There are 12 houses, and each house represents something different.

'Planets express their energy in the style of the sign they are in and show up prominently in whatever domain of life, or house, they are located. And, as a refresher, the easiest way to understand astrological houses is to consider your entire birth chart as a stage production: 'The planets are the characters, the signs are the costumes they’re wearing, and the houses are the stages or areas of life where they’re lived out,' Chani Nicholas, astrologer and author of You Were Born For This: The Astrology of Radical Self-Acceptance, previously told Well+Good. While the whole solar system is accurately represented in every chart, situations like these usually indicate empty houses in astrology. So he was either at 29 degrees Capricorn or zero degrees Aquarius, but he was not 'missing.'' For example, the week of March 19, Saturn was at the very, very, end degrees of Capricorn and was at zero degrees Aquarius. 'At any given time, a planet is in one part of the zodiac. 'It's impossible to not have a planet represented in your chart,' says founder of Soulstrology and astrologer Ambi Kavanagh. Could this mean you're missing a planet? And if so, does that mean you're missing an essential part of your personality? Well, though empty houses in astrology can be confusing, rest assured that there is no such thing as missing a planet.

Houses in astrology chart