sign Aquarius; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 10th house and the 11th house; exalted in Libra and in its fall in Aries; powerful affinity for the 7th house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 1st house; in its detriment in Cancer and Leo, thus some antipathy for the 4th house and the 5th house.

URANUS rules the air sign Aquarius; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 11th house; exalted in Scorpio and in its fall in Taurus; powerful affinity for the 8th house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 2nd house; in its detriment in Leo, thus some antipathy for the 5th house.

NEPTUNE rules the water sign Pisces; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 12th house; exalted in Cancer and in its fall in Capricorn; powerful affinity for the 4th house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 10th house; in its detriment in Virgo, thus some antipathy for the 6th house.

PLUTO co-rules the water sign Scorpio; natural sympathy for the concerns of the 8th house; exalted in Leo and in its fall in Aquarius; powerful affinity for the 5th house; natural antipathy for the concerns of the 11th house; in its detriment in Taurus, thus some antipathy for the concerns of the 2nd house.