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FIRST HOUSE SATURN

The House of Self - The field of action and personal initiative

Outlook on life — the lens through which the rest of the chart is focused.  The personality.  Character type.  Physique.  Early childhood.  Destiny in the making.

Saturn in the first house is apt to give a toilsome life, beginning with a difficult childhood. The disposition is likely to be serious and resolute.

In a woman's chart, it shows prolonged hard work and the necessity to bear up under grave responsibilities. In a man's chart, it may indicate a tendency to become a father figure, to be a law unto oneself, or to dominate others in a stiff unbending way.

Members of both sexes will be self-disciplined but prone to depression because of the harshness of existence in this world. When well aspected, a first-house Saturn augurs a slow, steady rise to success earned through conscientious labour. 

The overall effect can be to inhibit the personality, often causing shyness and a lack of self-confidence. Nevertheless, there is natural caution and a great deal of common sense.

At times, the individual can feel unable to cope with the problems and responsibilities of life, and the whole outlook may become pessimistic. Again, such feelings may well be rooted in a lack of self-confidence.

Adherence to what is expected and a strong sense of duty, plus a conventional and conservative outlook, are present, and it may be that inhibiting tendencies relate to a restrictive environment in childhood.  

The effect on the health of Saturn in this house can be to lower the vitality, but it is important to realize that such conditions may be based on hypochondria, and that pessimism and depression are their worst enemies.

 

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