Angular Succedent Cadent Houses

Angular, Succedent, and Cadent Houses. The twelve houses fall into three groups of four, a rhythm that echoes the three modalities of the signs. The grouping describes how much force a house carries and how that energy tends to behave. The angular houses are the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth. They sit on the four main angles of the chart, the Ascendant, Imum Coeli, Descendant, and Midheaven. These are the strongest and most action-oriented houses, tied to identity, home, partnership, and career. A planet in an angular house tends to be prominent and to express itself directly in the world. The succedent houses are the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh. They follow the angular houses and have a stabilizing, resource-gathering quality. They deal with what we build, value, and hold, from money and creativity to shared depths and community. The cadent houses are the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth. They precede the angular houses and have an adaptable, distributing quality. They deal with learning, adjustment, and reflection, from daily thought and work to belief and the inner life. A planet here often works in a more flexible, behind-the-scenes way.