12 houses in astrology

 

There are 12 houses in astrology, and this applies to both Greek and Eastern astrology.

1. HOUSE 1 – (Ascendant) (Most important per Eastern). It rules body and personality. Most

astrologers will say it rules the majority of a person’s life and its luck as well, but it’s not true. The luck, career and wealth factor is ruled by other houses. However, it's the foundation of your life, so a weak foundation will make other planets a little wobbly sitting in a house. But, may people have bad ascendants, but due to other planetary positions they come out quite well.

2. HOUSE 2 – family, fixed assets, speech, family business, possessions of things, throat, this also includes married life (some only count 7 th house as a marriage house, but 2nd and 4th is also important as they rule the home life in eastern astrology) This house is also death inflicting house (Marka House) Marka simply means houses that mentally & physically kill you, as 2nd represents the family, it will make you work, think, argue, fight and disagree with people in your family if it is ill in your chart. The negative aspect of such house can drain any person to their death.

3. HOUSE 3 – Short distance travel, like state to state, or from one town to another like a truck driver. The third house also represents siblings and relationship with them, media, networking skills, writing and speaking ability. This house also promotes courage. It's the house of will power and your efforts. Where your efforts will be and how much effort will you put in your work. This is also the house of longevity since it's 8th from the 8th house.

4. HOUSE 4 – home, family life, ownership of home, and vehicles, peace of mind, your childhood, teachings of your mother, grade school and any kind of conveniences. Having an air conditioner is also considered a 4th house object since it represents convenience.

5. HOUSE 5 – This house represents children, fun, creativity, past life karma, education, speculative business, entertainment, ancient knowledge, media, writing and stock market. I say media and writing because 5th house is 3rd from the 3rd house, which becomes the 2nd choice for looking at an individual's creativity.

6. HOUSE 6 – dealing with enemies, diseases of the body, everyday work life and relationship with co-workers. This is the house of debt, obstacles, warzone, fighting, litigation and divorce.

7. HOUSE 7 – Marriage, legal partnership (also includes business partnership), rules fame of a person as its opposite of the 1st house which is self and 7th house is other people, house of masses, and it also involves sex, and sexual relationship with the legal partner. (In Greek they say 5th and 8th house rules sex, but that’s not correct, 5th house rules romance, and 8th house, well, we’ll get to that next.) This is also a death inflicting house (Marka House) Because dealing with marriage and its issues everyday can kill anyone.

8. HOUSE 8 – This house rules death and rebirth of a person or how one rises after a great fall in their life. This house also shows money through in-laws and friends as in loans you might get from them. Financial loans for home, business is also shown from this house. Deep rooted issues of one's life, and one's interest or lack thereof in mystical world such as astrology, magic, tantric practices , ghosts are shown form this house. 8th house also represents life span of a person. This is simply the house of occult. Secret affairs are also seen from this. Government taxes, spies and business related to secret government dealings are seen from the 8th house. Death is not something to fear, you will die, you can’t live forever, but if your lifespan is short, (although it’s a blessing in my terms) you can still extend it per Vedic astrology remedies.) We will talk about remedies later in the book. 8th house is a major (Marka House) This is truly a death inflicting house, as 8 th house deal with things that are buried deep beneath the earth, and when certain planets align in 2nd, 7th and 8th house; it usually causes death for a person.

9. HOUSE 9 – This house shows interest in religion, long distance travel and higher philosophical education. This house rule advance education like PhD or masters, but also the education that brings wisdom in one's life, whether negative or positive, which depends on the planet and signs that rules this house. This house also represents the law field as 9th house is about doing the right things or being punished for it. It's the house of your gurus as in teachers and teachings of your father.

10. HOUSE 10 – This house shows your image in the outer world, like place of work and community, as it’s opposite to the 4th house which is home, your private life. It rules career too, but only holds 30% of the truth about your career. In Greek astrology they give a major emphasis on the 10th house and its lord or the planet sitting in 10th house to determine your career, but this is not true, why you ask? Because Greek only relies on 1 chart, your basic birth chart, and, sometimes eastern astrologer, too, relies on the same chart. But, there is a bigger depth to this house. In Eastern astrology there are many (Divisional) charts which show a detailed analysis of a person’s life, which can be career, marriage, children, health, travel etc... The divisional chart that rules the career is called (D-10 chart) or Dashamsa chart in Eastern astrology. (We’ll talk about it later) But career is also seen from 2nd, 6th and 7th house, too. 7th house is 10th from the 10th house, which becomes the career of your career house.

11. HOUSE 11 – This house shows gains of all kinds, hopes, wishes, power to achieve your desired goal, and your source of income. The source of income is not your 10th house, but your 11th house. How will you make your money, or how will you get your (Big) money. Your 10th house just shows career, , rise & fall in career and what field you’ll go into after looking at all the divisional charts, but 11th house shows the big gains you’ll receive in your life. Very important house in terms of wealth.

12. HOUSE 12 – House of mystery, your hidden talent, your hidden magic, foreign country settlement,losses but, not necessarily loss of money, it could be loss of enemies or health, as in, you’ll lose enemies, which stands for: you may not have much enemies, or you may not have too many disease in your possession. If you look at this house carefully, 12th house which is known as the house of losses or expenditure, can also work in your advantage as well. We’ll talk about this later. But, 12th house is a major player in careers of fictional writers, as 12th house takes you into a different dream land, and dimension which is required for a fantasy writer.