Fifth house in astrology
- Theme
- Creativity and play
- Kind of house
- Succedent
- Corresponds with
- Leo
- Depends on
- Birth time, birth place and house system
The fifth house is a succedent house. Houses one to six lie below the horizon in the chart wheel, and the fifth is the second to last of them, between the angular fourth house and the cadent sixth.
In tradition the fifth house is the house of creativity, play, pleasure and romance: what a person does for the enjoyment of it. It corresponds by analogy with Leo and with the Sun. Planets there are read as colouring how a person plays and makes things.
Houses are a feature of the Western astrological tradition and depend on the choice of system. Astrely shows Placidus unless the chart is set to Whole Sign or Equal, and each system can place a planet in a different house. The chart marks a body that lies within a quarter of an arcminute of a house cusp, because a different calculation could place it on the other side.
Planets in the fifth house
- Sun in the fifth house
- The Sun in the fifth house is read as identity through creation and play: making things, romance, performance, and a need to enjoy life out loud.
- Moon in the fifth house
- The Moon in the fifth house is read as feelings expressed through play and creation: romance, performance and the pleasure of making things as emotional needs.
- Mercury in the fifth house
- Mercury in the fifth house is read as a playful mind: creative writing, games, flirtation through wit, and ideas expressed for the pleasure of it.
- Venus in the fifth house
- Venus in the fifth house is read as romance and play: a love of courtship, art and celebration, and affection expressed with flair.
- Mars in the fifth house
- Mars in the fifth house is read as drive for play: competitive sport, passionate romance, and creative energy that needs an outlet.
- Jupiter in the fifth house
- Jupiter in the fifth house is read as joy in creation: a love of celebration, romance and play, and a generous creative streak.
- Saturn in the fifth house
- Saturn in the fifth house is read as seriousness about play: creativity disciplined, romance taken cautiously, and pleasure that has to be earned.
- Uranus in the fifth house
- Uranus in the fifth house is read as originality in play: experimental creativity, unusual romances, and pleasure in the unexpected.
- Neptune in the fifth house
- Neptune in the fifth house is read as romance and art as refuge: idealised loves, inspired creativity, and play that is a kind of dreaming.
- Pluto in the fifth house
- Pluto in the fifth house is read as intensity in play: all-consuming romances, creative work that transforms, and pleasure taken seriously.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.