Sun in astrology

Sun is your core identity: the part of you that shines through when it is given room. What it is ultimately after is to be seen as who you actually are.

It is at home in Leo, so the affairs of Leo tend to be where it has the clearest hand.

The sign tells you the manner: the same identity looks bold in Aries and careful in Cancer without changing what it wants. The house tells you the arena: the part of life where you will actually meet it, whether that is money, partnership or reputation.

Aspects then tell you who it has to negotiate with. A Sun squared by Saturn and a Sun trined by Jupiter behave very differently even in the same sign.

Moving overhead, Sun lights up whatever it touches, for 1.0 years for one full circuit. Slower bodies make chapters, faster ones make days — which is why a Moon transit is a mood and a Saturn transit is a re-write.

Astro Nox reads your own transits against your birth chart rather than against a Sun sign, so a Sun pass is dated to your degrees.

The Golden Dawn ties Sun to the cards below — the trump that carries the planet, and the decans it rules among the pips.