Sun in Scorpio, Sun in the 4th House

Scorpio ♏︎ Sun in Natal Chart

Symbol: Scorpion

Element: Water

Key Phrase: I desire 

Ruling Planet: Pluto & Mars

If you were born when the Sun was in the sign of Scorpio then your identity is influenced by the themes of passion, obsession, and a search for meaning. Scorpio is a dynamic energy. Your greatest skill is that you are very tuned into other people’s energy. You have a keen sense of the significance behind the major cycles of life. 

Your symbol is the Scorpion representing your tendency to respond quickly even sometimes lashing out at others. You have a very intense nature about you brought on by your extreme sensitivity and perception of the world around you. 

Your element is water meaning you are connected to the emotional currents of others, the world, and culture. Although often rejecting the society you came from you are highly aware of social and cultural patterns. People can often be mystified by your identity as you give off a certain enigma. Others can sense your emotional depth but rarely get to experience this side you. You are generally a very private person. 

Scorpio is co-ruled by Pluto and Mars. Mars is the planet of action and Pluto is the planet of transformation. You relate to these themes often through your extreme life experiences.

4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house. 

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. 

The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.