The 4th House

The 4th house is your roots — home, family, where you come from and what safety feels like. It's the private foundation everything else is built on.

The 4th house at a glance

• ThemeHome & Family
• Natural signCancer
• Natural rulerthe Moon
• ElementWater
• Governswhere you come from and what home and safety feel like
• Keywordshome, family, roots, ancestry

What the 4th house is about

The 4th house governs where you come from and what home and safety feel like. Traditionally associated with home, family, roots, ancestry, the past, emotional foundation, belonging, it's the part of the chart that colours home & family. Wherever a planet or sign falls in your 4th house, that energy tends to express itself through this area of life.

A question to sit with

What did 'home' teach you about safety — and what would you keep or change now?