Natal houses
The house system is parallel to energies of signs and complements each other. Each of the 12 houses represents a specific area of consciousness. If you have several planets in the same sign in one of houses,that house is particularly important. It represents focus of your energy (this can be both beneficial and destructive for you, depending on the house and the way of spending energy as well as the planets in it).
Prominent house can be an area that is consciously avoided or on which we concentrate too much so that it creates an imbalance in all other areas. That one house can control our entire life. However, control that comes from fear that attracts everything we want to avoid and results in us repeating old patterns of behavior. In this way, we are the most recent precisely for those transits that we fear.
How to use natal houses?
If more planets are located closer to the ascendant, in the left half of natal chart, there is a higher percentage of free will. In this case, dominant archetype is often easier to see. If planets are placed opposite the ascendant, there is greater influence of destiny onto your experiences and influence of past lives on present life.
12 natal houses
Look at your natal chart and note which houses are emphasized and contain more planets.
The first house, the ascendant sign is associated with energy of Aries and Mars. It describes personal identity and physical appearance.
The second house is associated with energy of Taurus and Venus describing life’s values and money.
The third house is associated with energy of Gemini and Mercury. It describes the way you communicate and your mental capacity.
The fourth house is associated with energy of Cancer and Moon. It describes your emotional capacity and family.
The fifth house is associated with energy of Leo and Sun describing your creative expression and love.
The sixth house is associated with energy of Virgo and Mercury describing your daily routine and work.
The seventh house is associated with energy of Libra and Venus. It describes your spouse and relationships with other people.
The eighth house is associated with energy of Scorpio and Pluto. It describes area of sexuality and life transformations.
The ninth house is associated with energy of Sagittarius and Jupiter. It describes your personal philosophy and life purpose.
The tenth house is associated with energy of Capricorn and Saturn describing career and how others see us.
The eleventh house is associated with energy of Aquarius and Uranus describing grand plans and free will.
The twelfth house is associated with energy of Pisces and Neptune describing losses and spiritual experience.
How to connect all the natal houses?
Once you’ve identified a prominent house in your natal chart, connect it all to dominant planet, archetype and sign and consider how energies fit together.
In the best case, integration of all 12 houses should provide and enable us to be physically healthy, mentally, emotionally, materially and spiritually fulfilled. In that sense we have opportunity to develop in every sense. This also means that we have developed awareness that helps us overcome certain psychologically complex positions of planets in the most optimal way. This way we make the most of all positive and beneficial influences of our natal chart.
