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The First House of Self

Your personality and essential character: This is the house of your Self. It expresses your individual personality, general character and disposition. In this house you develop your personality and cultivate your unique consciousness as an individual.

The Second House of Material Foundation

Your money, finances and material possessions: This is the house of your money, finances and material possessions and relates to your earning capacity and your financial gains or loses – your material development and the material foundation of your life.

The Third House of Mental Development

Your ability to reason and communicate: The Third House is the house of the mind and of mental development through the use of will; it represents the exploration and development of your intellectual faculties and their application to the real world as well as your communication abilities. In this house you pursue your mental development and develop your communication skills.

The Fourth House of the Home

Your home life and domestic affairs: The Fourth House relates to the emotional environment of your home, to your family and to your domestic concerns. It is the emotional foundation of your life. In this house you experience and explore your emotional nature.

The Fifth House of Procreation

Your creativity, romantic relationships and children: The affairs of the Fifth House encompass pregnancy, love affairs, children and romance as well as creativity and pleasure. At its root lies the self-expressive impulse – the drive towards the individualization of your life. It is the house of active self-expression and self-development and reflects your quest for self fulfillment. In this house you will expand and multiply yourself through biological and creative procreation.

The Sixth House of Work and Difficulties

Your work and difficulties: The Sixth House is the house of your necessary duties of life, your daily jobs and routines and your working relationships. This house expresses your integration into the working environment  and  the difficulties  you will face  in your  working relation-ships with others.

The Seventh House of Relationships

Your close personal relationships: The affairs of the Seventh House encompass the sphere of marriage and the close personal relationships in your life. In this house you form close personal relationships with other people in the business world and in your personal and social circles.

The Eighth House of Transformation

Your House of Transformation: The Eighth House is where the right brained person will encounter their left brained side and the left brained person will encounter their right brained side. Its affairs center on sex, the beginning of death, passions, power and the secret and hidden side of life. In this house we encounter previously unknown dimensions of life and ourselves and are compelled to come face to face with their power and mystery.

The Ninth House of Spirituality

Your spiritual development and higher education: The Ninth House is the house of spiritual development, higher education and learning. Its affairs represent your spiritual evolution, experience of the Divine and the attainment of a higher level of consciousness. In this house you expand your spiritual awareness.

The Tenth House of Career

Your career: The affairs of the Tenth House center on your career, means of livelihood, professional success, your own achievements and your professional standing and status in the community. In this house you reap the rewards of your career accomplishments.

The Eleventh House of Friends

Your relationship with your friends and your hopes and dreams for the future: The Eleventh House is the house of your social relationships and friendships and of your hopes and dreams for the future. In this house you experience the benefits of your status in society and the joys and pleasure of your relationships with your friends as well as the fruits of your striving for the realization of your hopes and dreams.

The Twelfth House of Self Knowledge

Your relationship to dreams, psychic powers and the Unconscious Mind: The Twelfth House is that of self knowledge gained through the awareness of the inner Psyche. It can bring self support and self knowledge or self limitation and self deception. In this house you turn inward and gain the greatest self knowledge through your experience of dreams, psychic intuition and creative imagination.