Succedent house

Succedent houses, as a whole, have a stable, unchanging, fixed quality, deriving from their central position in each quadrant of the chart.

Modern astrologers sometimes also connect this house with sexual relationships and also with artistic, as well as biological, creativity.

For that reason, ancient and medieval astrologers believed the fortunate planet Venus "joyed" in the fifth house—that is, that she was particularly dignified, or powerful here.

However, as Crane says, "in spite of this house being the joy of Venus, pleasures and sensual enjoyments were not emphasized until later"[10] than the Hellenistic era.

Therefore, it was called "Idle," a term reflecting its relative lack of active power within the circle of the houses.

"[12] Some modern astrologers see elements of spirituality here, since the survival of the soul is connected with death as well.

Worldly eminence and material abundance are denoted by this house, and the most beneficial planet in the zodiac, Jupiter, has his joy here.

Modern astrology has lost some of the sense of material success and money that this house originally signified (Jupiter was the ancient planet of money), but it is still considered a house of wishes and hopes.