posted May 17, 2005 10:24 PM              

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* The 1ST to 6TH HOUSES are concerned with a person's SELF *
* DEVELOPMENT and _EXPRESSION. The 7TH to 12TH HOUSES are *
* concerned with how a person RELATES TO OTHERS and learns *
* to CO-OPERATE with people and forces OUTSIDE himself. *

1ST HOUSE: This is the House of PERSONAL APPEARANCES...
--------- how you want to appear outwardly, both physical
appearance and personal style (which may or
may not be consistent with your inner self),
your "look", moves, gestures, body language;
how you do appear to others on a superficial level
or first-impression level, your "image".

2ND HOUSE: This is the House of RESOURCES & VALUES...
--------- what your personal resources are: your talents,
your inner strength and determination, your
personal possessions & wealth & income, your
tools & mentors & advisors & supporters;
what your personal values are: your ethics, your
morals, your integrity, your priorities, what
you "stand for", what influences your choices
in life, what guides your conscious actions.

3RD HOUSE: This is the House of ENVIRONMENT & PERCEPTIONS...
--------- how you perceive your environment: your thinking
skills, your dexterity, your curiosity, your
observation & analysis skills, your speaking
& writing skills, your basic schooling,
telephone calls, letters, books, papers,
television, radio, data banks, facts;
how you interact with your environment: your
neighbours & siblings, school, your neigh-
bourhood, merchants, trading, getting around
town, trips & visits, casual conversations.

4TH HOUSE: This is the House of HOME, NURTURE & THE PAST...
--------- how you "feel at home": safe, secure, welcome,
familiar, like one of the family, part of an
ethnic group or nation, having roots,
traditions, loyalty, patriotism, blood ties,
home life, domestic activities
how you feel "nurtured": mothered (by parent-figure),
cared for, fed, nourished, comforted, supported,
protected, accepted, the sense of belonging;
what "makes a home": your house or dwelling, land,
shelter, furniture, furnishings, warmth,
meals, any environment where you feel at home
how you remember your early home life & nurturing,
what you feel sentimental about, your sub-
conscious memories & fears & habit patterns
learned in childhood, memories of your past.

5TH HOUSE: The House of CREATION, PROCREATION & RECREATION...
--------- how you express your own creativity: art, music,
dancing, acting, writing, poems, songs,
stories, athletics, craftsmanship; putting
your personal style into what you make or do,
creating beauty in any material form or in
any mental or physical activity;
how you appreciate creativity in others, how you
enjoy art & music, how you find joy through
the perception of beauty in any form;
how you procreate yourself: romance & courtship &
love-making & making babies; your children;
how you seek recreation: games, sports, pastimes,
hobbies, concerts, theatre, gambling, dating,
child-like play, playing with children.

6TH HOUSE: This is the House of SERVICE, DUTY & HEALTH...
--------- how you serve others in a useful way: helping,
working, waiting-on, attending, serving,
using skills, teaching skills, craftsmanship,
taking care of details, organizing;
how you do your duties: everyday work routines,
chores, job functions, responsibilities,
using proper methods, being punctual, being
organized, keeping schedules, working well,
being efficient/competent/skilfull, how you
work or perform to make a living;
how you take responsibility for your own health &
fitness: diet, exercise, health care, stress
management, sleep habits, medical check-ups;
how you care for the health & fitness of others:
health-care work, therapy, nutrition counsel-
ing, fitness training, nursing, pharmacy.

7TH HOUSE: This is the House of CO-OPERATION & OPPOSITION...
--------- how you relate in one-on-one partnerships:
marriage partners, romantic partners,
business partners, counselor-to-client,
doctor-to-patient; relationships which
require co-operation with another person;
how you relate to those who openly oppose you:
competitors, adversaries, opponents in games,
conflicts with spouse or business partner,
detractors, declared enemies, lawsuits;
intimate relationships which require co-operation
& compromise with another's needs or goals;
challenges & conflicts arising from a close
one-on-one relationship of any kind.

8TH HOUSE: The House of DEATH & RE-BIRTH & OTHERS' RESOURCES...
--------- how you let the old & outworn "die" so it can be
re-cycled or transformed into something new &
useful; how you re-form, re-arrange, renew,
re-adjust, rebuild, restore, re-work, re-
generate, refurbish, reconstruct, renovate;
how you let parts of yourself "die" or be
removed or destroyed to allow new growth:
worn-out or diseased body cells, self-
limiting beliefs or bad habits, attachments
to people who limit your growth or sap your
strength, attachments to possessions which
possess or restrict or burden you, obsessions
or compulsions which control you;
how you give birth to something new: a baby--by
sex or artificial insemination, a union of
body & spirit by surrendering self in sexual
orgasm, a belief--by releasing or changing an
old one, a material form--by transforming or
removing or destroying the old one;
how you deal with resources of others: legacies,
inheritences, insurance, alimony, taxes, loans,
money or property held or managed for others.

9TH HOUSE: The House of THE PHILOSOPHICAL & THE FOREIGN...
--------- how you seek the meaning & purpose of Life
through: philosophy, religion, higher
learning, spirituality, mysticism, inner
vision, journeys of the mind, psychic
attunement, taking the long view, seeing
history & the present from a higher
perspective, a sense of humour, observing &
connecting widely-divergent ideas & opinions;
how you learn about life and its diversity
through: study of foreign ideas or foreign
cultures or religions, travelling to foreign
lands, encounters with foreign people and
their differring viewpoints, tolerance of
foreign races/cultures/religions/traditions.

10TH HOUSE: The House of CALLING, CAREER & PUBLIC STANDING...
---------- how you seek to fulfill your life work: career,
job, profession, occupation, what you do for
a living, your ambitions & career goals, the
gift of your talents you give to the world,
your personal satisfaction from whatever you
do as your life work (not just for money); a
fulfilling hobby/project or volunteer work;
how your community or the world sees your public
self: your standing, your status, your job
title, your professional title or status,
your reputation, what you are known for, how
strangers see you by what you do, your fame;
how your work defines you.

11TH HOUSE: The House of IDEALS & FRIENDS & ALLIES...
---------- what ideals you seek to live by or achieve: your
hopes & desires, your dreams, your aims,
your humanitarian concerns, your philan-
thropic efforts, your political ideals, how
you hope to change the world or your immedi-
ate environment, how you break the rules, how
you establish your individuality & freedom;
how you relate to persons or groups of people who
share your ideals: friends, buddies, allies,
teammates, colleagues, comrades-at-arms,
fellow committee members, party members; how
you remain an individual while being part of
a group; how you act as a friend or teammate.

12TH HOUSE: The House of SPIRIT, SURRENDER, SACRIFICE & SECRETS:
---------- how you sacrifice your self-interest to serve the
needs of others: social work, charity work,
volunteer work, being with people confined
in institutions (hospitals/asylums/prisons);
how you surrender your sense of self (ego): to a
higher power, to Love, willingly to another
person, unwillingly to a dominant person,
unwittingly in a co-dependent relationship;
how you are affected by things which are hidden:
sub-conscious fears/guilts/resentments/hates,
past-life karma, skeletons in closets, poten-
tially-damaging secrets, secret enemies or
saboteurs, secret plots, secret motives,
hidden agendas, suppressed knowledge, secret
societies, occult wisdom, hidden meanings.

posted June 23, 2005 07:33 PM              

What other aspects do you have to your ascendant?