Taurus Rising

Last week, I talked about the first house in astrology.  However, it occurred to me that some of you may not know what the houses in astrology mean.  I mean, I’m still learning, so I don’t know what a lot of this house mumbo-jumbo means! So in order to learn, I’ve decided to share what I’ve learned about the houses.  I strongly believe that the best way in learning something is to share and teach others.  I’m jumping off the subject, okay.  So, what are the houses in astrology?  What does all of that stuff mean?

There are 12 houses in an astrological chart.  (There are a few different house systems– equal, Placidus, etc., but that is for a different post.) Each house is represented by one of the 12 signs in the zodiac and represents an aspect of the human personality.  By examining these houses in a birth chart, we can determine how a person is likely to act in certain environments.

In the book, Parkers’ Astrology by Derek and Julia Parker, they describe the house system:

The planets represent motivation.
The signs show how we will direct or use that motivation.
The houses show in which sphere of life that motivation and effect will be manifested.

I find this to be a good description of how the planets, signs, and houses relate to each other.

I read in another description somewhere (unfortunately, I forgot where!) and this also helped me understand the astrological houses.  This person said to think of each house as a room in a bigger house.  The houses represent the environment (or place where lessons are learned), the signs represent the style (how the situations are handled) and the planets represent the person (motivation) that lives  in the room.  Think of it as visiting a room (house) and running into the person (planet) that lives there.  I like to think that each person (planet) adds their own decorating style or flair (sign) to each room (house).  Some of the houses in a chart may be empty (no planets), which means that house isn’t a major factor in a person’s chart.  Or alternatively, this house isn’t something that the person needs to work or focus on.

What do you think?

In the future, I’ll write some detailed posts about:

• First House – House of Self
• Second House – House of Possessions
• Third House – House of Communication
• Fourth House – House of Family and Home
• Fifth House – House of Pleasure
• Sixth House – House of Health
• Seventh House – House of Relationships
• Eighth House – House of Death and Sex
• Ninth House – House of Travel and Philosophy
• Tenth House – House of Social Status
• Eleventh House – House of Friendships
• Twelfth House – House of the Subconscious

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