
The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope

‘the deity which brings the illness also brings the cure.’ Awareness brings change.
Howard Sasportas • The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope
The rising sign not only describes something about the actual birth, but also the inborn expectations and images we have whenever we have to ‘get something started’.
Howard Sasportas • The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope
Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,
Howard Sasportas • The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope
the planets and signs in each house offer ‘celestial instructions’ on how a person can most naturally unfold his or her life-plan in that area of existence.2
Howard Sasportas • The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope
Sun is the kind of hero we are, but the Ascendant is the quest on which we must embark. The Sun is why we are here; the Ascendant is how we get there. The signs and planets in the 1st house indicate the kinds of functions which will be most valuable in the process of realizing our own unique identity.