The 1st House is often the house that collectively represents how we view the world. The house represents the first breath we take, and our impressions of the world. The 1st House can usually rule over what we are consciously aware of. The 1st House is arguably one of the most important houses, for it is a template for the natal chart, setting the chart for which signs rule which houses.
Those with Pluto in the 1st House often approach the world knowing very well how dark the world can be. Pluto in the 1st natives are not naive, and since they are aware of the darkness of the world, they often keep to themselves. Pluto in the 1st individuals are skilled at filtering what information is disclosed. Often, people may feel like they know the native well when they really don’t at all. Those with Pluto in the 1st know how to perfectly give just enough information to keep curious people satisfied, but hide just enough information to where nothing worth knowing is known.
However, the Pluto in the 1st native may always feel like they’re constantly filtering out the information they’re giving. With these natives, there is a strong investigative vibe that’s naturally provoking. Those who feel exposed and violated will often dislike the native, while those who feel transformed and understood will love the native. With Pluto in the 1st, first impressions are often extreme. You either hate or love a Pluto in the 1st native, and with many strong reactions, it can be hard for the native to understand what image they’re truly putting out.
The reason why these natives can have such strong powerful reactions is because their presence is provoking, whether it is intentional or not. There is often an either uncomfortable or overly embracing feeling when a person meets a person with Pluto in the 1st. Those with Pluto in the 1st are usually intuitive about individuals and can quite easily correctly assess a person without knowing too much information about them. This ability is the reason why a Pluto in the 1st native can be provoking. The amount of information the native can have on others can either be seen as an insightful, understanding acceptance or a violating intrusion into the soul.
This is however not the only reason why Pluto in the 1st natives drive strong reactions from others. Pluto in the 1st natives themselves tend to have strong reactions to other people. These natives can often be very intense, for their self-expression is often extreme. There often isn’t a moderate, balanced way for these natives to express themselves. These natives will either wholly express themselves to the fullest, or not express at all. With that in mind, when these natives do express themselves, there is a lot of passion. With passion and intensity being key factors for these natives, power is very important for these individuals. Since passion and intensity, parts of their self-expression, can be hard to control, these natives strive for that control, and often, this can cause power struggles with other people who may threaten that control. Due to these power struggles, strong reactions can occur.
One issue Pluto in the 1st natives can have is the feeling of paranoia in regards to others and the world surrounding them. Pluto in the 1st natives can even be paranoid with themselves. The reason why this paranoia can spring up can often be due to how the native is aware of the darkness of the world. Since these natives are very secretive, they often have a strong, defensive wall of protection. These natives can have the feeling that the world is out to get them, and due to this, their paranoia can limit them on many opportunities. In a sense, due to the fact that they’re aware of darkness, these natives are secretly scared of the world. The motive that drives their secretive nature is fear, and with that fear comes a sensitivity these natives want to hide.
The sense of self and view of the world can often not just be extreme, but also transformative. Those with Pluto in the 1st can often go through many physical transformations in their lives, whether that would be losing weight, getting a haircut, getting a tattoo, and so on. These natives can also go through emotional phases, often having a “happy” phase, an “emo” phase, and so on. With the Pluto in the 1st, the native is never quite consistent with themselves, and this is due to the fact that these natives face a lot of volatile situations in their lives that can threaten this consistency.
Pluto is the planet that shows where the native has power. With that in mind, Pluto also marks the area of life where the native can either be empowered or destroyed, depending on how that power is handled. For those with Pluto in the 1st, how they handle themselves will determine whether they are empowered or not. These natives can often feel like the most powerful individual, capable of anything for one instance, and then hate themselves to no end in another instance. With this in mind, it’s very possible for Pluto in the 1st natives to place themselves in very dangerous phases in their lives. These natives are able to weather through a lot of situations and come out changed either for the better or worse. However, deep down, these natives crave for a sense of stability in their sense of selves. Through every drastic change, there is a hope that the new change they’ve implemented on themselves will be their last.