Sun — Full Reading
Sun signifies soul, father, authority and confidence — where it is strong, where it is weak, what it does in each of the twelve houses, and how it is strengthened.
0What Sun signifies
Sun signifies soul, father, authority and confidence. Wherever Sun sits in your chart, those matters are switched on — the house it occupies, the house it rules, and every house it aspects all take on its character.
Strong and weak
Sun is exalted in Aries and debilitated in Libra. It owns Leo, and treats Moon, Mars and Jupiter as friends. A planet in its exaltation or own sign gives its results readily; the same planet debilitated gives them late, partially, or through struggle — it does not stop giving them.
Sun through the twelve houses
- the 1st house
- Sun in the 1st applies soul, father, authority and confidence to body, vitality, temperament and life direction.
- the 2nd house
- Sun in the 2nd applies soul, father, authority and confidence to savings, family, food and speech.
- the 3rd house
- Sun in the 3rd applies soul, father, authority and confidence to younger siblings, courage, short travel and effort.
- the 4th house
- Sun in the 4th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to mother, home, land, vehicles and inner peace.
- the 5th house
- Sun in the 5th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to intelligence, children, romance and past merit.
- the 6th house
- Sun in the 6th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to illness, debt, competition and daily service.
- the 7th house
- Sun in the 7th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to spouse, partnership, contracts and public dealing.
- the 8th house
- Sun in the 8th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to longevity, sudden change, inheritance and hidden matters.
- the 9th house
- Sun in the 9th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to fortune, father, teachers and long journeys.
- the 10th house
- Sun in the 10th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to career, status, authority and public role.
- the 11th house
- Sun in the 11th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to income, elder siblings, friends and fulfilled desires.
- the 12th house
- Sun in the 12th applies soul, father, authority and confidence to expenses, foreign lands, sleep and letting go.
Strengthening it
The classical strengthening for Sun is its own weekday — Sunday — its Beej mantra, and the donation of the things it rules. Its gemstone is Ruby, which no honest astrologer prescribes without reading the whole chart: a stone strengthens a planet, and strengthening a planet that is already doing damage makes the damage worse.
If you want to act on this
A remedy in jyotish is an act, not a purchase — a fast, a mantra, a donation on the right weekday. Where a formal ritual is called for, these are the three that apply: a puja performed on your behalf, a chadhawa offered at the temple, or an abhimantrit article energised with the mantra of the planet involved.
Not sure what this means for your own chart?
Ask the astrologer — it reads your chart, not a general rule, and answers in plain words.
Common questions
- What does Sun signify in astrology?
- Sun signifies soul, father, authority and confidence. Wherever Sun sits in your chart, those matters are switched on — the house it occupies, the house it rules, and every house it aspects all take on its character.
- Where is Sun exalted and debilitated?
- Sun is exalted in Aries and debilitated in Libra. It owns Leo, and treats Moon, Mars and Jupiter as friends. A planet in its exaltation or own sign gives its results readily; the same planet debilitated gives them late, partially, or through struggle — it does not stop giving them.
- What is the remedy for a weak Sun?
- The classical strengthening for Sun is its own weekday — Sunday — its Beej mantra, and the donation of the things it rules. Its gemstone is Ruby, which no honest astrologer prescribes without reading the whole chart: a stone strengthens a planet, and strengthening a planet that is already doing damage makes the damage worse.