WHAT IS AN EMPTY HOUSE?
An empty house is a house that doesn’t have any planets. If the house however has asteroids, but no planets, it is still considered an empty house.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF AN EMPTY HOUSE?
The answer to this question is a little tricky, because all empty houses differ in meaning depending on the natal chart you are looking. There isn’t a “general” meaning for an empty house due to the unique possibilities an empty house can actually offer. It can be argued that the word “empty” can be misleading. Empty houses does not mean a lack of meaning for manifestation in your natal chart. Energy manifests everywhere in your chart through the many connections you have through planets and aspects.
This means that empty houses are indeed very significant in your natal chart. Even though you don’t have planets, facets of self-expression in these houses, the self-expression you express in other houses will often energetically bleed onto these empty houses through aspects with lords of these empty houses. Often, interpreting the connections between an empty house and another house with a planet in it can explain certain elements of the natal chart.
IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE AN EMPTY HOUSE?
It’s completely “normal.” There are twelve houses but ten planets. You will at least have two empty houses in your chart.
HOW DO YOU INTERPRET AN EMPTY HOUSE?
Here is a possible way to interpret an empty house. There are various methods to do this and it will vary from astrologer to astrologer:
Interpret the sign ruling the house cusp.
Look at the lord of the empty house.
Look at aspects to the lord of the empty house.
Continue investigating until you’ve made a satisfactory amount of connections in your natal chart.