The Houses of Heaven
The following table shows the twelve astrological Houses of Heaven, the areas of influence which they rule, and the sign of the Zodiac to which they correspond:
House | Zodiac | Influence |
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First / Ascendant | Aries | Life, health, querant, etc. |
Second | Taurus | Money, property, personal worth. |
Third | Gemini | Brothers, sisters, news, short journeys, etc. |
Fourth | Cancer | Father, landed property, inheritance. The grave, the end of matter. |
Fifth | Leo | Children, pleasure, feasts, speculation. |
Sixth | Virgo | Servants, sckness, uncles and aunts, small animals. |
Seventh | Libra | Love, marriage, husband or wife. Partnerships and associations, public enemies, law suits. |
Eighth | Scorpio | Deaths, wills, legacies; pain, anxiety. Estate of deceased. |
Ninth | Sagittarius | Long journeys, voyages. Science, religion, art, visions and divinations. |
Tenth | Capricorn | Mother. Rank and honour, trade of profession, authority, employment, and worldly position generally. |
Eleventh | Aquarius | Friends, hopes and wishes. |
Twelfth | Pisces | Sorrows, fears, punishments, secret enemies, hospitals or prisons, unseen dangers, restrictions. |