Planets in the 12th house

Disclaimer: the 12th house is the least understood house. It represents the subconscious, dreams ( like when you sleep ), spirituality, enlightenment, your self undoing, psychological problems, emotional problems, your hidden self, things you hide, prisons, mental institutions, craziness, etc.

The 12th house represents many things and with my descriptions, I am not going to encompass all of that. I may only emcompass a fraction or talk about how things could manifest and in astrology, as we all know or should know, things can manifest in many ways.

Sun in the 12H: Your main personality and ego drive is somewhat hidden. Perhaps you hide your true self, whether you like it or not. This is definitely a placement for a shy person, someone who might have low self esteem and may not realize their full potential. You feel out of place in the spotlight and you are painfully shy. If the sun is at a square, then this is all worse. You may not have a good sense of self or who you are, following the crowd or finding yourself in troublesome situations. This is a good placement for being spiritual and/or enlightened. You are generally not a person with a big ego. You can be counted on to be a good friend and you're not egocentric. People appreciate your 'behind the scenes' personality.

Moon in the 12H: This is a very sensitive and intuitive position, but sometimes your emotions scare you. Although you are an emotional person, you HIDE them. This is not the same as Moon in the 8H or having Moon aspecting Pluto ( but you could have Moon aspecting your Pluto too in your natal chart ). As long as you do not have Moon aspecting Pluto or Saturn, you do not hold your emotions in for control reasons. If your Moon makes squares especially to Neptune/Uranus/Pluto, you might find yourself with psychological issues like depression, bi polar, and anxiety. Some extreme areas are if you want to die. However, that is only in extreme cases. With your emotions or if someone tries to be emotional toward you, you may run because you don't want to deal with them. You're afraid of getting close. You might give off an aloof attitude, but in reality, you're far from aloof.

Mercury in the 12H: When you were younger, you might have been shy, but you could have grown out of it. This does not mean you talk little, but you are indeed a listener. A good listener. You communicate with intuition and emotion. You might like to talk about spirituality or dreams. You might find interest in social work, helping people, psychology, spirituality of all sorts, etc. This is also a placement for artistic writing and poetry. However, the 12th house represents what is hidden, too. You might hide your Mercurial talents, out of fear of being inadequate. You could have  a fear of public speaking or writing, but it is something you need to get over, or you already got over it.

Venus in the 12H: This is another placement for someone who could be painfully shy. At least when you're a kid and a teen. Venus represents love affairs, romance, love in general, sociability, what is on the surface, etc. The 12th house is what is hidden. Your romantic nature is hidden. You're afraid and lack self esteem in the romance department. You might not have been kissed until you were 20. You might be a virgin until you're 25. ( Just using those as an examples. Not everyone with this placement will lose their V at 25 ). You might be a sucker for hidden affairs. On a positive note, you are a private person and dislike it when people like to penetrate into your business. You always seem to be secretly liking someone, but you never know how to do it. Unrequitted love.This does not mean you will die alone. You are a late bloomer in love and will find someone once you gain self esteem. You are a partner that can be held in high esteem. You are capable of being an insightful and creative partner.Beauty is skin deep.


Mars in the 12H: By many astrologers and random people, this is not considered a good placement. There are many ways that this can manifest. One: you might be the type of person who tends to be a push over and hold in your angry feelings, even when it is perfectly okay to express them. You are afraid of expressing anger and when it DOES come out, it comes out inappropriately. This is especially true if your Mars is squaring Saturn or Uranus. Second: You are the type of person who is a push over and lacks initiative. Well, everyone knows you have plans, but you never go around to do them. You're afraid of looking people in the eye or going to that job interview. Afraid of doing everything, until you gain some self esteem. You have drive, but don't know how to achieve  your goals. Third: In rare cases, if Mars makes many scares, you might end up in a hospital/prison, or a place like that, for acting out.

Jupiter in the 12H: This is generally a good placement by many people. However, this can be indicative of a push over. You are a good natured person who wants to help the unfortunate, but sometimes people will take advantage of your good nature. Your self undoing comes with the fact you can't say "no" to people.

Saturn in the 12H: You are afraid of losing control. Your self undoing comes from your fear of failure. You want what is best for you professionally but there is always a deep seeded fear of not being good enough. Thoughts can become reality if you keep on thinking negative thoughts. A possible placement for depression and/or anxiety.This can come from feeling not being good enough, or smart enough, or competent enough. You must realize you are competent. This is similar to Capricorn in the 12th house.


Uranus in the 12H: You may hide your originality or uniqueness. Early on in life you might have learned that being different=bad. As you grow older, you might have found you wanted to follow the crowd and not follow the beat of your own drum. You might have been easily influenced by your groups and friends, perhaps doing things you should not have. You have had an irrational fear of being weird or different, possibly being afraid of other people who are different from you. Deep down you know you are unique and you're afraid of people knowing the true you.

Pluto in the 12H: This definitely not considered an oodles of fun placement. You might feel a lot of rage in your life, but you hide it. You're afraid of rage. You have a deep seeded need for control and sometimes this control tears you apart. On the positive side, you might have brilliant dreams and a brilliant intuition. You can see through BS most definitely and hate anything superficial. You are able to heal yourself and other people. You are capable of being a super resilient person.