When you look up your natal chart, you probably wonder if some placements are better than others. It can feel as though you were cursed with some placements.
While each placement has its own advantages and disadvantages, it’s safe to say that some of them cause you more headache than others. In this article, you can read about some of what could be labeled as the worst placements in astrology. These placements may require great effort to bring out the best of them, but the situation is far from hopeless.
This post investigates what positions in your birth chart might give you a hard time but also how to overcome them and turn them to your advantage. Finding out where potential problems lay can help you be extra self-aware. Depending on the situation, shifting your focus to more promising placements can be a solution as well. While some lessons must be learned (Saturn!). Sometimes it’s better to maximize your talents than struggle with your weaker side.
If you find some of your placements on this list, don’t worry! It doesn’t mean that you are doomed or anything like that. None of these placements are inherently bad. They just indicate that the life area linked with the planet/house need some extra focus.
Needless to say, the rest of the chart is equally if not more important than a single placement. It tells how the issues represented by the unfavorable placement are mitigated or worsened by other placements. E.g. maybe you have your Saturn in 3rd house but if you have a Moon-Jupiter conjunction, it makes socializing much easier for you.
Worst Placements in the Natal Chart
Venus in 12th House
Venus is generally a light-hearted, pleasant energy. It should indicate ease and harmony in the life areas associated with the house where Venus appears in the chart. However, in the 12th house, Venus is unable to bloom. This house represents unconscious self-sabotage, karmic lessons, isolation, self-undoing. Venus is all about giving and receiving love, but here, it’s kept captive. Your feelings stay internal.
This house is particularly challenging for Venus, because this planet is all about connecting with others, yet it’s isolated and locked up. It’s like watching your friends go out and have fun without you when you all you want is to join them but you were not invited to hang out. People with this placement often find that problems arise in their love life. You often fall for unavailable people or partners who are not good for you.
On the bright side, people with this placement are deeply creative and compassionate. It can also indicate meeting your partner in an isolated place or somewhere overseas.
12th house planets
For the same reason, other 12th house placements can be hard to deal with too. These placements are often mentioned when the worst placements in astrology come up. The 12th house is not compatible with a busy life. It’s not that the 12th house is bad by itself per se, it’s just at odds with what is socially desired. You prefer your own company to being out and about. You often find yourself lonely and isolated during some periods in your life.
On the other hand, 12th house placements are really good for finding your peace. You are self-reflective and interested in more than what meets the eye.
7th house planets
Planets in the seventh house suggest that you look for some parts of yourself in other people. If they are not around, you struggle with feeling complete on your own. It is easy to feel lonely with personal planets in the 7th house. You worry too much about what others think about you and you go out of your way to keep others happy. Depending on the rest of the chart, relationships are key for you to feel happy.
Saturn in 3rd/7th/11th
Both the 3rd, the 7th and the 11th houses are deeply social. However, with Saturn here, you feel heavy when you should feel as light as a feather.
Saturn in the 3rd house suggests that you are self-conscious and dislike speaking up. You prefer serious conversations.
Saturn in the 7th house indicates struggling with partnerships in many cases. Your best relationships tend to come later in life with this placement.
Saturn in 11th house people are often anxious in groups. They may feel like they never belonged anywhere. This placement can also indicate a lack of self-confidence regarding your goals. You hope for the bare minimum.
It’s hard to feel that you belong if you have Saturn in one of these houses. Luckily, your relationships tend to get better with time. Saturn problems improve as you mature.
Moon in 8th House
The 8th house, although it has numerous gifts, is not an easy house. It’s the natural house of Scorpio, the sign where the Moon is in fall. The Moon in the eighth house suggests that you are cut off from your emotions. You often bury them and it takes longer for you to learn to support and nurture yourself.
Venus in Virgo
Although labeling planets in certain signs as bad is to be avoided, it’s safe to say that Venus in Virgo people have a long journey in front of them until they build self-confidence. This placement is especially challenging for women. It indicates that you don’t see yourself as worthy. You are never satisfied with yourself and torture yourself with chasing perfection. There
Planets in Fall or Detriment
Dignities are really important in astrology. According to them, a planet might be domicile (in the sign it rules), exalted (a sign it doesn’t rule but where it functions well), in fall or in detriment.
If a planet is placed in a sign where it is weak, it has more trouble expressing itself. This doesn’t mean that you will never experience success related to this planet-but it usually takes longer and it’s a bit more challenging than in the case of stronger planets.
For example, Mars in Aries is in the sign it rules. It is very strong, determined, goes after what it wants with full self-confidence. Mars in Libra, which is in detriment, struggles with making decisions on its own. It looks to other people for leadership and it might freeze in a conflict. It prefers to solve things peacefully and sometimes let’s others step on its boundaries without any consequences.
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