House 7 · House of Partnership

Seventh house

The seventh house describes one-to-one encounters with equals, including intimate partnership, business agreements, competitors, and qualities first recognized in others.

Questions of the seventh house

  • What do you require in an equal?
  • How do you negotiate difference?
  • Which qualities are easier to see across the table?

Planets in the seventh house

A planet in this house brings its function into the field of partnership, contracts, open conflict, projection. The planet’s sign describes style, its aspects describe supporting or competing functions, and proximity to a house cusp can make the neighboring house relevant depending on the interpretive method.

Transits through the seventh house

A transit activates the topics of this house for a period. The transiting planet describes the type of process; aspects to natal planets identify which existing chart functions are contacted. Use an exact calculation rather than a generic Sun-sign horoscope.