nuanced intention and direction come to life with awareness of the astrological houses.
THE houses
Have you ever wondered why your friend or sibling, with whom you share a lot in common (maybe even the same Sun sign), jets off to explore the world while you feel compelled to stay home and tend to your foundations? Or why you tend to feel more career pressure in the winter versus the summer?
Much understanding can be gained as to how life organizes and how we prioratize aspects of our lives when we discover the houses in astrology.
Central to the structure of the circular Tropical Astrology chart, houses, the pie slices within the chart, create boundaries around the categories of our life. Moving from the 1st to 12th house, the boundaries of each grow in complexity, from Self to spirituality.
Based on the time of birth (or of a chart’s origin time), each of the 12 zodiac signs is assigned a house to rule, or give its qualities to. As planets (our archetypes) move through the zodiac, they also move through the houses, bringing emphasis and focus to areas of life.
the house stucture
categories of life
The 1st house in an astrology chart is determined by which zodiac sign is rising on the eastern horizon for the time of the chart. If you were looking at your birth chart, it would be for the time of your birth in the city you were born.
Let’s say that in a person’s birth chart, Leo was rising at the time and location of their birth. Leo would be the sign ruling the 1st house—the rising sign or ascendant. Each following house would be ruled by the subsequent zodiac sign. (This is using whole sign houses. There are many house division methods, but I prefer the simplicity of one sign to one house).
With Leo ruling the 1st house (or category) of Self, the way someone with this rising sign asserts themself will have a Leo flavor—warm, creative, and commanding. To feel centered and connected to themself, they might get out into the sun, look for creative play, or open their hearts to lead and shine.
the quadrants & Angles
the 4 quadrants
Dividing the chart up into four quadrants can help to give more context to how the houses give us a certain lens.
In the first quadrant, moving counter-clockwise in order of the houses, self-awareness and subjectivity meet to help us determine our personal identity. Intuition and exploration, instinct and impulse mingle in this quadrant as we gather a personal awareness that starts to tell us who we are.
In the second quadrant, awareness of others and subjectivity help us to develop our personal expression. We start to use feeling more maturely, letting it move us rather than bring out reactions in us.
The third quadrant helps us to seek greater truth in our environments. With an awareness of others and a more objective lens, we start to notice how our senses can bring us data of what’s real against a more complex backdrop. Through this, we start to see who we are in the social realm.
In the fourth quadrant, we start to detach to take in a view of life. Objectivity is at its height as is a fleshed out sense of self. Thoughts about contribution to the world become important. We lean into a greater sense of social expression.
The 3 Angles | ANGULAR, SUCCEDENT & CADENT
Just like the zodiac signs have modalities (cardinal, fixed, and mutable), the house also have modes that they cycle through. Within each quarter of the circular chart, there are three houses. The first house of a quarter is called an angular house, the second a succedent house, and the third a cadent house.
Angular | The Turning Points
The angular houses indicate a new direction is beginning, similar to a change of season. Our angular houses (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) plug us into new impulses and help us to identify intentions and directions we want to move in for the themes of the quadrant. In the 1st house, we initiate into personal centering. In the 4th house, we initiate into deepening life—what creations we want to mature. In the 7th house we initiate into a more communal and cooperative orientation, determining a direction around social needs. In the 10th house we begin to feel a responsibility to the world and look for ways in which we want to build things that affect the greater world.
Succedent | Stabilizing Life
The succedent houses (2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th) help us to slow down. They show us what is worth giving stability to and developing confidence in. I like to think of these houses as managerial. They help us to delegate, bring importance to matters, and establish aspects of self and life. The 2nd house slows us down to experience the beauty of life’s physical and material wonders, developing sensitivity. The 5th house slows us down to enjoy and shine the light we’ve found within. The 8th house slows us down to witness and strategize how we entangle with shared resources and power. The 11th house slows us down to determine where constructs are limiting our progress.
Cadent | Moving and Finishing
The cadent houses (3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th) are the last in a quadrant. They help us to tie up loose ends, create the movement needed to finish a goal, and manipulate/bend/tweak life to establish closure. You could think of the angular houses as the director determining the new product, the succedent houses as the managers that give form to and build the product, an the cadent houses as the sales channels that develop distribution and feedback loops around what’s working and not in the actual world. The 3rd house helps us to tie up loose ends around our identity through curiosity and connection. The 6th house helps us to finish production through organic systems and malleable routines. The 9th house helps us to resolve our beliefs and truths through gathering perspective and using narrative. The 12th house helps us to surrender our baggage and secrets through shadow work and subtle energy healing.
THEMES OF THE HOUSES
Quarter 1 | Developing Who We Are
1st HOUSE | How we find our center, passion, drive, and agenda. Our authenticity and physical command.
Rules our first 7 year of life
2nd HOUSE | How we give form and function to the material world, determine what we value, learn embodiment and emotion, and tap industriousness
Rules our childhood from 7-14
3rd HOUSE | How we think, communicate, connect, belong, identify, learn, and move around in our world
Rules our adolescence, from 14-21
Quarter 2 | Developing Where We Come From & What Makes Life Feel Good
4th HOUSE | How we deepen and create foundations, stability, security, home, and family
Rules young adulthood, from 21-28
5th HOUSE | How we create, lead, show our hearts, shine, dramatize, and play.
