Venus in the 4th House: Meaning by Rising Sign
The short answer
With whole-sign houses, Venus is in your 4th house when it is in the sign 3 signs on from your rising sign: Venus in Cancer for Aries rising, Venus in Capricorn for Libra rising, and so on for all twelve rising signs.
What Venus in the 4th house means
Venus describes what you value, and how you show affection. In the 4th house of home and family, that plays out through home, family, where you are from, and your private life.
The 4th is one of the four angular houses, the corners of the chart, where planets tend to show as events other people notice. Its natural sign is Cancer, so Venus here takes on some of Cancer's concerns whatever sign it is actually in.
With whole-sign houses, Venus sits in your 4th house when it is in the sign 3 signs on from your rising sign: for Aries rising that means Venus in Cancer. A transit of Venus through one house lasts about 33 days, because that is how long Venus usually stays in one sign.
Which sign puts Venus in your 4th house
Find your rising sign in the left column. If your Venus is in the sign beside it, your Venus is in the 4th house.
| Your rising sign | Venus in the 4th house |
|---|---|
| Aries rising | Venus in Cancer |
| Taurus rising | Venus in Leo |
| Gemini rising | Venus in Virgo |
| Cancer rising | Venus in Libra |
| Leo rising | Venus in Scorpio |
| Virgo rising | Venus in Sagittarius |
| Libra rising | Venus in Capricorn |
| Scorpio rising | Venus in Aquarius |
| Sagittarius rising | Venus in Pisces |
| Capricorn rising | Venus in Aries |
| Aquarius rising | Venus in Taurus |
| Pisces rising | Venus in Gemini |
How long a Venus transit of the 4th house lasts
Venus stays in one sign for about 33 days on average, so a transit of Venus through your 4th house lasts about that long: as little as about 24 days and as much as about 4 months across the charted years.
About the 4th house
The 4th house of home and family: home, family, where you are from, and your private life. Its natural sign is Cancer.
How the houses are counted
Houses here use whole-sign counting: your rising sign is the whole 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on around the zodiac. Many astrologers use Placidus or another quadrant system instead, which can move a planet close to a sign boundary into the neighbouring house. Either way you need an accurate birth time, because the rising sign changes about every two hours.
Venus in the other houses
Venus in the 1st house · Venus in the 2nd house · Venus in the 3rd house · Venus in the 5th house · Venus in the 6th house · Venus in the 7th house · Venus in the 8th house · Venus in the 9th house · Venus in the 10th house · Venus in the 11th house · Venus in the 12th house
Other planets in the 4th house: Sun · Moon · Mercury · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
Is your Venus in the 4th house? Vera reads it with the rest of your chart.
House placements need a birth time. Vera casts your chart from your birth details and reads your Venus in its real house, sign and aspects.