A Deeper Understanding of the 5th House in Astrology

A Deeper Understanding of the 5th House in Astrology...

Each house symbolizes a level
of human development.
The 5th house is symbolic
of being a teenager.
It is a house of self-development
through relationships.

In the metaphoric journey of the soul through the houses, you are now in the second fire house. Here, you re-visit the issue of self-expression. However, unlike the self-expression of the first house of Aries, your self-expression in the fifth house is in relation to other people. You have now graduated from the personal houses. and you have entered the set of houses known as the relationship houses. Now, you prefer to experience yourself and the world through relationships with other people.

Like a teenager, you develop your own unique style. Unfortunately, symbolic of the teenage years, the fifth house is also where you judge yourself based on the reactions of other people, and change your behavior and your looks according to what seems to win the most approval from others. Here, you are only happy if your audience is happy. You want to be authentic and true to yourself, but you are keenly aware of the reactions you receive from people. This is the struggle of the teenage years and it is the struggle of the fifth house.

The ultimate joy in this house is found in love affairs. When you can authentically express yourself to another person, and in return, they love you for it, you find true happiness.

You have passed puberty. Physically, you are an adult. You feel the biological drives to have sex and make children. As the first of the relationship houses, you want to be involved with other people. Because this is a fire house, you feel inspired and excited about doing these things. But because this is the first relationship house, you aren't very mature about relationships. While this immaturity makes relationships fun and exciting, it also makes them more difficult. Because you are experiencing yourself through other people for the first time, you are hyper-aware of how other people see you. You are likely to change yourself to suit other people when you really don't want to make the changes. This is why the fifth house is a journey of self discovery through relationships. By using other people to gauge your own opinion about yourself, you grow here.