Rules a ripening of our young adulthood, from 28-35
6th HOUSE | How we organize, process, refine, work, and create daily rhythms, routines, and rituals. Sacred and refined technique.
Rules coming more purposely into adulthood, from 35-42
Quarter 3 | Developing How We Need Others
7th HOUSE | How we harmonize with others, finding balance through fairness, design, and cooperation
Rules early midlife crisis, from 42-49
8th HOUSE | How we entangle, intimately and through shared resources, discovering our own deepest resources and psyche through how we share
Rules reinvention in midlife, from 49-56
9th HOUSE | How we believe, broaden, seek, and find guiding philosophies, perspective, stories, and visions
Rules a threshold before elder status, from 56-63
Quarter 4 | Developing What We Contribute to the World
10th HOUSE | How we build mastery, focus, reputation, worldly position, respect, and authority in the world
Rules our masterful early elder, from 63-70
11th HOUSE | How we liberate, innovate, collaborate, and look to the future for humanity’s evolution
Rules our wacky and wild elder status, from 70-77
12th HOUSE | The shadows and illusions we hold and how we dissolve them, surrender, flow, open up, compose, and inspire
Rules our elder as a guide status, from 77-85 (after this we return to Aries, becoming young again)
Planets as rulers & Movers
While each house (category of life) is ruled by a zodiac sign (qualities), each zodiac sign has a planet or two that rule it. The planets are the archetypes that move the house and sign agenda around our chart, giving more specific intricacy to the design of the chart.
EXAMPLE: Let’s say you have a Leo rising chart and you wanted to see more about the second house of personal value. Virgo is the sign that rules Leo’s second house. This gives the Leo chart strong values around service and refinement. If you think about royalty, ruled by Leo, they do tend to give their life to service and value it in others. They also tend to have very refined possessions and material life. To get more about what a specific Leo chart is doing with value we look to Virgo’s planetary ruler, Mercury. Let’s say in this chart, Mercury is in Cancer in the 12th house. The archetypal representative of adoring value and refinement picks up and moves into areas of arts, mysticism, and/or institutions (12th house). With Cancer ruling this planet, its agenda is security, imagination, and family. One interpretation could be that this chart values what’s been ancestrally passed down through intuitional service, and could make an income through this.
Each rising sign chart has a chart ruler, which is the planet that rules the first house sign, or the ascendant. This is like the director or general of the chart, giving directions and setting the tone of the compass. In each of the below chart profiles, I will include the traditional chart ruler that is its director.
The Rising Sign Chart
Our Filter, Our Center, Our World
I’ve always felt the chart as a living, breathing organism. It contains dimensions and layers, stories told and untold, and traits, expressed and unexpressed. As above, so below; as within, so without—the law of correspondence seeming to whisper to us that there is so much more that’s alive and conscious than we can perceive.
To enter into the mystery of the chart, we start with our rising sign, the zodiac sign rising on the Eastern Horizon at the time of birth. Everything else in the chart seems to refer back to this potent point, as if it were the emperor/empress of the chart. It positions a lens that all else filters through, orienting how all the zodiac energies entangle in us our lives. I like to think that our rising sign shows us how our world congeals around us, giving us 12 very different kinds of charts (or worlds). No wonder attempting to walk in another’s shoes is important in cultivating an understanding world.
aries rising houses
spring to action chart
With each house ruled by its natural sign in Aries rising, there is a straight forward and direct quality anchored into this chart’s world. We also find cardinal signs aligned to angular houses—initiative and action are primed here. Aries is the ultimate self-focused sign which can create blinders as to how it affects others—a lower than average conscientiousness. That said, Aries is a positive and bright sign that isn’t malicious. It simply wants things to happen NOW. This chart isn’t afraid of failure, willing to take risks. Along with some falls, it tends to find plenty of luck. When you need heroic first responders, frontline anything, and an entrepreneurial spirit, you want to look for those with this rising sign.
PLANETARY RULER: MARS
1st HOUSE, ARIES | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through action, independence, and allowing impulse to thrive.
Aries finds its direction through trusting itself and its instincts. The Passion of Aries is its independence.
2nd HOUSE, TAURUS | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through indulging in life with all 5 senses and a sureness of voice.
Aries finds its self-worth through its physical senses and perceptions. The Value of Aries is its materiality.
3rd HOUSE, GEMINI | Connection, communication, and mind pollinate through curiosity, movement, and a eagerness to express.
Aries finds its identity through flirtation and belonging. The Intelligence of Aries is its connectivity.
4th HOUSE, CANCER | Depth, home, and soul find security through a tenderness in private life and a protectiveness of loved ones.
Aries finds its soul through nurturing. The Depth of Aries is its nourishment.
5th HOUSE, LEO | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through being willing to shine, play, and the courage to take the reigns.
Aries finds its heart through its warm confidence. The Command of Aries is its courage.
