THE HOUSES
The houses are called "Mundane Houses," to differentiate between them and
the "Celestial Houses" namely the twelve signs of the Zodiac; but generally
they are designated as "houses" only.
It is the angle of the stellar ray which determines its effect in our
lives, planets which are in the East affect our physical constitution, planets
in the South near the zenith are factors for good or ill where our social
position is concerned. If a planet is setting in the West at the time
of our birth its ray strikes us in such a manner as to draw us to a certain
type of marriage partner, and the planets under the earth, in the North,
have an effect upon our condition in the latter part of life. Let us suppose
for illustration of the point that someone is born at sunrise on a day when the Sun and Jupiter are in conjunction. Then they strike him from the
eastern angle and give him splendid vitality. Another born on the same day
at noon when Jupiter and the Sun are in the zenith position may have a very
poor, weak body if other planets in the East are adverse, but the ray of the
Sun and Jupiter falling or his birth figure from the South will certainly
attract to him attention in his social sphere and make him the recipient of
public favor and honor. Another born on the same day, when the Sun and Jupiter
are setting in the West may be an outcast if planets in the East and
South so decree, but the benefic ray of the Sun and Jupiter from the Western
angle will make him beloved of his mate and successful in partnerships.
These facts have been ascertained by observation and tabulation. Therefore
the twelve sections of the circle of observation as seen from the birthplace
are truly said to rule or govern various departments of life and thus people
born on the same day may have the most diverse experiences.
The houses may be variously grouped according to the influence they exercise
in our lives; there are "angular," "succeedent" and "cadent" houses,
also personal, spiritual, material, social and mystical houses.
Of the ANGLES, the first house governs our personal self, and its opposite
the seventh house, rules the one who is nearest and dearest to us,
namely, the marriage partner. The fourth house determines conditions in our home and its opposite angle, the tenth house, shows our social standing in
the community where we live. Thus the angles show collectively the sphere
of our activities in life.
Of the SUCCEEDENT HOUSES the second shows our financial status with regard
to that which we acquire by our own efforts and the opposite succeedent
house, the eight, shows whatever we may receive from others as legacies,
etc. The other succeedent houses, the fifth and eleventh, show how our income
may be spent, for the fifth house indicates the children of our body
who have a legitimate claim to a share of our income, and the eleventh house
shows the children of our brains, our hopes, wishes and aspirations which
also draw upon our resources.
Of the two pairs of CADENT HOUSES the sixth is the house of voluntary
service which we perform as our share of the world's work for an equivalent
share in the world's wealth, and the twelfth house shows how we may be compelled
to labor without remuneration under prison restraint if we do not
work willingly. The sixth house shows also the state of our health and the
twelfth tells if hospital treatment is necessary.
The other pair of cadent houses, the third and ninth show whether our
life and work will confine us to one place or require travel and changes of
residence. In this respect the third house shows short journeys and the
ninth house long travels.
The PERSONAL HOUSES comprise the first, fifth and ninth. The first house rules the constitution and peculiarities of the physical body. Planets and
signs in that house put their stamp on it to make or mar according to the
nature of its self-generated destiny. Our fifth house shows the quality of
love-nature of the soul and the line of its expression if it follows the
line of least resistance; and the ninth house shows as much of the spirit as
we can apprehend in our present limited state.
The MATERIAL TRINITY OF HOUSES consists of the second, sixth and tenth
and shows the worldly possessions of man, his means of obtaining them and
the enjoyment they bring him. Wealth, or its reverse, is shown by the second
house, health, without which there can be no joy in any worldly possession,
is shown by the sixth house; and the public prestige which is the
chief source of gratification to the average human being, is shown by the
tenth house.
The SOCIAL HOUSES are the third, seventh, and eleventh houses and in them
is shown the nature of our relations and various classes of souls we meet in
life. Brothers and sisters to whom we are bound by the time of blood are
shown by the third house, the companion of our heart with whom our blood
blends in another way, is shown by the seventh house, and the friends, more
precious than pearls to whoever has earned friendship, are designated by the
eleventh house.
