Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook - Volume 2: Planets in Signs

DEPTH ASTROLOGY

An Astrological Handbook

Volume 2

Planets in Signs

By

Gargatholil

Corrected and Revised © 2020

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Table of Contents

Sign Placements

Sun

Sun in Aries

Sun in Taurus

Sun in Gemini

Sun in Cancer

Sun in Leo

Sun in Virgo

Sun in Libra

Sun in Scorpio

Sun in Sagittarius

Sun in Capricorn

Sun in Aquarius

Sun in Pisces

Moon

Moon in Aries

Moon in Taurus

Moon in Gemini

Moon in Cancer

Moon in Leo

Moon in Virgo

Moon in Libra

Moon in Scorpio

Moon in Sagittarius

Moon in Capricorn

Moon in Aquarius

Moon in Pisces

Ascendant

Ascendant in Aries

Ascendant in Taurus

Ascendant in Gemini

Ascendant in Cancer

Ascendant in Leo

Ascendant in Virgo

Ascendant in Libra

Ascendant in Scorpio

Ascendant in Sagittarius

Ascendant in Capricorn

Ascendant in Aquarius

Ascendant in Pisces

Mercury

Mercury in Aries

Mercury in Taurus

Mercury in Gemini

Mercury in Cancer

Mercury in Leo

Mercury in Virgo

Mercury in Libra

Mercury in Scorpio

Mercury in Sagittarius

Mercury in Capricorn

Mercury in Aquarius

Mercury in Pisces

Venus

Venus in Aries

Venus in Taurus

Venus in Gemini

Venus in Cancer

Venus in Leo

Venus in Virgo

Venus in Libra

Venus in Scorpio

Venus in Sagittarius

Venus in Capricorn

Venus in Aquarius

Venus in Pisces

Mars

Mars in Aries

Mars in Taurus

Mars in Gemini

Mars in Cancer

Mars in Leo

Mars in Virgo

Mars in Libra

Mars in Scorpio

Mars in Sagittarius

Mars in Capricorn

Mars in Aquarius

Mars in Pisces

Jupiter

Jupiter in Aries

Jupiter in Taurus

Jupiter in Gemini

Jupiter in Cancer

Jupiter in Leo

Jupiter in Virgo

Jupiter in Libra

Jupiter in Scorpio

Jupiter in Sagittarius

Jupiter in Capricorn

Jupiter in Aquarius

Jupiter in Pisces

Saturn

Saturn in Aries

Saturn in Taurus

Saturn in Gemini

Saturn in Cancer

Saturn in Leo

Saturn in Virgo

Saturn in Libra

Saturn in Scorpio

Saturn in Sagittarius

Saturn in Capricorn

Saturn in Aquarius

Saturn in Pisces

Uranus

Uranus in Aries

Uranus in Taurus

Uranus in Gemini

Uranus in Cancer

Uranus in Leo

Uranus in Virgo

Uranus in Libra

Uranus in Scorpio

Uranus in Sagittarius

Uranus in Capricorn

Uranus in Aquarius

Uranus in Pisces

Neptune

Neptune in Cancer

Neptune in Leo

Neptune in Virgo

Neptune in Libra

Neptune in Scorpio

Neptune in Sagittarius

Neptune in Capricorn

Neptune in Aquarius

Neptune in Pisces

Pluto

Pluto in Gemini

Pluto in Cancer

Pluto in Leo

Pluto in Virgo

Pluto in Libra

Pluto in Scorpio

Pluto in Sagittarius

Pluto in Capricorn

Moon’s Nodes

Aries-Libra

Taurus-Scorpio

Gemini-Sagittarius

Cancer-Capricorn

Leo-Aquarius

Virgo-Pisces

Libra-Aries

Scorpio-Taurus

Sagittarius-Gamini

Capricorn-Cancer

Aquarius-Leo

Pisces-Virgo

Part of Fortune

The Part of Fortune in Aries

The Part of Fortune in Taurus

The Part of Fortune in Gemini

The Part of Fortune in Cancer

The Part of Fortune in Leo

The Part of Fortune in Virgo

The Part of Fortune in Libra

The Part of Fortune in Scorpio

The Part of Fortune in Sagittarius

The Part of Fortune in Capricorn

The Part of Fortune in Aquarius

The Part of Fortune in Pisces

Midheaven

Midheaven in Aries

Midheaven in Taurus

Midheaven in Gemini

Midheaven in Cancer

Midheaven in Leo

Midheaven in Virgo

Midheaven in Libra

Midheaven in Scorpio

Midheaven in Sagittarius

Midheaven in Capricorn

Midheaven in Aquarius

Midheaven in Pisces

SUN SIGN PLACEMENTS

Sun in Aries

Emerging Self-Identity

The Sun’s placement in Aries suggests that you have a strong and basic need to Be. Self-identity as a confirmation of your existence is likely to be a primal issue for you. Your need to feel yourself in existence and to experience yourself as a separate, autonomous being is often associated with a need to act to affirm self-identity. By acting, you assert your existence and your selfhood in the world. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Sun in Aries are the result of your need to affirm your existence as an independent identity.

For the person with Sun in Aries, it may be said, You are what you do. Your sense of self tends to be associated with your capacity to act and with how you use that capacity. Your choice of actions springs from your self-concept. Thus, your actions--what you do in the world--both define your selfhood and are an expression of your self-identity.

