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Zodiac signs describe how a planet's energy comes through, and planets describe what is being expressed. Houses answer where: which part of your life is the setting for it all. There are 12 houses, and unlike the signs, their boundaries are calculated from your exact birth time and place.
What is an astrological house?
A birth chart is divided into 12 sections called houses. Each governs a different area of life: personality, money, communication, home, love, work, relationships, crises, philosophy, career, friends, and the subconscious. A planet in a house puts its energy to work in that area. Mars in the house of career expresses itself differently from Mars in the house of love, even though the planet's energy stays the same.
An empty house doesn't mean that part of your life is switched off. The house's ruling planet, determined by the sign on its cusp, still looks after it. Things still happen there; they simply stand out less.
All 12 astrological houses
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