Astromap

Houses — Placidus

1. 1 Self and Body angular ♊ 06°29′ Gemini 16.4° wide ⚸

   The house of the horizon: how you begin anything, how you look, how your body carries you and what people assume about you before you speak. Its cusp is the Ascendant, the single most time-sensitive point in the chart, which is why rectification lives here.

   Gemini on the cusp of the first house: your body, temperament and the face you show the world is approached by talking it through, collecting information and keeping two options open. Its ruler, Mercury, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   ⚸ Lilith in the first house: you refuse to be domesticated through your body, temperament and the face you show the world, and you do it in a Gemini way, by talking it through, collecting information and keeping two options open. Mean Lilith marks where you will not compromise, and where that has cost you.

2. 2 Resources and Values succedent ♊ 22°51′ Gemini 7.3° wide

   What you own and what you can do that earns a living. It describes your relationship to material security, your attitude to spending and saving, and the innate talents you can trade on.

   Gemini on the cusp of the second house: money, possessions, skills and what you consider worth having is approached by talking it through, collecting information and keeping two options open. Its ruler, Mercury, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   No planets here. The house is read through its ruler, Mercury.

3. 3 Mind and Neighbourhood cadent ♋ 00°07′ Cancer 6.4° wide

   The practical mind: how you write, talk, learn and get around. Siblings, cousins, neighbours and schooling live here, along with the texture of daily movement.

   Cancer on the cusp of the third house: everyday thinking, speech, siblings and local life is approached protectively and indirectly, feeling your way in and holding on once attached. Its ruler, The Moon, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   No planets here. The house is read through its ruler, The Moon.

4. 4 Home and Roots angular ♋ 06°34′ Cancer 8.1° wide

   The bottom of the chart: where you come from and where you retreat to. Parents, inherited patterns, the physical home and the conditions of late life all belong to the fourth house. Its cusp is the Imum Coeli.

   Cancer on the cusp of the fourth house: home, family of origin, ancestry and your private foundation is approached protectively and indirectly, feeling your way in and holding on once attached. Its ruler, The Moon, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   No planets here. The house is read through its ruler, The Moon.

5. 5 Creation and Pleasure succedent ♋ 14°37′ Cancer 15.8° wide

   What you make for the pleasure of making it: art, children, love affairs, games and gambles. The fifth describes how you express yourself when nobody is paying you to.

   Cancer on the cusp of the fifth house: creativity, romance, play, children and risk taken for joy is approached protectively and indirectly, feeling your way in and holding on once attached. Its ruler, The Moon, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   No planets here. The house is read through its ruler, The Moon.

6. 6 Work and Health cadent ♌ 00°24′ Leo 126.1° wide ♇ ☋

   The house of maintenance: the job as opposed to the career, the body as something to be looked after, the skills honed by repetition. It shows where you are useful and where stress collects.

   Leo on the cusp of the sixth house: daily work, routines, health habits and service is approached with warmth and theatre, needing to be seen doing it well. Its ruler, The Sun, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   ♇ Pluto in the sixth house: you go all the way down, confront what is buried and be remade through daily work, routines, health habits and service, and you do it in a Scorpio way, intensely and privately, probing for what is hidden and refusing to let go. Intensity, control issues and genuine regeneration concentrate in this area. Retrograde: the expression is internalised and reviewed rather than acted out directly; it matures with age.

   ☋ The South Node in the sixth house: you fall back on what already comes easily through daily work, routines, health habits and service, and you do it in a Libra way, through other people, weighing both sides and seeking the fair and beautiful solution. The South Node marks accumulated competence that can become a rut.

7. 7 Partnership angular ♐ 06°29′ Sagittarius 16.4° wide ♄ ♅

   The Descendant: whoever stands opposite you. Spouses, business partners, clients and declared adversaries. It describes what you seek in another and what you meet there that you do not recognise as your own.

   Sagittarius on the cusp of the seventh house: marriage, close partnership, open enemies and the other is approached expansively and optimistically, looking for the meaning and the horizon beyond it. Its ruler, Jupiter, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   ♄ Saturn in the seventh house: you take responsibility, feel tested and slowly build authority through marriage, close partnership, open enemies and the other, and you do it in a Sagittarius way, expansively and optimistically, looking for the meaning and the horizon beyond it. This is where life is slow and serious, where fear sits early and competence arrives late. Retrograde: the expression is internalised and reviewed rather than acted out directly; it matures with age.

   ♅ Uranus in the seventh house: you break the pattern, insist on independence and surprise yourself through marriage, close partnership, open enemies and the other, and you do it in a Sagittarius way, expansively and optimistically, looking for the meaning and the horizon beyond it. Expect the unconventional, sudden changes and a refusal to do it the standard way. Retrograde: the expression is internalised and reviewed rather than acted out directly; it matures with age.

