The Sun in Leo part three, The Sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

“For who in this most beautiful of temples would put this lamp in any other or better place than the one from which it can illuminate everything at the same time? Aptly indeed is be named by some the lantern of the universe, by others the mind, by others the ruler. Trismegistus called him the visible God, watcher over all things. This indeed the Sun as if seated on a royal throne governs his household of Stars as they circle around.”

 

NICHOLAUS COPERNICUS

                                                        Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres

 

Last week, we dove into the energetic power of Leo by first understanding its fixed nature, and its fire nature. Today, we embark on its ruler, the Sun.

The Sun is the nucleus of our universe. He is the all-knowing atman, the spiritual center, the giver of life and vitality.  He is the central organizing principle of organic existence. His powerful, expansive, life-giving, light-generating, love-bearing energy is the mainstay of life and the power of manifestation in action. Life would be impossible without it. The sun provides the energy which allows everything to prosper and grow to its full potential.  

He is love, light, vitality, and life itself, ever calling forms into existence.

Since the beginning of recorded time, the sun has symbolized the personification of God- he represents the primal fount of existence, the divine spark, the central spiritual figure signifying spiritual potency and creative power. The Sun-Gods were all powerful, central deities in their pantheon, the giver of life.

 

“This divine and wholly beautiful universe, from the highest vault of heaven to the lowest limit of the earth, is held together by continuous providence of the god, has existed from eternity, un-generated, is imperishable for all time to come, and is guarded immediately by nothing else that the fifth substance whose culmination is the beams of the Sun”

Levi Rowland

The Art Cosmic

 

His energy changes with the seasons and those cycles dictate the eternal cycle of birth-death-regeneration and rebirth.

According to Remi Namjoshi, in Before your Future, We are each on a hero’s journey to uncover the physical, astral, and causal layers. (Conscious, unconscious, subconscious)

The physical layer is the body and consciousness; built by the food we eat, air we breathe and water we drink and is sustained by the physical senses. This layer is the easiest to influence, our biological body is a function of what we eat and drink, how well we sleep and exercise.

The Astral Layer includes the mind and its memories, built upon impressions, sights, sounds and all the ideas we digest. This is the unconscious layer; modified by altering the sensual impressions and ideas we consume.

The Causal Layer is the accumulated karma subconsciously reflected through deeply ingrained patterns of behavior or samskara in Vedic texts. This is the Layer of the Soul; influenced by the natal chart and current planetary positions.

The Final layer is the true self or atman. The original essence; transcending and including the others. This layer could be considered virginal; forever untouched and pure.  It represents the unlimited potential of the hero in each of us.

Each layer interacts with and is affected by the others.

In the Vedic Astrology, the universe starts true self (atman) which is determined by the Sun’s position in the natal chart.

The sun can show us the type of energy which will allow us to stay focused and sustains us to stay the course. He challenges us, tests our resolve and urges us to take positions of power and responsibility. He asks if we have the intestinal fortitude to withstand the pressure or break under its weight. He is associated with fiery nature and represents courage, valor, commanding presence, boldness and fortitude. He provides intelligence, intuition, discernment to take daring, directed action to fulfill our urges, becoming agents of his solar influence.

In Ayurveda, the Sun is associated with fire or pitta – a strong pitta is essential to the fortitude and courage required to seek out our purpose and unique sense expression. The sun shows us our Dharma – the correct path to prosper and actualize. It illuminates the grand parts of ourselves. The part destined for greatness.

His psychology is conscientious, prideful, courageous, ambitious, magnanimous and noble. He represents self-esteem, individuality, basic urges, internal motivation and libido. He drives our dopamine seeking behavior. He is the energy of the psyche.

In the human body, the sun has chief control of the organs which express man’s higher nature as creator. He represents the heart, upper back, spleen and vital etheric fluid (Cerebrospinal fluid and bone marrow.) He is the nucleus of life and our human cells. He represents the cerebrum and part of the brain stem, ruling the circulatory system and vision. He is also associated with vitamins A & D. His rays feed the nerves of the brain.

