Fifth house

Mary Beth Whitehead, one of the first surrogate mothers, was born April 7,1957, with all the pioneering spirit you might expect of an Aries. Thanks to her bold Aries Sun and the detached, unconventional attitudes of her Aquarian Ascendant, she agreed to become the surrogate mother for William and Elizabeth Stern, a couple who were unable to have a child. Mary Beth, who has the Moon in Cancer in the fifth house of children, was glad to help. But after... 

Fifth house Romance, children, creativity, entertainment... 

Saturn in the fifth house You take a serious approach to playful things, and it s difficult for you to lighten up. You don t flirt easily and are more comfortable dating people who are older and more serious. Creativity is important to you, but because you may fear that you aren t talented, you may suppress your artistic urges. Or, you may rise to the challenge of Saturn and bring structure to your creative life. (Some people with this placement become professional artists.) As a parent, you re responsible and committed. 

Pluto in the fifth house You become obsessed with romance. Yet no matter how hard you try to manipulate your lover, the person most altered by the liaison is you. Power struggles spring up around children. Creative endeavors are transformative for you. Gambling is addictive. 

Fifth house A romantic an entertainer a devoted parent... 

Notice that Saturn, the planet of restriction, is now in her fifth house of children, and Uranus, the planet of the unexpected, is in her eighth house of death and transformation. Those two transits, I should point out, aren t nearly enough to trigger such an exceedingly rare and terrible loss. After all, everyone who had an Ascendant in the neighborhood of 21° Virgo also experienced those transits. A birth chart must show the potential for an event in order for it to happen. And there it is The close opposition of her natal Uranus to her natal Sun, Moon, Mars, and Neptune clearly introduces the possibility of violence. The transits acted on the possibilities already there in her remarkable chart. 

Moon in the fifth house Romance, recreation, creative pursuits, and anything having to do with children are enhanced during these few days. 

To observe this in real life, take a look at novelist Toni Morrison s chart (see Chapter 16). She doesn t have every one of the characteristics listed above. Then again, no one does. But her Mercury is conjunct her Midheaven Venus, the ruler of her Ascendant, is in the ninth house of publication conjunct Saturn two planets are in the third house (with one more knocking at the gate) and Neptune, the planet of the imagination, is located in the fifth house of creativity. By becoming a writer, she fulfilled the potential of her chart. 

Finch, D. 2007. Pumped Everyone s guide to the oil patch. Calgary, Alberta Fifth House. 

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