not those of the marriage or business partner, as the latter come under the influence of the Ninth House.
All forms of travel, rail, road, air, water, fall under the demise of this House. The elemental
nature of the Sign which occupies the cusp of this House will, to a great extent, indicate the personal preference toward the particular type of travel which is desired. The Fiery Signs
indicate an attraction toward road travel, the Earthy Signs toward rail travel, the Air Signs attract toward air travel and the Watery Signs signal travel by water. It is important to
remember that the Third House deals strictly with short and medium distance travel. Long distance travel as such comes under the influence of the Ninth House.
The Third House also signals the synthetizying powers of the mind and its ability to form
sense impressions and mold destiny within one's social environment.
The Third House also signifies the type of study which an individual will follow and how
much energy he will pour into it.
In a mundane figure the Third House defines all inland transit, traffic and communication
and the nature of the public demands upon and the degree of public patronage accorded to the nation's transportation and communication facilities. In a court of law the Third House influences the court reports. In an organization it affects the traffic, transits, transportation and communication departments, inter-office communications and the specific information transmitted within the organization.
* The Fourth House (Endings) * The Fourth House begins at the point of midnight. For this reason it is assigned to all
endings, to old age, and to old people. It also exercises power over the family life into which we are born, i.e., the home life created either by the parents or, in certain instances, the
foster parents, or the communal type of home life of an orphanage. Obviously, in the latter
instances there will be little if any parental influence. In general the Fourth House defines our environment no matter how often it changes during our lifetime.
The initial phase of the home-life obviously will be broken either by marriage or vocation and a new home image created. Thus, under normal circumstances, a new sequence of domestic conditions are created which can be completely different from those of the
parental home due to the influence and desires of the marriage partner. Further changes in
these conditions can, again, be set up when a child or children are born. When the vocational aspirations compel a change, they can be of quite a drastic nature. Vocational activity in any field can cause a departure from one set home arrangement to one invariably of a very
different character. These domestic or "living" conditions are termed the environment as distinct. from the work or business sphere, and this is the chief function over which the Fourth House rules.
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