6th HOUSE, VIRGO | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with efficiency and a want for productivity to result in an abundant life.
Aries finds its rhythms through refinement. The Purpose of Aries is its efficiency.
7th HOUSE, LIBRA | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are attuned to discourse, fairness, and a longing to build bridges.
Aries finds its resonance through empathy. The Relational Harmony of Aries is balanced.
8th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through investigation, intimacy, and witnessing.
Aries finds its hidden wealth through the psyche. The Power of Aries is in sharing its investigations and unearthing.
9th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through pushing personal boundaries, exploration, and debate.
Aries finds its narrative through grandiosity. The Vision of Aries is its expansiveness.
10th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Position, authority, and respect are built through focus, dedication, and a desire to reach high in life.
Aries finds its responsibility through planning. The Mastery of Aries is its intentionality.
11th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Liberation, innovation, and progress are electrified through dissent, shaking life up, and a willingness to be unique.
Aries finds its freedom through eccentricity. The Evolution of Aries is in collaboration.
12th HOUSE, PISCES | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through fantasy, art, and a sensitive sense of compassion.
Aries finds its healing through mysticism. The Artistry of Aries is in its illusions.
taurus rising houses
tried & True chart
Taurus wants more than anything to feel appreciated and valued in its world. Because of this, it is susceptible to enculturation, norms, and the values of its surroundings—aligning with the ‘right’ way to do things. That said, Taurus has a powerhouse voice and will be the first to speak up and out if something is amiss. A true pleasure hound, the Taurus chart puts its five earthy senses forefront to find indulgence, mold beauty, and gather all that the material world has to offer into its possession. It’s equally luxuriant and hard working, not afraid to put pragmatic elbow grease into cultivating a material life. With fixed signs aligned to angular houses, a push can sometimes be needed when it comes to new initiatives, but they are great at infusing fresh energy into what’s already stable and moving.
PLANETARY RULER: VENUS
1st HOUSE, TAURUS | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through energetic care for possessions and budgeting expertise.
Taurus finds its direction through a strong nose for value. The Passion of Taurus is its preferences.
2nd HOUSE, GEMINI | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through community interest, communication, and intellect.
Taurus finds its self-worth through belonging. The Value of Taurus is its connectivity.
3rd HOUSE, CANCER | Connection, communication, and mind pollinate through nurturing and protecting others and exploring imagination.
Taurus finds its identity through soul tribes. The Intelligence of Taurus is its intuition.
4th HOUSE, LEO | Depth, home, and soul find security through a sense of playfulness, warmth, and leadership.
Taurus finds its foundations through being creative. The Depth of Taurus is its shine.
5th HOUSE, VIRGO | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through organization, editing, and being able to refine processes.
Taurus finds its heart through shining with usefulness. The Command of Taurus is its processes.
6th HOUSE, LIBRA | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with a sense of balance, fairness, and a relational approach.
Taurus finds its rhythms through harmonizing. The Purpose of Taurus is relationships.
7th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are attuned to power dynamics, intimacy, and psychological probing.
Taurus finds its resonance through entanglements. The Relational Harmony of Taurus is potent.
8th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through exploration and expansiveness.
Taurus finds its hidden wealth through pushing perspectives. The Power of Taurus is in sharing its vision.
9th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through focus and building mastery in worldly ways.
Taurus finds its narrative through success and strictness. The Vision of Taurus is its foresight.
10th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Position, authority, and respect are built through being open-minded, collaborative, and progressive.
Taurus finds its responsibility through innovation. The Mastery of Taurus is its networking.
11th HOUSE, PISCES | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through holding space, compassion, and being open-hearted.
Taurus finds its freedom through mysticism and forgiveness. The Evolution of Taurus is in compassion.
12th HOUSE, ARIES | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through asserting in life and tapping into impulse and positivity.
Taurus finds its healing through solo time and focusing on themselves. The Artistry of Taurus is in its physicality.
gemini rising houses
pollinator chart
In its heart of hearts, the Gemini world wants to fit in, to belong. It will flit from shiny object to sweet smelling color, flirting with life, its curiosity leading it on a meandering path. Inner tension around identity is softened and resolved by finding how it plugs into the world around it. Its own yin and yang duality finds pathways of connection as it weaves connectivity in the world. A light touch, an expressive nature, and a vibrant openness makes this fickle chart forgivable as it buzzes into our lives one day and on to other things the next. With mutable signs aligned to the angular houses, this airy chart taps into initiative with swiftness and versatility. It will initiate five things at a time, instead of one, making sure possibility isn’t limited while it cross-pollinates to infuse life with dimensional pathways.
PLANETARY RULER: MERCURY
1st HOUSE, GEMINI | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through connection, learning, and movement.
Gemini finds its direction through community. The Passion of Gemini is its curiosity.
2nd HOUSE, CANCER | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through emotion, imagination, and home.
Gemini finds its self-worth through security. The Value of Gemini is its soulfulness.
3rd HOUSE, LEO | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through creativity, leadership, and warmth.
Gemini finds its identity through entertainment. The Intelligence of Gemini is its heart.
4th HOUSE, VIRGO | Depth, home, and soul find security through discernment, organization, and daily rhythms.
