It is most connected to Mars and it is where we find our courage to express our self-willed interests and move toward our individuality. In most birth-chart readings it will be quietly skated over, as the astrologer can usually find nothing there that warrants closer examination.” “Of all the houses of the astrological chart, it is probably the third house that arouses the least interest. Vedic astrologers usually lump the third house into younger siblings, artistic expression, and communication, but it has deeper spiritual and psychological depths that is not discussed enough. Secrets of the Third House: The Joy of Adventure and Pleasure I have Saturn connected to my third house and there is always a sense of deep suffering around work that seems endless. The third house needs to make friends and not fight.Ī weak planet in the third house will become a constant source of mental trouble, depression, and headaches.Ī weak planet connected to the third house may create a sense that the signifier of that planet is almost killing you. It can take the form of an impulsive child throwing a tantrum.

The third house has a strong sense of ego, selfishness, mental confusion, and unhappiness (twelfth from the fourth) which strives unconsciously to find happiness but often gets out of control with impulsive action, fury, or unbridled passion. Mars in the third, if afflicted, may be too violent even when it is thought to be good in the third house. Venus in the third house may have too strong a sex drive that keeps one out of control. Raj Kumar in, The Charisma of the Upachaya House, notes the third house is a kind of Freudian Id and carries core, primal, and unconscious energy like the urge toward sexual union and aggression.

Venus in a blind spot