The Houses start at the Left of the chart (Eastern Horizon, the cusp of the 1st and 12th = Rising Sign), go down towards the bottom of the chart (what is on the other side of the earth) and up to the 7th house (Western Horizon), and up to the MC (Medium Coli, Latin for dividing the sky) or 9th and 10th house cusp or Top of the Sky. In order to know what planets are in what houses, we must know the time of birth and location of birth, this is a map of what the sky looked like at the time and location of birth (Sun 7th thru 12th = daytime, and Sun 1st thru 6th = night)
hold this chart in your hand, stand outside, and face towards the South: The left side of the chart is East, the right side of the chart is West, the top of the Chart is the sky, and the bottom of the chart is under you (the sky on the other side of the Earth), its a map of the sky
