=--y--First House--=Aries [Symbol: Aries] influence. This House or year pertains to early life influences, habit-forming life, changes of habits in life and relates to living conditions. These influences are general and in your First House you may look for changes affecting these portions of life. The God-Spirit will focus most noticeably in Mars [Symbol: Mars] during the years of your First House, so far as you are concerned, so you may use energy, force and combative qualities in changing to advantage during these years; the figures always refer to the birthday COMING. Thus, if you will be one year old, or thirteen years old, or twenty-five years old, NEXT birthday, you have finished the previous year and are NOW in that first, thirteenth, or twenty-fifth year. The years affected by the First House, therefore, are: 1st, 13th, 25th, 37th, 49th, 61st, 73rd, 85th, 97th, etc. =--z--=When passing through this house, all matters pertaining to the personality will be brought to the fore, and much depends upon your actions and upon your attitude of mind, as to how the passage through this house will affect you. All matters relating to the head now come to the front. You will now be more aspiring and ambitious than ever and will desire progress and will wish to reform existing conditions, and consequently sometimes the health is affected by your ardency in accordance with the strength of the horoscope at birth. The passage through the first house nearly always produces changes. It will be well for you to note carefully the kind of changes you desire, so as not to make mistakes. In a general sense you may expect the personality to come to the front, and all matters connected with the form side of existence to engage your attention. You will find yourself feeling more courageous, enterprising, frank and outspoken, so as to face any difficulties promptly and bravely. [Illustration: Chart of the Lumanus]