The placement of Sun in Aries is generally seen as harmonious. This is symbolized by the natural trine existing between Aries and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun. Aries is the cardinal fire sign. The fire element of Aries is in harmony with the fiery nature of the Sun. Aries’ cardinality lends an active force to the fire energy. If there is any danger in this placement, it is in the overabundance of fire, spurred on to rush forward.

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Aries suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Aries qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Quick, alert - Hasty, impatient

Leader - Domineering

Intuitively acting - Impulsive

Courageous - Foolhardy

Enthusiastic, genuine - Boisterous, naive

Self-aware - Self-centered

Assertive - Belligerent

Independent - Headstrong

Challenge-inspired - Danger-seeking

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Aries is in a state of innocent ecstasy of Being. It is said, Self-realization is prelude to God-realization. Unencumbering yourself of layers of illusion, you have realized your True Selfhood. This was prefaced, necessarily, by the realization that the self is not the ego. Seeing that the ego is an obstruction to Innocence and true Freedom, you have abandoned it and treat it as an enemy. Taking up arms against the ego, you have fought it valiantly. As a result, your actions have become selfless. If you have been placed in a position of leadership, you are able to lead egolessly. Only in this way can you experience your True Being.

Insecurity

Being insecure with Sun in Aries, you are constantly asking yourself, Am I real yet? Not knowing what Reality is, how can you answer this question? The I that you refer to is the ego, which can never be real. Therefore, you have a deep and unfulfilled need to constantly prove yourself in order to establish your identity. Nothing is ever enough, of course, to sufficiently affirm your existential identity and, so, your attempts may become more and more aggressive or obnoxious. If you are blocked by anyone, you consider this a personal affront and a challenge to your existence. Your actions are motivated by your existential dread as you blindly push your way through life.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Aries aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet may be infused with energy. You may also experience a will to act focused on the function symbolized by the aspected planet. This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Aries is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect your energy and will to act. Your attitude and sense of your essential self-identity may also be affected. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Taurus

Identity Is Derived from Possessions and Resources

The Sun’s placement in Taurus suggests that you have a need for physical and material security. This need often manifests itself as a need to acquire things in order to affirm your self-identity. You tend to feel that the more you have, the more worthy you are. Having things also gives you a greater feeling of material and physical security, of course. The more secure you are, the more substantial your selfhood feels. Your need to acquire may also be accompanied by a strong need to conserve, since keeping what you have is equally important for your self-esteem and sense of security. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated Sun in Taurus are the result of your need to endure comfortably.

For the person with Sun in Taurus, it may be said, You are what you have. Your sense of self tends to be associated with your capacity to acquire and possess. Generally, the more you possess, the more secure you feel and the more substantial you feel. Your self-identity tends to be a reflection of those things that you have acquired or, seen from another viewpoint, you tend to acquire those things that reflect your identity and, therefore, what you have reflects who you are. It may be more difficult for you to have a positive self-image if you do not have much in the way of material possessions. If this is the case, you may compensate either by comparing yourself to a lower standard, being content with what you have or redefining wealth to focus on intangible or spiritual values. Conversely, if you have much, it is easier for you to succumb to the illusion that abundance is a sign of greater self-worth.

