As the heart of the solar system and the gravitational center of the travels of the earth and the other planets, the sun is the primordial light, the source of all warmth and life. From the dawn of humanity, it has been worshipped. It has symbolized the absolute power kings and despots yearn for and emulate. From its position in a person’s birth chart, the sun usually indicates the way in which that person will relate to their goals and ideals, what their ambitions and aspirations might involve.

Venus is the planet of love, and astrology interprets its ambiguity in terms of its rulership of two houses in the zodiac: Taurus in the first house and Libra in the second. This ambiguity explains Aphrodite’s equivocal conduct in Greek myth, as well as her innumerable couplings and motherhood. Depending on the legend, she may embody brutal, passionate love (with Anteros), the wisdom of the heart which rescues from passion (Harmonia), pure sexuality (with Eros), a transforming energy (with Vulcan), etc. Psychological aspects of individuals under the influence of Venus include struggles with love instincts. This is why you cannot conceive of living without a personal emotional relationship to someone else, and sometimes fears solitude and the encounter with yourself. You are extremely attractive to others and have a thriving but sometimes superficial social life.

As the moon orbits around the earth, it has always been associated with the sun. The moon and sun are the primordial cosmic couple. This satellite of the earth, which mysteriously waxes and wanes, has been compared to the eternal feminine principle, the mother hovering over your infant’s cradle. Psychologically, the moon is thus symbolic of the mother and the mother image. This figure is a primordial element in the psyche of each individual. Depending on your nature, the mother figure may correspond to your biological mother, a grandmother, or a woman who cared for you in infancy and childhood. When you reach adulthood, this mother-figure and all the emotions and bonds associated with you may be transferred to something else: a spouse, a companion, an institution, a church, corporation, or political movement, a cult, etc. In short, any individual or structure likely to take on the mother’s duty of caring for and nurturing the vulnerable aspects of an individual. To be more down-to-earth, the mother figure corresponds to the habits which were learned and then definitively incorporated into the individual’s identity as you gradually became acculturated and progressed toward social independence. As a result, a strongly “lunar” personality often finds it difficult to adapt and is uncomfortable outside the secure setting of familiar routines. Closely tied to your past, you may be unwilling to detach yourself from it and embark on your life as an individual in the here and now. You still identify somewhat with your inner child and may display a child’s capricious behavior, indulging in moodiness and indecision. Your passivity may make you easily influenced, your sensitivity makes you subjective, and you hesitate to open up and lay your soul bare. In your daily life, psychic activity will rule. Your imagination, memory, sensitivity, sensation, and sentiment nearly overwhelm your psyche.

The tenth house is an area of the sky which is especially important to Alexandra Fuentes, as it contains several planets, including the one which rules her rising sign. In the following paragraph, we shall explain the general meaning of this fact.