The Fourth (4th) House
House of HOME
FOURTH HOUSE SPECIFICS:
Home, Family, Parents, Ancestors, Land.
“The home. One’s most personal and intimate life. One’s family, both childhood and adult, one’s mother or father, one’s forebears, one’s native land, one’s past and relationship to tradition. Real estate, lands. The end of life.
Rob Hand Horoscope Symbols p. 276
A 'Me-In-Here'
“The sense of a ‘me-in-here‘ provided by the IC and 4th house lends an inner unity to all thoughts, feelings, perceptions and actions. In the same way that we are biologically self- maintaining and self-regulating, the IC and 4th house serve to maintain the individual characteristics of the self in a stable form.”
Howard Sasportas The Twelve Houses p.43
End of Life
“The fourth is commonly associated with old age, the end of life, death, funerals and things after death. In my personal research I was surprised by how often the fourth place was activated in years in which the native either died or had to deal with issues related to mortality. “
Chris Brennan Hellenistic Astrology p.357
Understanding of Motivations, Needs, and Fears
Successfully Navigated: Thorough understanding of one’s own motivations, needs, and fears. Establishment of roots in form of home, family and attunement to inner self.
Unsuccessfully Navigated: Lack of basic psychological self-knowledge, leading to neurotic, unsatisfying, and obsessive behaviors. Self absorption and self analysis to the point of withdrawal from the world; shyness.
Steven Forrest The Inner Sky p.180
Resources:
Brennan, Chris. (2017). Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune. 2017. Denver, Colorado: Amor Fati Publications.
Forrest, Steven. (1982). The Inner Sky. 2012. Borrego Springs, CA: Seven Paws Press, Inc.
Hand, Robert. (1981). Horoscope Symbols. 1981.PA: Whitford Press.
https://www.hellenisticastrology.com/the-planetary-joys.
Newberg, Enid. (2010). Natal Astrology: An Introduction to Astrological Symbolism. 2010. Seattle Washington: Kepler College.
Sasportas, Howard. (1985). The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope.2007. London, England: Flare Publications.