The placement of Sun in Taurus may be problematic in some instances. This is symbolized by the natural square existing between Taurus and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun. Taurus is the fixed earth sign. Fixed earth can symbolically smother the energy of the Sun. The heavy fixed earth energy tends to weigh down or block the fiery energy associated with the Sun. The Sun’s naturally active energy must operate in a slower environment. The result of this blockage or slowing of energy may manifest as dullness. On the other hand, there are opportunities inherent in the Sun-Taurus placement to enhance the organic aspect of life. Allow the Sun to nourish your garden and your garden will grow. It is your choice as to what the garden of your personhood grows. Its fruits may be external or yours may be an interior garden. Slow and steady nurturing and growth can lead to happiness and fulfillment.

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Taurus suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Taurus qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Slow and steady – Sluggish, lazy

Determined, devoted - Stubborn

Caring and nurturing of the environment - Possessive, greedy

Stable, supportive - Rigid, stick-in-the-mud

Cautious, judicious - narrow minded, afraid of change

Earth-loving, fully aware through the senses – Sensually indulgent

Practical - Unimaginative

Creative (physically) – Materialistic

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Taurus is full enjoyment of the Here and Now, without attachment. It is your level of detachment from this illusory, material world that frees you from the bondage of possessiveness and insecurity. From a transcendent perspective, you see that everything has value and beauty. You also realize that nothing is yours, for you (the ego) yourself are not real. Everything is Divine Gift. Knowing this, you freely give of the bounty that has been entrusted to you. This bounty is unlimited, once you are truly free. One who has all, possesses nothing, for what need have you anymore of possessions?

Insecurity

As someone with Sun in Taurus, your worst fear is likely to be that everything you have may be taken away. Since you are insecure about your own identity and even, subconsciously, the reality of your existence, you feel that you are nobody without your possessions. Therefore, you cling to what you have, whether these are things, people or qualities. You become very defensive if you feel your possessions are threatened and your bullish reaction can be sudden and violent. You are also capable of digging in your heals with incredible stubbornness and, while you may present a firm front, your stubbornness is really motivated by fear.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Taurus aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet may become subject to inertia. You may experience a slowing down of the planetary function. The function symbolized by the aspected planet may also be strengthened. This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Taurus is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect stability and sense of enduringness felt by the person with Sun in Taurus, particularly with respect to self-identity. Your attitudes toward and/or mode of possessing may also be affected. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Gemini

Multi-faceted Self-identity

The Sun’s placement in Gemini suggests that you have a need for change and variety in your life. Your need for change and diversity is often driven by a need to acquire new experiences in order to affirm your self-identity. You tend to experience, not by acting, but by learning and knowing. Knowing things and having a wide variety of experiences generally enriches your self-esteem. You tend to see yourself as someone who is versatile, who knows about or knows how to do a lot of things. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with this placement are the result of your need for stimulating variety. If you are not exposed to changing stimuli, you are likely to feel bored and dull.

For the person with Sun in Gemini, it may be said, You are what you know. Knowing does not always have to be intellectual knowledge. It can be the knowledge of the world gained by varied experiences or simple know-how. Your selfhood is often identified by what you know and how much you know. For this reason, you are inclined to talk about what you know in order to communicate your worth to others. Talking to others is also a way that you gather knowledge and facts. If you are insecure, you may feel stupid, dull or limited. Generally, the more varied the knowledge and experience you have, the higher your self-esteem will be.

Sun in Gemini is generally seen as an easy placement. This is symbolized by the natural sextile existing between Gemini and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun. Gemini is the mutable air sign. Mutable air symbolically allows the radiant energy associated with the Sun to spread in all directions. Figuratively, your psychological weather is often like a clear, cloudless day. You can see for miles and miles, but you are not inclined to probe beyond the surface that is visible. You generally feel no need to do this because there is so much available for you to experience all around you. Air is associated with mental energy and with communication, both of which tend to be an important part of your character and self-identity. The constantly changing quality associated with mutability is very conducive to satisfying your need to know about things, since this quality allows you to shift from one object to another with ease.

