The
Seventh House
Prepared by Rose Glavas QA (FAA)
Are you ready to have a good look into the
Seventh House? This is a good question to ask because this
house reflects back to us everything that we don't recognise
in ourselves - the good, the bad and the ugly! By examining
the symbolism found here we have the opportunity to view
what we have not yet integrated into ourselves - our shadow
qualities.
Traditionally the Seventh House represents the marriage
or business partner, cooperation - and its lack, open enemies,
legal contracts, court trials, formalities and our ability
to get along with others. It is also known as the Descendant.
The Seventh is opposite the First House: therefore the Seventh
is the furthest from the First out of all the houses.
In the Sixth House we found our boundaries, learnt to look
after our bodies and found out how we work with others and
perform our duties. The symbolism in the Seventh House shows
us what type of qualities we find in other people in a one-on-one
situation, how we approach marriage or business partnerships,
how we experience our enemies, and the qualities we seek
in a partner.
Let's have a look at an example of Seventh House symbolism
- we'll take a look at the Moon.
The Moon is associated with feeling, women, the home, mother,
the unconscious, nurturing and fluctuation. Mixing these
themes with the Seventh House ones does offer a wide variety
of interpretation.
Since the Seventh House is associated with our experience
of other people we may tend to see those around us as being
motherly, nurturing, changeable (like the Moon itself),
caring and sometimes illogical.
In a partnership situation nurturing may be an important
element between the individuals involved - the person with
the Seventh House Moon may carry unconscious issues involving
one of the parents (most probably mother) into a marriage.
The Moon represents fluctuation, so a person with this placement
may find that their feelings towards others, particularly
partners, change frequently.
When meeting this symbolism through projection an individual
may feel uncomfortable in dealing with the emotions of other
people or envy the ease in which others express their feelings.
In most of the personalised charts I have prepared, the
Seventh House Moon often indicates that the individual felt
the mother, or nurturing parent, was somehow out of reach
or 'disconnected' from them. This early relationship with
the mothering figure naturally would impact on the person's
own ability to relate to their own emotional nature.
Symbolically, as mentioned above, the Seventh House is
the furthest away from the First House (which represents
the individual physically) than any other house - indicating
that 'mother' or 'emotions' are as far away from them as
is, or was, possible.
We have a choice in how we utilise the themes found anywhere
in the birth chart, including this House. Although it may
be a bit scary to look at ourselves and find that we are
no saints, there is a good chance that while you are looking
in the mirror you will be pleasantly surprised to find some
good stuff too!
If you would like to share your experiences
of your own Seventh House you can share them at my discussion
board at Suite101.
If you have any more questions... please
contact me!
