The Second House: Livelihood, Possessions, Money Matters

This house is a succeedent house, which simply means “following” or “subsequent to” the leading angular house. As a succeedent house, this is a house that provides support. This house will speak to your belongings, to what is yours, and what is supportive of the preceding angular house before it. In this case, the second house supports the angular first house.

In Hellenistic astrology, the second house is the Gate of Hades. Here we also see the influence of Persephone. In general chart interpretation, House 2 denotes money matters, access to resources, and your keys to wealth. It also relates to the physical body. Read House 2 and House 6 together for health considerations.

The Fifth House: Children, Pursuit of Happiness, Leisure

This house is a succeedent house, which simply means “following” or “subsequent to” the leading angular house. As a succeedent house, this is a house that provides support. This house will speak to your belongings, to what is yours, and what is supportive of the preceding angular house before it. In this case, the fifth house supports the angular fourth house.

The fifth house is ruled by the sun and the element fire. It is the house of creativity and fertility. It can show our creations, our children or progeny, and our personal pursuits. The fifth house can reveal what our hobbies are, or areas that are going to be of general interest to us. This house can also indicate our love affairs and secondary relationships.

House 5 is called the House of Good Fortune. What is the nature of blessings you are most likely to be innately endowed with in this lifetime? Also, what makes you happy? What brings you joy? House 5 can tell us a lot about how we can successfully navigate society, given our particular personality disposition.

The Sixth House: Occupation, Productivity, Service, Health

This house is a cadent house, the last house in each quadrant of your natal chart. Planets in this house are often going to have less of an impact on your manifested life path. Yet these houses indicate areas of learning for us, areas where we must transform ourselves, grow, improve, and further develop from weakness to strength. In other words, cadent houses show areas of nurture, whereas the other houses, the angular and succeedent, can be thought of as more indicative of your nature or what you are born with.

The sixth house is ruled by Mercury and the element earth. It is the house that best denotes our everyday life, the mundane, our daily work, our labors, and our job. This is also the house that offers insights into our physical health, body, and wellness.

If House 5 is the House of Good Fortune, then House 6 is its counterpart,

If House 5 is the House of Good Fortune, then House 6 is its counterpart, known as the House of Bad Fortune. This is the fate of your everyday toil and how your labors are most likely to be utilized. If House 5 reveals what you’re passionate about, then House 6 reveals what you’re good in terms of core competencies that you can capitalize on for work and employment.

The Eighth House: Sex, Death, Transformation, Unseen Influences, and Inheritances

This house is a succeedent house, which simply means “following” or “subsequent to” the leading angular house. As a succeedent house, this is a house that provides support. This house will speak to your belongings, to what is yours, and what is supportive of the preceding angular house before it. In this case, the eighth house supports the angular seventh house.

The eighth house is ruled by Mars under a traditional rulership and Pluto under a modern. It is also governed by the element water. This is the house of inheritances, sexuality, power, risk, losses, desires, temptations, and how we learn to deal with our the shadow or darker side of our selves. The eighth house at the hour of birth denotes potential phases of transformations, crisis, and areas of waste in our lives that we would do well to pay attention to and thus prepare for.

Traditionally matters pertaining to inheritance and estates are interpreted from House 8. This is also the House of Inactive Power, and therefore reveals otherwise unseen influences in our life. Power plays, sex, sexuality, and sex drive are expressed in a native’s H