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Gemini suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Gemini qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Quick, alert - Frenetic, impatient

Multi-talented, versatile - Scattered, over-extended

Mental, emotionally cool - Aloof, uninvolved

Friendly, conversational - Social butterfly, incessantly talkative

Freedom loving - Uncommitted

Widely knowledgeable - Superficially opinionated

Light-hearted - Silly, immature

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Gemini is free of binding attachments, but wise and responsible. You have used your mental abilities to pierce the illusion of the world. You have not done this by deep pondering, but by lightly perceiving the wonderful interconnections that everything makes with everything else. You see the ever-changing tapestry of experience and existence and you have concluded that there is nothing worth getting attached to. Figuratively, you are skating on the surface of the world, while at the same time respecting each and every part of it. This is the wisdom of loving non-attachment, as opposed to selfish and irresponsible lack of commitment. In your wisdom and Real Knowledge, you have become a Universal Child of Light. Be Here Now!* is what you ecstatically proclaim.

*Baba Ram Das

Insecurity

As someone with Sun in Gemini, your worst fear is likely to be the fear of being committed. Commitment, for you, means stagnation and being bound and restricted. Commitment prevents you from changing whenever and however you want. You think that, If I stop changing, I’ll be trapped. Being trapped and hemmed in feels like death to your ego, which must be fed with the illusion that you are free, master of your destiny and can do anything you want to do. Therefore, you react negatively to any threat of being tied down or committed to anything or anyone. Leave me alone! is a common response if you feel that someone or some situation is laying claims on you or saddling you with responsibility. Of course, because you are such a social being and you need the mental stimulation of human society, you do not really want to be alone, just free of responsibility and commitment.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Gemini aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet tends to be stimulated, often with mental energy. You may also experience a lightening up of the planetary function. This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Gemini is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect the mental and communicative qualities associated with the person with Sun in Gemini’s self-identity. How you explore the world may also be affected, as well as your attitudes toward commitment or the value of knowledge and experience. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Cancer

Emotionally Conditioned Self-identity

The Sun’s placement in Cancer suggests that you have a need for rootedness in order to experience emotional security and well-being. Your need for emotional security often manifests itself as a need to nurture and to be nurtured in order to affirm your self-identity. Nurturing is most easily experienced in a sheltered, familiar environment and most people find this type of environment in the home and with family. Here, emotional bonds are likely to be strong and friendly. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with this placement are the result of your emotional needs.

For the person with Sun in Cancer, it may be said, You are what you feel. Your being is often so identified with your feelings that sometimes it is as if you are those feelings. What you are feeling at any particular moment is likely to be the most important determinant of who you are. Since moods and feelings are so changeable, your sense of your self and your character are also liable to change. You may not even perceive this for, if you are living in the moment of your feeling self, you may be so completely engulfed by your feelings that it is as if you have always been in that state, whatever that state may be.

Generally, however, your selfhood will not be so ephemeral as to be a captive of your momentary moods. For your feelings do not occur in isolation, but are produced from a matrix of those feelings and reactions you have experienced in the past. In fact, the conditioning of the past is generally quite significant in determining your present feelings. It may, therefore, also be said of you, You are the sum of the impressions of past experience.

The placement of the Sun in Cancer can be useful or problematic. This is symbolized by the natural semi-sextile existing between Cancer and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun. Cancer is the cardinal water sign. Cardinal water symbolically softens the fiery energy associated with the Sun. This softening can produce feelings of compassion and humility, resulting in a warm and caring character. Water, however, may also overwhelm fire. If this occurs, then it is your emotions that rule you, rather than you harnessing your emotions to motivate action. Water also threatens to drown fire, symbolizing the threat to your ego from an excess of empathy. This threat may prompt the ego to undertake defensive measures that produce negative effects on your character and personality.

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Cancer suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Cancer qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Nurturing - Over-protective

Emotionally in tune - Moody

Sensitive - Emotionally vulnerable

Intuitive, deep - Withdrawn, shy

Sentimental - Maudlin

Traditional - Bound by the past

Family-centered - Dominated by parental ghosts, consumed with serving others (no life of your own)

Domestic - Sheltered

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Cancer is liberated from the past and all conditioning. You have done this by freeing yourself from the demands of your ego. Turning a deaf ear to the promptings of the ego has allowed you to cease emotionally reacting to cues and promptings that are rooted in the past and have no reality in the present. Being free from your conditionings has resulted in your feeling a deep quietude. Free from the bondage of your ego, your need for self-gratifying nurturing (whether as giver or receiver) has been replaced by unselfish caring. You now truly feel, We are one eternal Family and your actions reflect this.

