Sun
- Rules
- Leo
Modern
Sun, in the modern reading, is the Sun is the core self: identity, ego, conscious will, life-purpose, and vitality. It is the drive to shine, to individuate, and to become fully who you are, the central organizing light the rest of the chart orbits. Wherever Sun falls by sign and house, and however it aspects the rest of the chart, this principle is colored and located, becoming one of the central themes of the personality.
Traditional (Hellenistic)
In the tradition, the Sun is the king and the father, signifying the soul and spirit, vitality, honor, authority, and rulership; of the nature of heat and dryness, the greater light and a diurnal star, it governs the eyes, the heart, and gold, and shows where life-force and rank are found. Read its sign for how it expresses, its house for where, its aspects for how it gets along, and its dignity and condition for how well it does its work.
Lean in — Develop Sun's principle consciously; it is a core part of who you are.
Watch for — Disown Sun; what it governs will act out anyway, less consciously.
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Sources
- Ptolemy, TetrabiblosGives the nature and significations of Sun in the foundational tradition.
- Valens, AnthologiesRecords the significations of Sun in Hellenistic practice.
- Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology and the Four Elements (1975)Frames Sun as a core principle in modern psychological astrology.