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First housers!
Understanding the First House in Astrology
The First House represents self-identity, personal will, and how you approach the world. It highlights your core sense of self and influences behaviors driven by self-interest and individual purpose. Planets in this house reveal how you initiate actions and project your identity to others, shaping your personal growth and self-awareness.
Posted by virgoOPPP
can you relate to all these?
do you do a lot of self-reflections?
1H/Aries and even The Fool by virtue of being the first, it had to ask:
"who am i?"
and like a child, it never stops asking 'why?'
humanity at its infancy.
Hamlet for example, is consumed with the question of self, and asks some very pertinent 1st house-type questions. and this is a TRADEMARK of many a first houser.
but also like a child, it will do what it will for it is will that runs this house.
"The first is the house of me-first self-interest. Learning how to control and discipline the will becomes the highest-order principle of this house, but first we must find out what else we have to offer others by finding out what it is we’re made of. The 1st house has the inordinately difficult task of living out the “I” we must all discover as we go through life. If the chart were comprised of Tarot cards symbolizing the self’s journey, this would be the Fool’s house, and the Fool in the Tarot is not a narcissist. If anything, the Fool is an innocent, and innocents are self-absorbed."
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
for non-first housers, the planets here will suggest how you take in new experiences.
OMG yes!!!!!
Posted by PuzzlePieces
Posted by virgoOPPP
can you relate to all these?
do you do a lot of self-reflections?
1H/Aries and even The Fool by virtue of being the first, it had to ask:
"who am i?"
and like a child, it never stops asking 'why?'
humanity at its infancy.
Hamlet for example, is consumed with the question of self, and asks some very pertinent 1st house-type questions. and this is a TRADEMARK of many a first houser.
but also like a child, it will do what it will for it is will that runs this house.
"The first is the house of me-first self-interest. Learning how to control and discipline the will becomes the highest-order principle of this house, but first we must find out what else we have to offer others by finding out what it is we’re made of. The 1st house has the inordinately difficult task of living out the “I” we must all discover as we go through life. If the chart were comprised of Tarot cards symbolizing the self’s journey, this would be the Fool’s house, and the Fool in the Tarot is not a narcissist. If anything, the Fool is an innocent, and innocents are self-absorbed."
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
for non-first housers, the planets here will suggest how you take in new experiences.
OMG yes!!!!!
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you can fill this thread with things that reminds you of the first house too
What's a first houser?
Posted by saggurl88
What's a first houser?
when you've got a stellium in the first house
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by saggurl88
What's a first houser?
when you've got a stellium in the first house
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Oh 😢
First husband called me “the why person” 😂😂
I’ve been on a road “to just be” for years now l
It’s a life long thing.. the self-reflection, being the best you can be etc. well I do believe when it’s a path of personal growth & becoming healthy it is a good thing for others too. Although sometimes it’s hard to find those who understand 🤪
In the first house:
Cap mercury
Cap Venus
Aqua moon
Aqua Saturn
Posted by Phantom_Dangus
My south node is in the first house too, conjunct my sun. I forget about that sometimes. My most basic personality traits and karmic path are at odds.
wait what? south node is a karmic path?
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
Yesssssss
moon
mars
venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Vesta
Have a few asteroids there too
Posted by justagirl
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
Yesssssss
moon
mars
venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Vesta
Have a few asteroids there too
wow pure 1st houser! 💕
i've always wanted to ask this from others strong in the 1st,
do you sometimes feel as if people and or situations seeming to actively or just seem to fall in your path, as obstacles to your will?
i feel as if we should have the addams family motto:
"we gladly feast on those who would subdue us."
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by justagirl
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
Yesssssss
moon
mars
venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Vesta
Have a few asteroids there too
wow pure 1st houser! 💕
i've always wanted to ask this from others strong in the 1st,
do you sometimes feel as if people and or situations seeming to actively or just seem to fall in your path, as obstacles to your will?
i feel as if we should have the addams family motto:
"we gladly feast on those who would subdue us."
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I would think that when I was younger yes. Like God was putting things or people in my path, to make me stronger or to break me I suppose. I do know that the things I have gone through have made me a stronger person.. break my will? Not so much, that was broken as a young kid so I had to rebuild that as a younger adult. Not saying that for pity, it's a reality of my life, I have learned to grow and move on from it.
Posted by peaceandtranquility_96
I only have moon in my first, but I definitely feel it’s impact
you wear emotions on your sleeve?
your feelings must always be expressed?
my words and actions are in the first but my sun is in the 12th.
my personality sometimes dips in and out from the open 1st to the hidden 12th.
I'm 1st house dominant. I will always be a child at heart
Posted by stope
Posted by justagirl
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
Yesssssss
moon
mars
venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Vesta
Have a few asteroids there too
Sad reality is ppl with strong fixed positions judge the crap out of us firsties heavily for being swayed by others opinion yet we ultimately choose our own path.
Meh. They have no idea.
*whinge over
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Always my own path, at my own time. LOL
I chuckle when others talk about 1st houses being self absorbed. It is the house of self. That does not equal self centered or self absorbed, it just means we have a stronger sense or focus of self.
Or maybe we are and I just don't see it 🤷♀️
I used to bend over backwards for those in my life, their needs before mine too.. had to stop that shit. It was the opposite extreme.
Posted by peaceandtranquility_96
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by peaceandtranquility_96
I only have moon in my first, but I definitely feel it’s impact
you wear emotions on your sleeve?
your feelings must always be expressed?
my words and actions are in the first but my sun is in the 12th.
my personality sometimes dips in and out from the open 1st to the hidden 12th.
