Ascendant Ruler Through the Houses of the Zodiac

Natal chart ruler in the 1st house: these natives create their own persona and image. Self-centred orientation in life. They tend to do things for their own pleasure and satisfaction. Preoccupation with appearance, one’s own persona and the presence one shows to the world.

If they develop better awareness and actual caring attributes directed at others, they will automatically present a better self-image to the world. The appearance of these natives means a lot to them, they identify their success with their image. This position gives natives the power to express their inner world on the outside through their makeup and fashion style.

Chart ruler in the 2nd house: this position activates self-discovery and theme or personal values. These natives feel a strong connection to the outer world through the language of money and material possessions. They also like to dress nice, have nice interiors and wear expensive jewelry.

With this position of the AC lord, life is more often than not oriented towards addressing survival needs. These natives approach life by defining their survival needs, and they gain self-awareness through material things they can touch (and own).

Their personality seeks expression through possessions, which is fine and dandy, as long as they realize that the soul is immaterial and they cannot possess another’s soul. They have to settle for the possession of another’s body. People that have a strong Neptune in their chart can be a good influence on these natives’ lives.

Chart ruler in the 3rd house: here, natives’ lives are oriented towards communicating, information gathering and interactions throughout the day. These natives have a casual persona, they are relaxed and everyone from their neighborhood knows them.

With the AC lord in the 3rd house, the behavior is affected by one’s speech, writing and reading style. They create their persona through Mercurial traits, which are daily conversations, gossiping, learning and teaching. These natives are good at making connections and they know their birthplace like the back of their hand.

They feel most comfortable in the role of the “girl/boy next door” that everyone knows and likes. Their imminent behavior depends a lot on their siblings or best friends. These natives pride themselves on being the “information-holders”.

Chart ruler in the 4th house: these natives create their persona through family involvement. They like to have a lot of privacy, put down roots, to share their dreams and aspirations with their family. They love to receive support from their loved ones, and one day they might even continue (or start their own) family business.

They derive their outer behavior from their cultural and even country heritage. Emotional self-expression comes easiest to them when they feel emotionally secure. Their approach to others is to behave as if they are constantly interacting with family members, it makes them really likeable and popular even though they do not crave large quantities of publicity.

They are focused on creating their own family and look forward to parenthood.

Chart ruler in the 5th house: this position makes its natives creative and prone to excess pleasures. Too much play and not enough work is their mantra. These natives love to have fun and to spend time with fun people who appreciate their funny ways.

For them, life is a great stage and they just stepped into the spotlight. Their self-expression is focused on the arts and on the easy-going life. These natives are not strangers to a vagabond life, or life on the road if that gives them the satisfaction of living their artistic potentials to the fullest. To them, art comes first and above all else.

They want to go down in history and be remembered for their greatness expressed through art. They love to dance, expose their bodies, perform and gain applause wherever they go. That’s their soul food.

Chart ruler in 6th the house: this placement likes to serve, to be useful and to feel useful. These natives need to adjust their attitude to find work in the first place, and then get along with coworkers. They will struggle with fitting in at work, and they will have clashes with authority (superiors, boss).

They have a healthy attitude towards health which helps them in life, they need to mind their daily stress levels in order to remain healthy (and happy). They love to over-perform at work, they desire to be the best at what they do and for their work to be the most useful.

Others might perceive this as over-competitiveness or too much ambition. These natives notice what others do for a living. Their appearance is connected with their health, if they are taking care of their health they look great, if not – not so great.

Chart ruler in 7th house: their life is oriented towards partnerships and cooperation. Their appearance is based on mirroring and competing with others. They develop and groom personality traits that they believe will please their partners.

They feel best when they are able to be of service to others. If others find them pleasing or worthy of the praise they feel warm and accomplished. Their approach to others is as if they are interacting with a future partner or spouse.

These natives need to stop turning away from their shadow self and they need to work on the part that they dislike within themselves in order to become more self-sufficient, self-reliant and all in all better versions of themselves.

Chart ruler in the 8th house: this placement feels best when its natives are exploring hidden and taboo. Their life is oriented towards deep involvements with others, emotional depth and exploration of intimate parts that are hidden from the surface.

They love to transform and regenerate (themselves and) others. These natives behave as if everything is a matter of life or death, they are not easy people to interact with. Working on self-awareness helps them release emotional baggage and suppressed trauma.

They possess a lot of hidden and valuable gifts which they should share with the world in order to make it a better place for all.

Chart ruler in the 9th house: this placement is oriented towards expanding horizons, acquiring new knowledge and gaining wisdom. These natives express themselves through learning and teaching. They love to share vast knowledge and experience with others.

They should be wary of being preachy or giving themselves a right to lecture others. Their outer behavior derives from their experience in other countries. These natives adore traveling and they advance in life by visiting faraway places.

They feel best when they have room for expansion and freedom. Their life is oriented toward searching for meaning. It would be a dream come true for these natives if they lived to see interstellar travel and meet with other races of the universe.

Chart ruler in the 10th house: this placement places its natives’ value on social standing, reputation, successful career and approval from authorities. These natives’ outer behavior derives a lot from their relationship with their parents.

Their personality requires structure to express itself, and they find it most comfortable to express themselves from a position of authority. These natives are natural-born bosses and CEOs. They are focused on keeping up their appearance and preserving their reputation. They dislike exposing their private nature and secrets.

They are the face of business magazines and prospectus entrepreneurs. They should pay more attention to their inner values and dedicate more of their daily time to spirituality.

Chart ruler in the 11th house:  these natives create a persona that fits their friends and fans’. They express themselves through sharing their interest with others and fighting for noble causes. They feel best when they are a part of a group or teamwork.

These natives value being a part of a team and they love to spend time with people who share the same interests as them. Their self-expression is focused on making friends, and to these natives, their friends are their family.

They feel at home with their friends and they can spend large amounts of time in harmony with people who they hold dear in their hearts but are not related by blood. Their friends give them freedom and strength to be their genuine selves and to express their inner child.

Chart ruler in the 12th house: these natives desire to merge with something greater than themselves. They create a persona that is based on their dreams, secrets and hidden talents. These natives feel best when alone, and their true nature desires solitude to express itself freely and uninterruptedly.

These natives function best when they are left alone to meditate, do spiritual work and practices, dream-walk, experience astral travels and involve themselves in charity work. They need to learn to accept others and let a piece of the outer world into their inner world.

They should also share their great talents and many gifts with the rest of the world so that their work can have a greater meaning and a larger impact. They have the power to connect and save others, they should exercise it more often.