The fourth house is home, family, and the private self. Venus at that angle turns the dwelling into the native's principal work of art. Colour, light, the height of a lamp, where a chair should sit so the conversation goes well — these are considered properly, over years, and the result is a house that visitors describe as comfortable without being able to say why. Money is spent here before it is spent anywhere else.
Hospitality is the placement's characteristic act. The native feeds people, puts them up, and remembers what they take in their tea. Family life is genuinely valued rather than merely endured, and where there was discord in the family of origin the native usually becomes the one who negotiates the peace at Christmas. Objects inherited from the household are cherished and kept in use rather than boxed away.
The cost is a reluctance to leave a beautiful arrangement. The native postpones the necessary move, the necessary confrontation, the necessary end, because the room is lovely and the guests are content. Family harmony can be purchased at the price of honesty, with everyone agreeing in the sitting room and complaining in the car. And there is a real risk of expense — a home improved continuously by somebody with excellent taste and insufficient restraint.
What It Gives
- ◆Makes a genuinely beautiful home
- ◆Serious talent for hospitality
- ◆Keeps family peace skilfully
- ◆Cherishes inherited things
What It Costs
- ◆Harmony bought with honesty
- ◆Reluctant to leave comfort
- ◆Domestic spending unrestrained
This is one line of a whole chart. The rest of it — every placement, house and aspect at once — is a birth date away.
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