This is a Brief overview for the 12 Houses of the Zodiac and the general life lessons for each house, as well as a general overview and meaning of the Degrees in each of the houses.

GENERALLY the degrees in in each house represent the following:

1-9º Formative Development
10-19º Integration life lessons
20-29º Lessons in Mastery

FIRST HOUSE (Aries ruled by Mars)

Ascendant, how you are seen, presentation, armor, persona

1-9º Physical Body
10-19º Self
20-29 º Early Environment

SECOND HOUSE (Taurus ruled by Venus)

Resources, Self worth, material possessions, sustenance

1-9º Money
10-19º Possessions/Personal Assets
20-29º Earning ability

THIRD HOUSE (Gemini ruled by Mercury)

Conscious mind, lower mind, perception, thought patterns, relationships, communication, neighbors, family members

1-9º Brothers
10-19º Sisters
20-29º Short journeys & Communication

FOURTH HOUSE (Cancer ruled by Moon)

Emotional conditioning, early childhood, nurturance & support

1-9º Home
10-19º Support
20-29º End of life

FIFTH HOUSE (Leo ruled by Sun)

Creative self expression, power to co-create, popularity, sports, romance, children, risks, investments

1-9º Social life
10-19º Pleasure
20-29º Children

SIXTH HOUSE (Virgo ruled by Mercury)

Work, proper care & health maintenance, daily routines, clothes, health, responsibility to details

1-9º Work
10-19º Service
20-29º Health

SEVENTH HOUSE – (Libra ruled by Venus)

Close personal relationships, marriage, business agreements, contracts, commerce, karmic working out

1-9º Open opposition
10-19º Public relations
20-29º Partnerships

EIGHTH HOUSE – (Scorpio ruled by Pluto)

Other people’s money, inheritance, business partners, mystical experiences, deep psychological & emotional issues

1-9º Taxes & Debt
10-19º Regeneration & Renewal
20-29º Death & Rebirth

NINTH HOUSE – (Sagittarius ruled by Jupiter)

Collective mind, Higher mind, rules & regulations, teaching, publishing, social conscience, wisdom, higher intuition, inspiration, philosophy & religion

1-9º Higher Education
10-19º Law
20-29º Long trips

TENTH HOUSE – (Capricorn ruled by Saturn)

Career, executive power, status, marriage, profession, authority, awards, recognition

1-9º Authority
10-19º Profession
20-29º Status & Recognition/Rewards

ELEVENTH HOUSE – (Aquarius ruled by Uranus)

Group associations, community, friends, creative group expression, and humanitarianism

1-9º Friends
10-19º Hopes
20-29º Dreams & Wishes

TWELTH HOUSE – (Pisces ruled by Neptune)

Collective unconscious, unconscious mind, emotional memories, automatic responses & attitudes, self deception, karmic patterns & issues, religious retreats & solitude, mental institutions, hospitals, mystical inspiration

1-9º Limitations
10-19º Secret Opposition
20-29º Self Undoing