We start counting the houses at the ascendant, which is located at the nine o’clock position in your birth chart.
Each astrological house represents a different area of your life. We start counting the houses at the ascendant, which is located at the nine o’clock position in your birth chart. From there, we move counterclockwise around the wheel, and the houses gradually transition from personal and tangible to interpersonal and abstract. Below are a few keywords for each house to help you familiarize yourself with the regions of the birth chart.