The Sun

By Srikanth Somayajula / December 27, 2024

Sun :: Mantra

Sun

అసత్యేన

రజసా

వర్తమానో

నివేశయన్

అమృతం

మర్త్యాంచ |

హిరణ్యేన

సవితా

రథేన

దేవో యాతి

భువనాని

పశ్యన్ ||

Asatyena

rajasa

vartamaano

niveshayan

namritam

martyañcha |

Hiranvaven

a savita

rathena

devo yaati

bhuvanaani

pashyan ||

The Sun, without worrying about anything at all (carelessly), actively (Rajasa guna) travels through and offers nectar (amrita, sunlight, life) to the earth (Martya - where people life). In the golden chariot, he the Savitr Deva (Sun god) comes and keeps a watch on the worlds.

Avatara: Adhi+Pratyadhi Devatas

Sun

Sun

The Father, Atmakaraka (Soul)

Rama Avatar

Rama

The Avatara

Fire

Fire

Adhi Devata

Shiva

Shiva

Pratyadhi Devata

Characteristics

Largest

Sun is the largest of all planets

Time

Disciplined, follows Time

Retro

Distance causes Planets to Retro

Fatherly

Cruel, Tolerates No mischief

Loner

Works for Independence

Start

Starts all Rajayogas

Color

Blood Red

Gender

Male

Status

Royal

Guna

Satwika

Eye Color

Honey Colored

Body

Squarish

Nature

Bilious

Hair

Short Haired

Intelligence

High

Habits

Clean / Adventurous

Dhatu

Bones

Abode

Temple

Vimsottari

1 star in Fire sign, 3 stars in Earth sign

Directional

Strength: 10th house [South]

Directional

Loss: 4th House [North]

MoolaTrikona

Leo [0-20 Deg]

Exalt

Aries [10 Deg]

Fall

Libra [10 Deg]

Rushi

Kashyapa (Gotra)

Birth

Prabhava Magha Sukla Saptami

Star

Ashwini

Land

Kalinga (East) Saurashtra (West)

Type

Poorna Avatara

Chandas

Trishtup

Other Characteristics

  • • Worship of Shiva
  • • Courage
  • • Fires
  • • Heat
  • • Influence
  • • Greatest severity
  • • Good strength
  • • Power or strength
  • • Fortress
  • • Soul
  • • Trees with thorns
  • • Bile
  • • Feverish or inflammatory complaints
  • • Circular forms
  • • Diseases of the eye
  • • Body
  • • Timber
  • • Otherness or opposition or hostility
  • • Thick or coarse yarn
  • • Kingdom
  • • Blood-red cloth
  • • Favour of the king or ruler
  • • Bitter taste
  • • Old age
  • • Cattle
  • • Wickedness
  • • Land
  • • Father
  • • Taste
  • • Awakening of knowledge or enlightenment
  • • Mental purity
  • • Sovereignty over the entire country or over all countries
  • • Freedom from disease
  • • Rulership over Saurashtra—southern Gujarat
  • • Sattvik or benevolent and good temper
  • • Red sandal paste or saffron
  • • One born to a timid person or one whose actions are born out of fear
  • • World of mortals
  • • Square or harmonious
  • • Bongs
  • • Valour
  • • Grass
  • • Stomach
  • • Ornaments
  • • Diseases of the head
  • • Pearls
  • • Ruler of the sky—control over airspace
  • • Short or dwarfish stature
  • • Rulership over the eastern direction
  • • Copper
  • • Blood or blood-red gems like ruby
  • • Enthusiasm
  • • Forest
  • • Half a year
  • • Eye
  • • Wandering in or over the hills
  • • Quadruped
  • • King
  • • Travelling
  • • Dealings with affairs personal or social
  • • Enlightenment
  • • Looking up toward the sky—very great ambition
  • • Stones
  • • Undisguised or open conduct
  • • Shores of a river
  • • Red coral
  • • Strong at noon
  • • East
  • • Face
  • • Strong indignation / most times forgiving
  • • Capturing the foe

Motion of All Planets

Planetary Motion

Astrological Details:

Moola Trikona: Leo

Exalt: Aries

Friends: Moon, Mars, Jupiter

Enemies: Venus, Saturn

Neutrals: Mercury

Planetary War:

All planets receive light from the Sun. If two planets are on the same longitude, then one planet will cast a shadow on the other. This results in war between the 2 planets to share the Sun light. Only planets (day lords) associated with successive days of the week will engage in a planetary war.

