Planets in signs and houses
The Sun in Aries
Tropical zodiac, Western astrology
At your core you are a starter. You feel most alive when you are first through the door with something new, and you tend to decide by instinct, quickly. Directness and courage are your charm, though impatience can make you skip details or run out of fuel halfway. Your lesson is to pace your fire so it lasts until the finish line, and to listen now and then to the tempo other people keep.
The Sun in a birth chart
The Sun is the centre of the chart, just as it is the centre of the solar system. It represents your core identity: who you are becoming, what gives you vitality, and where you want to shine. Think of it as the conscious sense of "this is me".
Aries at a glance
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Cardinal
Sun in Aries sits in the very first sign of the zodiac, in cardinal fire ruled by Mars. Where other signs prepare, you begin. There is a clean, direct quality to how you meet the world: you tend to find out what you think by acting on it, and you feel most alive when something is at stake and the starting line is in sight. Your energy arrives in bright bursts, and it runs on genuine motivation rather than obligation.
Find this in your own chart
"Positions": each point with its degree, sign and house. A red R in the R column marks retrograde. The angles, including Descendant and IC, are listed too.