Venus in 1st house - characterizes the native or the female other?

It's often being said that in a chart, Venus symbolizes beauty a woman, wife, female partner, etc wherever it appears in a natal chart. But what about charts (irrespective of the native's actual gender) that have Venus in the first house? According to astrological basics, planets in the 1st house or ruling it define the native in some way. So in this particular case, would this placement imply that, in some way, the ideal partner for the native is someone like themselves? Or jow should the basics of the interpretation go?