Insecurity

As someone with Sun in Cancer, your worst fear is likely to be the fear of being hurt by others. With your ego at center stage, you are so emotionally sensitive that any slight is felt as a blow. In reality, you are so insecure in your selfhood (knowing subconsciously the untenableness of the ego) that you cannot stand any attack on your ego, no matter how small or unintended. Your insecurity also prompts you to shut yourself in and erect formidable barriers to protect yourself from the outside world. Your mind reasons, By exposing my real self, I become vulnerable. Therefore, your real self is kept hidden and you operate solely through a hardened persona.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Cancer aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet may shine with warmth and emotion. This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Cancer is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect the emotional aspect of the person with Sun in Cancer’s self-identity. How you deal with your conditioning may also be affected. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Leo

Experience of Self-identity as Persona

The Sun’s placement in Leo suggests that you have a need for recognition and appreciation. This often manifests as a need to attract attention to yourself in order to affirm your self-identity. This may be positively or negatively played out. The positive acting out of this need includes all kinds of creative pursuits. You may feel driven to express yourself and, consciously or subconsciously, your creations become an expression and reflection of your persona. Alternatively, you may engage in simply calling attention to yourself by any means possible, including outrageous or anti-social behavior. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with this placement are the result of your need for self-expression and attention.

For the person with Sun in Leo, it may be said, You are the role you play. Often, it is easy for you to confuse self and persona, taking your persona to be your actual true self. Although most people, in actuality, live life through their persona and do not think about their true self, in you this tendency is likely to be even stronger. Your persona and how it is received is apt to be very important to you. It may be difficult for you to separate yourself from the role that you are playing in this life.

The placement of the Sun in Leo is generally seen as favorable, since Leo is ruled by the Sun. This tends to create a very strong sense of being and selfhood. The qualities associated with Leo offer the existential self an optimum mechanism with which to project itself and take on coloring and form in the world. Leo is the fixed fire sign. Fixed fire is the natural element through which the fire energy of the Sun can express itself. The fixity of Leo gives this element strength and presence. Thus, unless the Sun is faced with difficult aspects or placements otherwise, or you are operating at a level of consciousness from which insecurity is inescapable, having Sun in Leo symbolizes a strong personality and sense of self.

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Leo suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Leo qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Creative - Controlling

Expressive - Ostentatious

Dramatic - Flamboyant

Regal, powerful - Authoritarian, bossy

Self-confident - Self-centered, self-conscious

Emotionally warm - Intense, quick tempered

Loyal - Cliquish

Generous - Paternalistic

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Leo has come to know the world is truly but a stage. Thus, you are unattached to the role you play. Whatever that role may be, you shine on everyone and you let God’s light be reflected through you. You have attained true nobility and high character. All of the good and noble qualities are expressed through your persona, but you do not claim any of these attributes as yours, knowing that they are gifts from the Divine. Having transcended the realm of the ego, you heartily agree when it is said, as in the Incredible String Band song, Maya, to joyfully play your role in life’s drama.

Insecurity

As someone with Sun in Leo, your worst fear is likely to be the fear of personal rejection. Consciously or subconsciously, you think, Maybe, no one will like me. Worse yet, maybe, no one will notice me. Therefore, all of your concern is with the impression you will make on others. You may put on a bravado show to mask the insecurity that you feel. Or, you may be so insecure about your likeability that you hide yourself, demur to others’ wishes and act more like a meek mouse than a lion. At the extreme of insecurity, you may see that no one is noticing you and, since you must have attention to feed your existential insecurity, you act obnoxiously in order to get at least some degree of attention, even if it is negative.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Leo aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet may be imbued with powerful, creative energy. This function may also be activated to express itself strongly through your persona. This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Leo is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect the self-expressiveness and sense of inner security felt about the person with Sun in Leo’s self-identity. Your attitude toward and conception of your persona may also be affected. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Virgo

Self-examining identity

The Sun’s placement in Virgo suggests that you have a need for perfection. This often manifests as a need to improve the things around you in order to affirm your self-identity. You have a need to feel that you are as perfect as you can be. The more you see perfection reflected in the things around you, the more perfect you feel inside. Conversely, the more you see perfection lacking in the things around you, the more this subconsciously reflects on your own imperfections. It is as if the external world is a mirror for your own essence. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with this placement are the result of your drive toward perfection.