Gemini finds its foundations through refinement. The Intuition of Gemini is in its processes.
5th HOUSE, LIBRA | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through relationships, fairness, and harmonizing.
Gemini finds its heart through justice. The Command of Gemini is balanced.
6th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with investigation, entanglement, and psyche.
Gemini finds its rhythms through precision. The Purpose of Gemini is in transformation.
7th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through seeking, perspective, and story.
Gemini finds its resonance through narrative. The Relational Harmony of Gemini is in its adventurousness.
8th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through structure, strictness, and status.
Gemini finds its hidden wealth through focus. The Power of Gemini is in sharing its foresight.
9th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through breaking norms, innovation, and collaboration.
Gemini finds its narrative through envisioning the future. The Vision of Gemini is original.
10th HOUSE, PISCES | Position, authority, and respect are built through compassion, composition, and illusion.
Gemini finds its responsibility through complexity. The Mastery of Gemini is in shadows and art.
11th HOUSE, ARIES | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through independence, assertiveness, and risk-taking.
Gemini finds its freedom through impulse. The Evolution of Gemini is in decisiveness.
12th HOUSE, TAURUS | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through material grounding, the 5 earthy senses, and voice.
Gemini finds its healing through establishing preferences. The Artistry of Gemini is in beauty.
cancer rising houses
deep feeler chart
The Cancer chart anchors in a world that tirelessly nourishes what’s underfoot, a world of support and depth. Security is a main concern in this chart. Am I safe? Is my home on solid ground? Is my family cared for? In seeking stability, it goes under the soils of life to deepen. Down in the dark, rich earth, a different sense is needed to navigate. The ebb and flow of Luna’s gravity taps it into an intuitive compass. Imagination is sourced. Because of this lens, catastrophizing is easier to arrive at than some with memory and imagination entangling in its directives. But, the cyclical lunar compass can make this chart premonitory and helps Cancer err on the side of caution to create foundations in life that are rich and fertile. Cancer rising learns much about boundaries. Its cardinal energy on angular houses brings initiative to nourishing itself while directing its overflow toward nourishing the foundation in other close systems of support. Sometimes that nourishment is taken for granted and they learn the proper use of fences.
PLANETARY RULER: THE MOON
1st HOUSE, CANCER | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through tenderness, insight, and caretaking.
Cancer finds its direction through an inner compass. The Passion of Cancer is nourishment.
2nd HOUSE, LEO | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through the spotlight, creativity, and leadership.
Cancer finds its self-worth through shining. The Value of Cancer is warmth.
3rd HOUSE, VIRGO | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through discernment, critique, and systems.
Cancer finds its identity through refinement. The Intelligence of Cancer is organic.
4th HOUSE, LIBRA | Depth, home, and soul find security through relationships, trust, and fairness.
Cancer finds its foundations through harmonizing. The Intuition of Cancer is resonant.
5th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through piercing, investigation, and intensity.
Cancer finds its heart through transformation. The Command of Cancer is psychological.
6th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with vision, exploration, and philosophy.
Cancer finds its rhythms through beliefs. The Purpose of Cancer is perspective.
7th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through dedication, focus, and strictness.
Cancer finds its resonance through building. The Relational Harmony of Cancer is professional.
8th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through rule breaking, innovation, and networking.
Cancer finds its hidden wealth through eccentricity. The Power of Cancer is in sharing its originality and networks.
9th HOUSE, PISCES | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through mysticism, compassion, and fantasy.
Cancer finds its narrative through spirituality. The Vision of Cancer is artistic.
10th HOUSE, ARIES | Position, authority, and respect are built through independence, personality, and physicality.
Cancer finds its responsibility through entrepreneurialism. The Mastery of Cancer is initiative.
11th HOUSE, TAURUS | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through voice, the physical world, and beauty.
Cancer finds its freedom through self-worth. The Evolution of Cancer is pragmatism.
12th HOUSE, GEMINI | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through communication, connection, and curiosity.
Cancer finds its healing through community. The Artistry of Cancer is intelligence.
leo rising houses
creative leader chart
Warmth and command exude from the Leo chart. Its world is one where it is the star and its light brings life into orbit around it. There is courage in this chart, a willingness to put its neck on the line, direct others, and stand vulnerably in the light. It takes a strong heart to hold the confidence needed to be at the center. It takes creativity and a penchant for performance to hold attention. It takes playfulness to infuse life into the world. It also takes courage for this chart to surround itself with others that will be honest and push back on their directives. It takes courage for this chart to admit when it’s wrong and find a willingness to course correct. With fixed signs on the angular houses, there is deep stubbornness around trying new ways of dong things, especially when suggested from outside of themselves.
PLANETARY RULER: THE SUN
1st HOUSE, LEO | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through warmth, command, and creativity.
Leo finds its direction through shining. The Passion of Leo is leadership.
2nd HOUSE, VIRGO | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through refinement, productivity, and processes.
Leo finds its self-worth through service. The Value of Leo is its skillsets.
3rd HOUSE, LIBRA | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through relationships, fairness, and negotiation.
