Zodiac Spread

The Houses

Each card represents a “house.” Each house is associated with an element, a tarot suit, a zodiac sign and the planet that rules that sign:

1st House– is identity. This is you – your personality, your physicality, how you look.

Associations: Fire, Wands, Aries, Mars

2nd House- is resources. This is your self worth, your possessions, your money (& how you earn it).

Associations: Earth, Pentacles, Taurus, Venus

3rd House– is communication and knowledge. What you know, your early learning style, your siblings, your neighbours, your short or routine journeys, your environment. Associations: Air, Swords, Gemini, Mercury

4th House– is Home & Family. This is where you live, your attachments, your roots, your structure, your history, your domestic life & your emotional security (or otherwise).

Associations: Water, Cups, Cancer, the Moon

5th House– is Creativity & Children. The things we give birth to & take risks on. This is where we play, fall in love and create.

Associations: Fire, Wands, Leo, the Sun

6th House– is Work & Service. This is your health (& habits), your responsibilities, the mundane work that you do & those who do work for you.

Associations: Earth, Pentacles, Virgo, Mercury

7th House– is Relationships. This is where you interact with others- and how. Committed romantic or business partnerships…& openly declared enemies are represented here.

Associations: Air, Swords, Libra, Venus

8th House– is challenges and losses. This house represents the things we don’t want to talk about- death, taxes, inheritances. It’s also joint resources, other peoples money, sex & transformation.

Associations: Water, Cups, Scorpio, Pluto*

9th House– is Expansion & Beliefs. This house is about expanding your mind, your horizons, your knowledge & your belief systems. It’s religion, philosophy, travel, adventure, law and the learning we do because we want to.

Associations: Fire, Wands, Sagittarius, Jupiter

10th House– is Career. This is your career, your reputation, you in the world, your public persona, your social responsibilities.

Associations: Earth, Pentacles, Capricorn, Saturn

11th House– is Friends & Community. Here we find your hopes & dreams, your friends, your associations, & your social life.

Associations: Air, Swords, Aquarius, Uranus*

12th House– is Secrets & Undoing. This is us in private. It’s the things we keep locked away in the closet- the things that bring us undone. It’s also karmic lessons, spirituality, where we escape and what we know subconsciously.

Associations: Water, Cups, Pisces, Neptune*

*The modern rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius & Pisces are Pluto, Uranus, & Neptune. These signs also have a traditional ruler-ship - Mars, Saturn & Jupiter, respectively.