For the person with Sun in Virgo, it may be said, You are as you measure yourself. Because you see perfection as the touchstone validating your existence and self-identity, you are constantly examining both yourself and your environment to judge the extent to which you have achieved that state of perfection and how much you need to improve. The extent to which you engage in self-examination rather than criticism depends upon your awareness and sense of self-responsibility.

The placement of the Sun in Virgo can be useful or problematic. This is symbolized by the natural semi-sextile existing between Virgo and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun. Virgo is the mutable earth sign. Mutable earth may, like the dust, symbolically obscure the light of the Sun. The Sun’s natural energy is not able to reach through the blanketing particulars that obstruct it. Coolness is the result. This coolness may manifest as a lack of enthusiasm and energy or as level-headedness and objectivity. Seen from a different angle of vision, however, the Sun figuratively illuminates each grain of the Virgoan dust. Thus, everything is seen in remarkable detail and clarity. The light of knowledge shines on your external and internal perceptions, allowing you to discriminate and distinguish between the good and the bad, the useful and the superfluous, the more perfect and the less perfect.

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Virgo suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Virgo qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Self-improving - Perfectionist

Self-examining - Critical of others, self-deprecating

Proper, moral, high standards - Prudish, self-righteous

Practical - Unimaginative

Systematic - Rigid, routinized

Discriminating - Picky

Analytical - Incapable of taking bold action

Detail-oriented - Nit-picking

Reserved - Cold emotionally

Service-oriented - Slavish

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Virgo leads an examined life, thus moving ever onward toward the goal of Perfection. The task of self-examination is not easy, because it must be accompanied by repentance. Realizing the imperfect state in which you reside, you develop true humility. You see that the state of Perfection is something different than the imperfection that is the unalterable state of the ego. Therefore, you give up this ego. You refine your character until there is nothing left of you and the Divine Perfection pours in. Serving others becomes your life’s work. Seeing your own faults, you are compassionate toward other’s faults. Saintly in character; servant to all may truly be spoken about you.

Insecurity

As someone with Sun in Virgo, your worst fear is probably that of your own imperfection. Since you are not perfect, your fear must be confirmed, whether you realize it or not. You do not realize or accept that imperfection is the natural state of the world and of humanity. You reason, consciously or subconsciously If I am not perfect, the world is not perfect. If the world is not perfect, things are bound to go wrong.

Your fear of things going wrong is accompanied by your fear of being blamed. In your insecurity, you assume that you are at fault. You may react by trying to hide and avoid responsibility, or you may try to protect your ego by shifting the responsibility onto others, often through criticism and back-biting.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Virgo aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet may experience an analytical light that is shed on its purview. This is likely to encourage a realistic or practical approach to be undertaken with respect to the function symbolized by the aspected planet. This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Virgo is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect the person with Sun in Virgo’s self-awareness. Your attitude toward and reaction to imperfection may also be affected. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Libra

Experience of Self-identity as a Self-and-Other Balance

The Sun’s placement in Libra suggests that you have a need for harmony and balance, particularly in your external environment. If you are able to create and sustain harmony and balance externally, you will generally feel secure and at peace within yourself. Your desire for external harmony and balance often manifests itself as a desire to please others. Your desire to please is associated with another, related, need that is common among those with Sun in Libra.

This is the need to be in a relationship in order to affirm your self-identity. Because you are dependent on feedback from your external environment in order to feel inwardly secure and validated, you tend to seek secure and fulfilling relationships in order to always have this feedback accessible. Your attitude of dependency on the external also creates this mental and emotional habit, which is easily fulfilled within a relationship. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with this placement are the result of your need for to be engaged in a self-validating relationship and, more generally, to see yourself positively in others’ reactions to you.

For the person with Sun in Libra, it may be said, You are the company you keep. This may be said, not only because you may be judged by the company that you keep, but also because of your susceptibility to the influence of others. You are more likely than most to take on the characteristics of those with whom you relate. Thus, if your relations are with those who are peaceful and harmonious, you are inclined to be happy and feel in balance and harmony yourself. If, however, your relationships are contentious or with people who display negative character, you are likely to be always out of balance and disgruntled.

