The lower angle of heaven, or fourth house, whose line, or cusp the Sun touches at midnight, is the weakest in influence of all the other angles throughout the celestial circle: it represents in nativities, most powerfully the parents of the native, especially the father; but the opposition of Saturn, Mars, or Herschel to the mid-heaven, which is the same as coming to the cusp of this house, not only frequently afflicts the father, but as an evil aspect to one angle, is felt by all four, (each aspect-ing the other) frequently causes death or severe misfortunes to the native's mother. Good planets in this house (even Jupiter) lose much of their active influence, and are particularly weak, even as promittors in directions. The ancients gave this house of heaven to represent the final end of all things, whether in nativities or horary questions. In the latter it represents the querent's father, his patrimony; all affairs relating to lands, houses, cities, estates, towns, castles, hidden treasure, curious secrets, and all things belonging to the earth; as also old houses, ruinous buildings, monuments of sepulchral arts or superstitious rites; antiquities, gardens, fields, orchards, vineyards, corn fields, etc.: it is said to denote the house or residence of the querent at the time he wishes a question resolved, and the final issue of every undertaking, with its diversified or casual contingencies. " Alcabitius" an old Astrologer, and other manuscript writers, say of this house, that it denotes " dead men's goods, and all inheritances descending by a right line to the querent; and of all things immoveable, as cities, castles, and such other, and of treasure hid, and of what shall befall the dead man in his grave, and (after his burial) to his corpse; and what shall fall after death, as also to all questions touching the substance of brethren, being the second to the third house; and of the children of private enemies, being the fifth house to the twelfth; and sickness of friends, as being the sixth house accounted from the eleventh house; also upon the king's enemies, being the seventh house from the tenth or mid-heaven; and death of religious persons, being the eighth house accounted from the ninth; and upon the religion of the absent, as being the ninth to the eighth house; also upon the (trade or) magistery of enemies, being the tenth from the seventh house; also upon the friends and fortune of servants, being the eleventh to the sixth house; and lastly, upon all questions relating to the private enemies of children, being the twelfth or house of enemies to the fifth house".

It is a feminine house, and being represented by , rules in like manner the breast and lungs, as that sign does: