Seventh House

The House of Partnership

Rules: marriage, partnership, and one-to-one bonds Natural sign: Libra Ruling planet: Venus Type: Angular

The seventh house is the other person. It rules marriage, committed partnerships and your closest one-to-one bonds, along with the qualities you tend to attract and to seek in someone else.

The cusp of this house is one of the chart's four angles, the Descendant, a sensitive point that carries extra weight in your chart.

What the seventh house rules

Significant relationships, business partners, and open rivals too. It is the mirror you meet yourself in through another person.

Planets in the seventh house

Planets here shape who you partner with and how, and often describe the very traits you look for in a significant other.

The sign on your seventh house cusp

This is your Descendant. It shows what you seek in a partner, and the kind of person you are drawn to commit to.

partnershipmarriagerelationshipscommitmentthe other

Naturally ruled by Libra. Each house has a sign that feels most at home in it. The 7th house belongs to Libra and its ruler Venus, which is why this house carries a Libra flavour even before you add your own planets.

Which sign rules your 7th house?

This is the 7th house in general. Your own chart places a real sign on its cusp and may hold planets inside it, both personal to your exact birth time. Build your free chart to see yours.

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