Question about Houses?!
Question: I don't understand the effect it has on planets if they are in one sign, but the House they're in is of a different sign. Like if I have Mars, Pisces, and Jupiter in Pisces, but they're in the 10 House and the 10th House starts in Aquarius. Can anyone try to explain this a little?
Answers: I don't understand the effect it has on planets if they are in one sign, but the House they're in is of a different sign. Like if I have Mars, Pisces, and Jupiter in Pisces, but they're in the 10 House and the 10th House starts in Aquarius. Can anyone try to explain this a little?
One theme through the houses is that we express ourselves, and we acquire something as a result. We then ponder the consequences and take new action, as necessary. For instance, we express ourselves to the world and change our environment (gain wealth?) and we ponder on this and take new action. For instance, we establish a home, and have children. Reflecting on this we work. From the other side, we have our partner. As a result we receive certain benefits based on our relationships. These could be legacies. As a result we ponder on our life and perhaps make major changes, symbolised by long journeys. The next angular point is our social standing, the tenth house, which is the opposite of the 4th house our position in the home or in our private world. We make friends and establish our position in society. As a result we ponder on these things. If we are successful, we might make enemies. And we may have things we want to keep secret from the world.
The Individual Houses
First House
The sign on the cusp of this house is called the rising sign. The cusp of this house is called the Ascendant.
The presentation of the self: the physical body type and appearance; childhood. The first house manifests the power of any planets and indicates the personality as well as the appearance. It can enable us to shield any weaknesses in our sun sign. The sun sign is what we are meant to be, and while we are developing this ability, we can shield ourselves with the sign on the first house cusp and any planets in this house. The first house tells how we begin things, particularly how we present ourselves. With Leo on the cusp, we present ourselves in a grand manner. With Virgo, we do so in a detailed and critical manner, in the service of others. With Aquarius, we do so in an indifferent and intellectual manner. The first house tells how we approach life, and also general health.
Second House
The second house is concerned with resources which we have developed as a result of our presenting ourselves in the world. It is concerned with possessions, including money. It shows how we value things through whatever sign is on the cusp. And it also indicates our talents, the five senses and our self-worth. It indicates our attitude to what we own, how we get these things, how we treat or manage them. And whether we retain them. The second house indicates how we can acquire the wherewithal in order to survive, and can refer to liquid assets (that is what we can quickly sell to produce cash, or to trade). We can own land, houses (fixed assets), etc, yet not have the ready cash to pay for our living expenses, and the second house is concerned with this. Naturally, this also means the second house is concerned with survival, because our money is used here to buy food, shelter, etc. In a more primitive life, we might need hunting or farming skills in order to survive, so it is obvious that the second house deals also with talents and skills that we can use to enhance our survival.
Third House
The third House is the House of Thought. There is a big emphasis on communication, including language skills and literary work. It can indicate cleverness, meaning dextrous and also cagey and shrewd. It refers to education, particularly school education. It concerns writing, recording and lecturing. It is concerned with the learning we do, such as learning the ABC, how to read and how to write. It concerns an awareness of ignorance and awareness of ability, which mean knowing you don't know something and being able to do something if you keep your mind on it. Unawareness of ability flowers in the sixth house, and means you can do it without thinking, as in driving a car. The third House tells of the communication style, siblings (especially the first brother or sister) and short journeys or minor changes. It involves the environment, including neighbours.
Fourth House
The fourth house is concerned with matters such as: the home, roots, family history and origins, life, self development, memories, the past, upbringing, end of life, inner life and foundations. Behaviour at home. The parent with the lesser influence on the person's life (Father). The final stage of life and what we become. Matters to do with growth and creation (domestication): houses, land, gardens.