Sun against Other Planets

Moon

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Royalty
  • 2. Liking for Money / comforts
  • 3. Satwika Guna
  • 4. Light
  • 5. Eyes
  • 6. Circular
  • 7. Forgiving - but dislikes not even warning

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Indiscipline
  • 2. Not willing to be on time
  • 3. Lethargy
  • 4. Sun is a loner, Moon always needs support
  • 5. Emotional (Sun has no emotions)
  • 6. Sun becomes uncomfortable with 4th house matters, North. Moon is happy here
  • 7. Water - Sun likes and causes Fire
  • 8. Fights / Swap of roles of Mother and Father
  • 9. Moon waxes and wanes - Sun is very stable
  • 10. Sun rules day and Moon rules night

Mars

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Kshatriya spirit
  • 2. Fighting Spirit
  • 3. Love for challenges
  • 4. Solving Problems
  • 5. Initiatives
  • 6. Karakatwas of 3H, 6H
  • 7. Fiery nature
  • 8. Bilous
  • 9. Gold
  • 10. Work on Karma 10H
  • 11. Both Mars and Sun start and sustain fire, required for Fire accidents
  • 12. Mars and Sun will mean over heat in body removes water that is required for fertility
  • 13. Likes Winning (wars / success)

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Mars is Tamasik, Sun is Satwik
  • 2. Sun forgives but Mars does not
  • 3. Mars suddenly feels energy, works and later rests. Sun constantly works
  • 4. Sun is a loner, Mars as a Army man works in groups or sometimes alone too

Mercury

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Sun is a little Rajasik, Mercury is fully Rajasik
  • 2. Likes Money and earning it
  • 3. Sun is educated in every field and Mercury is a very good student, always willing to learn
  • 4. Intending to Solve Problems using intellect
  • 5. Initiatives to study / improve brain
  • 6. Sun rules creativity, Mercury inspires creativity

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Merc is Rajasik, Sun is Satwik
  • 2. Mercury does not like giving, good Sun gives away every material thing
  • 3. Mercury does not like fights, but Sun is a King and wages wars
  • 4. Sun is a loner, Mercury needs other's support like Moon
  • 5. Mercury is very witty and playful, Sun is very strict and does not crack jokes
  • 6. Sun is karaka of children and Mercury is a neuter

Jupiter

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Sun and Jupiter are Satwik planets
  • 2. Jup is karaka for money, Sun earns money
  • 3. Sun is educated and Jupiter is the educator
  • 4. Kings take advices from Gurus
  • 5. God and Poojas are support function for Kings
  • 6. Sun is a loner and Jupiter heads loneliness and meditation in 12H
  • 7. Sun is karaka for children and Jupiter is karaka for happiness from Children
  • 8. Both are highly forgiving

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Sun works for his people, Jupiter does not like to work, want to pray and rest
  • 2. Jupiter likes smart work, Sun is on hardwork
  • 3. Sun likes fighting and success in it, but Jupiter gives up if there is competition
  • 4. Sun is completely emotionless and cruel, while Jupiter is highly emotional
  • 5. Sun has MKS in 12th - Jupiter owns the 12th. Sun dislikes water and isolation
  • 6. Sun takes initiatives (3H) to solve others problems (6H). Jupiter has MKS in 3rd and dislikes service (6H)
  • 7. Sun gets fame due to his work (10H), Jupiter gets fame due to his knowledge (1H)

Venus

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Sun and Venus are Satwik planets
  • 2. Ven is karaka for comforts, Sun enjoys comforts
  • 3. Sun is educated and Venus is the educator
  • 4. Kings take advices from Gurus
  • 5. Venus likes to give away (12H) everything and so is Sun to all his people
  • 6. Sun is karaka for children and Venus is karaka for sperm

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Sun is Karaka for (6H) solving others problems, but Venus dislikes hardwork
  • 2. Sun is cruel and no compromise planet while Venus rules relations and promotes compromises
  • 3. Sun likes fighting and success in it, but Venus dislikes fighting instead promotes business
  • 4. Sun is completely emotionless and cruel, while Venus cares emotions
  • 5. Sun has MKS in 12H - Venus exalts in 12th. Sun dislikes water and isolation. Venus likes purity in relations in 12H

Saturn

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Sun is focused on work and Saturn rules hardwork
  • 2. Sun rules Time (Kaala) and Saturn as well rules it
  • 3. Sun rules hair and bones, Saturn as well rules them
  • 4. Sun likes maturity, Saturn is a matured (old) man

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Sun follows hierarchy / monarchy / bureaucracy etc, Saturn dislikes all of them
  • 2. Sun is very hot and Saturn likes cold(est) places
  • 3. Sun is reasonably quick to act (right time), Saturn delays actions
  • 4. Sun is very royal and lives in comforts, Saturn feels happy in comforts (exalts in Libra). Saturn, lives the life a poor laborer
  • 5. Sun removes diseases, Saturn is karaka for disease and decay
  • 6. Sun considers himself great, high self-confidence. Saturn considers himself as last, low self-confidence
  • 7. Sun has high ego and self-esteem, Saturn has heena-bhavana (considers himself lowly)
  • 8. Sun loves to take initiatives, Saturn unless influenced other planets - cannot take initiatives
  • 9. Sun solves problems quickly and correctly, Saturn takes a long time to act on things
  • 10. Saturn can maintain excellent relationships as he considers everybody else on top of him, Sun fails to do so and therefore debilitates in Libra

