Astrology houses

The twelve houses are the areas of life into which the natal chart is divided, from identity and money to career and the unconscious. If the planets answer "what" and the signs answer "how," then the houses answer "where": in which area of life a planet's action unfolds. The houses are counted from the Ascendant, moving counterclockwise around the chart.

Each house has a natural sign and ruler that set its general meaning, though in an individual chart any sign can fall on a given house. Choose a house below to read what it governs.

• 11st HouseSelf, body, self-presentation
• 22nd HouseMoney, values, resources
• 33rd HouseCommunication, mind, near circle
• 44th HouseHome, family, roots
• 55th HouseCreativity, children, romance
• 66th HouseWork, routine, health
• 77th HousePartnership, marriage, the other
• 88th HouseDepth, crisis, shared resources
• 99th HouseBeliefs, knowledge, travel
• 1010th HouseCareer, status, vocation
• 1111th HouseCommunity, friends, goals
• 1212th HouseThe unconscious, solitude, secrets