The 5th House in Astrology, Part 2: Ruler of the Ascendant

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Spirituality, Religion

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🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 296 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of our series on the 5th house in astrology we look at examples of famous people that have the ruler of the Ascendant in the fifth house in their birth chart, with astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim. The fifth house is traditionally associated with a wide range of topics in astrology such as children, creativity, pleasure, romance, sex and sexuality, games, and good fortune. In ancient astrology, the Ascendant was sometimes called the helm of the ship of the native’s life, and the ruler of the Ascendant was said to be the captain. The house where the captain of the chart is located can tell you a lot about where the life is being directed, and in this episode we explore what happens when the life is directed towards the topics of the fifth house. Over the course of the episode, we explore more than 50 example charts of famous people who have the ruler of the Ascendant in the fifth house in order to demonstrate how this placement can play out in a number of different ways. Some of the charts we look at include those of actors, directors, musicians, comedians, athletes, writers, artists, and more. Through this survey, we are able to see many different concrete manifestations of the fifth house archetype, and develop a more well-rounded and grounded understanding of its meaning. This is the second of a three-part series on the fifth house, which is itself part of our larger series where I've been doing a deep dive on the twelve houses in astrology. In the next episode in this series we will explore the meaning of the ruler of the fifth house in each of the twelve houses, showing how the topics of the fifth house can be exported into other areas of a person’s life. This is episode 507 of The Astrology Podcast. Patreon for Early Access + Show Notes Get early access to the next episode in this series as well as our show notes through our page on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/astrologypodcast Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:30 Children 00:43:52 Sex and Sexuality 01:24:11 Games and Sports 01:50:02 Comedy and Comedians 02:39:57 Acting and Actors 03:22:29 Directors 03:35:53 Musicians, Singers, & Entertainers 04:01:40 Writers, Artists, and Creatives 04:45:42 Conclusions 04:53:33 End Cards Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on the 5th house on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fRLhAPulo – Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3:

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0:00.0	Hey, my name is Chris Brennan and you're listening to the Astrology Podcast.
0:03.0	Join me today as astrologer Lisa Scheim and we're going to be looking at the ruler of the ascendant in the fifth house in astrology
0:09.0	and going through more than 50 example charts of notable figures that have the ruler of the ascendant in the fifth house
0:16.0	in order to understand better what the fifth house means as part of our three-part series on the fifth house in astrology.
0:23.9	So, hey, Lisa, welcome back.
0:25.7	Hey, Chris.
0:26.4	Glad to be here.
0:28.2	Yeah.
0:28.6	So we were back again for another jam-packed installment in this series.
0:32.7	In the last episode, we did an extended discussion about the meaning and significations and symbolism
0:40.3	associated with the fifth house. And in this episode, we're going to really ground that
0:45.3	by going through and looking at charts of people that have the fifth house prominent in their
0:49.9	life, because I feel like that's when the abstract significations and the archetype of the
0:56.0	Fifth House comes alive in a much more detailed way when you actually see how it's worked
1:00.9	out when it's prominent in different people's charts, right?
1:04.6	Absolutely.
1:05.3	Yeah, I'm really excited to dig into the actual chart research that we've done here and show
1:09.7	how different a Senate ruler in the
1:12.0	Fifth House people exemplify different particular significations of the Fifth House and sometimes,
1:17.0	you know, two or three or more. Right, for sure. So I started this research last year, actually,
1:24.2	because I think I did the Fourth house episode in November and then I started
1:27.9	researching the fifth house and I was having help researching it where some charts were sent in
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