The Sun: ego
This is the glyph that represents the Sun: a circle with a dot in the middle. Can you find it in your chart?
In astrology, the word “planet” has a slightly different meaning than it does in astronomy. The origin of the word planet comes from a Greek word meaning “wanderer.” Astrologically speaking, a planet is a body that appears to “wander” or move across the sky, including the Sun and Moon1.
LeoThe Sun is the center of our solar system, and also represents the creative center within us.
Ego, Soul, Self
Creativity, Character
Each planet in your chart also represents certain people. The Sun represents Your Father, Men, The Boss, and Authority figures. Conditions around the Sun in your horoscope describe your relationship to these people.
Each planet also rules a part of the body. The Sun rules the Heart.
1 Entry for planet in dictionary.com
Comments:
- Introduction to the planets
- The Sun: ego
- The Moon: feelings
- Mercury: the messenger
- Venus: the love goddess
- Mars: the warrior
- Jupiter: growth
- Saturn: limits
- Uranus: the enlightener
- Neptune: compassion
- Pluto: power
- Who's Your Valentine? A look at Venus
- Planetary Rulership in Astrology
- Retrograde planets and Karma
- Which planet rules your world?
- Chiron: the wounded healer
- Retrograde planets
- Solar and Lunar Eclipses
- Mercury Retrograde
- The New Moon
- Comments from Venus Retrograde 2005-2006
- Saturn in Leo (July 2005-September 2007)
- Rules for choosing surgery dates
- Mars Retrograde (November 2007 - January 2008)
- Venus Retrograde (July 27 - September 8, 2007)
- Jupiter square Saturn and the local Fuzz
- Choosing a wedding date
- A few notes on Jupiter in Sagittarius
- Saturn in Virgo - September 2007 to October 2009
- Moon Void of Course (v/c)
So for my friend, what about when natal sun 2nd opposes saturn 8th Aquarius 8 degrees and transiting saturn crosses sun in Leo. Isn’t that a lot of saturn at one time? Personally I am getting alot of contact with the influence firsthand of his father recently.
Hi there Molly,
Hope you are doing well, what a great website you have created here.
I had a question for you – as you have read people’s charts over the years, specifically Composite Charts, do you see alot of Sun-Pluto aspects?
Or would Sun-Pluto aspects be something that you would identify as significant when looking at the composite chart of a couple?
And what if the aspect was an exact conjunction of Sun-Pluto, would that make the aspect that much stronger?
Thanks for your input, Molly.
In gratitude,
T. Leon
Hi Thomas-- Thanks for your kind words! I can't say I have noticed a pattern. But I don't read composite charts much. (I think synastry is much more significant.) When I do, I tend to notice planets on angles more than aspects. It's not that I don't notice the aspects, just that they don't seem to be as important as what's on the angles.
Hi Molly,
I wanted to congratulate you on your great website and to let you know that it’s been of immense help and comfort in times of need.
Hope that you can keep up the good work,
love
Tina