The 1st House

The 1st house is the house of self — your body, your instincts, and the first impression you give. It's the doorway everyone comes through to meet you.

The 1st house at a glance

• ThemeSelf & Identity
• Natural signAries
• Natural rulerMars
• ElementFire
• Governshow you instinctively show up and start things
• Keywordsself, the body, identity, appearance

What the 1st house is about

The 1st house governs how you instinctively show up and start things. Traditionally associated with self, the body, identity, appearance, first impressions, beginnings, vitality, it's the part of the chart that colours self & identity. Wherever a planet or sign falls in your 1st house, that energy tends to express itself through this area of life.

A question to sit with

When you walk into a room, what do you want people to feel — and how much of that is really you?