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House 4 of 12

The Fourth House — home and roots

The fourth house covers family, the home you came from and the one you make. The private base.

All twelve side by side: the 12 houses, birth chart calculator and house overlays between two charts.

Kind of house
Angular the strongest kind
Natural sign
Cancer ruled by the Moon
Opposite house
10 the other end of its axis
Begins
90° past the ascendant, equal houses

Its neighbors, its opposite and the same house between two charts: 3rd house, 5th house, 10th house and 4th house overlay in synastry.

Houses are the second of four layers, right after the big three — how to read a birth chart in the order that makes it learnable.

The Fourth House in Astrology: Home and Roots

What the Fourth House covers

The fourth house begins at the lowest point of the chart, the imum coeli, and describes roots: home, family, ancestry, property and one parent — traditionally the father, in modern practice often the more nurturing one. It also covers the end of life and the private inner foundation that nobody else sees. Planets here are felt more than shown, and often become more prominent in later years.

Its older names

Medieval Latin Genitor — parent
Hellenistic Hypogeion, the Subterranean place
Planet’s joy None — no planet has its joy in this house

Planets in house 4

The Sun, Moon and planets in the Fourth House

Sun in the 4th house

Identity is rooted in home and family. The private life matters more than public recognition, and a parent strongly shapes the sense of self.

Moon in the 4th house

A deep need for a secure home. Family, the past and domestic life are emotionally central, and moving house is felt keenly.

Mercury in the 4th house

A home full of talk, books or work. Family conversations shape your thinking, and working from home often suits.

Venus in the 4th house

A love of a beautiful, comfortable home and warm family ties. Harmony at home matters, and property can be a source of pleasure.

Mars in the 4th house

Energy invested in the home — renovation, independence — and sometimes conflict in the family. The need is to be master of your own space.

Jupiter in the 4th house

A generous, often large or comfortable home background. Property and family support tend to grow, and later life is traditionally favored.

Saturn in the 4th house

Responsibility in the family from early on, or a strict home background. Security is built with effort, and a stable home often comes later in life.

Uranus in the 4th house

An unusual or unsettled home life — frequent moves, unconventional family arrangements or a strong need for independence from roots.

Neptune in the 4th house

An idealized or unclear picture of family. Home can be a sanctuary or a place of confusion, and boundaries with relatives need care.

Pluto in the 4th house

Powerful family dynamics and deep emotional roots. Home life may go through radical transformation, and family secrets tend to matter.

A planet shows what, its sign how, and the house where — so these are starting points, colored by the sign and aspects in a real chart. An empty house is read through the planet ruling the sign on its cusp. Work out your own chart →

The Sun in house 4

What time of day puts the Sun in the Fourth House

Hours a day the Sun spends in the 4th house, New York, 21st of each month, 2026
Hours a day the Sun spends in the 4th house, New York, 21st of each month, 2026 Born in New York on June 21 between 11:46 PM and 12:59 AM EDT, a baby has the Sun in the 4th house; on December 21 the window is 9:23–11:55 PM EST. The Sun stays longest here in November (2 h 33 min a day) and shortest in June (1 h 13 min). 0 h2 h4 hJan: 2.52 hFeb: 2.53 hMar: 2.38 hApr: 1.88 hMay: 1.43 hJun: 1.22 hJul: 1.22 hAug: 1.42 hSep: 1.9 hOct: 2.37 hNov: 2.55 h2.55 hDec: 2.53 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: AstroHot calculation, equal houses, New York 40.7° Nastrohot.com

Born in New York on June 21 between 11:46 PM and 12:59 AM EDT, a baby has the Sun in the 4th house; on December 21 the window is 9:23–11:55 PM EST. The Sun stays longest here in November (2 h 33 min a day) and shortest in June (1 h 13 min).

Birth date, New YorkSun in the 4th house
January 21 10:01 PM–12:32 AM EST
February 21 10:38 PM–1:10 AM EST
March 21 12:09–2:32 AM EDT
April 21 12:32–2:25 AM EDT
May 21 12:24–1:50 AM EDT
June 21 11:46 PM–12:59 AM EDT
July 21 10:55 PM–12:08 AM EDT
August 21 10:04–11:29 PM EDT
September 21 9:27–11:21 PM EDT
October 21 9:21–11:43 PM EDT
November 21 8:46–11:19 PM EST
December 21 9:23–11:55 PM EST

Local clock time with daylight saving. At other latitudes the windows stretch or shrink; the birth chart calculator works it out for any place and minute.

Where this house sits in the structure

Natural sign Cancer — Water, Cardinal
Natural ruler Moon
House type Angular
Opposite house Tenth House — Career and reputation
Trinity Houses of endings — houses 4, 8, 12

This is angular: the four strongest houses — they sit on the chart’s axes, and a planet here acts most visibly. It pairs with the Tenth House across the chart, and those two are read together — home and roots against career and reputation. An axis, not two separate topics.

Other houses

1 Self and appearance 2 Money and values 3 Communication and siblings 5 Creativity and pleasure 6 Work and health 7 Partnership 8 Shared resources and transformation 9 Belief and distance 10 Career and reputation 11 Community and hopes 12 The hidden

All twelve houses · a partner’s planets in your 4th house · the planets

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