☉ Planets
Sun
The core of the personality: what a person returns to once they stop playing roles
What it means
The Sun in a chart is not the overall ‘character’, but what a person invests energy in: where they feel alive and what they claim as their own. The Sun sign sets the style, the house indicates the life area where this theme unfolds, and the aspects reveal the price paid.
In balance
Clear intentions, calm confidence, readiness to own decisions
Out of balance
A need for constant recognition, resentment at being overlooked, stubbornness in place of will
What this object is
a year around the zodiac, about a month in a sign
Astronomically the Sun is not a planet but a star around which everything else revolves. In the chart it occupies the same place: the centre to which other themes are attached. Hence the confusion – “my sign” usually means the Sun sign, although the chart consists of ten such themes and two points.
Rulership of sign
How to read in your chart
Consider three things: the Sun sign – how you act, the house – where, the aspects – at what cost. If the Sun sign does not match your self‑perception, it is usually the Ascendant or Moon: their expressions are more noticeable to others and to your wellbeing.