Forth House in Astrology

The 4th house in astrology is an angular one, and rules everything that has to do with the person’s foundations. The home, the family, the roots and ancestors are all ruled by this night-time house. All matters that have to do with domestic issues, the native’s property and real estate, land, houses or even subterranean places are expressed through this part of the zodiac. The natural ruler sign of the house is Cancer, and of course the Moon.

Areas of Life

When we speak of our personal, emotional basis for satisfaction, we are definitely speaking about our fourth house. Not only does it say everything we need to know about our upbringing and the home we grew up in, but it also points out the most important issues we have built in relation to the parent of opposite sex. It is the house of heritage and all things we hold dear, and we will often see people with accented fourth house as collectors who stick to their routine, and have a certain fear of change deeply rooted in their need to stick to peaceful, homey feelings and choices.

Although it is often mistaken for the house of tradition, we have to understand that fourth house represents closeness. Tradition itself is seen through the sign of Capricorn and the opposing tenth house, as something that gives the ultimate feeling of responsibility, recognized through respect of the elders, and among them – our ancestry. Fourth house in its core can be linked to family traditions that serve only to keep the family together, and only for as long as they don’t bring spasm into one’s world and the feeling of strong responsibility that doesn’t feel good. The best way to understand matters of the fourth house in their most beautiful light is through closeness we have with our mother, and those we laugh with, caress, care for, and those that thaw our hearts in the hardest of times.

This is the house that represents our emotional core and our ability to be satisfied, happy and smile from the heart. It is a house of home, family, motherly feelings, as well as our private business, how clean and innocent we feel, and our ability to open up. It is our final destination as the house that represents our grave, and our starting point seen though genes we chose for this lifetime, there to close the circle of one life from its beginning to end.

You can consult this house for the following reasons.

• All mind related matter such as pleasure of mind, mental condition, stress, peace of mind etc. belongs to 4th House. Comfort of life is this house; comfort like good sleep, good clothes, good food, plenty of fun, luxuries of life anything!
• All mother matter such as health of mother, status of mother, relationship between you and your mother, nature of mother belong to 4th House. It also represents your mother land and mother home (your native home), so any problem or dispute related to your house, or buying or selling of your house (your own property) is governed by 4th house. Whether you will have immovable properties such land, house etc is decided by the condition of 4th house. 4th house may also decide your career in property business e.g. if you will become a property dealer or real estate business man. This house also represents agriculture land, farm house, garden, crops, field etc. Whether you will stay at home or far from home, loss/dispute of your house-property or rental property belongs here.
• It represents deep inside hidden part of your heart such as love, romance, behaviour, kindness, rudeness, your hidden nature etc. It is also house of type of your friend circle. Water related matters belong to 4th House.
• Vehicles, one of the status symbols nowadays, relates to 4th House. However, it could be any form of vehicle such as bicycle, motorcycles, four wheeler, Trucks etc. So matters such as you might deal into transport business or tour and travel agency how many vehicles you have, problems you might face regarding your vehicle can be read here.
• Primary education, school/college level education, belongs here. If you want to see the education status of native, if he will have good education, further education, higher studies; this is the house. It also works as platform for higher studies.
• Being one of the moksha sthan, it also makes you spiritual in life.