What this house holds
This house holds what passes between people: shared money, inheritance, wills, the things people leave behind.
It is also the house of endings. I read it the way I read the Death card. Something closes so that something new can begin.
How it was read before
Older astrology gave this house to Scorpio and Mars and called it the house of death. It was read for legacies, wills and the goods of those who had passed.
For a nation it stood for the passing of a ruler and everything that followed from it. Modern astrologers often add trust, intimacy and inner change to this house.
Sit with this
Letting go is part of every life. A habit, a version of yourself, a relationship that has run its course.
Endings can hurt and still make room. What are you ready to release?