House, in astrology, is a division of a chart that supposedly reveals a person’s character or future. The chart, called a horoscope, is divided into 12 houses. The houses represent 12 divisions of a person’s life: (1) appearance and personality, (2) possessions, (3) family relations, (4) parents, (5) children, (6) health, (7) friends and marriage, (8) death, (9) travel, (10) career, (11) ideals, and (12) illness and sorrow. The houses also are related to 12 imaginary divisions of the earth’s surface. Astrologers supposedly tell fortunes by explaining the influence of the planets and stars on each house (see Horoscope (Parts of a horoscope) ).
