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Sun
The Sun represents the self at its core: vitality, confidence, authority, and the father
See where Sun falls in your birth chart — the sign, house and nakṣatra it occupies.
The Sun represents the self at its core: vitality, confidence, authority, and the father. Where the Sun sits in a chart shows where a person seeks to shine, lead, and be recognised.
Parashara describes Surya as the soul (atma) of the natural person, the king among the grahas, of kshatriya nature, with a bilious (pitta) constitution and honey-coloured eyes. He is the karaka for the father, vitality, authority, and the first house of self. His deity is Agni; his direction is east; his day is Sunday.
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 3 (Graha Svarūpa)
The Sun is exalted in Mesha (deepest at 10°), debilitated in Tula, has moolatrikona in Simha 0°–20° and own sign Simha thereafter. Natural friends are the Moon, Mars and Jupiter; Venus and Saturn are enemies; Mercury is neutral. The Sun combusts other grahas that come too close to it, but is never combust itself; its strength rises with directional strength in the 10th house and in the day half of the chart. Debilitation in Tula can be cancelled by neecha bhanga conditions, most commonly through a well-placed Venus or Saturn.
Your placement is shown in the band above: this states where Sun falls in your chart and links each term to its page.
Interpretation — what the placement means for your life and timing — belongs to your personal reading, not the reference library.
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