第三宫

The third house should not, however, be relied upon alone when giving a judgment of the mind and mental qualifications, for the luminaries and Mercury must also be carefully considered. Indeed, the whole horoscope may in a sense be said to represent the mind.

the house signifying the substance of servants, as being the second house to the sixth, in due order ; and sisters of brethren, being the third house to the fifth ; also the fathers of fathers, being the fourth house to the fourth ; and the children of brethren, being the fifth to the third house ; also it signifies the death of private enemies, being the eighth to the twelfth house ;as also for the same reason, the death of great beasts. Again it signifies the religion and long journeys of friends, being the ninth house to the eleventh ; also upon the honor or credit of kings, being the tenth house to the mid-heaven ; and also the friends and fortune of religious persons, being the eleventh house to the ninth : as also the private dealings of the absent, and their enemies, as being the twelfth house from the eighth.”It is accounted a masculine house, similar to in its rule over the bodily members, which the student can refer to.

The other pair of cadent houses, the third and ninth, show whether our life and work will confine us to one place or require travel and changes of residence. In this respect the third house shows short journeys and the ninth house long travels.The personal houses comprise the first, fifth andninth. The first house rules the constitution and peculiarities of the physical body. Planets and signs in that house put their stamp on it to make or mar according to the part of its self-generated destiny. Our fifth house shows the quality of the love-nature of the soul and the line of its expression if it follows the line of least resistance ; and the ninth house shows as much of the spirit as we can apprehend in our present limited stateThe material trinity of houses consists of the second, sixth and tenth and shows the worldly possessions of man, his means of obtaining them and the enjoyment they bring him. Wealth, or its reverse, is shown by the second house, health, without which there can be no joy in any worldly possession, is shown by the sixth house ; and the public prestige which is the chief source of gratification to the average human being, is shown by the tenth house.The social houses are the third, seventh and eleventh houses and in them are shown the nature of our relations with various classes of souls we meet in life. Brothers and sisters to whom we are bound by the tie of blood are shown by the third house, the companion of our heart with whom our blood blends in another way, is shown by the seventh house, and the friends, more precious than pearls to whoever has earned friendship, are designated by the eleventh house.