Demystifying Astrology: There Are No Planets In My 7th House, Does This Mean I Will Never Marry?
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Rule number one in astrology – never make a blanket statement about an aspect or and empty house or anything else you see in a chart. If you do, you’re sure to be made a fool eventually. The 7th house is concerned with partnership and marriage but having no planets there does not mean you will not marry, you have simply got to look at the chart as a whole.
An empty 7th house may reveal a person who is less interested in partnership then a person with a packed 7th house but this is not always the case. For example if the person has a lot of planets in Libra or Taurus (Venus-ruled signs), they are going to favor relationships no matter where those planets fall in the chart.
I could go on and on with the endless scenarios that see a person with no planets in their 7th house marrying and marrying well and happily so the answer is, no. Having no planets in your 7th house does not mean you will not marry.
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41 Responses to “Demystifying Astrology: There Are No Planets In My 7th House, Does This Mean I Will Never Marry?”
Elsa, I have no planets in Virgo, which is my 7th house. I can tell you, my interest in relationship and marriage is a lot less than those with 7th houses.
That makes a lot of sense. I’ve an empty 7th (unless the vertex counts) and have always had zero interest in marriage. However I do love men and love and relating, which I guess is down to chart ruler being Venus, in Sag.
That said, I do totally believe in committment, just not necessarily the church/dress thing.
My empty 7th house is more than compensated by Sun, Pluto, Mars and Juno in Libra. My ex, on the otherhand, is a rare (checked this from Astrotheme celebrity list, and there were about 1/4 of them compared to some more common combinations)Libra with Pisces rising. His 7th house is packed with a Libra Sun/Pluto conjunction, Mercury and possibly Scorpio Uranus (it’s on the 8th house cusp, and since the birthtime is approximative, could fall there). It actually took me years to realize that people could, indeed, be in love without going to the same extremes to demostrate it he went or, at least partly, demanded.
Hey I only have Chiron in my 8th house. Does that mean I will never die????
I have two planets there, but my DSC sign is LIBRA.
I also believe if I had different planets there, I wouldn’t have been as hung up on marriage as I was when I was younger. The two planets are Jupiter (late degrees Libra) and Neptune (late degrees Scorpio). I want to merge and grow in a partnership. Someone with Mars and Uranus, for example, in the 7th is going to make their own rules and own demands for marriage, which is way different than what our culture thinks marriage should be about. (Saturn is exalted on Libra and in the 7th house by association!)
i have no planets in the first house and still manage to have a sense of identity 
I have no planets in the fourth, fifth or seventh houses. But I notice that if I look at what ruler that house is in and where it is stationed, and then look at planets aspecting it, it all makes sense, though I still have a lot to learn. But for instance my 7th house is ruled by Taurus/Venus and my 11th house is Venus ruled. I have met all the guys I have dated through friends and they have all been artistic or musical in someway. Also my Venus is in Capricorn and sits in my second house, but my first house is Saturn ruled so I have always been attracted to men who are rather serious and Saturian. Not that I don’t love a great sense of humor (Jupiter in Libra). So as I beginning astrologer this is my interpretation.
Thank you – thank you! I am quite the novice in astrology and was examining some things about my chart last night and felt more than a little freaked out when I realized my 2nd house was empty. My immediate thought – OMG, I will NEVER have any money! Then again, I have a lot of 8th house action and 7th house, too, so I guess maybe the hint is I should marry for money, LOL? That’ll have to be the next time around, too, ’cause I sure as heck very obviously didn’t do THAT right this first time.
I have three planets in my 7th and odds are extremely high I’ll never get married. Anyone want my 7th house planets? I’ll gladly hand them over…
Yes, jenfullmoon, i’ll take your 7th house planets. Want my Venus t-square? or ANYTHING that I’ve got on the eastern side of my chart (which is, well, almost everything)
I have Venus conjunct moon in gemini in 7th house trining Jupiter and opposing Uranus. My 7th house is Taurus.
With my tiny knowledge, I will marry someone who lovely and homely all of sudden.
Also because venus and moon is in Gemini, he will be chatty man.
I’m Scorpio rising with Saturn in 1st house. I’ll be the serious one and he will be airy fairie one. hehe.
I have a 7th house Venus t-square already, moonpluto. Saturn/Venus/Moon T-square, and 7th house Sun/Chiron conjunction. THAT is why I’ll hand them over to other people… they’re all hammered. I am not going to have good (or any?) luck with relationships in this lifetime, apparently.
On a related note, I wanted to share this link. Wish I knew this person’s astrology, ’cause it sounds like 7th house planets.
http://ask.metafilter.com/147642/Now-how-do-I-get-sex-and-relationships-off-my-mind
I need help!