The fourth and last trinity of houses is composed of the fourth, eighth
and twelfth. If them are hidden mysteries of the ante-natal life of the spirit, and the post mortem experiences immediately to follow the TERMINUS
VITAE. On the material plane the fourth house signifies our condition in
the latter part of life, the twelfth shows the sorrow which impresses us
with the worthlessness of material things and the eighth indicates the nature
of our exit from the world's stage.
An illustration may further help the student to understand how the heavens
influence our life through the twelve houses. Suppose we are out driving
and our road follows the seacoast, but a mile or so inland. A breeze is
blowing from the ocean and as it passes over the country separating us from
the sea, it brings upon invisible wings messages from that land, which evoke
pleasure or aversion according to their nature. In one place, an aroma of
new mown hay fills us with delight; perhaps we are nauseated by the noxious
smell of jasmine on the next stretch of our journey; and later become really
ill from the stench of stagnant marsh-water. But then we enter a forest,
and soon its grateful pine balm restores the normal health and spirits.
In our journey from the cradle to the grave we carry the twelve houses
with us in the auric atmosphere surrounding us, as the air envelops the flying
earth. Each house mirrors part of the life; each holds some of our life
lessons; each represents how we have worked or shirked before in a given department
of life's tasks. At the appropriate time of life we reap from each house what we have sown in past lives, that is, unless we forestall the harvest
in time. Is our eleventh house afflicted, do friends betray and forsake
us, do they leave us heartsick, or nauseate us like the scent of jasmine
and stagnant marsh-water? Then let us examine the horoscope for it
reveals what is hidden in our auric atmosphere. The friends sensed us, and
we then, through the eleventh angle, and something ill-smelling must be
there. It may be, we long to be befriended, more than to befriend others.
Let us cease to be like the sickly, debilitating jasmine, and seek to
manifest the sturdy strength of the invigorating pine tree; then we shall
find friend flocking around, admiring our strength. Not all have such
sturdy natures, but we can attract equally by kindliness, as soothing to
sorrowing hearts as perfume of new mown hay to the sense, and thus we may
rid the house of friends of affliction.
After the foregoing explanations, the houses may now be said to influence
the affairs of life as follows:
FIRST HOUSE rules the physical body and its constitution and appearance; it
determines conditions in the childhood home while the person is under control
of the parents.
SECOND HOUSE rules money, the financial fortunes; it shows what the person
acquires by individual effort and to a certain extent what use he will make
of it.
THIRD HOUSE rules brothers and sisters, neighbors, the instinctual mind,
writings, short journeys and conveyances of travel.
FOURTH HOUSE--That one of the parents who exercises the lesser influence in
the person's life, conditions in the latter part of life, houses, lands,
mines; everything pertaining to the earth.
FIFTH HOUSE--Love, courtship and licentiousness, the legitimate and illegitimate
attraction and social intercourse between the sexes prior to wedlock;
children, education institutions, books and newspapers, sports and
amusements, stocks and speculations.
SIXTH HOUSE--Health, service to be rendered by the person and also the condition
and faithfulness of those who serve him.
SEVENTH HOUSE--The marriage partner, the public in general, competitors,
partners, opponents in litigations, rivals.
EIGHTH HOUSE--Death, legacies, the marriage partner's finances, occult
abilities and faculties latent but nearly ready for manifestation.
NINTH HOUSE--Religion, spiritual experiences and aspirations, dreams and visions,
long travels and law.
TENTH HOUSE--The parent who exercises most influence in the person's life,
the honor and social standing of the person, his employer or judge, and the
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ELEVENTH HOUSE--Friends, companions and well-wishers, hopes, wishes and aspirations,
generally of a material nature, also stepchildren.
TWELFTH HOUSE--Confinement in hospitals or prison, secret enemies and plots;
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