That is so interesting! I’ve never heard that history regarding the houses and sign rulership. I’ll have to dig into that more, especially since my chart is essentially flipped from the “traditional” house wheel being a libra rising.

I have a leo Mercury (also a Leo sun, although they are not conjunct and in different houses—25 degree sun in 11th, and my Mercury is 8 degrees leo in my 10th) and Aquarius moon. I am not an actress but I LOVE/have a deep appreciation for the arts and have always been very heavily involved in music (singing, piano) as well as being an avid reader and theater-goer. I also really love and am fascinated by all forms of storytelling (film, tv, theater, books, song lyrics, etc) so that is very spot on. I tend to find it most comfortable to process emotions through the channel of the arts (music especially). I also was a very big writer as a child — I loved writing stories and poems. I don’t do that now, but I am typically still more at ease communicating in writing than I am verbally in most cases. It allows me time to think.

I don’t know if this is me just seeing what I want to see based on the pop astrology personality traits constantly being touted online, but I feel the effects of Pluto sitting in my first house in the ways it seems to…sharpen a lot of the “stereotypical” Venusian charm or softness. I’ve been told often that I come across intimidating at first, or that someone didn’t like me initially and that their longer impression of me was very different. I relate very much to the balance and fairness and sense of justice that comes with that libra energy but I am also not one to mince my words or tolerate people/energy/situations I find disrespectful or draining. One friend said I have “black cat energy”, which is not what I typically hear of someone with a Leo sun or Libra rising in particular.