| The 3rd House.. I Am My Mind |
| We could characterize this domicile by saying that it reveals the ways we relate to our environment, especially to the people in intimate or early life settings. This is somewhat different than the nature of the Ascendant and the 1st House, as that important position in the natal chart speaks more about the impression we make upon the environment and not so much about the interactions that take place within a given social setting. The 1st House does indeed tell us something about our early life circumstances, but the 3rd House will go into this area in much greater detail. Learning how to combine 1st and 3rd House indications will help to amplify our understanding of a person's early environmental conditioning. The 3rd House is also the place in the horoscope where we can discover additional information about our relationships with our siblings. The 3rd will also describe our brothers and our sisters, especially our oldest sibling/and or the one who made the deepest impression on us or on the rest of our family. The 3rd House also speaks about our neighbors and those friends close enough to be considered brothers and sisters. The 3rd House also points to our formative and secondary education and to the teachers we had during that period of life. This is a very busy house: It deals with short journeys, thoughts, opinions, and all types of communication. A "short journey" (in this era of jet travel) is shorter than three days, and is made for purposes of communication. A "short journey" is never a vacation, adventure, or quest. Most importantly, the 3rd House speaks about the way we use our minds and how we communicate through the written and spoken word. Planets in the 3rd House Sun You pride yourself on your intellectual prowess. You enjoy acquiring knowledge and you are good at it. You are an excellent, forceful speaker, able to communicate ideas clearly and succinctly. You are warm and generous with your siblings, relatives and neighbors. The only downside to this placement is that it may lead to opinionated bragging. Moon Your reasoning left brain is constantly influenced by your intuition and imagination. Your memory is good, particularly when strong emotions back up your experiences. You have a tendency to daydream and benefit from frequent changes in your environment. Mercury Your intellectual curiosity and hunger for knowledge give you an acute desire to learn and to communicate what you learn. You are so mentally restless, however, that you dart from one topic to another, rarely studying one particular thing in depth. Travel is highlighted in your life, perhaps commuting for your work or carpooling with neighbors. You maintain contact with siblings and neighbors. Venus Your intellectual interests revolve around literature, music, and the arts. You converse easily with people and bring harmony to all social situations in which you are involved. You take great pleasure in visiting your siblings, close relatives, and neighbors. Mars You think on your feet and make decisions quickly. Sometimes you are so aggressive about communication your ideas that you become quarrelsome and create a lot of tension in your immediate environment. With this placement there can be considerable competition and tension with siblings and neighbors. Think before you act. Jupiter You are a mental sponge, soaking up knowledge from a wide variety of sources to feed your broad intellectual interests. You travel frequently, visiting museums and other cultural niches that expand your knowledge. Your relationships with siblings, relatives, and neighbors are apt to be close unless Jupiter is afflicted. Saturn You funnel your intellectual interests through great discipline and ambition. Your travel is usually connected to business rather than pleasure. Education can sometimes be interrupted or delayed. Siblings or other close relatives can impose responsibilities on you. Uranus Intellectual freedom is paramount to your personal happiness. You chafe at traditional and mainstream thinking and are not hesitant to expound your views on anything. Your entire mental framework is eccentric and original. Your siblings and close relatives are intellectually stimulating, but you may have sudden breaks in communication. Neptune If you are a poet or a filmmaker, this is a terrific placement. It confers a mystical, highly intuitive mindset capable of delving deeply into the creative well. Photographic memory, as well as a profound interest in the occult. Contact with relatives is erratic. Pluto You regenerate and transform your environment through your intellectual efforts and your learning experiences. But because Pluto breaks down existing structures, mental instability is a possibility. Channel Pluto's power into constructive, creative framework. North Node You grow through what you learn and assimilate that knowledge into a wider belief system. Your siblings, relatives, neighbors play a vital role in this process. South Node You need to release old thought patterns that inhibit your mental growth. Resist the tendency for mental laziness. Pursue higher education. Part of Fortune Education comes easy to you. You gain through your close relationships. |