Rahu

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Sun is focused on work, encourages materialism also. Rahu is focused on complete materialism
  • 2. Sun is very royal and Rahu is royal too
  • 3. Rahu creates illusion either to the self / world and can make the native work even harder
  • 4. Promotes marketing tactics - selling more than what a thing is worth of

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Sun is a luminary and Rahu rules darkness. Rahu may make the Sun cunning / corrupted / extremely tactful. However, do not generalize or take this as a bad trait
  • 2. Sun likes to give away everything to their people, Rahu does not generally promote charity
  • 3. But, Rahu is a shadow planet, he may enhance charity also

Ketu

Sun Likes:

  • 1. Sun promotes charity and Ketu promotes giving up.However, Sun gives up royalty, Ketu gives up due to pessimism (Niraasha)
  • 2. Sun promotes work. Ketu rules breaks in work, or non-settlement in any regular work. However, can help contract works, special works, scientific work, priesthood, work needing delicate attention (Microbiology, watch making, astrology) etc

Sun Dislikes:

  • 1. Sun is focused on work, encourages materialism also. Ketu is focused on giving up work
  • 2. Sun is very royal and Ketu is focused on isolation and meditation
  • 3. Sun looks at problem solving and Ketu on giving up everything

Quadrants From the Sun...

4th From Sun

Sun's Focus & People's Recognition:

Sun spends his energy on this house, by shedding maximum light on this house. Native will keep his focus on this house / people will notice this house very much. This house cannot be hidden.

10th From Sun

Sun's Neglect & People's Disregard:

Sun's light does not reach this house at all, since this Rashi will be representing mid-night. Therefore, this house is hidden from others / people do not recognize this house.

1st From Sun

Rising Sun & Personal Improvement:

Sun is fighting darkness, when rising in the eastern horizon. So, the native or Sun is constantly trying to improve on the matters of the house, bring stability in his house.

7th From Sun

Setting Sun & Needs Others Help:

When Sun sets, he cannot shed light on this house. So, in this house native needs help from other planets or other houses. He will seek help from others here.

Other Yogas from Sun

2nd from Sun

Veshi Yoga & Donations:

Native would like to donate the significations of the planets in 2nd from Sun to the people where Sun is placed.

Mars:

Inheritance, backup money in bank, life savings, emergency fund, gold, immovable properties - old dilapidated home.

Venus:

Vehicles, flight tickets, cars, luxury trips, all sorts of comforts, building bigger homes, earning money.

Mercury:

Business endeavors, more earning as salary or dividend, interest from banks, solving others problems using intelligence by physically being present, using acquired skills, using communication to address issues, buying medicines.

Moon:

Money, emotional support, empathy, medicines, advise to see a particular doctor, healing therapies.

Jupiter:

Excellent advise to get out of problems, Money, praying god to heal, performing religious rituals, match-making help, doctor expenses for having kids.

Saturn:

Physical help offered as a free service voluntarily, offering employment, matured advise to solve problems, emergency fund, retirement fund, etc.

12th From Sun

Vashi Yoga & Receipts:

Sun receives energy from these planets and houses. Native therefore acquires the significations of these planets and houses. Also use natural relative significators. Like Venus for wife, mother and women in general etc.

Similarly, connect the significations of houses these planets are placed in 12th from Sun.

Examples:

  • • Sun in 3rd house, Mars in 2nd house, native receives a dilapidated home, gold, emergency fund from parents.
  • • Sun in 5th house, Venus in the 4th house, wife may get a property or a vehicle to the home. If its Libra Venus, it could be the mother-in-law sponsoring major amount of the money for the native's home buying.
  • • Sun in 5th house, Mercury in 6th house of Libra. Native offers help in finding doctor for child, donates money to buy medicines, helps him with contacts (Libra) for business.
  • • Sun in 3rd house, Jupiter in 4th house of Cancer. Native offers excellent advise for siblings, some money for getting married / starting a family, having kids, investing money for their prosperous life.

Always use the Rashi as well. Planets in 2nd from Sun basically take away things from the native in the form of donation. The native will be happy to do so.

Lord Rama's Life and Sun in all 12 houses

Sun in Lagna

Dasharatha - Father:

The Sun indicates the father. Rama's father was waiting since long time for children. Native's father would be waiting for something and after this kid is born, he will get it. If the Sun is afflicted by Saturn or Rahu etc., father may lose a job / livelihood and face difficulties. In case of women, this may happen to the husband in a few years after the marriage. Rama separated from his wife for a short-while. The native may face separation from spouse.

