Demystifying Astrology: What Does It Mean If My Sun Is In One Sign But I Have A Lot Of Planets In Another Sign?
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“My mom is a Taurus but all of the rest of her planets appear in Aquarius. Does this make her “more Aquarius then Taurus?”
Not really. You could say that and many astrologers would but before you do, you should understand exactly what you’re saying. This would be like taking a telephone poll and tying ribbons all over and then concluding it was a ribbon not a telephone pole!
The Sun sign is the Sun sign no matter what. To be vitally alive and shine in this world a person must express the energy of their Sun.
I don’t care if there are 5 planets in Scorpio or Gemini or whatever. This is not going to dim the SUN. Even if your Sun is in a dark place, you are to light that dark place with your solar energy.
Theoretically, you could have a bunch of planets in some inverted sign in an inverted house but if your Sun is in Leo in the 10th house, you are going to shine as an authority figure. So if this were the case, would you be considered an inverted person? No. You would be a shiny authority figure with some secrets or some other complexity.
Never discount the Sun in a person’s chart and while you’re at it don’t let people discount yours either. To deny the Sun’s energy = massive dysfunction.
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21 Responses to “Demystifying Astrology: What Does It Mean If My Sun Is In One Sign But I Have A Lot Of Planets In Another Sign?”
Just have to say the Teletubbies sun made me smile - this was one of my daughters favorite shows 
I agree - most people I know, no matter where the rest of their planets are, they all strongly exhibit traits of their sun sign.
That ribbon/telephone pole analogy is pretty damn good.
This is a good question. It’s something I’d always wondered about, too.
Eh, I wouldn’t discount the sun, but I would say the person might be just as Aquarian as they are Taurean in a sense. (Then again, I also tend to say this about rising signs and the moon.) It is still a huge emphasis on the personality. It’s another heavy side. So basically I am saying, don’t discount either!
That said, I know someone who’s a Sag sun but has all her planets in Capricorn. That may be her Sun sign, but it’s gotta be hard for freewheeling Sag sun to peek out through all the HARD WORK Cap emphasis, you know?
Jennifer, what you say seemingly makes sense but based on 35 years of observation, I’m sticking with my story.
Let’s just say, I’ve never met anyone in my life where the Sun sign is not readily apparent. You just can’t ignore a blindingly bright Sun… or put more succinctly, *I* cannot ignore a blindingly bright Sun.
In the case you offer there, from my perspective that person is a Sadge and I don’t care what their baggage or burden is, they are still a Sadge. A conservative Sadge? Fine, but still a SADGE.
The Sun, the Sun, the Sun, the Sun, it should not be ignored, that bright shiny PROMINENT thing there on which the life depends.
I love the ribbon/telephone pole analogy… thanks for that. It explains why my heavily Scorpio Libra son tries really hard to see both sides of everything and why I, being a heavily Aquarian and heavily 10th house Piscean, still sacrifice my own wants and needs constantly.
My daughter is Aries Sun/Sadge Moon with major Cancer in her chart… I keep telling her to stop hiding in her shell and let her fire out but some days she just can’t… or won’t.
I read somewhere that if you were born after the sun went down that your moon sign took prominence. anyone else heard that? poppycock? something to it? I’m thinking it might be more prominent than usual but not overriding.
is that the teletubbies sun?
I wonder if this is why, (when one persons Venus or Jupiter hits the other ones sun in a friendly aspect with a close orb), why those people stay together longer and feel like ’shiny happy people’ in one anothers presence.
Satori, I have never read that theory! Anyway, I am a big fan of both sun and moon equal in importance, but that is my Vedic training coming through also. But I totally agree that the sun is central and with Sun in Tau in the 2nd, you can believe it’s true that if I don’t have financial security it is difficult for me to focus on anything else. When I do have it, then I can entertain and amuse all my other astro-placements.
How very topical! I just drew up a chart for a new family member born just this morning. Of course, Aquarius is FULL. But, at the time of the birth, the Sun had just moved into Pisces (0 degrees 1′35″). I was just wondering if all the planets in Aquarius and being born on the cusp would overshadown his Pisces Sun.
I guess this is why a Sun/Saturn conjunction is hard to process early in life, because there is such a dampening of the life energy and creativity, that unless harnessed by other planets (or other people in the surroundings telling them they’re doing fine), is hard to come out.
Of course, as usual with Saturn, one learns eventually.
I have sun in Leo 10th house…and I like the sound of that!
“Shiny authority figure with some secrets…”
I have the shiny down, and the secrets too; but, I have yet to be authoritive, even with a Cappy moon. Perhaps when I start teaching I might actually be good at it =)
Very encouraging.
Thanks for this post. Sometimes I have doubted my Sun and its impact on me, because a lot of people keep telling me that I don’t seem like a Sagittarian at all. But what do they know?
I mean, what the heck, I love travelling, I love philosophy, I’m independent and freedom-loving. Isn’t that quite Sagittarian? It just might not be obvious to people who don’t truly know me, because it’s none of their business Besides, I gather the feeling that a lot of people see in me things that they WANT to see, not things that are actually there.
I right with you Marge! I am a Sadge even though people people think that I am not. Just because I am a bit reserved with a quite voice. But boy do I have opinions and totally passionate about everything! Who is sometimes clumsy verbally and physically!!
My niece loved the Teletubbies, especially that sun. We had to turn it off before the very end because she would always cry when she saw the sun go down.
Great post.
I agree with Elsa. I see it like a color wheel where the sun is the brightest and the other colors blend and meld but that one is the brightest.
Teletubbies! Haven’t seen them in a while, they were (are?) very trippy.
I have heard from an astrologer I respect that the Sun is where we come from and our Rising Sign is where we are headed. Hmmm.
I feel like my sun (Capricorn) in its many traits (stodginess, spirituality, does not like changes), but equally feel like my rising, Libra, undecided and not particularly ambitious.
Never lived up to the proverbial work your ass off, climb the mountain, ambition, although always tried to do my best at everything, but seriously would rather go out for a run on the beach than nose to the grindstone.
Only now, when I should be starting to be retired, am I forgoing pleasure for commitment, so maybe my guy had it backwards?
I love your perspective Elsa. It makes perfect sense. A good friend has her Sun in Virgo and a stellium — virtually all other major planets — in Libra. She is a bit more charming and indecisive than most Virgos I know, for better or for worse, but she still “shines” like only a Virgo Sun can.
This is excellent–and the telephone pole analogy is easy to understand. What drew me was that cute Teletubbies sun!! I used to watch that with my babies as well, and always loved it when that cute little giggling sun came up.
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Wow this is awesome. Great clarification. That’s exactly what I did was discount the energy but stepping back the main thing others see in my mom is a materialistic life. The aquarian “dry and quirky” probably comes through more to those of us close. Very important to recognize, thanks!