posted July 19, 2004 10:04 PM              

1) the 7th house is an ANGULAR house (there are three types of houses: angular, succedent, and cadent, and they parallel the ruling sign's modes: cardinal, fixed, mutable) and therefore tends to intensify or aggrevate planets and aspects that fall in it. How this works out - for better or worse - seems to be a balancing act between the rest of the two charts, but that's the nature of this house: a balancing act

2) the 7th house is ruled by Libra so take into account Libra's traits, both positive and negative. Remember that Libra is a cardinal sign and therefore this house has a lot of power in it to bring about change without an outside catalyst, even though among cardinal signs, Libra often works the most subtly. In short, if its power isn't respected, it can bring a lot of chaos, disappointment and confusion which may be why the 7th house is notorious for being both the house of significant partnerships and open enemies.

3) Because of the troublesome power of the 7th, be sure to take note of other "power" planets (like Mars, Saturn, Pluto) and aspects (conjunctions, squares) and how they relate to the 7th house in this synastry. These are potential points of conflict and imbalance, and therefore primary points to be worked out in your relationship, as any imbalance or neglect of power within the relationship will turn the power of the 7th house against you.

4) the 7th house confers a special kind of love, more like philia (deep friendship) than eros (erotic, romantic love) or agape (self-sacrificing, unconditional love), and this gift needs to be appreciated first and foremost. If there are many positive aspects with the 7th house in this synastry, a deep friendship is free to flourish, but because the 7th house is highly sensitive to conflict, any conflict has the potential of uprooting this gift or suppressing it and keeping it from emerging altogether.

I hope this has helped. I know it's looks complicated at first but like the rest of the 12 house, once you get the feel of this house's particular quirks, it's a lot easier.

posted July 20, 2004 12:13 AM              

That information was very very awesome. Thank you. I've not had the opportunity to work and play much with the 7th in relationships, so maybe you have a comment on this. My Moon is in Mr. L.'s 7th. His Neptune is in MY 7th. I have no planets in my Natal 7th. In his Natal he has Mars (Conj my Moon) & Jup in Cancer in his 7th.

That's the extent of 7th House stuff. I can try to draw more deliniations, and not sure if they'd mean anything.

Do we have a Philia (deep friendship?) or one of the others? Also, I do not understand how to check out the power planets with the 7th in Synastry... I read it like 10 times!

Thanks