Interpret Astrology

The House

Combinations

By Michael Erlewine

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This book is dedicated to my friend

Seth Bernard

Introduction ............................................... 14

A Word on Houses ................................................. 16 How to Use this Book ............................................ 18 1st House - Sign Aries on Cusp ............................ 19

1st House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ......................... 20

1st House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ......................... 21 1st House - Sign Cancer on Cusp ......................... 22

1st House - Sign Leo on Cusp .............................. 23 1st House - Sign Virgo on Cusp ............................ 24

1st House - Sign Libra on Cusp ............................ 25 1st House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp........................ 26 1st House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .................. 27

1st House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................... 28 1st House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ..................... 29

1st House - Sign Pisces on Cusp.......................... 30 2nd House - Sign Aries on Cusp ........................... 31

2nd House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ........................ 32 2nd House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ........................ 33

2nd House - Sign Cancer on Cusp ........................ 34 2nd House - Sign Leo on Cusp ............................. 35 2nd House - Sign Virgo on Cusp........................... 36

2nd House - Sign Libra on Cusp ........................... 37

2nd House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ...................... 38

2nd House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp ................. 39 2nd House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp ................... 40 2nd House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp .................... 41 2nd House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ........................ 42

3rd House - Sign Aries on Cusp............................ 43

3rd House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ......................... 44 3rd House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ........................ 45 3rd House - Sign Cancer on Cusp ........................ 46

3rd House - Sign Leo on Cusp .............................. 47 3rd House - Sign Virgo on Cusp ........................... 48 3rd House - Sign Libra on Cusp ............................ 49

3rd House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ....................... 50 3rd House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .................. 51 3rd House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................... 52

3rd House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ..................... 53 3rd House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ......................... 54 4th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ............................ 55 4th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ......................... 56

4th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ......................... 57 4th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp......................... 58

4th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .............................. 59 4th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp............................ 60

4th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ............................ 61 4th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ....................... 62 4th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .................. 63

4th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................... 64 4th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ..................... 65

4th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ......................... 66 5th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ............................ 67

5th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ......................... 68 5th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ......................... 69 5th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp......................... 70

5th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .............................. 71 5th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp............................ 72

5th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ............................ 73 5th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ....................... 74

5th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .................. 75 5th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................... 76 5th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ..................... 77 5th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ......................... 78

6th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ............................ 79

6th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ......................... 80 6th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ......................... 81 6th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp......................... 82

6th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .............................. 83 6th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp............................ 84

6th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ............................ 85

6th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ....................... 86 6th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .................. 87 6th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................... 88

6th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ..................... 89 6th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ......................... 90 7th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ............................ 91 7th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ......................... 92

7th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ......................... 93 7th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp......................... 94

7th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .............................. 95 7th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp............................ 96

7th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ............................ 97 7th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ....................... 98 7th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .................. 99

7th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................. 100 7th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ................... 101

7th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ....................... 102 8th House - Sign Aries on Cusp .......................... 103

8th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ....................... 104 8th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ....................... 105 8th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp....................... 106

8th House - Sign Leo on Cusp ............................ 107 8th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp.......................... 108

8th House - Sign Libra on Cusp .......................... 109 8th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ..................... 110

8th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp ................ 111 8th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................. 112 8th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ................... 113 8th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ....................... 114

9th House - Sign Aries on Cusp .......................... 115

9th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ....................... 116 9th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ....................... 117 9th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp....................... 118

9th House - Sign Leo on Cusp ............................ 119 9th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp.......................... 120

9th House - Sign Libra on Cusp .......................... 121

9th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ..................... 122 9th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp ................ 123 9th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp .................. 124

9th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ................... 125 9th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ....................... 126 10th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ........................ 127 10th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ..................... 128

10th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ..................... 129 10th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp ..................... 130

10th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .......................... 131 10th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp........................ 132

10th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ........................ 133 10th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ................... 134 10th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .............. 135

10th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp ................ 136 10th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ................. 137

10th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ..................... 138 11th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ........................ 139

11th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ..................... 140 11th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ..................... 141 11th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp ..................... 142

11th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .......................... 143 11th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp........................ 144

11th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ........................ 145 11th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ................... 146

11th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .............. 147 11th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp ................ 148 11th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ................. 149 11th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ..................... 150

12th House - Sign Aries on Cusp ........................ 151

12th House - Sign Taurus on Cusp ..................... 152 12th House - Sign Gemini on Cusp ..................... 153 12th House - Sign Cancer on Cusp ..................... 154

