Mars in Scorpio ♏︎ in the Natal Chart
Archetypes: Investigator, Pirate, Non-Conformist
What Drives You: Mars is the traditional ruler of Scorpio making this natal chart placement highly intense. Mars in Scorpio individuals have a tendency to spark suspicion in others. These people are often the nonconformists of society. They strive to be different and are deeply attracted to counter culture. The Mars in Scorpio individual does not mind being the outlaw in fact they may even prefer it.
This placement gives you a passionate approach to life. You seduce those around you to bend to your will. You have a strong drive to make sure your needs are met and will do what it takes to make that happen.
Mars in Scorpio wants to investigate the underlying reason for why the world is the way it is or why people do what they do. Mars gives energy to this drive pushing the Scorpio person to be more intense to the point of obsession at times.
Sexuality: The Mars in Scorpio individual will be very in touch with their sexuality. They will most likely have a strong sex drive to match. You may have taboo sexual tastes or be interested in tantra and other forms of spiritual sexuality.
1st House
Keywords: The keywords associated with the first house are individualism, identity, selfishness, ego, personality, infancy, imitating, starting line, and destiny.
Angular House Type: An Angular house is ruled by a cardinal sign. Aries is the cardinal fire sign ruling the 1st house.
The 1st house in astrology is representative of how you express your self identity. The sign on the 1st house in the natal chart symbolizes the energy through which you tend to filter all of your experiences.
Here you get to know yourself, your basic needs, and desire to be seen as an individual. In the 1st house you are having a “me” experience. This house is symbolic of initiation and impulsivity.
Planets placed in the 1st house in the natal chart tend to be very heavily emphasized. These planets will be expressed more easily in your personal expression and circumstances. This is the house is symbolic of where we first breath life into ourselves, where existence first begins. This part of the astrological chart is ego driven in the search for self identity. Here you get to perform or act out the person you are or want to be.