Leo finds its identity through harmonizing. The Intelligence of Leo is its diplomacy.
4th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Depth, home, and soul find security through investigation, transformation, and entanglements.
Leo finds its foundations through witnessing. the Intuition of Leo is psychological.
5th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through exploration, philosophy, and vision.
Leo finds its heart through expansion. The Command of Leo is Perspective.
6th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with structure, expertise, and focus.
Leo finds its rhythms through aspirations. The Purpose of Leo is responsibility.
7th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through rule breaking, originality, and eccentricity.
Leo finds its resonance through innovation. The Relational Harmony of Leo is open-minded.
8th HOUSE, PISCES | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through compassion, spirituality, and fantasy.
Leo finds its hidden wealth through complexity. The Power of Leo is in sharing its compositions and compassion.
9th HOUSE, ARIES | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through assertiveness, passion, and impulse.
Leo finds its narrative through action. The Vision of Leo is pioneering.
10th HOUSE, TAURUS | Position, authority, and respect are built through finances, voice, and beauty.
Leo finds its responsibility through the material world. The Mastery of Leo is self-worth.
11th HOUSE, GEMINI | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through intelligence, communication, and community.
Leo finds its freedom through connection. The Evolution of Leo is curiosity.
12th HOUSE, CANCER | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through self-care, gentleness, and nurturing.
Leo finds its healing through intuition. The Artistry of Leo is imagination.
virgo rising houses
holistic living chart
The world of Virgo is one that is based on efficiency. This chart is not scared to make cuts to life. If it is no longer working, it no longer belongs. There is a continual willingness to adapt to life’s changing circumstances and it finds productive ways to do so. Skillful is this chart’s middle name. Processes and systems are used to get to the meat out of any circumstance. The productivity and adaptability of this chart has the potential to create fruitful conditions in its world, but it also understands the organic nature of life—that winter always comes. It’s prepared and weathers storms with grace. The mutable signs on the angular houses in this chart brings initiative in making edits that others might find hasty. But, Virgo’s instincts aren’t from nowhere. They exist because they’ve been rhythmically and holistically cultured.
PLANETARY RULER: MERCURY
1st HOUSE, VIRGO | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through productivity, usefulness, and refinement.
Virgo finds its direction through service. The Passion of Virgo is rhythm.
2nd HOUSE, LIBRA | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through harmonizing, designing, and justice.
Virgo finds its self-worth through relationships. The Value of Virgo is aesthetic.
3rd HOUSE, SCORPIO | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through investigation, precision, and potency.
Virgo finds its identity through power. The Intelligence of Virgo is psychological.
4th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Depth, home, and soul find security through exploration, philosophy, and vision.
Virgo finds its foundations through expansion. The Intuition of Virgo is perspective.
5th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through structure, dedication, and focus.
Virgo finds its heart through aspiration. The Command of Virgo is authoritative.
6th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with rule breaking, eccentricity, and innovation.
Virgo finds its rhythms through originality. The Purpose of Virgo is the future.
7th HOUSE, PISCES | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through compassion, mysticism, and fantasy.
Virgo finds its resonance through art. The Relational Harmony of Virgo is transcendent.
8th HOUSE, ARIES | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through assertiveness, pioneering, and passion.
Virgo finds its hidden wealth through personality. The Power of Virgo is in sharing its authenticity and passion.
9th HOUSE, TAURUS | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through pleasure, beauty, and the physical world.
Virgo finds its narrative through nature. The Vision of Virgo is valuable.
10th HOUSE, GEMINI | Position, authority, and respect are built through intelligence, connection, and language.
Virgo finds its responsibility through community. The Mastery of Virgo is dimensionality.
11th HOUSE, CANCER | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through depth, support systems, and nourishment.
Virgo finds its freedom through imagination. The Evolution of Virgo is intuition.
12th HOUSE, LEO | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through heart, courage, and warmth.
Virgo finds its healing through creativity. The Artistry of Virgo is entertainment.
libra rising houses
aesthete chart
Finding the middle way, the cooperative path, is what the Libra world is anchored in. It is filled with paradox as each house is ruled by the oppositely correlated sign. How else do you find the middle way than by becoming intimately familiar with paradox: The first house of Self ruled by the relational and cooperative sign of Libra, the seventh house of relationships ruled by the self-centering sign of Aries. This energy can provoke others less able to hold paradox. That is the magic here. A mirror to others to show where they are unable to hold polarity well. The world of the Libra chart is one that is both highly diplomatic and (sometimes unbeknownst to them) antagonistic. The protagonist and antagonist in one. The ridge around the coin that holds opposite sides together. With cardinal signs ruling the angular houses, initiating energy is strong and typically relates back to noticing something off-tune that needs to be harmoniously balanced—better designed. An aesthetically resonating eye.
PLANETARY RULER: VENUS
1st HOUSE, LIBRA | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through harmonizing, designing, and equalizing.
Libra finds its direction through negotiation. The Passion of Libra is peace.
2nd HOUSE, SCORPIO | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through shared resources, investigation, and intimacy.
Libra finds its self-worth through empowerment. The Value of Libra is intensity.
