Seventh house in astrology
- Theme
- Partnership
- Kind of house
- Angular
- Corresponds with
- Libra
- Depends on
- Birth time, birth place and house system
The seventh house begins at the Descendant, the point of the zodiac that is setting on the western horizon, opposite the Ascendant. It is the first of the houses above the horizon and an angular house.
In tradition the seventh house is the house of one-to-one partnership: a marriage or business partner, a close collaborator, and the person across the table. It corresponds by analogy with Libra and with Venus. Because it lies opposite the first house, it is read as the other to the first house's self.
The Descendant itself is always exactly opposite the Ascendant, 180 degrees away, whichever house system is chosen. The cusp of the seventh house can differ from it in a Whole Sign chart, where the house is the entire sign.
The seventh house lies above the horizon on the western side, so a planet in it was in the western part of the sky.
Planets in the seventh house
- Sun in the seventh house
- The Sun in the seventh house is read as identity found with another: partnership as the main stage, and a self that shows most clearly in relation.
- Moon in the seventh house
- The Moon in the seventh house is read as emotional life lived in partnership: a need for a close other, and moods that mirror the person one is with.
- Mercury in the seventh house
- Mercury in the seventh house is read as thinking in dialogue: ideas sharpened by a partner, negotiation as a skill, and a need for a sounding board.
- Venus in the seventh house
- Venus in the seventh house, its traditional home, is read as partnership as the heart of life: a natural diplomat and a need for a close, fair bond.
- Mars in the seventh house
- Mars in the seventh house is read as energy in partnership: attraction to strong partners, open disagreement, and heat in close relationships.
- Jupiter in the seventh house
- Jupiter in the seventh house is read as growth through partnership: generous, hopeful relationships and a belief in fairness between two people.
- Saturn in the seventh house
- Saturn in the seventh house is read as commitment as a lesson: partnership taken seriously, caution in bonding, and relationships that mature late.
- Uranus in the seventh house
- Uranus in the seventh house is read as unconventional partnership: a need for freedom within closeness, and attraction to the unusual other.
- Neptune in the seventh house
- Neptune in the seventh house is read as the idealised partner: romantic hopes placed on another, compassion in bonds, and blurred lines between two people.
- Pluto in the seventh house
- Pluto in the seventh house is read as intensity in partnership: powerful, transforming bonds, and questions of control between two people.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.