12th House - Sign Leo on Cusp .......................... 155 12th House - Sign Virgo on Cusp........................ 156

12th House - Sign Libra on Cusp ........................ 157

12th House - Sign Scorpio on Cusp ................... 158 12th House - Sign Sagittarius on Cusp .............. 159 12th House - Sign Capricorn on Cusp ................ 160

12th House - Sign Aquarius on Cusp ................. 161 12th House - Sign Pisces on Cusp ..................... 162 Sun in 1st House/Sign ......................................... 163 Sun in 2nd House/Sign ........................................ 164

Sun in 3rd House/Sign ......................................... 165 Sun in 4th House/Sign ......................................... 166

Sun in 5th House/Sign ......................................... 167 Sun in 6th House/Sign ......................................... 169

Sun in 7th House/Sign ......................................... 171 Sun in 8th House/Sign ......................................... 172 Sun in 9th House/Sign ......................................... 173

Sun in 10th House/Sign ....................................... 174 Sun in 11th House/Sign ....................................... 176

Sun in 12th House/Sign ....................................... 178 Moon in 1st House/Sign ....................................... 180

Moon in 2nd House/Sign ..................................... 182 Moon in 3rd House/Sign ...................................... 183 Moon in 4th House/Sign ...................................... 184

Moon in 5th House/Sign ...................................... 185 Moon in 6th House/Sign ...................................... 186

Moon in 7th House/Sign ...................................... 187 Moon in 8th House/Sign ...................................... 188

Moon in 9th House/Sign ...................................... 189 Moon in 10th House/Sign .................................... 190 Moon in 11th House/Sign .................................... 191 Moon in 12th House/Sign .................................... 192

Mercury in 1st House/Sign .................................. 193

Mercury in 2nd House/Sign ................................. 194 Mercury in 3rd House/Sign .................................. 195 Mercury in 4th House/Sign .................................. 196

Mercury in 5th House/Sign .................................. 197 Mercury in 6th House/Sign .................................. 198

Mercury in 7th House/Sign .................................. 199

Mercury in 8th House/Sign .................................. 200 Mercury in 9th House/Sign .................................. 201 Mercury in 10th House/Sign ................................ 202

Mercury in 11th House/Sign ................................ 203 Mercury in 12th House/Sign ................................ 204 Venus in 1st House/Sign ..................................... 206 Venus in 2nd House/Sign .................................... 207

Venus in 3rd House/Sign ..................................... 208 Venus in 4th House/Sign ..................................... 209

Venus in 5th House/Sign ..................................... 210 Venus in 6th House/Sign ..................................... 211

Venus in 7th House/Sign ..................................... 212 Venus in 8th House/Sign ..................................... 213 Venus in 9th House/Sign ..................................... 214

Venus in 10th House/Sign ................................... 215 Venus in 11th House/Sign ................................... 216

Venus in 12th House/Sign ................................... 217 Mars in 1st House/Sign ........................................ 218

Mars in 2nd House/Sign ....................................... 219 Mars in 3rd House/Sign ....................................... 220 Mars in 4th House/Sign ........................................ 221

Mars in 5th House/Sign ........................................ 222 Mars in 6th House/Sign ........................................ 223

Mars in 7th House/Sign ........................................ 224 Mars in 8th House/Sign ........................................ 225

Mars in 9th House/Sign ........................................ 226 Mars in 10th House/Sign ...................................... 227 Mars in 11th House/Sign ...................................... 228 Mars in 12th House/Sign ...................................... 229

Jupiter in 1st House/Sign .................................... 230

Jupiter in 2nd House/Sign ................................... 231 Jupiter in 3rd House/Sign .................................... 232 Jupiter in 4th House/Sign .................................... 233

Jupiter in 5th House/Sign .................................... 234 Jupiter in 6th House/Sign .................................... 235

Jupiter in 7th House/Sign .................................... 236

Jupiter in 8th House/Sign .................................... 237 Jupiter in 9th House/Sign .................................... 238 Jupiter in 10th House/Sign .................................. 239

Jupiter in 11th House/Sign .................................. 240 Jupiter in 12th House/Sign .................................. 241 Saturn in 1st House/Sign ..................................... 242 Saturn in 2nd House/Sign .................................... 243

Saturn in 3rd House/Sign .................................... 244 Saturn in 4th House/Sign ..................................... 245