3rd HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through seeking, pushing boundaries, and vision.
Libra finds its identity through philosophy. The Intelligence of Libra is perspective.
4th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Depth, home, and soul find security through focus, dedication, and strictness.
Libra finds its foundations through planning. The Intuition of Libra is foresight.
5th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through collaboration, rule breaking, and originality.
Libra finds its heart through friendship. The Command of Libra is innovative.
6th HOUSE, PISCES | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with boundarylessness, art, and mysticism.
Libra finds its rhythms through spirituality. The Purpose of Libra is compassion.
7th HOUSE, ARIES | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through assertiveness, risk taking, and boldness.
Libra finds its resonance through independence. The Relational Harmony of Libra is direct.
8th HOUSE, TAURUS | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through voice, the physical world, and beauty.
Libra finds its hidden wealth through self-worth. The Power of Libra is in sharing its pleasure and possessions.
9th HOUSE, GEMINI | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through intelligence, curiosity, and community.
Libra finds its narrative through connection. The Vision of Libra is communicative.
10th HOUSE, CANCER | Position, authority, and respect are built through care, supportiveness, and imagination.
Libra finds its responsibility through depth. The Mastery of Libra is responsiveness.
11th HOUSE, LEO | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through warmth, creativity, and courage.
Libra finds its freedom through taking up space. The Evolution of Libra is leadership.
12th HOUSE, VIRGO | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through organization, practice, and routine.
Libra finds its healing through editing life. The artistry of Libra is refinement.
scorpio rising houses
conservationist chart
The world of the Scorpio chart is one that is acutely aware of the resources in personal life, local life, and more broadly in global life. They see how the underground channels work in how resources are shared. They see the precision, the darkness, where the pipes are clogged, leaking, broken, wrongly directed, or flowing just right. Some of our world’s greatest conservationists are Scorpio rising (and Sun). Some of our worlds most corrupt are also Scorpio. With precise, investigative, unafraid of what’s underneath, power comes great responsibility. Those who live in the world of this chart bring thriving resource channels to life (or corruptly direct those pipes their way to hoard and learn hard lessons about sharing). With fixed signs on the angular houses, there can be a firm resistance to taking assertive action in life until the underworld of it all has been witnessed. A little push can help stuck energy move.
PLANETARY RULER: MARS
1st HOUSE, SCORPIO | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through intensity, probing, and investigation.
Scorpio finds its direction through witnessing. The Passion of Scorpio is psyche.
2nd HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through seeking, expansion, and philosophies.
Scorpio finds its self-worth through perspective. The Value of Scorpio is wisdom.
3rd HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through focus, mastery, and planning.
Scorpio finds its identity through position. The intelligence of Scorpio is foresight.
4th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Depth, home, and soul find security through breaking rules, originality, and friendliness.
Scorpio finds its foundations through innovation. The Intuition of Scorpio is future-seeing.
5th HOUSE, PISCES | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through composition, sensitivity, and mysticism.
Scorpio finds its heart through compassion. The Command of Scorpio is artful.
6th HOUSE, ARIES | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with assertiveness, physicality, and independence.
Scorpio finds its rhythms through action. The Purpose of Scorpio is passion.
7th HOUSE, TAURUS | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through voice, affection, and the physical world.
Scorpio finds its resonance through beauty. The Relational Harmony of Scorpio is pleasurable.
8th HOUSE, GEMINI | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through information, connection, and community.
Scorpio finds its hidden wealth through intelligence. The Power of Scorpio is in sharing its communication and information.
9th HOUSE, CANCER | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through imagination, tenderness, and family.
Scorpio finds its narrative through intuition. The Vision of Scorpio is support systems.
10th HOUSE, LEO | Position, authority, and respect are built through warmth, creativity, and playfulness.
Scorpio finds its responsibility through the spotlight. The Mastery of Scorpio is leadership.
11th HOUSE, VIRGO | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through systems, critiquing, and practiced skill.
Scorpio finds its freedom through refinement. The Evolution of Scoripo is productivity.
12th HOUSE, LIBRA | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through fairness, bridge building, and peace.
Scorpio finds its healing through diplomacy. The Artistry of Scoprio is design.
sagittarius rising houses
SEEKER chart
The world of the Sagittarius rising chart is the world of the globalist, of always looking for greater perspective, narrative arcs, greener grasses, better answers, truth, and belief. This is the chart of those who tend to push their boundaries, who study philosophies, not necessarily to prescribe to one but to see where the many overlap. To find tempered wisdom in the universal. This is the journeyer chart. The baptism by fire chart. The chart that kicks open doors to new worlds and bigger dreams. This chart takes aim but doesn’t take the time to see what’s underfoot. The path toward the aim may be fuzzy, but the aim keeps them moving toward their vision. They pick up wisdom in their willingness to fling themselves into the wild adventures of the world, whether through philosophical or in-the-world seeking. Mutable signs on angular houses bring initiating energy designed to triangulate truth.
PLANETARY RULER: JUPITER
1st HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through seeking, philosophizing, and aiming.
Sagittarius finds its direction through questions. The Passion of Sagittarius is perspective.