Oh yes! Bingo!! Very much so! I can’t keep it inside! Wow! What an enigma! Can I ask where your moon is located?
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8H
Posted by justagirl
I chuckle when others talk about 1st houses being self absorbed. It is the house of self. That does not equal self centered or self absorbed, it just means we have a stronger sense or focus of self.
Or maybe we are and I just don't see it 🤷♀️
I used to bend over backwards for those in my life, their needs before mine too.. had to stop that shit. It was the opposite extreme.
i don't see anything wrong with being self-absorbed.
Posted by thekiss
pluto on asc
saturn and mars in 1st
my mars is in the 1st too
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by justagirl
I chuckle when others talk about 1st houses being self absorbed. It is the house of self. That does not equal self centered or self absorbed, it just means we have a stronger sense or focus of self.
Or maybe we are and I just don't see it 🤷♀️
I used to bend over backwards for those in my life, their needs before mine too.. had to stop that shit. It was the opposite extreme.
i don't see anything wrong with being self-absorbed.
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When it’s at the detriment to those around you, it’s not healthy.
Posted by justagirl
I chuckle when others talk about 1st houses being self absorbed. It is the house of self. That does not equal self centered or self absorbed, it just means we have a stronger sense or focus of self.
Or maybe we are and I just don't see it 🤷♀️
I used to bend over backwards for those in my life, their needs before mine too.. had to stop that shit. It was the opposite extreme.
Love this ❤️
Posted by thekiss
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by thekiss
pluto on asc
saturn and mars in 1st
my mars is in the 1st too
do you have pink undertone for an asian?
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yes a bit, why do you ask?
i rarely drink alcoholic drinks though
Posted by justagirl
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by justagirl
I chuckle when others talk about 1st houses being self absorbed. It is the house of self. That does not equal self centered or self absorbed, it just means we have a stronger sense or focus of self.
Or maybe we are and I just don't see it 🤷♀️
I used to bend over backwards for those in my life, their needs before mine too.. had to stop that shit. It was the opposite extreme.
i don't see anything wrong with being self-absorbed.
When it’s at the detriment to those around you, it’s not healthy.
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i guess but i think most people's problem is that they interfere too much with other people.
i believe in laissez-faire.
Posted by thekiss
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by thekiss
Posted by virgoOPPP
Posted by thekiss
pluto on asc
saturn and mars in 1st
my mars is in the 1st too
do you have pink undertone for an asian?
yes a bit, why do you ask?
i rarely drink alcoholic drinks though
same with me
i read it could give a ruddy complexion
mars in 1st
i don't get that red with alcohol
sports though
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both makes me red
and also when i'm angry
I have mars in 1st
My first house is filled with Capricorn Saturn,Uranus and Neptune. Urgh!
i feel so bad that i can relate so much
srsly am i the only one annoyed how i'm so focused on myself?
then someone tries to bother you, gossiping about you?
going incognito is impossible for a first houser.
someone out there always trying to ride your coattails
like they can't blaze their own paths
why can't they go their own way?
srsly
Posted by Phantom_Dangus
Posted by virgoOPPP
someone out there always trying to ride your coattails
like they can't blaze their own paths
why can't they go their own way?
Imitation is the most sincere (and annoying) form of flattery.
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i only really like attention that i create for myself
it annoys me when other people do it for me
"It is believed he was as an aloof narcissist, not interested in politics or religion, who often developed heavy obsessions with any hobby he took up before quickly losing interest and dropping it entirely."
-description of stephen paddock
I guess that I’m a “first houser” , as I’ve got my ascendent , Saturn, uranium (cap) ,Neptune (scorp) and my north node ( aqua) in the first house . I’m indeed self absorbed, but not in a bad way , as I also have a lot of empathy for others ; I guess that just do a lot of self reflection and think that I must take care of myself first in order to be able to look after others.
I also have a stelium in the 9th house...and...well I don’t really know much about houses tbh
"1H/Aries and even The Fool by virtue of being the first, it had to ask:"
Chariot is Aries for me. The Fool Sagittarius.
Posted by Antiphates
You might find value in finding out what your enneagram type, or however it is called, is.
i think i found out one time then immediately forgot lol
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can you relate to all these?
do you do a lot of self-reflections?
1H/Aries and even The Fool by virtue of being the first, it had to ask:
"who am i?"
and like a child, it never stops asking 'why?'
humanity at its infancy.
Hamlet for example, is consumed with the question of self, and asks some very pertinent 1st house-type questions. and this is a TRADEMARK of many a first houser.
but also like a child, it will do what it will for it is will that runs this house.
"The first is the house of me-first self-interest. Learning how to control and discipline the will becomes the highest-order principle of this house, but first we must find out what else we have to offer others by finding out what it is we’re made of. The 1st house has the inordinately difficult task of living out the “I” we must all discover as we go through life. If the chart were comprised of Tarot cards symbolizing the self’s journey, this would be the Fool’s house, and the Fool in the Tarot is not a narcissist. If anything, the Fool is an innocent, and innocents are self-absorbed."
"The task of the 1st is To Be. A heavily-loaded 1st house is typical for driven people, people who feel they are on a mission, who must simply act. The 1st house focus will compel the native to live out their very own path, and yet you’ll frequently find the 1st house person fighting to be themselves and to remain free of others’ definitions, even as they are swayed by others’ ideas of who they might be."
for non-first housers, the planets here will suggest how you take in new experiences.