Saturn in 5th House/Sign ..................................... 246 Saturn in 6th House/Sign ..................................... 247

Saturn in 7th House/Sign ..................................... 248 Saturn in 8th House/Sign ..................................... 249 Saturn in 9th House/Sign ..................................... 250

Saturn in 10th House/Sign ................................... 251 Saturn in 11th House/Sign ................................... 252

Saturn in 12th House/Sign ................................... 253 Uranus in 1st House/Sign .................................... 254

Uranus in 2nd House/Sign ................................... 255 Uranus in 3rd House/Sign ................................... 256 Uranus in 4th House/Sign .................................... 257

Uranus in 5th House/Sign .................................... 258 Uranus in 6th House/Sign .................................... 259

Uranus in 7th House/Sign .................................... 261 Uranus in 8th House/Sign .................................... 262

Uranus in 9th House/Sign .................................... 263 Uranus in 10th House/Sign .................................. 264 Uranus in 11th House/Sign .................................. 265 Uranus in 12th House/Sign .................................. 266

Neptune in 1st House/Sign .................................. 267

Neptune in 2nd House/Sign ................................. 268 Neptune in 3rd House/Sign ................................. 269 Neptune in 4th House/Sign .................................. 270

Neptune in 5th House/Sign .................................. 271 Neptune in 6th House/Sign .................................. 272

Neptune in 7th House/Sign .................................. 273

Neptune in 8th House/Sign .................................. 274 Neptune in 9th House/Sign .................................. 275 Neptune in 10th House/Sign ................................ 276

Neptune in 11th House/Sign ................................ 277 Neptune in 12th House/Sign ................................ 278 Pluto in 1st House/Sign ....................................... 279 Pluto in 2nd House/Sign ...................................... 280

Pluto in 3rd House/Sign ....................................... 281 Pluto in 4th House/Sign ....................................... 282

Pluto in 5th House/Sign ....................................... 283 Pluto in 6th House/Sign ....................................... 284

Pluto in 7th House/Sign ....................................... 285 Pluto in 8th House/Sign ....................................... 286 Pluto in 9th House/Sign ....................................... 287

Pluto in 10th House/Sign ..................................... 288 Pluto in 11th House/Sign ..................................... 289

Pluto in 12th House/Sign ..................................... 290 Lunar Node in 1st House/Sign ........................... 291

Lunar Node in 2nd House/Sign .......................... 293 Lunar Node in 3rd House/Sign ........................... 295 Lunar Node in 4th House/Sign ........................... 297

Lunar Node in 5th House/Sign ........................... 299 Lunar Node in 6th House/Sign ........................... 301

Lunar Node in 7th House/Sign ........................... 303 Lunar Node in 8th House/Sign ........................... 304

Lunar Node in 9th House/Sign ........................... 306 Lunar Node in 10th House/Sign ......................... 307 Lunar Node in 11th House/Sign ......................... 308 Lunar Node in 12th House/Sign ......................... 310

Article: The Houses ................................ 312

What Are Houses? ............................................... 313

Houses Are Three Dimensional .......................... 314 House Cusps ........................................................ 315

Why Houses Are Important ................................. 316 The Meaning of the Twelve Houses .................... 318

Michael Erlewine .................................................. 319 A Brief Bio of Michael Erlewine .......................... 320 Example Astro*Image Card ................................. 321

Personal Astrology Readings ............................. 322 The Heart Center House ...................................... 323 Heart Center Library ............................................. 324 The All-Music Guide / All-Movie Guide ............... 325

Heart Center Meditation Room ............................ 327 Heart Center Symbol ............................................ 328

Music Career ......................................................... 330 Email: .................................................................... 332

Introduction

This is not a course in astrology, but a reference book of astrological interpretation that can be used with just about any astrological horoscope, natal or transit. However, I have included a brief article on the astrological houses at the end of this book.

If you are already interested in astrology, know your way around a bit, and have your natal chart, you need to read no farther. Just use any standard astrological natal chart (one that includes the time of birth in the calculation) and start looking up combinations. It is as easy as that.

What makes this work more interesting is that all 276 house combinations are illustrated with a tarot-like card called an Astro*Image. It is about time that astrology had the same kind of graphic stimuli that tarot readings do and I hope you like these cards.

Each astrological house combination (276 combinations in all) is shown in the ways professional astrologers use the astrological houses:

(1) Planet in House – This provides the interpretation for each of the major bodies (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) plus the Lunar Node in each of the twelve houses.