8. 8 Shared Resources and Crisis succedent ♐ 22°51′ Sagittarius 7.3° wide

   What is merged and what is lost: joint finances, taxes, legacies, deep intimacy and the crises that remake a person. The eighth is where you give up control and discover what survives it.

   Sagittarius on the cusp of the eighth house: shared money, intimacy, inheritance, debt and transformation is approached expansively and optimistically, looking for the meaning and the horizon beyond it. Its ruler, Jupiter, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   No planets here. The house is read through its ruler, Jupiter.

9. 9 Belief and Distance cadent ♑ 00°07′ Capricorn 6.4° wide ♆

   The long view: what you believe, how far you go to test it and what you teach as a result. Universities, foreign places, courts and publishing houses all belong here.

   Capricorn on the cusp of the ninth house: higher education, philosophy, travel, publishing and law is approached strategically and patiently, accepting responsibility and climbing by steps. Its ruler, Saturn, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

   ♆ Neptune in the ninth house: you idealise, imagine and lose the edges of things through higher education, philosophy, travel, publishing and law, and you do it in a Capricorn way, strategically and patiently, accepting responsibility and climbing by steps. Inspiration and confusion share this ground; boundaries are porous here. Retrograde: the expression is internalised and reviewed rather than acted out directly; it matures with age.

10. 10 Vocation and Reputation angular ♑ 06°34′ Capricorn 8.1° wide ☽ ♂

    The top of the chart: what you are known for and what you are climbing toward. The Midheaven on its cusp describes your public face and your relationship with authority, including the parent who represented it.

    Capricorn on the cusp of the tenth house: career, public standing, authority and your life’s visible work is approached strategically and patiently, accepting responsibility and climbing by steps. Its ruler, Saturn, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

    ☽ The Moon in the tenth house: you feel safe, react instinctively and look for nourishment through career, public standing, authority and your life’s visible work, and you do it in a Capricorn way, strategically and patiently, accepting responsibility and climbing by steps. Your moods, your body’s rhythms and your earliest conditioning all play out here.

    ♂ Mars in the tenth house: you assert yourself, compete and spend your energy through career, public standing, authority and your life’s visible work, and you do it in a Capricorn way, strategically and patiently, accepting responsibility and climbing by steps. This is where you fight, where you are brave and where you are prone to friction and haste.

11. 11 Friends and Future succedent ♑ 14°37′ Capricorn 15.8° wide

    The house of the collective: friends, colleagues, movements and the hopes you share with them. Traditionally the house of good fortune through others.

    Capricorn on the cusp of the eleventh house: friendships, groups, allies, hopes and the long-term future is approached strategically and patiently, accepting responsibility and climbing by steps. Its ruler, Saturn, shows where this part of life is actually decided.

    No planets here. The house is read through its ruler, Saturn.

12. 12 Solitude and the Hidden cadent ♒ 00°24′ Aquarius 126.1° wide ☉ ☿ ♀ ♃ ☊

    The house just above the eastern horizon: what has risen but is not yet visible to you. Dreams, confinement, hospitals and monasteries, service without credit, and the ways you quietly work against yourself. Planets here are strong but operate behind the scenes.

    Aquarius on the cusp of the twelfth house: solitude, the unconscious, institutions, hidden enemies and self-undoing is approached on principle and at a distance, reforming the system rather than joining it. Its ruler, Saturn (modern: Uranus), shows where this part of life is actually decided.

    ☉ The Sun in the twelfth house: you seek to be yourself and to shine through solitude, the unconscious, institutions, hidden enemies and self-undoing, and you do it in a Taurus way, slowly and materially, building something that lasts and resisting anyone who hurries you. This is where your sense of purpose is fed and where you want to be recognised.

    ☿ Mercury in the twelfth house: you think, talk, learn and make connections through solitude, the unconscious, institutions, hidden enemies and self-undoing, and you do it in a Aries way, head-first, acting before deliberating and learning by collision. This is the subject your mind keeps returning to and the field where you are most articulate.

    ♀ Venus in the twelfth house: you seek beauty, affection and ease through solitude, the unconscious, institutions, hidden enemies and self-undoing, and you do it in a Gemini way, by talking it through, collecting information and keeping two options open. What you love, what you find beautiful and how you attract are shaped by this area.

    ♃ Jupiter in the twelfth house: you expand, take risks and expect good fortune through solitude, the unconscious, institutions, hidden enemies and self-undoing, and you do it in a Pisces way, by absorbing and imagining, dissolving boundaries and trusting intuition over procedure. Opportunity and confidence come easily here, and so does excess.

    ☊ The North Node in the twelfth house: you are pulled toward unfamiliar development through solitude, the unconscious, institutions, hidden enemies and self-undoing, and you do it in a Aries way, head-first, acting before deliberating and learning by collision. The North Node marks the terrain you are meant to grow into, uncomfortably at first.