Deep inside the brain, lie a pair of thalami, (together called thalamus) ovoid shaped organs that form the lateral walls of the third ventricle. This part of the brain translates neural impulses from our sensory, gustatory and somatosensory systems to the cerebral cortex and has a significant role in our motor activity, memory, emotions and arousal. On either side of the thalamus are two glands: the pineal and pituitary glands. Together, these glands secrete the hormones that influence our circadian rhythms, digestion and metabolism. These hormones regulate our energy, stress-response and maintain homeostasis of the biological organism. These hormones reach the solar plexus via the pneumo-gastric (also known as the vagus nerve); one of the 12 cranial nerves controlling our sensory motor system. It is also responsible for various internal functions including digestion, heart rate, breathing, cardiovascular activity and biological reflexes such as coughing, sneezing, vomiting and fainting.  Additionally, this nerve provides a vital link between the gut and brain, sometimes referred to the second brain; becoming the link to access our gut instincts.

“The sun sign is the primary creative tool for the expression of one’s core identity. It is the most encompassing astrological energy through which and individual can accomplish life goals and is the most sustaining force in one’s creation of self as a whole entity”

Bernie Ashman

Astrology, Psychology and Transformation

 

The sun also represents the area in life where you need self-expression and creativity. The house of your sun can indicate where you are touched by the hand of God. This is the place where you shine the brightest and represents your need for individuality, self-expression, creativity and love. He is radiance, spirituality, divine essence. He shows us our destiny. According to (astrology and personality); the house position of the sun denotes the phase of individual self-hood and the period of life in which the integrative power of self will most strongly operate.

In alchemy, he is the golden spark of the eternal light that exists within the human soul. Occult writers frequently refer to him as the pathway to the feet of the king to claim our crown. The sun’s journey is one of activity and creative self-expression.

The Sun represents your spiritual tribe, he is the divine seed, representing the central unity of consciousness. His power is magnetic and infinite. He is the divine spark that drives manifestation. Such a soul on earth engenders all the qualities applied to the Sun God. Hermetically, he signifies the refining, sublimating, and heightening spiritual power rising in the body. He represents the coiled serpent of kundalini energy rising, to bring spirit forth.

It is the Sun’s energy which contains our basic sense of purpose and wellbeing. He represents our creative urges and our unique creative expression of those urges. If not transformed, these instincts can register as existential crises, as we desperately seek authenticity and meaning. The soul moves through passion and desire. Our intangible imagination manifests what is tangible. The essential purpose of the life is felt in a deeply personal way, urging us towards creativity and self-expression.

The Sun indicates how we can best feed our spirit and revealing how we can restore balance when we get off kilter. Embarking consciously on our sun Journey is path to greater sanity, self-awareness, vitality and joy.

“If we aren’t actively feeding our sun, we lose our sense of self-worth identity and focus, we feel weak, cowardly and insane.”

Julianna McCarthy

Before your Future

In the horoscope, the sun enlightens the personality; its aspects can illuminate barriers to our inner sense of strength, identity, vitality, and independence.  Influences from the first 7 years of life will have a profound influence on our self-esteem, confidence, vitality, and relationships. These challenges are part of our dharma and create the blueprint of obstacles we must traverse in becoming our most authentic selves. Formulating our path of becoming, the pressures we experience in life are part of the yellow brick road, necessary evils to conquer in becoming the wizard of our own worlds.

The house placement illuminates the path to ultimate satisfaction and purpose. The suns placement denotes our source of energy or life force and the path we must take to manifest authentic self-expression.  It is the primary creative too for the expression of our core identity and indicates where we can manifest our goals. As a personal planet, the sun influences how we present ourselves and guiding our self-development, it tells us how and where to shine.

Solar energy is the lens through which perceive our reality, its knowledge allows us to self-actualize, it shows us what will make us feel alive. It teaches us to listen to the inner guide and tap into our natural radiance. It invites us to participate creatively in our own lives. It is conscious self-awareness and the desire to achieve, It illuminates the active creator of our reality, us! It highlights our path to independence and fulfillment.

In Pythagorean music theory, the Sun is associated with “Do.” Acting as both our base note and our finishing note, we begin and end with “Do”

The sun is exalted in all three fire signs, which thrive on goal-directed action. It is home in Leo and most joyous in the 9^th House, the house of religion, spirituality, philosophy, and travel. Creative expression is the journey of the sun, this is the purpose of our soul. Completing our Dharma, following our life’s path, responding to creative impulses, finding creative ways to express our bliss, finding peace and harmony through authenticity and love, this is the keynote of the Hero’s Journey.

When the sun is home in Leo, the fifth house, your focus shifts to personal needs and interests, but the best use of this energy is to explore and discover a creative outlet for your energy. Be it birthing a child, idea or project, it will be something which is an extension of yourself.

Kris Brandt Riske

Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Predictive Astrology