(2) Zodiac Sign on House Cusp – This provides for each of the 12 zodiac signs on the cusp of each of the 12 houses.

(3) Planet in Sign – This gives the meaning of each of the bodies (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) and Lunar Node in each of the zodiac signs.

And each of these 276 house/sign combinations include an Astro*Image card plus written meanings or interpretations.

Each combination includes two interpretations, a natal interpretation which refers to your birth or natal chart and a transit interpretation which refers to what is happening in the sky overhead right now.

As you will see this is primarily a guidebook, a guide to the major astrological house/sign interpretations used by professional astrologers all over the world.

And these brief interpretations are not intended as definitive statements. Nothing here is written in stone. The keywords, Astro*Image graphic cards, plus the various written interpretations are intended to spark your imagination and get you on the same page with what these astrological combinations might mean. They are not intended to be any kind of last word, but just a guide to get your own intuition and imagination going, so this should be kept in mind. That being said, if you know a little astrology, just jump in. If you are just learning, please read on for more instructions.

A Word on Houses

This is a guide book, not a text book, so here is not the place to go into the history or nature of the various astrological house systems and how they differ. What you will need to use this book is a copy of your natal chart, one similar to my chart shown above. This book will interpret the following:

(1) Planet in House

Notice the wheel of twelve houses, with the various astrological bodies (Sun, Moon, etc.) placed in the twelve houses.

2) Zodiac Sign on House Cusp

Notice that there is a zodiac sign on the edge or cusp of each house. Just for clarity’s sake, the signs of the cusps on my twelve houses are:

First House: Sagittarius Second House: Capricorn Third House: Aquarius Fourth House: Pisces Fifth House: Aries Sixth House: Taurus Seventh House: Gemini Eighth House: Cancer Ninth House: Leo Tenth House: Virgo Eleventh House: Libra Twelfth House: Scorpio

(3) Planet in Zodiac Sign

An interpretation is provided for each planet or body in each of the twelve zodiac signs. This is the same as the interpretation for

How to Use this Book

First of all you will need some kind of astrological chart. This could be a chart for the day you were born, which is called in astrology a “natal chart.” You could also use a chart for today (or any other date in your life which is significant) which is called a transit chart. Both natal and transit charts work with this book just fine.

As to where you can get such a chart? There are dozens of inexpensive computer programs plus all kinds of web services that will calculate your chart, some of them are even free. Just about every astrological program and web service will provide you with a list of planets and most also provide at least the major planetary aspect pairs that are prominent for that chart. If not, these aspect pairs are easily to locate and you can calculate the aspects yourself.

Note: For interpreting the astrological houses, you WILL need to have the time of your birth.

1st House - Sign Aries on Cusp

Keywords: Active and Direct Natal: You come across as an active, direct, look-you-in-the-eye, kind of person, perhaps even a little too aggressive. You are not afraid to jump in and take the lead. Transit: Right now, you can come across as an active, direct, look-you-in-the-eye, kind of person, perhaps even a little too aggressive. You are not afraid to jump in and take the lead.

1st House - Sign Taurus on Cusp

Keywords: Receptive Natal: You come across to others as receptive, and are probably a good listener. You take things in, evaluate them, and build on that. A producer. Transit: This is a moment when you can come across to others as receptive, and are probably even a good listener. You can take things in, evaluate them, and build on that. Producing.

1st House - Sign Gemini on Cusp

Keywords: Communicator Natal: You come across to others as, perhaps above all, a natural communicator, communicative in words and ideas, whether written or spoken. Transit: This is a time when you come across to others as, perhaps above all, a natural communicator, communicative in words and ideas, whether written or spoken.

1st House - Sign Cancer on Cusp

Keywords: Family Foremost Natal: You appear to others as very much a home lover and a family man, foregoing any public or social stance, in favor of family closeness and togetherness. Transit: In this moment, you could appear to others as very much a home lover and a family man, foregoing any public or social stance, in favor of family closeness and togetherness.

1st House - Sign Leo on Cusp

Keywords: Confident and Proud Natal: You appear to others as very confident, even a little proud of yourself, and most of all, self expressive. Enthusiastic. Transit: A time now when you may appear others as very confident, even a little proud of yourself, and most of all, self-expressive. Enthusiastic.