4th house synastry

In 4th house synastry, the house describes home and family, roots, privacy, and the emotional base you build your life on.

Angular house · home, family, roots

When the other person's planet falls in your 4th house, it brings that planet's way of acting into your private life and family ties. You are the person whose 4th house is involved; the other person owns the planet. Their presence can feel close because it touches what you keep personal, including memories and familiar routines. This may show up in small moments at home or in how you talk about family. The effect depends on the planet and on how each of you responds to the closeness.

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The 4th house: a small stone house on a low hill with one lit window, a teal thread climbing the hill and a coral thread curling around its base

The question this overlay asks

What does their planet stir up in your home life, family ties and sense of roots when it lands here?

Their planets in your 4th house

A planet of the other person lands in this house of your chart and brings its own errand. The ten planets, from the Sun to Pluto:

Their Sun in your 4th house

At home, you notice the other person wants their choices and presence to matter. The Sun in your 4th house can bring warmth when you appreciate them, but pride surfaces if family plans or private routines leave them feeling overlooked.

Their Moon in your 4th house

In your 4th house, the Moon draws attention to how you both settle in and feel cared for. The other person may look after you with food or familiar routines, then go quiet when hurt, leaving you to sense the change in mood.

Their Mercury in your 4th house

Family stories and private routines give Mercury in your 4th house plenty to talk about. The other person asks questions, remembers small details, and wants to explain a problem; a missed meaning can feel personal when the conversation touches your roots.

Their Venus in your 4th house

You may notice the other person making your private space more pleasant, perhaps with a thoughtful compliment or a small gift. Venus in your 4th house brings affection into home life, though keeping the peace can leave a real family concern unspoken.

Their Mars in your 4th house

Mars in your 4th house gets involved quickly when home plans need action. The other person may take charge of a family decision or speak bluntly about a private matter; that directness brings momentum, but can also make a small disagreement feel heated.

Their Jupiter in your 4th house

The other person wants your home life to feel more generous and open. Jupiter in your 4th house can mean an offer of help, time, or advice around family, while their optimism sometimes leads to plans that take more space or money than expected.

Their Saturn in your 4th house

You may feel the other person taking family duties and household promises seriously. Saturn in your 4th house can bring dependable support and clear limits, but its caution may make your private life feel weighed down by rules or fear of getting things wrong.

Their Uranus in your 4th house

In your 4th house, Uranus brings sudden changes to familiar routines. The other person may change a home plan at the last minute or resist expectations around family, giving you room to do things differently but making a steady base harder to count on.

Their Neptune in your 4th house

Privacy and family memories can feel tender when Neptune falls in your 4th house. The other person may respond gently to what you share and imagine a peaceful home together, yet vague plans or avoided facts can make it hard to know where you stand.

Their Pluto in your 4th house

You may notice the other person wanting to know what lies beneath your family stories. Pluto in your 4th house can draw out private feelings and deepen trust, but its strong pull can become pressure for control or total honesty before you feel ready.

Check your own charts for the 4th house

Enter two birthdays to see which planets of each person fall in the other's 4th house.

APerson A

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Moscow, Russia. Time zone: Europe/Moscow.

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BPerson B

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New York, USA. Time zone: America/New_York.

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The sample couple in the 4th house

  • B’s 4th house holds A’s Moon, Saturn, Neptune and North Node.

  • A’s 4th house holds B’s Moon.

Synastry resultSample couple

Person A Sep 29, 1990, 08:30Person B Mar 14, 1988, 19:10

Two invented people, not real ones. Enter your own birth details above and press the button to replace this result.

38 aspects between the two charts: 15 harmonious and 23 challenging.

The two charts as threads

Person A on the left, person B on the right. Each thread joins a point of A to a point of B. Tap a thread or a planet to read it.

  • Harmonious
  • Challenging
  • Thicker is tighter
  • Conjunction
  • Sextile
  • Square
  • Trine
  • Opposition

How to read it

  • Harmonious solid thread, round badge. The two planets ease each other.
  • Challenging dashed thread, diamond badge. Friction that asks for effort.
  • Thicker is tighter. The width of a thread shows how close the aspect is to exact.
  • Conjunction
  • Sextile
  • Square
  • Trine
  • Opposition

14 tightest of 38 links

Tap a thread or a planet

The tightest link is A’s Mars trine B’s Moon, orb 0°13′. Tap it, or any planet, to read what it means.

All aspects38 found

Every aspect found between the two charts, tightest first. Orb is the distance from the exact angle.

