The houses are the final components of the puzzle. You should check the inner circle on your chart for these. There, in a counterclockwise direction, are the digits one through twelve. Your homes are these.
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What determines the houses in your zodiac?
If you’ve ever looked up your birth information, the picture of a zodiac wheel divided into twelve sectors has probably appeared. You probably just scrolled down to a list version of your placements since the glyphs and aspect lines are so confusing. But the genuine birth chart is the zodiac wheel! You can find the most interesting facts there. The 12 astrological houses, which each reflect various aspects of your life, are represented by those 12 portions of the chart.
Based on the precise time and location of your birth, houses are assigned. Modern house systems were created to symbolically represent the sun’s daily ascent through the sky by dividing the zodiac into east and west on the horizon line. The left side of the zodiac wheel is always home to your rising sign. It symbolizes the eastern horizon, which is where the sun actually rises each morning. The rising sign always falls in the first house, regardless of the house system you pick (or, the house of the self). Then, starting with the second house and working your way up to the twelfth house counterclockwise on the wheel, the homes are identified.
A birth chart can be thought of as a tarot spread, which may be useful. The form is provided by the houses, much like the card positions. The content is determined by the moment of your birth and, consequently, by which planets and zodiac signs are in each house. The houses provide a living context for the planets and signs, allowing for interpretation.
In astrology, how do you count houses?
The basic layout of the homes as they are still understood today is shown in the following table, which also includes their traditional Latin names. Under the horizon, the dwellings are numbered from the east and each one stands for a particular aspect of life. Many contemporary astrologers make the assumption that the houses have a natural connection with the respective signs, such as the first house’s relationship to the first sign, Aries, and so forth.
What does each house in your birth chart represent?
The birth chart is similar to a photograph of the sky taken at the precise moment of your birth from our vantage point on Earth. The 12 segments that make up this chart are referred to as the houses. The “movie of your life” takes place in the residences, where the action is.
Depending on your time, date, and place of birth, a different sign rules each house in your horoscope. The zodiac sign that the cusp, or beginning point of a house, intersects with on the wheel determines this rulership (that’s a bit complicated, so don’t worry about this one too much!). Just keep in mind that each house is linked to a particular aspect of life, such as profession, home, and relationships, and that this is essentially what grounds astrology in earthly issues.
Do all people own all 12 houses?
The procedure of deciphering your birth chart is difficult. You must comprehend your sun, moon, and rising signs in addition to the twelve houses, or divisions, into which your chart is divided. Each planet transits through a different astrological house, which controls over a few distinct areas of your life. The houses were undoubtedly the most difficult for me to understand when I first started learning astrology, and one of my biggest challenges was figuring out what empty houses in astrology meant.
Everybody will have at least one empty house because there are only 10 planets and 12 dwellings, however this is unimportant. It simply indicates that the area of your life represented by the empty house in question in your birth chart may not be as important to you as the areas represented by the houses with planets. There is a quick and simple technique to discover the significance of this house in your chart (and, of course, your life), albeit it may necessitate further investigation.
Many of the planets may be in the same house in any birth chart when you look at it. This is so that Mercury and Venus are never farther than one sign and two signs, respectively, from the sun. As a result, these two planets frequently find themselves in the same house as the sun, leaving more houses vacant. You can just glance to the ruler of an empty house in a birth chart to completely comprehend how that house’s implications play out in your life.
Which planets govern the houses?
Each house’s qualities are provided for both monetary and personal astrology (see Keywords).
- Aries and Mars in the first house.
- Second House: Venus and Taurus.
- Gemini and Mercury rule the third house.
- Moon and Cancer in the fourth house.
- Sun and Leo in the fifth house.
- Mercury and Virgo rule the sixth house.
- Venus and Libra in the 7th House.
What do astrology’s 12 houses represent?
The Twelfth House is located just below the horizon in the sky; it is figuratively the hours before dawn. The Twelfth House, which rules everything that has no physical form, including dreams, secrets, and emotions, is also known as the “unseen realm.” People who have planets in the twelfth house by birth are frequently quite intuitive, if not psychic. When planets move through the Twelfth House, we draw karmic people into our lives, but we also need to be aware that not all partnerships are destined to stay. The energy of Pisces connects to this House.
What in astrology is the first house?
The house of the self is the first house in the zodiac. It is where our ascendant or rising sign resides and is linked to our sense of self, our initiation style, and how other people see us. Consider it to be your first impression. Any planetary placement in the First House will have a greater impact on the person’s personality. For instance, Jane Fonda has the planet Mars, which represents action and aggression, in the First House, which is appropriate for a woman who has no problem picking a battle, standing up for herself, or addressing her own and other people’s sexual lives in public.
Which home is your seventh?
Relationships and how we act in them are the main topics of the 7th house, which is ruled by Libra.
Although it is traditionally referred to be the house of marriage, it actually governs all of our connections, including those with lovers, business partners, and even adversaries.
The 7th house is recognized as the house of marriage and committed or contractual partnering, in contrast to the 5th house, which is the home of sex, pleasure, and what we desire in another person, according to astrologer Corina Crysler.
It may also reveal what we need in our relationships or the patterns we keep repeating in them.
What does astrology’s 9th house mean?
In astrology, the 9th house is often referred to as the Dharma Bhava. The Dharma Bhava, or ninth house, indicates a person’s spiritual and higher values, as well as their religious instincts, duty, uprightness, and good karma. Whether or whether someone has a religious bent of mind depends on the strength of their 9th house. From conservatism to modernity, from orthodoxy to heterodoxy, and so on, it determines the variations. The 9th house also determines whether or not one will be charitable. Therefore, the direction and flow of our ideologies, as well as our attitude and approach to life, are determined by the 9th house.