#96 | The Fourth House | with Melanie Reinhart

Dive beneath the surface of your astrological chart with renowned astrologer Melanie Reinhart as we explore the mysterious fourth house - what she beautifully describes as "a place of gentle mysteries."

The fourth house sits at the very bottom of our chart, marked by the Imum Coeli (IC) - "the bottom of the sky" - or what Melanie playfully calls the "I don't see" or "I can't see." This midnight point of our chart plunges down into our ancestry, our time in the womb, and perhaps back to our very conception. Unlike the visible achievements of our tenth house, this territory operates in darkness and silence - yet holds some of our deepest healing potential.

We discuss Dane Rudhyar's fascinating description of this house as "to establish" - a place where experiences bind together, creating the energy matrix of our original home and root system. Through the fairy tale of the Three Feathers, we explore how fourth house work often requires descending through a trapdoor into our foundations, where what appears initially as a toad may transform into a princess when approached with simplicity and acceptance.

Melanie offers profound insights about how we might project expectations onto our family of origin through the fourth house, and how reclaiming these projections could be key to feeling truly "at home" within ourselves. She shares a touching personal story of creating a small talisman bag during extensive travels that became her portable "home," illustrating how fourth house energy can be internalized rather than constantly sought in the external world.

Perhaps most powerfully, we explore the fourth house as our "sacred ground," connecting this to the sacrum - the triangle bone at the base of our spine that anchors our physical stability. Just as the sacrum grounds our body, the fourth house grounds our sense of self and belonging in the world.

Whether you're new to astrology or a seasoned chart explorer, this conversation will transform how you understand the deepest foundations of your chart and your life. Experience the fourth house as a source of profound medicine for your soul's journey.

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