Aspects between the two charts, tightest first
No.Person AAspectPerson BOrbNature
1MarsAHarmoniousMoonB0°13′Harmonious
2VenusAChallengingSunB2°28′Challenging
3AscendantAChallengingMarsB0°36′Challenging
4MarsAHarmoniousAscendantB2°28′Harmonious
5SunAHarmoniousMoonB5°53′Harmonious
6SunAHarmoniousAscendantB3°12′Harmonious
7MoonAHarmoniousSunB4°38′Harmonious
8AscendantAHarmoniousMoonB3°31′Harmonious
9MidheavenAHarmoniousSunB3°33′Harmonious
10JupiterAChallengingVenusB1°30′Challenging
11SunAChallengingMidheavenB4°37′Challenging
12MoonAChallengingJupiterB2°05′Challenging
13MercuryAChallengingSunB5°19′Challenging
14MercuryAHarmoniousMarsB4°46′Harmonious
15JupiterAHarmoniousAscendantB0°59′Harmonious
16JupiterAChallengingMoonB3°40′Challenging
17SunAChallengingSaturnB3°50′Challenging
18North NodeAChallengingVenusB4°02′Challenging
19VenusAChallengingNorth NodeB4°05′Challenging
20SaturnAChallengingMarsB4°10′Challenging
21AscendantAChallengingMidheavenB4°46′Challenging
22VenusAChallengingSaturnB4°51′Challenging
23North NodeAHarmoniousAscendantB3°30′Harmonious
24MidheavenAHarmoniousNorth NodeB1°56′Harmonious
25North NodeAHarmoniousMoonB6°11′Harmonious
26PlutoAHarmoniousMarsB1°34′Harmonious
27NeptuneAHarmoniousVenusB2°19′Harmonious
28NeptuneAChallengingMarsB2°45′Challenging
29MercuryAChallengingNorth NodeB3°43′Challenging
30SunAChallengingNeptuneB4°13′Challenging
31PlutoAChallengingMoonB4°28′Challenging
32VenusAChallengingUranusB3°46′Challenging
33UranusAHarmoniousVenusB3°49′Harmonious
34SunAChallengingUranusB4°55′Challenging
35NeptuneAChallengingMidheavenB1°24′Challenging
36NeptuneAChallengingAscendantB2°50′Challenging
37UranusAChallengingAscendantB3°17′Challenging
38North NodeAChallengingJupiterB4°07′Challenging

House overlaysPlacidus

The house of one person’s chart in which each point of the other falls.

Direction of the overlay

A A’s points in B’s houses

A’s points in B’s houses
HouseCuspA’s points
1Lib 8°
  • Ascendant
2Sco 5°
  • Pluto
3Sag 6°
  • Uranus
4Cap 10°
  • Moon
  • Saturn
  • Neptune
  • North Node
5Aqu 13°empty
6Pis 13°empty
7Ari 8°empty
8Tau 5°empty
9Gem 6°
  • Mars
10Can 10°
  • Jupiter
  • Midheaven
11Leo 13°empty
12Vir 13°
  • Sun
  • Mercury
  • Venus

Sun, Mercury and Venus fall together in B’s 12th house. Moon, Saturn, Neptune and North Node fall together in B’s 4th house.

B B’s points in A’s houses

B’s points in A’s houses
HouseCuspB’s points
1Lib 15°empty
2Sco 9°
  • Pluto
3Sag 12°
  • Mars
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
4Cap 21°
  • Moon
5Aqu 26°
  • Mercury
  • North Node
6Pis 24°
  • Sun
7Ari 15°
  • Venus
  • Jupiter
8Tau 9°empty
9Gem 12°
  • Midheaven
10Can 21°empty
11Leo 26°empty
12Vir 24°
  • Ascendant

Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune fall together in A’s 3rd house.

The same pair as a wheelBi-wheel

Person A on the inner ring, person B on the outer ring, the tightest aspects as lines across the middle. Tap a planet or a line. The table under the wheel lists the positions it is drawn from.

AriTauGemCanLeoVirLibScoSagCapAquPis
  • AInner ring: Person A
  • BOuter ring: Person B

Tap a thread or a planet

The tightest link is A’s Mars trine B’s Moon, orb 0°13′. Tap it, or any planet, to read what it means.

Positions as a table
Positions of the two charts
PointA AB B
SunLib 5°47′Pis 24°38′
MoonCap 29°16′Aqu 11°39′
MercuryVir 19°19′Aqu 28°12′
VenusVir 27°06′Tau 9°30′
MarsGem 11°26′Cap 14°34′
JupiterLeo 8°00′Tau 1°21′
SaturnCap 18°44′Cap 1°57′
UranusCap 5°42′Cap 0°52′
NeptuneCap 11°48′Cap 9°59′
PlutoSco 16°07′Sco 12°20′ R
North NodeAqu 5°28′ RPis 23°01′
AscendantLib 15°10′Lib 8°59′
MidheavenCan 21°05′Can 10°24′

An orb is the distance, in degrees and minutes, between an aspect and its exact angle. A tight orb is a strong contact; each aspect has its own largest orb.

See the composite chart of the sample couple