Planets in houses,
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The twelve houses show which areas of life your planets work in. They run from identity (1st) through relationships (7th) to career (10th). Enter your birth data to see your whole house picture at a glance.
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Three steps to your houses
Enter your birth data
Houses depend on when and where you were born, which is why we ask for your date, time and birthplace.
Calculate the houses
The calculation uses the Swiss Ephemeris and the Placidus house system. It is accurate to the arcsecond and costs you nothing.
Read your house picture
You see your whole house framework and can read each placement in detail.
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The key detail
You know your star sign, but do you know your houses? They show the areas of life where your planets take action, making your chart so much clearer.
Read along
Two people with the same birthday can have completely different birth charts. The reason is your exact time of birth. It determines the 12 houses in your chart. Think of your chart like a flat. The houses are the different rooms. A planet is a flatmate with a job. The sign is their style. The house is the room they are working in. Is your Venus, the planet of love, in the 10th house of career? You might find great joy in your work. Check for yourself. Find out which areas of life your planets are in. Work it out for free at theastroacademy.com.
The 12 astrology houses: how they are calculated
The signs describe how a planet works. The houses describe where in your life it happens. They are calculated from the moment and place of your birth: the point rising over the eastern horizon is your Ascendant and also the cusp of the 1st house. The highest point of the sky is the MC, the cusp of the 10th house. From these axes the sky is divided into twelve sections. Because the Earth turns, every planet passes through all twelve houses once a day, spending about two hours in each. That is why the birth time matters so much.
| House | Life area | Natural sign | Ruler | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st house | Self & Appearance | Aries | Mars | Angular house |
| 2nd house | Money & Values | Taurus | Venus | Succedent house |
| 3rd house | Mind & Communication | Gemini | Mercury | Cadent house |
| 4th house | Home & Roots | Cancer | Moon | Angular house |
| 5th house | Creativity & Romance | Leo | Sun | Succedent house |
| 6th house | Work & Health | Virgo | Mercury | Cadent house |
| 7th house | Partnership & Others | Libra | Venus | Angular house |
| 8th house | Intimacy & Change | Scorpio | Mars / Pluto | Succedent house |
| 9th house | Meaning & Horizons | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Cadent house |
| 10th house | Career & Reputation | Capricorn | Saturn | Angular house |
| 11th house | Community & Hopes | Aquarius | Saturn / Uranus | Succedent house |
| 12th house | Solitude & the Unseen | Pisces | Jupiter / Neptune | Cadent house |
The three house types
- Angular houses (1, 4, 7, 10): start at an angle. Planets here are visible and push outward.
- Succedent houses (2, 5, 8, 11): secure and deepen what the angular houses start. Think of possessions, joy, trust and friendships.
- Cadent houses (3, 6, 9, 12): process experience and turn it into understanding, through conversations, routines, travel and retreat.
The calculator uses the Placidus system, the standard in western astrology. Without a birth time the houses cannot be determined; even 15 minutes can push a house cusp into the next sign. Curious which Rising sign is most common? Read our data study on rising signs. The axis opposite the Ascendant is explained by the Descendant calculator, the 10th-house cusp on the Midheaven page. Every house in depth, with an everyday example, is in our guide to the 12 houses, and how the planets in the houses relate to each other is shown by the aspects calculator.
How often does a chart have intercepted signs?
For births in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in 77.1 % of all charts. Intercepted means a sign lies entirely inside one house and gets no cusp of its own. It always happens in pairs, because opposite houses are the same size. 71.4 % of charts have one such pair, 5.7 % even two.
It is a question of latitude. The further north, the more the zodiac slants against the horizon and the more unequal the Placidus houses become. In Zurich it is 73.3 %, in Hamburg already 81.7 %, at the equator only 14.5 %. So at our latitude an intercepted sign is the norm, not the exception.
| Place | Share |
|---|---|
| Zurich (47.4° N) | 73.3 % |
| Munich (48.1° N) | 74.4 % |
| Vienna (48.2° N) | 74.6 % |
| Frankfurt (50.1° N) | 77.2 % |
| Cologne (50.9° N) | 78.2 % |
| Berlin (52.5° N) | 80.2 % |
| Hamburg (53.6° N) | 81.7 % |
| Equator | 14.5 % |
| 60° north | 89.2 % |
Computed with the Swiss Ephemeris and Placidus houses, as in our calculator: 248,215 birth moments from 1950 to 2009, spread evenly over every hour and every day of the year, for Zurich, Munich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin and Hamburg. Equator and 60° north from the same birth moments. Every hour counts equally, so the numbers show what the sky allows, not when babies actually arrive.
Houses: frequently asked questions
- What are the astrological houses?
- The twelve houses divide the chart into twelve areas of life, from the self (1st house) to the unconscious (12th). The house a planet sits in is where its force shows up in your life.
- Do I need my birth time?
- Yes. Houses are calculated from your time and place of birth (via the Ascendant). Without an accurate time they cannot be determined.
- Which house system do you use?
- Placidus. It is the most widely used system in western astrology and the default on astro.com and similar tools.
The 12 houses: what each one means
Each house stands for an area of life. Below you see what the twelve houses in a birth chart mean and where you meet them in everyday life.
Your first impression and how you take on anything new. Your Ascendant sits here: the picture people form of you before you say a word.
More on the 1stWhat makes you feel secure and what you truly value, from money and belongings to self-worth. This house shows what you build on.
More on the 2ndHow you think, talk and take things in. It covers the everyday stream of conversations, messages, short trips and siblings.
More on the 3rdHome, family and where you come from. The private base where you are most yourself.
More on the 4thWhat makes you light up. Romance, hobbies, children, creativity and anything you do purely for the fun of it belong here.
More on the 5thYour daily routines, the nuts and bolts of work, and how you look after yourself. Where intentions become habits.
More on the 6thClose one-to-one relationships: partners, best friends, even open rivals. This house shows how you pair up with other people.
More on the 7thThis house is about intimacy and depth: trust, shared resources, crisis and change. It shows where you truly let go and merge with someone.
More on the 8thThe wide horizon. Travel, higher study, beliefs and the search for the bigger why all live here.
More on the 9thYour role in the world: career, reputation and ambitions, the things people know you for. The MC (Midheaven) sits here.
More on the 10thYour wider circle of friendships, networks and communities. Your hopes for the future belong to this house too.
More on the 11thThe hidden side: dreams, intuition, solitude and whatever works behind the scenes. This is where you let go and recharge.
More on the 12thFor when you want to go deeper. It walks through every house step by step, each with an example from everyday life.
Every placement in the houses
Sorted by planet, so you can read what each point means in every house.
Sun through the houses
Moon through the houses
Mercury through the houses
Venus through the houses
Mars through the houses
Jupiter through the houses
Saturn through the houses
Uranus through the houses
Neptune through the houses
Pluto through the houses
North Node through the houses
South Node through the houses
Lilith through the houses
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