Sun

The Sun is the most important body in astrology because it represents your core self — the central drive that organizes everything else. Your Sun sign (the zodiac sign the Sun was in when you were born) describes the fundamental way you express your identity, what energizes you, and the role you play in the lives of others. Despite popular horoscopes treating the Sun sign as the whole story, professional astrology treats it as just one piece of a much larger picture. The Sun's house placement shows the area of life where you most need to shine, and its aspects to other planets describe how easily that core identity flows or where it meets internal friction. A well-supported Sun produces someone whose sense of self is clear and steady; a heavily-aspected Sun often produces someone whose identity feels contested or in flux.