First house
The first house concerns the person approaching life and their manner of expression in Deborah Houlding’s Western account.
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THE OBSERVATORY · EXPLORE
The twelve houses
Explore the twelve houses as areas of life, with historical context, contemporary interpretations and clear limits on what a house can tell you.
A FIELD GUIDE
Houses, in context.
Houses organise areas of life in astrological interpretation. They are different from zodiac signs. Establishing a house placement also involves a chosen method and the available birth information. Explore the meanings below alongside the guide to house systems, angles and uncertainty.
How houses and house systems work →Second house
Deborah Houlding’s Western house account assigns personal goods, material resources and financial matters to the second house.
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The third house covers neighbours, familiar journeys, messages and relatives such as siblings in Deborah Houlding’s Western account.
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The fourth house concerns home, land and family foundations in the selected Western sources.
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Deborah Houlding’s Western account includes arts, games, hobbies and pleasure among fifth-house topics.
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The sixth house has a demanding history: Lilly’s 1647 text includes servants, labourers and illness.
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Deborah Houlding’s Western account includes partnerships, agreements and known opponents in the seventh house.
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Deborah Houlding includes another party’s money, debts, taxes and loans among eighth-house topics.
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Deborah Houlding’s Western account connects the ninth house with extended learning, philosophy, religion and journeys into unfamiliar settings.
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The tenth house concerns public roles, work and authority in Deborah Houlding’s Western account.
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Deborah Houlding’s account assigns friends and supporters to the eleventh house and explicitly notes modern associations with groups, wider circles and shared aims.
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Lilly’s 1647 twelfth-house passage includes imprisonment, sorrow and private enemies.
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