2nd HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through focus, dedication, and structure.
Sagittarius finds its self-worth through mastery. The Value of Sagittarius is authority.
3rd HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through innovation, rule-breaking, and originality.
Sagittarius finds its identity through collaboration. The Intelligence of Sagittarius is original.
4th HOUSE, PISCES | Depth, home, and soul find security through spirituality, fantasy, and consciousness.
Sagittarius finds its foundations through mysticism. The Intuition of Sagittarius is artful.
5th HOUSE, ARIES | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through assertiveness, independence, and boldness.
Sagittarius finds its heart through impulse. The Command of Sagittarius is pioneering.
6th HOUSE, TAURUS | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with pleasure, material worth, and beauty.
Sagittarius finds its rhythms through its preferences. The Purpose of Sagittarius is self-worth.
7th HOUSE, GEMINI | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through communication, wit, and color.
Sagittarius finds its resonance through expression. The Relational Harmony of Sagittarius is lighthearted.
8th HOUSE, CANCER | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through depth, soul, and security.
Sagittarius finds its hidden wealth through support systems. The Power of Sagittarius is in sharing its insights and imagination.
9th HOUSE, LEO | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through warmth, leadership, and performance.
Sagittarius finds its narrative through giving itself to something. The Vision of Sagittarius is creative.
10th HOUSE, VIRGO | Position, authority, and respect are built through practiced skills, productivity, and systems.
Sagittarius finds its responsibility through refinement. The Masery of Sagittarius is sacred technique.
11th HOUSE, LIBRA | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through fairness, aesthetics, and relationships.
Sagittarius finds its freedom through design. The Evolution of Sagittarius is diplomacy.
12th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through sharing, investigation, and psyche work.
Sagittarius finds healing through transformation. The Artistry of Sagittarius is empowerment.
capricorn rising houses
careerist chart
Status, success, position, achievement. There is focus, planning, and long-range seeing in the world of this chart. If a goal is going to take twenty years to get to, no problem. Make the plan, focus, and take one step at a time. Life orients around climbing and reaching, aspiration and responsibility. When a Capricorn rising decides to commit to a goal you can bet it’s been considered long and hard. Will the pay-off outweigh the sacrifice? There is sight in this chart. There is an ability to get still and quiet to look back, be present, and project forward. Often, Capricorn risings will start slow in life, but that long view secures them seats at the top come midlife. With cardinal signs ruling their angular houses, initiating energy is strong and specific. Initiating energy is not impulsive. It comes with plans, maps, and slow, steady goal posts.
PLANETARY RULER: SATURN
1st HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through responsibility, aspiration, and authority.
Capricorn finds its direction through planning. The Passion of Capricorn is position.
2nd HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through open-mindedness, innovation, and quirkiness.
Capricorn finds its self-worth through collaboration. The Value of Capricorn is its network.
3rd HOUSE, PISCES | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through compassion, complexity, and illusion.
Capricorn finds its identity through composition. The Intelligence of Capricorn is otherworldly.
4th HOUSE, ARIES | Depth, home, and soul find security through independence, assertiveness, and impulse.
Capricorn finds its foundations through order. The Intuition of Capricorn is clear.
5th HOUSE, TAURUS | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through materiality, pleasure, and beauty.
Capricorn finds its heart through self-worth. The Command of Capricorn is voice.
6th HOUSE, GEMINI | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with communication, community, and information.
Capricorn finds its rhythms through movement. The Purpose of Capricorn is connection
7th HOUSE, CANCER | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through nurturing, security, and depth.
Capricorn finds its resonance through security. The Relational Harmony of Capricorn is caring.
8th HOUSE, LEO | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through leadership, performance, and creativity.
Capricorn finds its hidden wealth through shining. The Power of Capricorn is in sharing its heart and playfulness.
9th HOUSE, VIRGO | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through systems, organizations, and critique.
Capricorn finds its narrative through refinement. The Vision of Capricorn is holistic.
10th HOUSE, LIBRA | Position, authority, and respect are built through relationships, design, and diplomacy.
Capricorn finds its responsibility through fairness. The Mastery of Capricorn is equity.
11th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through investigation, precision, and intensity.
Capricorn finds its freedom through intimacy. The Evolution of Capricorn is in sharing.
12th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through optimism, exploration, and exposure to ‘otherness’.
Capricorn finds its healing through shooting for the stars. The Artistry of Capricorn is perspective.
AQUARIUS rising houses
eccentric ways chart
In the world of the Aquarius chart, all life is a question, an experiment, an interesting thing to observe. There is an unselfconscious aspect going on that allows this chart to be chill and cool. There is an electrical current present that brings a sense that anything could be possible at any moment. Excitement and fringe notions keep things lively. ‘Why not?’ is the motto. If it hasn’t been done before, all the better. This chart is organized in a way that makes life open to interpretation. It makes waves without sweating it. There is a wholly original vibe going on that is equally curious and liberating, permission for those around it to be more of who they are than they typically feel allowed. To them, the weirder you are, the better. With fixed signs ruling the angular houses, there is a stubborn streak around taking initiative, but one that stems from an aloof, detached place versus any resistance to change.
