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| The Twelve Houses Chart |
| These twelve houses, like the 12 houses of astrology, serve to map put the parts of human life that are affected by one or another combination of forces in the reading. The 12 geomantic houses have slightly different meanings from those in astrology though.
The following list of house rulerships, from medieval and Renaissance handbooks of geomancy, can be used as a general guide. |
| 1. First House: the querent, or the person for whom the reading is performed.
2. Second House: goods, material wealth, gain, business transactions, material things the querent desires, and stolen property. 3. Third House: brothers and sisters, the querent�s neighbors and environment, short journeys, letters, advice, news and rumors. 4. Fourth House: father and mother, inheritances from parents, land, agriculture, buildings, construction, treasures, anything under-ground, ancient places and things, old age, hidden things, and the end of any matter. 5. Fifth House: pregnancy, children, entertainments and feasts, bodies of water, and rain. 6. Sixth House: servants, employees, small animals, illness, and injuries. 7. Seventh House: the querent�s spouse or lover, love relationships, marriage, partnerships, quarrels, any unidentified person. 8. Eighth House: suffering, death, dangers, inheritances (other than from parents). 9. Ninth House: religion, philosophy, learning and education, the arts, wisdom, long journeys, divination. 10. Tenth House: employment, position in society, people in positions of authority, courts and judges, and the weather. 11. Eleventh House: friends, sources of help, good fortune, the querent�s hopes and wishes. 12. Twelfth House: enemies, suffering, difficulties, any secret matter, imprisonment, large animals, the querent�s fears. |