House 1 of 12
Self and appearance
How you come across and how you begin things. The cusp of this house is the ascendant.
What lands here
Any planet falling in the First House expresses its function through self and appearance. Mars here pursues in this area; Saturn here meets its limits in this area; an empty house is not a deficiency, only an area without a planet emphasising it.
This house has a special cusp. The ascendant — the point rising on the eastern horizon sits here, which is why it depends so heavily on an exact birth time.