Pluto in Cancer, Pluto in the 1st House

Pluto in Cancer ♋︎

Last Transit: Years 1912-1938

The Pluto in Cancer in the natal chart generation lived through World War I and the start of World War II. This period in history has had a great impact on the world today and the people with this natal chart placement were involved in setting the tone for the mid-1900s. Pluto in Cancer is representative of transformational energy being experienced through home, country, and family. People with this placement may desperately hold onto their idea of family and do whatever it takes to feel secure within their tribe, group, or unit. There is comrade with this placement along with a deep emotional undertone. Pluto in Cancer represents one’s impulse to belong. People born during this time were working towards a sense of solidarity and uniformity. The need to belong may be so strong that it causes one to deny their uniqueness or individual self expression. Individuals with Pluto in Cancer have a tendency to sacrifice personal needs for the needs of the many. This placement can indicate a strong connection to religion or spirituality. A deep emotional connection to something greater than oneself is a driving force behind people’s motivations with Pluto in Cancer.

Pluto in the 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 breathe 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.