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Astrology & Law of Attraction
Tutorial on Rulerships
How to Find Ruling signs and planets for each House in
your astrological chart
by Kim Falconer July 2012
Step 1: Create Your Chart
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Go to Astro.com
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Click on the free horoscope
Step 2
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Click Chart drawing, Ascendant for quick access to
your natal chart and calculations
Step 3
Click here to go to the data entry page
Step 4
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Fill in your accurate birth details and
click continue
Step 5
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View your birth chart and save image
Step 6: Memorize the symbols
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Note: Astrology is a symbol system. Learn the glyphs for the
signs & planets. Practice writing them out. Get familiar!
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There will be a sign on the cusp or 'door' to each house. That
sign determines what planet 'rules' the house.
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The sign on the cups of the first house is called the Ascendant
sign or rising sign. The ruling planet of the first house is referred
to as the 'chart ruler'.
Step 7: Learn the rulerships
Sign
Ruler
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Moon
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Pluto/Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus/Saturn
Neptune/Jupiter
Step 8: Identify the sign and ruling planet
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There are 360
degrees in the
circle of houses (12
pieces of pie).
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Each sign of the
zodiac takes up 30
degrees (0 – 29).
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Each house can
range in size,
depending on the
distance form the
equator and host 1
to 3 or more signs.
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Learn more about
intercepted signs.
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Learn key words for
the houses.
Test: What planet(s) rule each house? List the
houses 1-12 with their sign and ruler(s).
Did you get it correct?
House
Sign
Ruler(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
Virgo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Aquarius
Pisces
Pisces
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Mercury
Mercury
Venus
Pluto and Mars
Jupiter
Saturn and Uranus
Jupiter and Neptune
Jupiter and Neptune
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Sun
Notice that the sign of Cancer and the opposite sign
Capricorn do not rule any of the houses (they are not on the
cusp of any house). They are 'intercepted' within the 5 th and
11th houses. Read more about intercepted signs.
Notes and Links
Empty house? There is no such thing as an empty house. Even
a house that has no planets in it will have a sign on the cusp, the
sign that rules that house. The sign will have one or two ruling
planets linked to it, and they also hold sway there. Then there are
the transits that are daily, monthly and yearly traveling through the
house. Also when we form relationships of all kinds, those other
people will have planets that fall into our supposedly 'empty' house.
Bottom line: there is no such thing as an empty house!
Key words for the houses.
Key words for the signs.
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