Welcome to the Fifth House! This part of the
chart is traditionally associated with fun, love, creativity,
your own children and what type of activity you like to
be involved in as a hobby. It also symbolises games of chance
such as lotto, bingo, competitions, etc.
Before looking at the Fifth House, I'll briefly
recap the others we have explored. If the First
House represents the beginning of the individual: the
Second House as becoming
aware of 'separateness', and the Third
House as trying to 'connect' to what is around in a
mental sense, then the Fourth
House can represent the need to consolidate all that
has been collected through the previous houses and to begin
the process of forming the identity.
Following on from the Fourth House where we
formed our basic personality structure, we move on to the
Fifth House to begin enjoying our newfound identity, and
to allow others to appreciate it too. We now know that we
are a 'someone' because of our Fourth House experience,
but in the Fifth we go through the process of becoming a
'special someone'.
Looking at the symbolism in this House often
describes whether or not, and how, we experienced others'
appreciation of what makes us special, as well as how we
experienced love and affection from those around us. As
adults our experience of love affairs, our own children
and creativity are represented in this part of the chart.
For example lets take a look at Pluto in the
Fifth House.
The influence of Pluto in the Fifth House
often indicates that a person felt that love was a question
of life/death when growing up (depending on which zodiac
sign and other indications as well). A more detailed look
at this person's growing up years may reveal the loss (physical
or psychological) of one of the parents that perhaps the
child felt responsible for, ie, 'I wasn't lovable enough
so my parent has left me".
Even though this particular person may consciously
acknowledge that the situation that developed was out of
their own control and logically understand that they are
not responsible, at a deeper, emotional level this person
may feel that if they were more 'lovable' that their parent
would not have left them.
Consequently, this person may go through life
experiencing love relationships as quite intense and at
some level as a matter of life and death (psychologically
speaking). Feelings involved in becoming a parent may unconsciously
bring these themes back into the individual's life to be
examined and dealt with.
Of course, this is a look at some of the extreme
ways of experiencing Pluto's energy but highlights how the
Fifth House can be interpreted.
Once these themes have been confronted and
overcome, the potential for deeply emotional and long-lasting
ties with loved ones are just some of the benefits of having
this placement. Since the Fifth House represents creativity
and what is special about you, the symbolism found in this
part of the chart can help us discover our talents.
The symbolism found in the Fifth House can
also be used as a pointer to expressing your talents, for
example we'll use Pluto again. One way this energy could
be expressed would be that the individual would probably
do well with recycling materials and transforming them into
creative works that expressed a complex part of themselves.
Naturally there are many ways Pluto in the
Fifth, and all the other symbolism, could be experienced
or utilised. We'll have a look at these in future articles.
If you would like to share your experiences
of your own FourthHouse you can share them at my discussion
board at Suite101.
If you have any more questions... please
contact me!
