The Ninth House is opposite the Third. As with all parts of the chart, there is exquisite balance. The Third House is casual chatting about casual topics It rules short trips and early education. The Ninth house rules deep topics such as religion, philosophy and spirituality. Astrology is a Ninth House subject. The Ninth House rules international travel . It rules long journeys, both in one’s mind and in physical space. People who have many Ninth House planets are intellectual. They are your proverbial “deep person”, intellectually speaking. The 8th house native is deep, emotionally, which is quite different. Back to the Ninth House, this native has one overarching question. Why am I here? What is my purpose in life? What is my purpose for even being born? If you probe in to a Ninth house heavy person, you will find this unending search to know “Why”?