Fifth House
This is the house of creativity and pleasure. It is associated with the heart, or source of emotions, love and passion. It tells what things are dear to you. It is the house of children, creative self expression, and romance. It can refer to ideas, ideals, inventions (depending on the planets and the signs), or anything, really, which you love. It is about anything that we make and do, in a creative manner from the heart. Of course, hobbies, parties and all forms of entertainment, sports and games. It is concerned with drama, acting and writing as forms of creative expression and with education. It also includes parties, holidays and recreation. It is the house of fun. However, it is not necessarily pointless fun. You might enjoy serious subjects and find your fun there. In addition to fun, this house is concerned with taking risks, which might mean gambling or investing. It refers to love and relationships prior to marriage (the seventh house refers to the marriage partner). It refers to the first child and second sibling (see derived houses).
Sixth House
This house can be thought of as being concerned with (daily) routines and necessities, such as work, health, diet, clothes and jobs. These are the details of life, and this house tells how you deal with the details and practicalities of living. It is concerned with people who work for you. And with how you provide a service (work) for others. It is also concerned with tools, expenses, overheads, landlords, and pets. It also indicates your attitude to cleanliness and order. This house refers to things that you willingly do, but only because you have to do them in order to attain comfort, or some other goal. For example, cleaning the house is done for the sake of having a comfortable place in which to live, rather than because it is interesting! This house also concerns your taste in clothes. It is a house of mind and thinking and is associated with education, teaching and schools. This is the place where the tyres meet the road. Where you have to get down to the nitty gritty in order to achieve anything. Ability begins with ignorance of inability, when we think something is easy because we have never done it before. This is typically Aries, charging in, full of confidence, and oblivious to any difficulties. When we try, we realise it is harder than we thought and we become aware of our inability in that area. We become more cautious and reserved. This is a bit like Taurus: being reluctant to do things it doesn't know about, and avoiding the unfamiliar. As we learn, we find we can do it, but only when we think what we are doing. We have awareness of ability. This is like Gemini, but the process continues through to Virgo. By practice and by following routines, our skills become automatic and we can do things without thinking about them. We have attained an unawareness of ability, the ability to do things in our sleep! This is the Sixth House, or Virgo where we have learned our theories and practiced enough to be, well perfect!
Seventh House
The first house deals with the self, and the seventh house deals with the opposite, that is, those who you meet on a one-to-one basis, and includes marriage and business partners. It also includes open enemies. When we meet others we have to give and take and agree ground rules, and in the process we get into conflict, hopefully friendly conflict, until we find a solution. This house is also concerned with competition. In this house are close friends, live-in-lovers and other people in general. And also contracts, law-suits and divorce. Balance is a keyword for this house. More specifically, it indicates the first marriage partner, the third sibling and second child.
Eighth House
Community resources, sex, ultimate issues and financial institutions are part of this house. It concerns birth, death and rebirth, reincarnation, healing, the occult, other people's resources (money) including credit cards, taxes, partner's resources, wills, inheritance, insurance, taxes, unearned money, recycling, garbage, pollution, losses, renunciation, letting go. It is said to indicate the manner of death. It is concerned with power, power over others and self control. That it rules the sex organs and the anus shows how some of the items above fit in. The second house indicates your resources, and the eighth indicates other people's resources, particularly those of the first partner.
Ninth House
While the third house is the house of mind, this house is the house of the higher mind. It is more dependent on other things and people, or it is more open to them, than the third house, but it is an active house and is ultimately independent. Here you can entertain and examine beliefs, without necessarily believing them. Higher education, foreign travel, ethics and legal principles are part of this house, as are philosophy and religion. While these may refer to university education, they do not have to. For instance, higher education refers to considering many different viewpoints and being able to come down on the side of one of them, while knowing that it isn't absolutely true, but it is the best one for the current situation. That is, wisdom in addition to knowledge, whether gained at the university or at the university of life. Similarly, philosophy can mean enjoying discussions about fundamental things, and also your philosophy of life, whether you can put it in words or or follow it instinctively. The third house gives us knowledge of a basic kind that we can use if we think about what we are doing. In the sixth house, our knowledge can become automatic, so we achieve unawareness of ability. Our knowledge has become part of us. In this house we can think deeper and to higher levels because our basic knowledge is done unconsciously, so we can see the big picture and try out various ideas in our minds. This is less self-based in that other viewpoints can be considered. The heart of higher education is the ability to consider various theories, viewpoints, etc, from an objective viewpoint. In the twelfth house, there is, the striving to view all things without an awareness of self, with a kind of unknowingness, where there is an automatic scanning of all viewpoints, and an automatic knowing. The ethics and legal principles can be simply what you think is right and what you think is wrong. Religion normally refers to conventional organised religion. Long journeys can be journeys in the world or in the mind (deep study), and they also refer to major changes. Freedom, independence and justice are important attitudes suggested by this house. Dreams and visions are applicable in this house as are the fourth sibling, third child, and second partner. Languages, foreigners, and success are also relevant to this house. The word "foreigners" refers to people from far away and also to local people with different backgrounds and beliefs. This house also refers to brothers and sisters in law.
Tenth House
The tenth house shows what you are aiming for, it shows your career, reputation and what you become known for. Personal image, authority, honour, prestige, career, ambition, organisations, rulers and employers are involved in this house. If the fourth house refers to the base, roots, where you come from, then the tenth shows where you are going. It also involves: goals and aspirations, social standing, person with power over you, and the government. It indicates the parent of greatest influence.
Eleventh House
This is a house of friends, hopes and wishes. It is concerned with the future. In the third house, you have friends who are brothers or sisters, or neighbours. In the seventh house, you have close friends and partners. In this house the friends are ones who relate to your public image. For instance, if at work you are Beryl the accountant, then your friends are your workmates. On a more grand scale, the leader of a political party would have the people in this house as their friends, or supporters. This house is also concerned with plans, ideals, groups, contacts, clubs, political parities, unions, social groups, humanitarian activities, and altruism. Well-wishers, high hopes and aspirations also belong here. It is generally materialistic and can indicate money earned from a career. Also stepchildren, fifth sibling, fourth child, third partner.
Twelfth House
This house shows how we think about our lives and how we think about the hereafter, or about spiritual things (cadent house). It can refer to karma and spiritual matters. This is a house of non-self, which means it is concerned with large, impersonal, institutions, such as hospitals, prisons, large bureaucracies, the civil service, etc. That is areas where they claim to serve rather than seek a profit, and where the workers and managers are somewhat anonymous. Here we think of unselfish service. This also adds up to hidden matters. Sometimes this is because the good is not published (selfless service, modesty), and sometimes it is because the bad is concealed. But it also refers to hidden matters which are being uncovered, or research in science, or something else. It refers to activities behind the scenes, for good or bad. Anyone who reviews their life, is likely to think of things that they did not do, which they wished they had done, and things they did do, and wished they hadn't. This can result in some sorrow, and can also result in guilt or shame. It can also result in pride and satisfaction when we think of the good things we did (or even the temptations we resisted). In the third house, we learn basic things. In the sixth we make this knowledge automatic. And in the ninth we can range far and wide in thought because we have the knowledge which is unconscious within us. In the twelfth house, we can range even further through an unawareness of ability and an unawareness of self. In some ways we transcend ourselves and think not of our own selfish needs and viewpoints, but the viewpoint of humanity, or of all life. We can in a similar way transcend knowledge so we can understand it in what appears to be a mystic way, to those who have not attained this level of development. There is a no-mind unknowing where all knowledge is "routine" as are all viewpoints, so there is intuition. The twelfth house is also concerned with health, either as a profession, or how we deal with illness. It is also concerned with meditation (impersonal), self-sacrifice (selflessness) and charity (selfless giving). The twelfth house also indicates areas where we have secret enemies, which could be those aspects of ourselves which lead to our undoing.
Love & Blessing
Milly
milly steals another one!
yeah, she's pretty much right on the money. darn my slow typing skills (or lack there of)!