Seventh House Partnership
The seventh house is the one-on-one relationship: the spouse, the business partner, and — according to tradition — the open rival. Its cusp, the descendant, sits opposite the ascendant, and it often describes what you look for in others and what you tend to project onto them.
- Governs
- Marriage, close partnerships, open opposition
Questions this house answers
What do I look for in a partner? How do I behave in a committed relationship? What am I drawn to in other people?
If this house is empty
An empty seventh house does not forecast being single. The sign on the descendant still colors your partnerships.
Related sign
The Seventh House: Partnership
The seventh house begins at the descendant, directly opposite the ascendant, and covers one-to-one relationships: marriage, committed partnerships and, in traditional astrology, open rivals. The logic is that all of these involve an "other" facing you.
What You Seek and What You Project
Astrologers often read the seventh house as the qualities you look for in other people and, in a subtler way, qualities you may find hard to claim in yourself. If your ascendant is bold Aries, a Libra descendant suggests you are drawn to partners who are balanced and diplomatic, and that these qualities are worth developing in yourself. It is a reflective reading, not a prediction of who you will meet.
Relationship Patterns, Not Destinies
The seventh house shows up in the chart of everyone, including people who never marry. Read it as a description of how you act in close one-to-one relationships, such as partnerships, close friendships and business relationships, and what you look for in them. It is not a prediction about whether or when you will partner.
The Axis With the First House
The first and seventh houses form an axis: the self and the other. Astrologers often suggest that the qualities on the seventh house cusp are ones you are drawn to in others and may also be developing in yourself. A person whose ascendant is independent Aries may be drawn to balanced, cooperative Libra types and gradually learn those habits themselves.