the houses of health
first housE — WHOLE BODY CONSTITUTION LOVE NOTES
Especially early years health. The physical body, constitution, stamina, vitality and appearance. It can also indicate how you react when under stress. For example a Cancer Rising might get emotional or swallow it all down.
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?
It can be supportive to your health if the ruler of your 1st House is in better dignity that the ruler of your 6th.
6th house — DAILY HEALTH + PREVENTATIVE LOVE NOTES
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 — routines, rituals, habits, hygiene, natural therapies, assimilation, diet, exercise, breath, pets, service, even some herbs/foods/supplements, that either contribute to health or illness, as well as more acute issues. This is what we do on the day to day to either support or undermine our wellbeing.
Retrograde planets here can result in recurring dysfunction.
The parts of the body or organs associated can be more vulnerable to stress.
Look at the sign/element, ruler.
Ask yourself based on what you find: what do I need to do on a consistent daily bases to support my health? What attitudes and foundational elements of work support my overall being? This combined with my Determination offers me insight into diet/eating styles — what can I glean?
After breaking down the houses itself look to the ruling planet of that house and their home by sign, element and house. This can tell you where and how you can support yourself via a different area and significations.
Are there planets/gates IN the 6th House? How might they be intentionally expressed in daily life? How can they be supported? How can you give them outlet? How are they aspected? What houses do they rule?
Pay attention to transits and progressions especially through this house!
*some say to avoid doctors or practitioner who have their Saturn in the sign on your 6th house.
*Neptune in the 6th can make things hard to diagnose.
Pay attention to transits and progressions to this house.
8th house — CHRONIC HEALTH, ROOTS, EMOTIONS
This house of transformation can give us info around the deeper parts of self, crisis, mental anguish, psychological transformation and growth, fear, decay, emotional body, death/rebirth, and deep set patterns either conscious or unconscious. It can also indicate surgery, inherited dis-ease, DNA, genetics, how we support detoxification.
Look at the sign/element, ruler and its house/sign/element/aspects + any planets/gates here (and houses they rule) for information. What information might that offer?
Pay attention to transits and progressions to this house.
12th house — HIDDEN HEALTH, MENTAL, SELF SABOTAGE
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, chronic ailments, hospitalization, confinement, convalescence, psychic attack, institutions, mental health, not feeling full/binge eating, hard to diagnose or hidden/mystery illnesses, things that are maybe not yet seen by the conscious mind.
This house is also about self sabotage and the ways in which we contribute to our own undoing. I read a book once about chronic conditions and the ways in which our mind and emotions contribute and it said to ask yourself — how is this benefiting me. This is that energy. Maybe we experience something that does not feel good but in the moment it means we don’t have to go to work, or someone takes care of us, we get to release some responsibility. This is always an important thread to pull but especially with 12th house.
Look at the sign/element, ruler and its house/sign/element/aspects + any planets/gates here (and houses they rule) for information. What information might that offer?
Pay attention to transits and progressions to this house.
Not tending our 6th House can lead to 12th House issues.
*** With ALL houses of health we want to ask not just how we can balance and support the energy but how can we give it a channel and outlets!!!
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, blood sugar levels, asolar plexus region, nervous system and vagus nerve, gut/brain axis, 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/large intestines, bladder/urethra, elimination channels, death.
Elimination of materials the body does not need, decides what is of value or not
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, allergies and sensitivities, bodily fluids, laxity of tissues, everything Pisces
Unconscious habits/hidden/secrets, no boundaries/not feeling full, hospitals/institutions/mental health, stress and illness left unchecked in the 6th can manifest more longterm in the 12th.
Addictions, escape, alcohol/drugs, chronic illness, stress, and overwork of 6th can = 12th house chronic ailments