The 7th House
- Partnership
- Natural sign: Libra
Modern
The 7th house is the part of the chart that governs marriage, partnership, the close other, and open enemies. Planets here pour their energy into this area of life, and the sign on its cusp and the placement of its ruler describe how it tends to go for you. It is an angular house, so its matters carry that kind of weight in the life. The gift is knowing where this energy concentrates; the work is tending the area consciously. At your best you live this house as a developed, integrated part of life.
Traditional (Hellenistic)
The 7th house is the Descendant, an angular place of relationship. It is an angular place and governs marriage, partnership, the close other, and open enemies. In the Hellenistic reckoning a planet here turns its nature toward these topics, and the condition of this house's ruler describes how those matters go. The house is read both as a topic of life and as a measure of strength by its relation to the rising sign.
Lean in — Tend the 7th-house matters of marriage consciously.
Watch for — Neglect this area until it forces your attention.
- house
- life-area
- house-7
Sources
- Valens, AnthologiesGives the Hellenistic significations of the place and its relation to the rising sign.
- Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology (2017)Frames the house's topics, angularity, and (where applicable) the planetary joy.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Gives the modern reading of the house as a field of experience.