The fifth house is play, romance, children, and creative output. Mars there makes pleasure a pursuit. The native does the chasing in love, and does it directly — declaring, arriving, asking — with a bluntness that is either thrilling or alarming depending on the recipient. Desire is felt as urgency rather than sentiment. Such natives are drawn to sport, competition, and any game where somebody has to lose, and they do not play for exercise.
Creative work is made with force. The native produces at speed, in heat, in concentrated stretches, and the work has vigour rather than refinement. Gambling attracts — not the cautious kind. Children of this placement's natives get a parent who wrestles on the carpet, teaches them to ride a bicycle far too fast, and disciplines in a sudden burst that is over in a minute and forgotten by both parties.
The cost is desire that outruns judgement. Affairs are begun for the pursuit and abandoned once won, and the native leaves behind more wreckage than they intend or notice. Risk is taken for the sensation of taking it, and the losses are real: money, reputation, occasionally bones. Competitiveness intrudes where it does not belong, so that a family game becomes genuinely unpleasant and the native is the last to understand why.
What It Gives
- ◆Bold and direct in courtship
- ◆Vigorous creative output
- ◆Real physical competitiveness
- ◆Courage in taking chances
What It Costs
- ◆Loses interest once won
- ◆Risk taken for sensation
- ◆Competitiveness spoils play
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