bce2c3727028966e6264af0477ea220e.jpg

the houses of health

first house

The First House is associated with our Ascendent. In addition to our Rising Sign and its qualities, the ruling planet of the Sign of the 1st House (and where it resides) gives us information about our bodies physiology and how our container responds to stressors.

For instance if your 1st House is in the Sign of Taurus, meaning you have Taurus Rising, you would ask yourself what planet rules Taurus, which is Venus, and then you would look at where Venus lives (the House + Sign) and what info that additionally offers. Is it in a Water Sign, Fire? What part of the body does that Sign rule? Explore.

If you have any planets conjunct your AC, these will be more influential than your Rising Sign or the House of the ruling planet of your Rising.

What Gate(s) are in these Houses if any? What information might that offer?

6th house

This is the House of Health and what we do day to day to support and nourish our well being. This is our relationship to our nutrition, and our daily conscious and unconscious decisions around self stewardship. Look at the Sign qualities and the energetics of any planets here for information.

What Gate(s) are in these Houses if any? What information might that offer?

8th house

This house of transformation can give us info around the deeper parts of self, chronic dis-ease, and deep set patterns either conscious or unconscious. Look at the Sign and any planets here for information.

What Gate(s) are in these Houses if any? What information might that offer?

12th house

The house of the hidden includes those things we do that we may not want folks to know about. It’s also a house to look to for sleep issues and mystery illnesses. Look at the Sign and any planets here for information.

What Gate(s) are in these Houses if any? What information might that offer?

Houses + Health significations

*chart relationships below from Med Astro teacher + Naturopath Kira Sutherland

First House

  • The head, face, brain, eyes, adrenals, physical body + appearance

  • How we cope with stress, constitution, and vitality, body parts most liable to affliction, everything Aries

Second House

  • The mouth, teeth, tongue, throat, neck, voice, speech, thyroid, metabolism, values, money, foods, everything Taurus

  • The value of the physical body, and nutrition, the 5 senses as used for digestion/food selection, indulgent house (food and drink)

Third House

  • The arms, hands, shoulders, communication, nervous system, and hormones, everything Gemini

  • Lungs/respiration/allergy house, mental attitude towards healing, body/mind connection through the nervous system

Fourth House

  • The chest, breasts, stomach, digestion, emotions, home, learned food habits/traditions from family

  • Nurturing, security issues around food, dairy foods, farming, everything Cancer

Fifth House

  • Creativity towards cooking and food preparation, styles of cooking/heat, passions/Ceremony, Chi or Prana

  • The spine, back, heart, creative expression, romance, children, recreation, everything Leo

sixth house

  • The abdomen, small intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, preventative health, work, service

  • House of illness/acute ailments, hard work/service, restrictive diets and food sensitivities

  • Diet we chose, hygiene, health habits, routines, assimilation of food, gut-brain axis, everything Virgo

seventh house

  • Distributes food throughout the body, acid/alkaline balance, hormones (repro and thyroid), , relationships with others, and to food

  • The lower back, kidneys, urinary system, how your body regulates and balances what you eat, indulgent house, everything Libra

eighth house

  • The reproductive system, genitals, anus, colon, elimination, death, transformation

  • Elimination of materials the body does not need, decides what is of value or not

  • Large intestines, bladder/urethra, sweat, etc., inherited disease/genetic ailments, everything Scorpio

Ninth House

  • The thighs, hips, bum, liver, blood, travel, education, philosophy, religion

  • Expansion and growth through nutrition supplied, excess/overdoing it

  • Sports/physical activity, pancreas, and blood sugars, everything Sagittarius

Tenth House

  • The knees, all bones, joints, skin, and connective tissue created, reputation based on the fruits of your labor, body image

  • Connective tissue/ cartilage, tendons, teeth etc. Everything Capricorn, career, status, reputation, authority,

Eleventh House

  • Friendships, groups, hopes, wishes, social structure/friendship, how we cope with stress is linked to friendship

  • Not a food-oriented house/can forget about eating, higher octave of the nervous system/electrics

  • The ankles, calves, shins, circulatory system, mitochondria, biorhythms, and cycles, everything Aquarius

Twelfth House

  • The feet, toes, lymphatic system, immune system, subconscious, dreams, spirituality, isolation, everything Pisces

  • Unconscious habits/hidden/secrets, no boundaries/not feeling full, hospitals/institutions/mental health

  • Addictions, escape, alcohol/drugs, chronic illness, stress, and overwork of 6th can = 12th house chronic ailments