PLANETARY RULER: SATURN
1st HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through originality, innovation, and observation.
Aquarius finds its direction through the future. The Passion of Aquarius is collaboration.
2nd HOUSE, PISCES | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through spirituality, compassion, and art.
Aquarius finds its self-worth through healing. The Value of Aquarius is its openness.
3rd HOUSE, ARIES | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through assertiveness, independence, and risk taking.
Aquarius finds its identity through physicality. The Intelligence of Aquarius is ordered.
4th HOUSE, TAURUS | Depth, home, and soul find security through pleasure, beauty, and possession.
Aquarius finds its foundations through personal preferences. The Intuition of Aquarius is material.
5th HOUSE, GEMINI | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through connection, movement, and information.
Aquarius finds its heart through community. The Command of Aquarius is its communication.
6th HOUSE, CANCER | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with depth, intuition, and care.
Aquarius finds its rhythms through nourishment. The Purpose of Aquarius is security.
7th HOUSE, LEO | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through romance, playfulness, and performance.
Aquarius finds its resonance through leadership. The Relational Harmony of Aquarius is warm.
8th HOUSE, VIRGO | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through organization, systems, and refinement.
Aquarius finds its hidden wealth through discernment. The Power of Aquarius is in sharing its systems and honed skills.
9th HOUSE, LIBRA | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through diplomacy, fairness, and aesthetics.
Aquarius finds its narrative through relationship. The Vision of Aquarius is elegant.
10th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Position, authority, and respect are built through precision, investigation, and politics.
Aquarius finds its responsibility through managing resources. The Mastery of Aquarius is conservation.
11th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through exploration, pushing boundaries, and belief.
Aquarius finds its freedom through perspective. The Evolution of Aquarius is philosophical.
12th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through focus, responsibility, and limitation.
Aquarius finds its healing through dedication. The Artistry of Aquarius is authority.
PISCES rising houses
magical touch chart
The Pisces chart orients its inhabitants in a world that is filled with illusion and magic, complexity and composition. There are secrets and shadows, sometimes due to the complex nature of the life they’ve landed in (and sometimes due to projecting fantasy into reality). You might find people with this chart working at fantastical theme parks, in the trenches of film sets, or isolated in a world of their own madness—the starving artist. Some are attracted to complicated institutional settings, such as government, hospitals, and prisons. There is something that is hard to pin down and black holes where things seem to disappear or get swallowed. What could drive a sane personal mad fascinates this chart. They can hold space like no other, their presence simply bringing some kind of order to what seems like chaos. Their trick? An openness to surrender and an allowance of other realms to intermingle. With mutable signs on angular houses, this chart initiates in misty ways that cannot be concretely grasped.
PLANETARY RULER: JUPITER
1st HOUSE, PISCES | Centering, motivation, and passion are personified through openness, compassion, and mysticism.
Pisces finds its direction through complexity. The Passion of Pisces is fantasy.
2nd HOUSE, ARIES | Value, pleasure, and personal finances are molded through independence, assertiveness, and physicality.
Pisces finds its self-worth through initiative. The Value of Pisces is entrepreneurial.
3rd HOUSE, TAURUS | Connection, communication, and mind are pollinated through the physical world, pleasure, and voice.
Pisces finds its identity through indulgence. The Intelligence of Pisces is beauty.
4th HOUSE, GEMINI | Depth, home, and soul find security through information, connection, and learning.
Pisces finds its foundations through community. The Intuition of Pisces is expressive.
5th HOUSE, CANCER | Leadership, creativity, and recreation emanate through tenderness, imagination, and comfort.
Pisces finds its heart through nurturing. The Command of Pisces is supportive.
6th HOUSE, LEO | Work, wellness, and lifestyle are systemized with playfulness, performance, and creativity.
Pisces finds its rhythms through leadership. The Purpose of Pisces is to shine.
7th HOUSE, VIRGO | Relationships, aesthetics, and peace are harmonized through organization, perfection, and thoughtfulness.
Pisces finds its resonance through discernment. The Relational Harmony of Pisces is refined.
8th HOUSE, LIBRA | Precision, empowerment, and entanglements are channeled through fairness, accountability, and diplomacy.
Pisces finds its hidden wealth through negotiation. The Power of Pisces is in sharing its diplomacy and advocacy.
9th HOUSE, SCORPIO | Perspective, beliefs, and hope are targeted through precision, investigation, and intimacy.
Pisces finds its narrative through power. The Vision of Pisces is potent.
10th HOUSE, SAGITTARIUS | Position, authority, and respect are built through philosophy, seeking, and big picture aim.
Pisces finds its responsibility through shooting for the stars. The Mastery of Pisces is global.
11th HOUSE, CAPRICORN | Liberation, originality, and progress are electrified through focus, dedication, and aspiration.
Pisces finds its freedom through position. The Evolution of Pisces is integrity.
12th HOUSE, AQUARIUS | Shadows, baggage, and exhaustion are dissolved through originality, innovation, and collaboration.
Pisces finds its healing through groups. The Artistry of Pisces is uniqueness.