Planets in houses: fate or disposition?

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Do planets in houses say something about our natural

tendencies/disposition, or do they say more about what will *happen*

to us despite our natural tendencies?

 

I'll give an example. I have the moon and venus conjunct in Aries in

the 10th house. This is made prominent by the fact that the Moon is

in mutual reception with Mars in Cancer in the 1st. I guess this

should mean that I'm focused on the public sphere of life and have a

strong urge to establish a career out in the world, etc. This hasn't

happened yet, but I admit I'm still in my mid-twenties and it might

happen later. But disposition-wise, I'm not career oriented. I've

always found it difficult to relate to very driven, high-achieving,

professional types. This is probably why politics doesn't interest me

much, because the political world is full of such people. Most of the

problems I have in life right now comes from the fact that I'm

*opposite* from what is indicated by my 10th house Moon. It's

embarassing, but I'll admit that I'm actually under-achieving,

dependent, and lack knowledge about the way the real world works. I

feel a bit nervious even when I have to go to the bank, because I'm

not quite sure how banks are supposed to work. Things like banks,

careers, the professional world, money, politics, etc., don't seem

natural to me (maybe necessary, but not natural). They're not part of

our imagination or what we can naturally understand with our minds

before having learned the rules and customs. Rules and customs come

from outside, not part of what we naturally have in our minds. If I

had my way, I'd just spend my life thinking, or doing simpler or more

natural things, like planting flowers, writing, painting,

understanding people.... But then I do have a Sun-Ketu conjunction.

 

Elisabeth