I have an empty 7th house, with the ruler of the 7th house (which is moon in scorpio, cancer descedent) located in the 10th house opposition Saturn in the 4th…I am desperate and already 40 and I hate it so much cause it’s seems as if I am cursed or something plus being a woman. Have read that not only it brings bad luck in love (which is true so far) but it also prevents having babies…
Plase help….
Welcome, spiritwoman. 
If you post this on the boards here, along with your chart, you are sure to get help and feedback.
YAY! I have Venus sign planets in other houses! But an empty 7th house!…Phew! But then again I have already been married.
@dawn: jo. and there you’ve got your story. )
what shape the house ruler is in, what sign, what house, is the ruler being mangled or supported… that is what will tell the story. an empty house just means that there is not someone (read planet) in there bringing along an additional set of issues.
menega, no egg on your face! egg on mine, if anything! I try to keep things going here, even when my energy is low or directed elsewhere. Always, always good so see you around. I remember your kindness from so many years ago.
good thread though. good idea to dig it out because the empty house misconception is such an easy trap. and hey… i always like reading here!
I’m beginning to think you’re psychic, Elsa P. I was just talking to a friend yesterday about her packed 7th house and my empty one.
I have no planets in the 7th house. I have a stellium in Libra. I’m married and have been for 6 years. I had no intention of getting married and it wasn’t something I felt I had to do but I really enjoy having a partner in life.
I have no planets in my 7th house, but it is ruled by Libra, and when Saturn went in to Libra I began a very ‘serious’ relationship. I wondered if that was the influencing factor.
I’m so beginner, I didn’t even know about the misconception about the empty 7th. Oh riiiight, I’m not to relationship yet. But I am running on empty in the 7th too.
I always thought having no planets in any certain house was a good thing.
That ground was neutral, so to speak. A sparkly clean stage.
I thought such a house is influenced by whatever is on either side, in either wing of the stage.
I also thought that house is influenced by what is straight across the zodiac wheel from it, i.e the audience, or the receptor.
That’s how I look at it, anyway.
I have an empty 7th house but I have three planets in Libra. I have been in relationships (casual or committed) since I was 13. I am very independent at the same time, with 4 planets in Aries. In a way, having one major relationship makes it easier for me to have fewer close friends that I have to depend on to meet my needs. Maybe I will never marry but that’s because I don’t believe in it. I don’t think I’ll ever be alone for long. I’ve been with my man for five years.
I have an emtpy 7th house but i have the moon in taurus and venus in libra. love is very much a priority in my life!
I like this post – I used to have a very similar feeling about my 5th house. Using placidus, it’s empty!
I was freaking out thinking I would never have children, but I was confused because I adore children and knew I really wanted to have children.
Turns out that equal houses has venus in the fifth… but even without that, it was Elsa who put me on the right track and told me not to panic!
Good timing I was just googling empty houses til 2 am last night…..I feel like I am about to learn something..my 2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th houses are all empty.
I dont even know where to begin-maybe I will post my chart and see if anyone will please help me decipher a tad of my chart.
A closed mouth never gets fed—-so please anyone one who is able I would love and be grateful to no end if you could brief me.
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I have Scorpio on the cusp of the 7th, and there resides Uranus. “unusual relationships”…yes. Definitely. But that doesn’t quite play out the way some people might interpret it, thank goodness.
Lots of Libra. Almost never single.
Been in very LTRs but never married. (ahem, Uranus? mebbe?)
My 7th is near empty too, just vesta
No one yet, but still hopeful
My Saturn is in 7th in Scorpio and I have never had a romantic relationship, which is funny considering how much I admire those in happy marriages. Oh well, such is life.
I should stereotypically be a Bridezilla with my chart..strong 7th house, PACKED 8th house, stuff in the 5th house, empty 1st…
And oh yeah, my Libra stellium.
But thankfully I have a packed 10th, stuff in the 11th, so it balances me out.
I think the very fact that this person asked this question is proof that partnering and marriage is on their mind. I’m sure he/she has other empty houses but this is the one that holds a lot of importance for them because of what it represents.
My 6,7,8 houses are all empty. But I have Libra rising & Neptune 1st house. Been married twice and also had two long live in relationships. Actually enjoying being single right now but would marry again if a man I can give my heart to.
I meant if I could find a man I can give my heart to. (anything is possible)
that’s so interesting, you were saying that you know your identity, well I had no clue what you were talking about. I had to research it on the internet to see an article that explains it. That’s truly amazing since I had no clue. I have my Asc in virgo I have there Jupiter (virgo) and Saturn (libra) both in the first house.
So there, I have planets in my first house and no clue what self identity is and gotta work on it to define it. yeeey
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Hm….
I have empty 7th House!
Like many others I was in a hurry to make a blanket statement .
It turns out that my chart have a T square 1st,4th,10th houses) . The 7th house is getting a lot of pressure!
I have SN Libra/Scorpio Pluto in 8th!
I put my self in the ”very very interested in partnership” group