In contrast, forces operative through his Tenth House to affect his fortunes in his profession
or career, he cannot directly control; since his ultimate fate is largely dependent upon the
attitude of others toward him.
Fifth and Eleventh. The Fifth House involves the ability of the native to take advantage of
the Laws of Chance at such times as they become operative in his favor. Its effects are under
his control in that he alone decides the nature of the investments, whether or not he will make
them, and when. Romance and emotional matters in general partake of the essence of Chance,
for the native's acts produce emotional disturbances or yield emotional satisfactions according
as the Laws of Chance favor him. This strongly contrasts with the effects resulting from the
Eleventh House influences, for these deter- mine whether his hopes, wishes and desires are to
be gratified or denied. That for which he wishes and the treasure or resources upon which he
can draw wherewith to obtain them, is shown by the Fifth House; but whether his wish will or
will not be granted through the influence or intervention of other persons, is in the domain of
the Eleventh House.
Sixth and Twelfth. Sixth House affairs, comprising the native's occuptional activities, his
service and devotion to others, are under the native's control. His bodily health is largely
dependent upon his own acts. But Twelfth House matters are beyond his control, in that they
comprise inhibitive influences, repressions, frustrations, even the complete loss of personal
liberty dependent upon the way others react toward him - and are the class of things which
since they cannot be cured must be endured.
In a National Figure, while the Sixth House pertains to the servants of the people, apart from
organizations which represent them, the Twelfth represents them in organized form - in
unions, brotherhoods, lodges and unions that have to do with strikes and the use of strike-
breakers.
Houses, solar. These are Houses, in that they are subdivisions of the twenty-four hour axial
rotation of the Earth; but based upon the Sun-position as the Ascendant they divide the
terrestrial circle into equal arcs of 30° each. v. Solar Astrology.
House Ruler. Properly speaking, only a Sign has a Ruler. A planet in a House is generally its
Ruler; or lacking a planet, the House is said to be ruled by the Ruler of the Sign appearing on
its cusp. Some earlier authority attempted to clarify this by introducing the term Lord,
whereby one could make the distinction: Lord of a House, and Ruler of a Sign. The intention
was excellent, but the result has been an indiscriminate use of Lord and Ruler as inter-
changeable terms. For a concise terminology it would appear desirable to determine the
planet of strongest influence in a House, either because posited there or because it is the Ruler