Third house in astrology
- Theme
- Everyday communication
- Kind of house
- Cadent
- Corresponds with
- Gemini
- Depends on
- Birth time, birth place and house system
The third house is a cadent house, the third kind of house after the angular and succedent ones. The cadent houses are the third, the sixth, the ninth and the twelfth, and each sits just before an angular house.
In tradition the third house is the house of everyday communication: speech and writing, early schooling, brothers and sisters, neighbours and short journeys. It corresponds by analogy with Gemini and with Mercury. Planets there are read as colouring how a person talks and gets about.
The house is a label for a theme and says nothing about what happens on a journey or in a conversation. The chart calculator shows only which house each planet falls in, and the house depends on the choice of system as well as on the birth time and place.
In the chart wheel the third house lies at the lower left, between the second house and the fourth house, which starts at the Imum Coeli.
Planets in the third house
- Sun in the third house
- The Sun in the third house is read as identity through words and the near world: the communicator, the sibling, the neighbour who knows everyone.
- Moon in the third house
- The Moon in the third house is read as a need to talk feelings through: a changeable, curious mind, and comfort found in the everyday and the familiar street.
- Mercury in the third house
- Mercury in the third house, its traditional home, is read as a mind in its element: words, messages, learning and the near world as natural ground.
- Venus in the third house
- Venus in the third house is read as grace in words: a pleasant voice, warmth with neighbours and siblings, and attraction through conversation.
- Mars in the third house
- Mars in the third house is read as a quick tongue: sharp debate, fast decisions, and energy in writing, errands and the near world.
- Jupiter in the third house
- Jupiter in the third house is read as a wide mind close to home: learning for pleasure, many connections nearby, and a love of talk.
- Saturn in the third house
- Saturn in the third house is read as weight in words: careful speech, seriousness in learning, and communication that improves with age.
- Uranus in the third house
- Uranus in the third house is read as an inventive mind: original speech, restless learning, and surprising connections nearby.
- Neptune in the third house
- Neptune in the third house is read as a poetic mind: imagination in speech, intuition in learning, and facts that soften into story.
- Pluto in the third house
- Pluto in the third house is read as a penetrating mind: words with weight, research as instinct, and intense bonds with siblings or neighbours.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.