Astrological Houses; Basic Ideas, Common Meanings & Keywords

Front 1

1st House

Back 1

basic attitude toward life; stance toward life; outward appearance; personal image that we project; childhood personality; the issues that are important to us, that we need to resolve in this lifetime so grow more important with age;

Hint 1

The Self

Front 2

2nd House

Back 2

Attitude toward possessions, body, personal belongings, finances, values, and ethics; philosophy towards money, finances,possessions,earning and spending capacity; sense of self-worth; how and where you are likely to spend your money;

Hint 2

Possesions

Front 3

3rd House

Back 3

Attention to immediate environment; way of understanding and learning; relationship to siblings and early schooling; style of communication; how we process language and how our brains retain information; can sometimes relate to short trips;

Hint 3

Environment

Front 4

4th House

Back 4

Home; that which makes you feel comfortable and at home; home circumstances; relationship to the strongest parental figure; our sense of belonging; how we conduct ourselves in private; our background and views on family values; the manner in which we begin and leave this life as in the analogy between the home, the womb, and the grave; how we set up our own families and the values we intend to pass on;

Hint 4

Home

Front 5

5th House

Back 5

Creativity, games, sports; creativity and how you express it; how we have fun; love and romance, children, sports, gambling, how we spend leisure time; (romantic interests but not marriage);

Hint 5

Creativity

Front 6

6th House

Back 6

Work and practical effort; Health; attitude toward improving things and taking care of things; the extent to which you focus on improving, fixing, repairing and maintaining things; service; the quality of service you give and receive; how you like to work; what work environment would be comfortable for you; jobs not careers;

Hint 6

Practical Effort

Front 7

7th House

Back 7

Partnership; Friends; Relationships; how you relate to others; what you value in a relationship; what you expect from others; what you look for in a partner personality-wise; deep love relationships and marriage;

Hint 7

Partnership

Front 8

8th House

Back 8

Money, investments, business, sharing, death of friends or self; Sex; biological energy and procreation; sexual tastes and desires; your access to other peoples money and resources; your partner's money, valuables, and finances and how you approach that with them; birth, death, matters of occult and after-life; The 8th house is associated with many different things, from inheritances to business transactions, death, and sex. A psychological interpretation of the 8th house is that it describes how you share and bond with others, whether you can make commitments to others and whether you will abide by the commitments you make. The 8th house encompasses all forms of bonding and sharing, especially strong or meaningful ones, and therefore has a big impact on marriage, sexuality, business contracts and attitude towards money.

Hint 8

Business

Front 9

9th House

Back 9

Travel, broad view of things, philosophy, politics; religious and ethical beliefs; the activities that serve to expand our horizons; occasionally relates to court decisions, second marriages and in-laws; (sometimes the job or health of the mother. The 9th house is associated with travel, philosophy, religion, education, and publishing. A psychological interpretation of the 9th house is that it describes how a person grasps larger concepts and the degree to which the person focuses on distant or loftier issues and to what extent these are important to the person.

Hint 9

Travel

Front 10

10th House

Back 10

Career; Role in life; Public Image; where our ambition lies and where it will be put to good use; The 10th house is associated with career, reputation, and public image. The 10th house describes how we project ourselves into the world, and the roles that we enjoy playing in our careers and jobs. This house is power balanced with responsibility and it shows how we manage both.

Hint 10

Career

Front 11

11th House

Back 11

Organizations; Clubs; Social Activities; acquaintances, hopes and wishes; how you deal with groups of people like friends, acquaintances, classmates, workmates, and community (but NOT close friends); Social Conscience and your attitude towards charity; indicates monies earned directly from career matters, but not how to deal with that money; how we participate in community activities; and how important larger community, national and global issues are to us.

Hint 11

Groups

Front 12

12th House

Back 12

Conscience; Guilt; Service to community; something we hide from the world and frequently from ourselves; the house of sorrows; self-undoing, where we subconsciously sabotage ourselves; restrictions and hidden enemies; psychological problems; serious illness, isolation, institutions, hospitals, prisons, etc.; subconscious and emotional feelings of responsibility that we have as citizens of the world. the extent to which we feel responsible to serve the larger community, and the extent to which we take the problems of others seriously as concerns of ourselves, and the extent to which we feel guilty when we feel that we do not do what we know deep within ourselves we should do.

Hint 12

Guilt and Selflessness

Front 13

Self, Appearance

Basic attitude toward life
Stance toward life

Back 13

First House

Hint 13

Aries

Front 14

Earnings, Possessions

Attitude towards possessions, body and belongings, finances, values, and ethics

Back 14

Second House

Hint 14

Taurus

Front 15

Communications, Relatives

Attention to immediate environment.
Way of understanding and learning.

Back 15

Third House

Hint 15

Gemini

Front 16

Home, Parents

Home, what makes you feel comfortable and at home

Back 16

Fourth House

Hint 16

Cancer

Front 17

Pleasures, Children

Creativity, Games, Sports

Back 17

Fifth House

Hint 17

Leo

Front 18

Health, Service

Work, Practical Efforts

Back 18

Sixth House

Hint 18

Virgo

Front 19

Spouse, Partnerships

Partnership and Friends

Back 19

Seventh House

Hint 19

Libra

Front 20

Death, Regeneration

Money, investments, business, sharing, death of friends or self.

Back 20

Eighth House

Hint 20

Scorpio

Front 21

Philosophy, Travel

Travel, broad view of things, philosophy, polotics

Back 21

Ninth House

Hint 21

Sagittarius

Front 22

Career, Status

Career, role in life

Back 22

Tenth House

Hint 22

Capricorn

Front 23

Friends, Aspiration

Organizations, clubs, social activities

Back 23

Eleventh House

Hint 23

Aquarius

Front 24

Secrets, Limitations

Conscience, guilt, service to community

Back 24

Twelfth House

Hint 24

Pisces

Front 25

the beginning of a House is known as the

Back 25

House Cusp

Front 26

The Sun and Planets appear to move in which direction through the houses

Back 26

Backwards

Front 27

The Angular House Cusps / The Angles

Back 27

1st, 4th, 7th & 10th House Cusps

Front 28

The Ascendant

Back 28

First House Cusp

Front 29

The Descendant

Back 29

Seventh House Cusp

Front 30

Medium Coeli

Back 30

Tenth House Cusp

Front 31

4th house cusp

Back 31

IC / Immum Coeli / Subheaven
an angular house

Front 32

1st house cusp

Back 32

The Ascendant
an angular house

Front 33

7th house cusp

Back 33

The Descendant
an angular house

Front 34

10th house cusp

Back 34

MC / Medium Coeli / Midheaven
an angular house