DOES EVERYONE HAVE THEIR NATAL CHART?
Look at your own chart and locate the Fifth House.
What "Sign" is on the "cusp" of your First House? The "cusp" is just the line that is drawn to show the beginning of that House.
In my natal chart, Taurus is on the cusp of the Fifth House.
Using the graph table at
http://www.geocities.com/youdah2 locate the 5th House.
From the table, we know that the 5th House is about Pleasures, Children, Creativity, Romance. It is a Fire element, masculine, Succedent, and fixed.
BUT...
In my chart, Taurus is also included because it is on my 5th House cusp. So, we will also have to blend in the characteristics of Taurus.
So, again, using the table at
http://www.geocities.com/youdah2 locate Taurus from the "Associated Signs" column.
From this, we know that Taurus is associated with money and possessions. It's also an Earth element, Feminine, Succedant, Fixed, and "ruled by" Venus.
Now we have the keywords to "read" and interpret my 5th House.
By blending all these things together, how would you expect to see me behave towards Fifth House subjects of love, creativity, children or romance? (Use Taurus information, since that is the Sun Sign on my Fifth House cusp).
Without saying all the keywords, someone would just say, "5th House Taurus." From that, you can do an interpretation using the things we have talked about so far.
To get you started...
I'll use Mundane astrology (ordinary things of life) on my own 5th House Taurus.
I tend to spend a lot of money (taurus) on my children and creative pursuits/entertainment (5th House). Since the 5th House and Taurus are "fixed," I would not be very open to someone telling me how to use my free time...but use it as I please. If someone tried to tell me how to spend my free time (5th House), I could get down-right offended and stubborn about NOT doing it -- even if it was something I might want to do (fixed). Since both the 5th House and Taurus are suceedant (middle of the cycle), I have learned that spending too much money on these things without consideration of budget causes me problems...but I haven't quite stopped myself (the end) from spending too much money on children and entertainment. The Fire and Earth elements would cause me to make sudden decisions (impulse buying = fire sign) on luxury items (Taurus), but I buy things that are good quality and of good value (earth).
If I just lost you, don't worry. It will become clearer and easier as we go along. Don't worry about being "wrong." Remember, you can't be wrong, because it comes from "you."
***Please post your own Fifth House cusp Sign, and each person give an interpretation or "reading" of someone else's Fifth House -- PLUS your own -- using what we have talked about so far. Remember "beginning, middle, end" factors, and "fixed, mutable, cardinal" factors and the "elements."
After someone has given you an interpretation of your 5th House, please let us know if it sounds like "you" or not!