Sun in 2nd

Rama's family:

Rama had multiple mothers. Native may have stepmother. Struggles on prosperity due to step-mother. Always check D-9 and other combinations for checking on step-mother. Rama never had a stable family and family relations. Rama's Money: Rama was born wealthy, lived a poor life in exile during young age after marriage and got back into money later.

Sun in 3rd

Rama's Siblings:

Rama was always helping his siblings and treated every other person he met in a friendly manner like Sugriva, Hanuman etc as his brother. Native will treat a lot of people in his life as brothers - address them like Brother / Bro etc. Always tries to help people out of the way. Rama's Courage / Valor: Rama was very courageous person. Native will be courageous, even if he loses everything, he will have the courage to stand up again.

Sun in 4th

Rama's Mother:

Rama lost his father soon after his marriage. Native may lose his father during youth or father is extremely busy in public life and mother also fulfills the father's role. Sun in 4th house is considered generally bad by many astrologers. However, if the Rashi is not a soft one like Cancer / Taurus and if father is a public figure, then native will get riches and prosperity too besides having an affluent father.

Sun in 5th

Children:

Rama's wife Sita conceived only once and delivered twin babies. In those days, having just 2 children is far too less. Surya Vamsa Kings struggled for having children. Native may not have biological children or may have just 1 child. However, Saptamsa D-7 consideration is important. Rama's Education: Rama was very educated in the gurukul. He was very intelligent. Rama's Love: Rama did not love any one, however married to someone who elders have shown.

Sun in 6th

Rama's Servitude:

Rama helped everyone without considering any one as an enemy. Native will help others to solve their problems like a King (Pro). Rama's Enemy - Ravan: Ravana was extremely powerful, religious, pious and had every good thing in him. However, his lust for other women spoilt him. Native will have all the abilities to excel, but have to be careful in controlling lust. However, D9 combinations, dashas are important to confirm affairs etc.

Sun in 7th

Rama's Wife:

Rama faced separation from wife, lost all kingdom after marriage. Faced difficulty in reunion with her and could not live with Sita happily. However, Sita and Rama are considered as the ideal couple in the world. That is because they have trusted each other very well. Dasaratha had to face issues because of fulfilling the desire of Kaikeyi (his wife), so was Rama, who ran behind the golden deer. Rama's Business: Rama was always considered as lord (or boss) by Sugriva, Hanuman, Lakshman etc whoever partnered with him.

Sun in 8th

Rama's Life Transformation:

Rama's life transformed only after he got married. Native's life will take a big turn after marriage. This can be good or bad depending on other planets. But transformation after marriage is guaranteed. 8th house shows setting Sun, does not auger well for father. This may affect father's life and employment. It can also show that when the native was born, father was living at a distant place. Rama's father died a few days after the marriage of Rama.

Sun in 9th

Rama's Father:

Rama's father was rather silent but was very capable. Native's father will be similar. Native also develops good learning and listening skills, will be studios. Higher Education: Rama had a good higher education, did not mind small things in life. But will keep progressing. Pilgrimages: Rama has visited many pilgrimages and paid respects there. The native will visit a lot of places. Foreign Travel: 9th house Sun is usually a deterrent to foreign settlement.

Sun in 10th

Father's Words: Pitri Vakya PariPalana:

Rama always followed his father's orders. Dasratha promised the kingdom - Rama agreed. Next day, he summoned Rama and asked him to leave to forests, he left without uttering a word. Native follows father's word like a bible. Native wants his father to be happy. Afflictions will prove the opposite. Rama at Office: Rama neglected all personal interests and kept ruling the kingdom for the people. Native shall abide by this, wherever he is working. Selfishness of any sort will bring the native down.

Sun in 11th

Rama's Friends:

Sugriva, Hanuman, Vibhishana and many more have got benefited from Rama and also have helped Rama. At last, Rama was successful because of his partnerships with friendships. However, here Rama has been truthful and stuck to Dharma. Sattvik Deities: Worship of Sattvik Deities is promoted here. Gold and money are earned by the native. Lost gold will be found.

Sun in 12th

Rama's Exile:

1) Rama left the ancestral palace and lived in jungles after marriage. 2) During the exile he always thought about the well-being of his brothers. 3) Bharata was ruling the kingdom in the name of Rama. Issues due to brothers / cousins or their parents is common with this placement. Native is troubled with the doings of these people. Father as well is troubled with respected to the Rasi. If Rasi is uncomfortable for Sun, he suffers a painful death / early death. Native works away from father. Overly Righteous: Many times, native becomes overly righteous and invites problems to face to up keep his overly righteous thinking.

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