The twelve houses
The twelve houses
The houses divide the chart into twelve areas of life — identity, money, communication, home, creativity, work, partnership, transformation, philosophy, career, friendship, and the unconscious. Where a planet sits in your chart's houses tells you where in your life its energy plays out.
- ISelf & IdentityYour physical body, your appearance, your first impression — the part of you that walks into the room.
- IIMoney & ValuesWhat you own, what you value, your relationship to money and material security.
- IIICommunication & SiblingsHow you communicate, your siblings, your immediate environment, your daily mind.
- IVHome & FamilyYour home, your family of origin, your roots, the deepest part of your private self.
- VCreativity, Romance & PlayRomance, children, creative expression, play, and the parts of life you do for joy.
- VIHealth, Work & RoutineDaily work, health and habits, service to others, the routines that hold your life together.
- VIIPartnershipMarriage and committed partnerships, business partners, open enemies — the people you choose and contract with.
- VIIITransformation, Sex & Shared ResourcesSex, death, shared resources, inheritances, deep psychological transformation — the things we don't talk about in polite company.
- IXPhilosophy, Travel & Higher LearningLong-distance travel, higher education, philosophy, religion — the search for meaning beyond your immediate world.
- XCareer & Public ReputationYour career, your public reputation, what you're known for, your relationship with authority.
- XIFriends, Communities & FutureFriends, communities you belong to, your hopes for the future, your role in the collective.
- XIIThe Unconscious, Solitude & SpiritThe unconscious, solitude, hidden enemies, dreams, spiritual life — what's behind the curtain.
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Houses are the where. Pair them with the planets (the what) and the signs (the how) to read a chart as a whole rather than as parts.