House VII
The Seventh House of the natal chart governs committed one-to-one relationships: marriage, partnership, contracts, and open opponents. Its cusp is the Descendant, exactly opposite the Ascendant. Planets here describe the qualities sought or projected in a partner and the recurring dynamics of close bonds.
relationships, partner, agreements
Overview
Who you meet.
Peer relationships: partners, associates, contracts, and even declared adversaries. The Seventh House is the other who reflects you.
Mythology
The Latin tradition called it Uxor, 'the spouse'; the Greeks called the angle Dysis, 'the setting', for here the Sun goes down and the day is handed over to another. Marriage, business partnership and open enmity all belonged to this house — every bond sealed between equals, whether by ring, by contract or by duel. The symbolism is exact: at the western horizon the self meets what it is not, and the light of identity is surrendered into relationship.
Interpretation
The Seventh House governs committed one-to-one relationships: marriage and long-term partnership, business associations, contracts, and open opponents — everyone met at eye level. Its cusp is the Descendant, opposite the Ascendant: what the First House claims as 'me', the Seventh experiences as 'you'. Planets here describe the qualities sought, attracted or projected in a partner, and the recurring dynamics of close bonds. The house's deepest work is recognition: discovering in the other the traits one has not yet owned.