The birth chart is both a map and a journey, a lock, and a key. The natal chart is a snapshot of the sky, a teacher, and a guide, depicting the moment you arrive on Earth in the stars. You can connect with the planets and their placements in your chart by studying your birth chart.
When you look at your birth chart, first see the circle. The circle is split into twelve triangles, or houses, one house with each zodiac sign. For ease, we’ll use a Whole Sign chart reading approach for this 101 chart exploration. In Whole Sign astrology, each house lines up perfectly to each house. We all contain all twelve zodiac signs, an important lesson in astrology because none of us are separate. We’re all connected.
The rising sign, or the ascendant sign, sets the house sign, as the rising sign builds the horizon for the chart. You can look for an “ASC” symbol to see your rising sign. Your rising sign is your first house. Each of the twelve houses is associated with different aspects of our lives.
The First House Symbols and Associations
The First House is associated with your identity, how you show up in the world, and how you relate to being seen. It is the house of beginnings, personality, identity, and the physical body. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Consider how you show up in the world, your style, and how you express yourself. Ask yourself if you allow yourself to be seen for who you truly are.
The Second House Symbols and Associations
The Second House is associated with our resources. This can mean our material finances, wealth, and what we value, but it can also be related to our emotions. This is a house of support and how you use and experience money. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Consider what it means to be well-resourced and supported. You can also work on your relationship to your finances, emotional intelligence, and fulfillment.
The Third House Symbols and Associations
The Third House is associated with communication. It is about writing, storytelling, and how we connect with others. It also holds digital forms of communication, public speaking, and teaching. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Consider how you communicate with others. Are there ways or forms of communication that you excel at? Is there a writing practice you’d like to begin?
The Fourth House Symbols and Associations
The Fourth House is associated with your foundations. This house is about your home, where you live, where you grew up, and your approach to the meaning of home itself. This house also holds your childhood, your memories of your childhood, and your parents. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Explore your history and origin stories, and consider your foundations. Take some time to consider your definitions of home.
The Fifth House Symbols and Associations
The Fifth House is associated with creativity and romance. It is about your approach to romance and enjoying life. From one perspective, like the creative process, the fifth house can hold fertility and children. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Seek and cultivate romance and creativity in your life through this lens. Ask yourself what enjoyment and ease truly mean to you and how they play a role in your birth chart.
The Sixth House Symbols and Associations
The Sixth House is associated with daily rituals and health. This house is about how you care for yourself, build your practices and routines, and relate to your overall well-being. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. With your new knowledge, you might reevaluate or create new approaches to your daily life.
The Seventh House Symbols and Associations
The Seventh House is associated with sacred collaborations and partnerships and contains your romantic relationships. Simply put, this house is about how you work with others. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Then, pay attention to the landscape in which you like collaborating and the balance you bring to partnership.
The Eighth House Symbols and Associations
The Eighth House is associated with birth, death, sex, and transformation. It relates to the occult and can contain financial matters like wills, inheritances, or estate planning. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. To connect with the eighth house, dive deep into personal matters and explore what might need to die and be reborn metaphorically.
The Ninth House Symbols and Associations
The Ninth House is associated with international affairs, learning and studying, philosophy, and education. This house holds international travel and philosophy because it focuses on gaining insight and education on the world and broadening their horizons and perspectives. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Then, plan a trip, read a book, or study a new subject.
The Tenth House Symbols and Associations
The tenth house is associated with your higher calling. It is tied to your public persona or life as a public figure, awards, and reputation. This house is about what your soul longs to contribute during this life. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Then, spend some time journaling about what you feel you long to contribute.
The Eleventh and Symbols and Associations
The Eleventh House is associated with your networks and connectedness. A house of dreams, this aspect of your life urges you to consider what you can create when you do it in community. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. Then, consider how you can be a positive influence or create an impact for the highest good with your friends and collaborators.
The Twelfth House Symbols and Associations
The Twelfth House is the final house of the birth chart, but in the true spirit of a magickal spiral, it connects again with the beginning in the first house. The Twelfth House is a spiritual house, ruling the shadow, psyche, dream space, and all that remains hidden. Deepen your relationship with this house by considering which astrological sign presides over its themes. The Twelfth House asks you to grapple with a difficult truth, examine the subconscious, and integrate it into your life meaningfully.
By knowing which sign rules which house, you can track as transits happen in the sky throughout your natal chart and discover themes in your life that have been written in the stars. Print out your birth chart, take notes, and see what new insights you might find!
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