“The first house is the foundation of our selfhood, just as anyone entering your house must first step through the front door to explore the other rooms, all incoming and outgoing experiences are filtered through the first house before merging into the agenda of the other houses in your horoscope”.
~ Before Your Future
“The success of our first house is dependent on the second house’s ability to anchor, feed, and bring joy and support to the survival of the form adopted by the soul in this incarnation. Our first anchor is our mother. As such, the second house shows the rhythm and focus with which we approach the development of security to replace the mother as a source of food, joy, bliss, and nourishment”. ~ Before Your Future
“Our thirst for information begins in the third house. A good third house does not confuse elementary knowledge with mastery. In the Google era with information at our fingertips, we should pursue exploration and study with the attitude of a novice rather than rushing to become teachers and mentors before achieving mastery of a subject”.
~ Before Your Future
“Another ancient use of the Sanskrit word sukha is to describe a cart whose axle holes are perfectly centered in the wheels. This image implies a smooth ride with no bumps, jolts, or unexpected movements. But it also implies that you don’t just arrive and stay in the fourth house. The contentment promised by a good fourth house is a dynamic process we create minute by minute, working on the harmony and balance between the axle and wheel, rest and work, light and dark, action and acceptance”. ~ Before Your Future
“The fifth house refers to the ancient tradition in Hinduism of ishta devata, giving people the choice to worship the divine in the form that inspires them—be it a baby Krishna, the fierce warrior god Skanda, or the devoted son and king Lord Rama. Having thousands of gods is a progressive attempt at pluralism and tolerance of the unique creative expression of each person’s fifth house. Today, it teaches us that devotion and dedication to any cause or subject that inspires us has the ability to transform our lives and lead us to the divine”.
~Before Your Future
“There is another type of debt we can accumulate here which comes from borrowing too much from our own body and mind. In Ayurveda, this leads to the imbalance of the five elements resulting in doshas, or too much: Vata (air element), Pitta (fire element), and Kapha ( water and earth element). If this debt is not paid back in a timely manner by maintaining good routines, rituals, and commitment to our physical and mental health (daily, weekly, and seasonally), the doshas accumulate with interest, creating enemies or chronic illness”.
~Before Your Future
“A good seventh house is vital in the horoscope not just for lasting relationships and marriage, but also for success in business and commerce. The seventh house reflects negotiating skills, diplomacy, and inclinations to compromise when necessary to further a relationship. A good seventh house doesn’t take more than it gives, nor give more than it takes. It is concerned with fairness, justice, and equality—not necessarily the charity, sacrifice, and surrender seen in the other houses that also pertain to relationships”.
~ Before Your Future
If your horoscope was a house with many rooms, the eighth house would be that secret door behind a bookcase, or the small trap door leading to a secret garden. As the secret door that allows entry into unfamiliar territory, the eighth house compels us to look more deeply at what was previously concealed. In that sense, the eighth house can become the environment for spiritual transformation or the ignition of a metamorphosis that results from leaving old paradigms behind.
“Intellectualizing and gathering information happens in the third house, which is placed opposite the ninth in the horoscope. Too much third house information and data gathering can have a limiting influence on our search for the deep and direct experiences and higher knowledge that the ninth house calls for. In the third house, we acquire knowledge; in the ninth, we obtain the belief, faith, and conviction in said knowledge. In the third house, our convictions are mutable and changeable, but in the ninth, they are solidified and established”.
~Before Your Future
“The Japanese have a ceremonious protocol for exchanging business cards—meishi kou-kan—and must be conducted with the utmost respect. In any meeting or gathering, the card exchange is initiated by the highest-ranking people with the others following in order of rank. The cards must be given and received with the use of both hands and a bow. It is important to look over the card right away, nod politely, and smile with respect and admiration regardless of how high- or low-ranking the job title is. This sacred etiquette of card exchange recognizes the importance of the tenth house in the horoscope”. ~Before Your Future
“Desire is the seed energy of all manifestation on Earth, and is not exclusive to human beings. The desire to reach higher than others in our tribe, higher than the other trees in the forest is at the heart of all of God’s creation. The eleventh house and its ruler contain the seeds to grow, increase, and profit in all matters of life. While the tenth house helps us get to the top in our social circles, the eleventh house influence spreads much further into our city, country, and beyond”.~ Before Your Future
“For those who enjoy jigsaw puzzles, the most exhilarating yet disappointing moment comes when we put in the final piece. We have created a masterpiece from nothing, which we stand back and admire, but we feel our heart sink. The object of focus and victory of the past few days or weeks no longer holds any utility. We don’t want to take it apart just yet, and we might not want to do the same puzzle again—at least in this lifetime. The twelfth house brings experiences that are designed to help us lay down the final pieces of the puzzle”.
~ Before Your Future