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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Houses · Beginner

First house

Also called first house, house 1

The first of the twelve houses; astrologers associate it with self, body and outlook.

The first house begins at the Ascendant. Astrologers associate it with the self, appearance, vitality and the way a person meets the world.

How it is worked out
In the house system chosen; a planet between this house's cusp and the next is in this house. It is angular.
  • Kind: Tradition, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: House, Angular houses, Twelfth house, Second house

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