Traditional Meanings of the Houses


The First House
The front door to one's world; the self image; reaction to one's environment; how others see one; physical characteristics; outer personality; how one initiates action; beginnings.
The Second House
The process of valuing; self-worth; body awareness; how one develops one's natural resources; attitudes towards money and possessions; emotional attachments to objects.
The Third House
Communications; the analytical mind; early and immediate environment; school years; relatives; brothers and sisters; early peer group; short journeys.
The Fourth House
Home and family issues; one's sense of belonging; psychological foundations; how one is in private; the "background" parent; childhood conditioning; later years of life.
The Fifth House
Creative instincts; the urge to express oneself spontaneously; children; how one gets love; love affairs; leisure; speculation.
The Sixth House
Daily routine; work; practical skills and techniques; relations with employer/employees; health issues.
The Seventh House
One to one encounters; partners; marriage; lawsuits; challenges; open enemies; how one cooperates or competes with others.
The Eighth House
Results of what one shares with others; intense relationships; sex; other peoples' money and possessions; legacies; death and rebirth; crises; change.
The Ninth House
The abstract mind; belief systems; higher education; teachers; foreign travel and connections with abroad; religion; the spirit of the law.
The Tenth House
Public role and status; career; ambition; influence; how one sets out to achieve aims; the dominant parent; relations with authority figures; ones tendency to be dominant or dominated.
The Eleventh House
The need to make contact with others; how one receives love; friendships; social groups; shared hopes and ideals; group activities.
The Twelfth House
The unintegrated, unconscious self; what one projects on to intimate relationships; dreams; hidden fears and enemies; breakdowns; sacrifice and service to a greater cause.

 


Created by TracyG~1998, 1999