The 12th House: Are you sabotaging yourself?

Are you your own worst enemy? Your 12th house shows how you may be sabotaging your own life without even realizing it. The 12th house reveals the subconscious habits, fears or emotions that are holding you back. 

Here’s what it means if you have planets in the 12th house: 

• Sun — You hide yourself. You fear being seen, so you dim your own light to stay safe. You may have had an absent father, and this may be an issue you’re avoiding. You may ignore what your ego wants.

• Moon — You are emotional, but you don’t want to express your emotions. You don’t want people to know they can hurt you. You bury your feelings until they overwhelm you. You also may have unresolved issues with your mom or the feminine within you that hold you back.

• Mercury — You overthink everything. Because of this, you worry about too many things that don’t matter. They are inconsequential. You also like to keep your thoughts to yourself too much.

• Venus — You love hard, but you pick people who may not be able to love you back. You sacrifice your own needs because to you that is love..

• Mars — You are filled with rage that you try to keep inside. You don’t like anger, per se. But the problem is, because you avoid it, you end up exploding with pent up rage. Also, you may be sexually repressed and not know why.

• Jupiter — You give until you you have nothing left. This is the best 12th house planet. But  you may have a subconscious drive to exaggerate or you may look for shortcuts to get what you want.

• Saturn — You punish yourself for being imperfect. You stop yourself before you even start. You may have secret sorrows attached to you like weights. You may be lonely because you can have a hard time sharing your feelings.

• Uranus — You self-destruct for freedom. You burn bridges just to prove you can. You don’t like people’s expectations for you, which can make relating to others hard.

• Neptune — You may be afraid to live your life. Day to day reality is a major bummer for you. You disappear into fantasy. Escapism feels easier than living within life’s boundaries.

• Pluto — You hide your anger or disappointments until they turns toxic. You use control to protect yourself.

• North Node — You fear growth because it means letting go of the familiar.

• Chiron — You re-open old wounds to prove they still hurt — instead of  healing them 

Remember: Nothing in your 12th house is bad. These are just things you may not consciously know yet. Learning about your 12th house and what is hidden there, can help you heal wounds, let go of things and become who you are meant to be. It’s all the part of you that are asking to be seen with compassion. Awareness turns sabotage into self-mastery