The placement of the Sun in Libra can be harmonious or problematic. Much is symbolized by the inherent opposition in the natural horoscope between Libra and Aries. This opposition symbolizes the self-other issues that those with Sun in Libra are likely to wrestle with, or at least be affected by, throughout life. On the other hand, Sun in Libra carries much potential for peace and harmony, as symbolized by the natural sextile existing between Libra and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun.

Libra is the cardinal air sign. Cardinal air symbolically diffuses the rays of the Sun (your personal attributes and qualities of your Being) until these rays are eventually reflected back to you by the objective world. The air element also gives you a strong social orientation. You tend to have a mental orientation, as well, and you may be more apt to mentally perceive another’s reaction to you than to emotionally feel it (although your perception often causes an emotional response).

Qualities on Positive-Negative Continuum

The Sun’s placement in Libra suggests that there are certain personality characteristics and qualities with which you identify. Typical Sun-Libra qualities are listed below, with positive qualities listed first and their more negative, or dysfunctional counterparts listed afterward.

Balanced - Tepid

Harmony-seeking, considerate of others - Obsequious

Sensitive to relationships, desiring to be in a relationship - Dependent

Seeing both points of view - Indecisive

Mental - Overly analytical

Considerate of others’ opinions - Image conscious, conventional

Aesthetic - Superficially concerned with beauty and appearance

Sense of fairness - Judgmental

Transcendent Potential

At the transcendent level, the person with Sun in Libra achieves an inner balance, which leads to inner peace and harmony. This is the Real Peace. However, in order to experience this Peace, you must end your dependency on others’ perceptions and reactions to you. You must find your own center. In finding your center, you must not lose touch with your relationships with others. Living in balance and equipoise, you are aware of your relationship with all beings in the Universe. You know with a certainty that all have God within, as do you. Therefore, you treat each and everyone you meet with kindness and this is especially true of your primary relationships. Realizing this, you can joyfully sing tha everybody is a part of everybody and be happy in just letting yourself Be. (c.f. Donovan Leich, Happiness Runs).

Insecurity

As someone with Sun in Libra, your worst fear is probably that you are not pleasing others. You are so insecure in your own selfhood, that you are likely to say to yourself, I have no self-worth without others’ approval. Out of fear, you can debase yourself and abjectly enslave yourself to others’ opinions. You have no sense of the integrity of your own self-hood and tend to do, say, feel and think as others would have you, or as you think others would have you. Your only aim is to validate yourself by pleasing others and securing their approval.

Aspecting influence

When Sun in Libra aspects the inner planets, the function symbolized by the aspected planet may experience an enhanced sense of harmony and greater balance. It may also be brought to bear on your relationship(s). This may be helpful or problematic, depending on the particular aspect involved.

Aspected

When the Sun in Libra is aspected by outer planets, this is likely to affect the person with Sun in Libra’s sense of self-identity as formed by relationships. Your relationships themselves and your attitude toward relationship may also be affected. Depending upon the aspecting planet and the aspect, you may be encouraged or challenged.

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Sun in Scorpio

Experience of Self-identity as Self Related to Power

The Sun’s placement in Scorpio suggests that you have a need for emotional security in order to feel secure in your identity. This generally manifests itself as a need to control and, therefore, a need to feel that you are powerful. The exercise of power is likely to be important to you in order to validate your self-worth.

Alternatively, you may feel a need to transform your self-identity. Generally, the transformation that you seek will prove to you that you are in control of yourself. This need for self-transformation may originate from a feeling of being out-of-control. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with this placement are the result of your need to feel secure and in control of yourself.

For the person with Sun in Scorpio, it may be said, You are what you focus your energy toward. Focusing your energy brings power and control over what is focused on. Being able to control what you direct your energies toward brings you a sense of security. Identifying what your energy is focused toward will tell you much about who you are and how you define yourself.

The placement of the Sun in Scorpio can be problematic. This is symbolized by the square existing between Scorpio and Leo, which is ruled by the Sun. Scorpio is the fixed water sign. Fixed water symbolically pulls the Sun’s light deep into its pool, where it can be hidden and/or more easily controlled.

You may have a difficult time finding or expressing yourself. Within