The First House: Identity and Physical Being
The first house portrays the native's individuality and temperament, along with physical condition and appearance. It covers everything that relates to the person as an individual, apart from heredity, circumstances, and environment.
The Second House: Possessions and Resources
The second house provides information about the native's belongings and his ability to accumulate more. It excludes gains from inheritance or legacy and does not address business aptitude.
The Third House: Mind, Communication, and Close Connections
The third house primarily concerns the native's mentality and, more broadly, every medium through which he expresses his personality to others. It also covers short journeys—those undertaken casually and not involving his main interests. Additionally, it describes brothers and sisters, near relatives, and neighbors, including acquaintances or friends whose connection is intellectual rather than emotional.
The Fourth House: Home, Origins, and Endings
The fourth house indicates the birthplace and home of the native. It further points to prospects regarding inheritance, especially from the father, and describes the father himself. Another signification is houses, lands, and any property connected to the earth, particularly mines. From this house, indications are drawn about later years, the place of death, and the conclusion of matters in general.
The Fifth House: Affections, Pleasures, and Children
The fifth house describes the native's affections, pleasures (including gambling), and heartfelt desires. It has a special significance regarding his vita sexualis. It also describes his children.
The Sixth House: Health, Service, and Daily Life
The sixth house describes the native's health and other matters closely tied to his body, such as food and clothing. It also has a very secret and peculiar reference to the occult development of his ego. Furthermore, it describes his relations with anyone he employs to serve him in any capacity—not merely domestic servants—and indicates his relations with small animals, especially domestic pets. It is further related, in a very special way, to agriculture and to any speculations he may undertake solely for gain, without any idea of amusement.
The Seventh House: Partners and Open Opposition
The seventh house describes the native's partners, primarily in marriage but also in business and other affairs requiring another person's cooperation. It also deals with litigation and describes anyone openly opposed to the native.
The Eighth House: Life Span and Legacies
The eighth house indicates the probable length of life and the manner of its termination. It indicates any gain the native may have through legacies or bequests.
The Ninth House: Science, Religion, and Long Journeys
The ninth house is the house of science and religion. It also deals with long voyages—those to which great importance is attached and which are closely interwoven into the native's life. It describes his capacity, but even more his aspirations for spiritual advancement, and will indicate the nature of his religious teacher.
The Tenth House: Career, Honor, and Authority
The tenth house describes the native's occupation and indicates his career. His fame depends on this house, as do his rank and honor among his fellows. It describes his employer, master, or superior and his relations with the government of his country. Finally, it denotes the mother.
The Eleventh House: Friends and Aspirations
The eleventh house is the house of friends. It describes those persons to whom the native is naturally attracted and the character of his relations with them. It also describes his ambition, but this must be carefully distinguished from his aspiration on the one hand and from his desire on the other.
The Twelfth House: Restraint, Secrets, and Large Animals
The twelfth house is the house of restraint and describes any influence that may in any way restrict his free will. It also describes his secret enemies and the characters of any intrigue in which he may take part or which may be aimed at him. It refers also to any secret associations with which he may be connected. It also signifies large animals, such as horses, and the native's fortune in respect to them. Finally, it indicates any places in which discipline is the first consideration.
Shifting the Horoscope: A Rough Method and Its Limits
There is a rough and ready method of ascertaining the fortunes of any person indicated as pertaining to the life of the native by shifting round the horoscope so that the house which describes that person is in the Ascendant. For example, the wife's mother is indicated by the fourth house; the mother's brothers by the twelfth, and so on. But this is a very rude, crude, amateur, inaccurate, and unscientific way of judging, and should not be resorted to if the horoscope of the person in question is available.