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| Home > Astrology > Crash > Houses You might as well know up front that if you don’t know the exact time (i.e. 11:38 pm) of your birth, then you won’t be able to calculate your Ascendant (which in turn sets the stage for determining the 12 Houses).
And I truthfully don’t know what to do about that. Hey! Give me break... I'm good, but even I’m not a miracle worker. Well Worth
Learning, Though Why? Because understanding the Houses is when you first discover you’ve got all 12 of the Zodiac signs contained in your birth chart. Simply put: the Houses are the places where stuff happens. And so the 12 Houses map out the “general areas of life” where you’re naturally the most attracted to and focused on during this lifetime. One way to think of the Houses is as the 12 different rooms of a mansion. There are certain places in your 12 room mansion that you'd naturally end up spending more time in than you would the others. Some folks might prefer spending most of their time in the living room, some in the dining room, and some would prefer hanging out in the den. (Of course, Elvis preferred hanging out in the Jungle Room.) Celestial
Holding Station
The 12 houses
of the astrological chart are similar in concept to Sylvia's 7 areas of
life. The main difference being that astrology's "road map of reality"
is saddled with 12 rather complex areas as opposed to Sylvia's road map
which has only 7 areas. (By the way, astrology may have originally had
only 8 houses, and then through the passage of time the number of houses
was eventually expanded to the 12 houses we have today.)
The Shortcut
Of course, to benefit from this shortcut, you first have to be familiar with the energies of the 12 Zodiac signs. So get familiar with the energies of the 12 Zodiac signs, and then learning the themes of the 12 Houses will be a cinch. Like any other shortcut, it's not exactly perfect... however, for our purposes, it's close enough. The themes of 1st house are very similar to the energies of Aries. The themes of the 2nd house are very similar to the energies of Taurus. And so on and so on…. So if you get familiar with the energies of the 12 Zodiac signs, then the themes of the 12 Houses will make a whole lot more sense.
(I’ll have a list of actual house characteristics a little further down below.)
Problem
This concept is: that each house of the 12 Houses is colored by the Zodiac Sign located on the cusp of the house. I Need
to Repeat That How all
this works? 1st House
But with Gemini on the Ascendant, the 1st house of outer identity is colored by the sign of Gemini. And Gemini says “I communicate.” Gemini says, "I’m curious, youthful, flighty, mentally active, and often a wee bit mischievous." So the "I am" energies that you display to the world are that of Gemini. 2nd House:
Remember though, in our example you have Gemini on the Ascendant? So (most of the time) you’ll have Cancer on the cusp (the beginning) of the 2nd house. With Cancer on the cusp of the 2nd house, this Taurean-like house of money and possessions is where you’ll be the most Cancerian-like. Your 2nd house of money and possessions is where you’ll experience the Zodiac sign of Cancer. Cancer is the “I feel” or “I nurture” sign. So you may choose to earn and/or spend your money in ways that makes you feel good and that nurtures people. 3rd House:
Most often with Gemini on the Ascendant, the Zodiac sign of Leo will be on the cusp of the 3rd house of communication. Leo is the "I rule" or "I shine" sign. This means you’ll experience your personal creativity in the arena of communication and ideas. It also means you’re probably quite proud of your ideas, and much of your sense of self worth is tied up in your ideas and in your ability to communicate with all your neighbors. And so, chances are that you probably don’t deal real well with criticism about your ideas. Well, that's enough of that. Hopefully, you've got the idea.... Common
Questions Answer: This just means that during this lifetime you won't be focusing as much energy in these Houses. You've still got the house, and you've still got a Zodiac sign on the cusp of the house. You just won't be focusing on those places (or areas) as much as you will in a house where you have planets. Question: Are some Houses inherently more spiritual or better than others? Answer: No... The 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th house are often thought of as being spiritual or universal Houses. However.... in my definition of the word "spiritual," spirituality is being is the best you that you can be. Spirituality is being fully who you are. So in the astrological "road map of reality" - your birth chart house placements assist you in mapping out the places (or areas) where you can potentially learn how to be the best you that you can be during this lifetime. Not everyone is supposed to be another Gandhi. Not everyone is supposed to be another Martin Luther King Jr.. Not everyone is supposed to be another Mother Teresa. We each have different, distinctive, and unique road maps. For example, in your unique road map, you may have several planets located in the earthy, practical 2nd Taurean house associated with money, values, and personal possessions. Your mission in this lifetime (should you choose to accept it) may be to build up a strong sense of inner-values, and then spend your hard earned money on these inner-values. List
of Themes I've been feeling a bit lazy as of late.... so I've borrowed (with permission) something a cyberpal named Chazz wrote regarding the Houses.... The following house descriptions are generally word associations:
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If
nothing else about the basics of astrology really manages to throw you
a curve, then attempting to understand the 12 Houses should do the trick
quite nicely. 
