Venus in the 1st House: Meaning by Rising Sign
The short answer
With whole-sign houses, Venus is in your 1st house when it is in your rising sign itself: Venus in Aries for Aries rising, Venus in Libra for Libra rising, and so on for all twelve rising signs.
What Venus in the 1st house means
Venus describes what you value, and how you show affection. In the 1st house of self and how you come across, that plays out through you, your body, your appearance, the first impression you make.
The 1st is one of the four angular houses, the corners of the chart, where planets tend to show as events other people notice. Its natural sign is Aries, so Venus here takes on some of Aries's concerns whatever sign it is actually in.
With whole-sign houses, Venus sits in your 1st house when it is in your rising sign itself: for Aries rising that means Venus in Aries. A transit of Venus through one house lasts about 33 days, because that is how long Venus usually stays in one sign.
Which sign puts Venus in your 1st house
Find your rising sign in the left column. If your Venus is in the sign beside it, your Venus is in the 1st house.
| Your rising sign | Venus in the 1st house |
|---|---|
| Aries rising | Venus in Aries |
| Taurus rising | Venus in Taurus |
| Gemini rising | Venus in Gemini |
| Cancer rising | Venus in Cancer |
| Leo rising | Venus in Leo |
| Virgo rising | Venus in Virgo |
| Libra rising | Venus in Libra |
| Scorpio rising | Venus in Scorpio |
| Sagittarius rising | Venus in Sagittarius |
| Capricorn rising | Venus in Capricorn |
| Aquarius rising | Venus in Aquarius |
| Pisces rising | Venus in Pisces |
How long a Venus transit of the 1st house lasts
Venus stays in one sign for about 33 days on average, so a transit of Venus through your 1st house lasts about that long: as little as about 24 days and as much as about 4 months across the charted years.
About the 1st house
The 1st house of self and how you come across: you, your body, your appearance, the first impression you make. Its natural sign is Aries.
How the houses are counted
Houses here use whole-sign counting: your rising sign is the whole 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on around the zodiac. Many astrologers use Placidus or another quadrant system instead, which can move a planet close to a sign boundary into the neighbouring house. Either way you need an accurate birth time, because the rising sign changes about every two hours.
Venus in the other houses
Venus in the 2nd house · Venus in the 3rd house · Venus in the 4th house · Venus in the 5th house · Venus in the 6th house · Venus in the 7th house · Venus in the 8th house · Venus in the 9th house · Venus in the 10th house · Venus in the 11th house · Venus in the 12th house
Other planets in the 1st house: Sun · Moon · Mercury · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
Is your Venus in the 1st house? Vera reads it with the rest of your chart.
House placements need a birth time. Vera casts your chart from your birth details and reads your Venus in its real house, sign and aspects.