Houses And Astrology

               Houses & Astrology:

         

               The twelve signs of the zodiac show the positions along the ecliptic where the planets can be found on any date. These planetary positions don't change very much during a single day. However, the earth's rotation brings a new rising sign into play about every two hours. Remember the zodiac is fixed in space, it just seems to move across the sky because of the earth's rotation each day.

               The houses represent the different departments of life in which your planetary energies find their expressions. For example, your character and personality, which are set up by your planets in the different signs, will be directed either into personal or public matters, depending on whether they fall into the houses of the Northern Hemisphere, or Southern Hemisphere, respectively. Again you will be self-sufficient if they fall into the eastern houses or dependent on others is they fall into the western houses.

               Each house represents a cluster of interests and activities just as each sign represents

a cluster of traits and approaches for dealing with those activities. The spheres of interest of each          house are as follows:

         

                 First       Self, appearance.

                 Second      Earnings, possessions.

                 Third       Communications, relatives.

                 Fourth      Home, parents.

                 Fifth       Pleasures, children.

                 Sixth       Health, service.

                 Seventh     Spouse, partnerships.

                 Eighth      Death, regeneration.

                 Ninth       Philosophy, travel.

                 Tenth       Career, status.

                 Eleventh    Friends, aspirations.

                 Twelfth     Secrets, limitations.

         

               The distribution of your houses into different groupings of hemispheres and groupings

of elements and positions determine the over-all focus of your activities. If most of your planets

fall into one of the hemispheres the significance is as follows:

         

                 Northern    A focus on private matters.

                 Southern    A focus on private activities.

                 Eastern      Activities are self-started.

                 Western     Dependence on others' energies.

         

               Another useful grouping of houses corresponds with the grouping of houses into the four          elements. The houses can be grouped into fire, earth, water and air houses. The significance is

as follows:

         

               Individual  (Fire) Houses: Life Identity (First, Fifth, Ninth). Activities focus on achieving          life's aspirations.

         

               Temporal  (Earth) Houses: Material Wealth (Second, Sixth, Tenth). Activities focus on meeting material needs.

         

               Relative  (Air) Houses: Relationships (Third, Seventh, Eleventh). Activities focus on social contact and mind-sharing.

         

               Terminal  (Water) Houses: Emotional (Fourth, Eighth, Twelfth). Activities focus on achieving emotional tranquility.

         

               Still another important grouping corresponds with the qualities of the signs, corresponding to the Cardinal , Fixed , or Mutable  signs of the zodiac. The significance of a cluster of planets in a group of these houses is as follows:

         

               Angular  (Cardinal) Houses--Starting: First, Fourth, Seventh, Tenth. Activities are          self-starting for immediate effects.

         
 

          

               Succedent  (Fixed) Houses--Controlling: Second, Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh. Activities are aimed

          at managing and controlling things.

         

               Cadent  (Mutable) Houses--Changing: Third, Sixth, Ninth, Twelfth. Skills are acquired to

          improve relationships.

         

               The intensity of a planet's influence on a house depends on the sign of the zodiac that

          happens to fall on that house in your zodiac. If Cardinal Signs are found in Angular (Cardinal)

          Houses, they strengthen the planetary energies flowing into the activities of the houses, etc.