सूर्य · Tanu Bhava · Kendra · Trikona · Dharma trine
Sun in the 1st house
The Sun in the first house puts the soul in the body: a person who is noticed, carries authority naturally and is uncomfortable being anonymous. The texts give a strong constitution, a commanding manner and a tendency to baldness or a warm complexion. Confidence is the gift; the difficulty is that the ego and the identity are the same object.
What it gives
- •Natural authority and presence
- •Strong vitality and recovery
- •Independence and self-belief
What to watch
- •Ego bruises easily
- •Difficulty taking orders
- •Heat in the constitution — eyes, head
Where Sun actually is today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place. A planet sits in a given house for exactly one ascendant at a time — the sign it occupies is the 1st house of only one lagna.
Sun right now
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Who has Sun in the 1st today
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It depends on your ascendant
The same placement reads differently from each of the twelve ascendants, because the 1st house is a different sign for each — and Sun is exalted in one sign and debilitated in another. This table is computed from the classical rulership and dignity tables, not written by hand.
| Ascendant | 1st house sign | Sign lord | Sun’s dignity | Sun rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Aries | Mars | Exalted | 5th |
| Taurus | Taurus | Venus | Enemy’s sign | 4th |
| Gemini | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | 3rd |
| Cancer | Cancer | Moon | Friend’s sign | 2nd |
| Leo | Leo | Sun(own house) | Moolatrikona | 1st |
| Virgo | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | 12th |
| Libra | Libra | Venus | Debilitated | 11th |
| Scorpio | Scorpio | Mars | Friend’s sign | 10th |
| Sagittarius | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 9th |
| Capricorn | Capricorn | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 8th |
| Aquarius | Aquarius | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 7th |
| Pisces | Pisces | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 6th |
Strongest from Aries — Sun is exalted in Aries. Weakest from Libra, where it falls in Libra.
What it aspects from here
From the 1st house, Sun aspects the 7th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects. An aspect carries the planet's nature into those houses, so a placement is never confined to the house it sits in.
The 1st house
The first house is the ascendant itself — the sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth. It is read before anything else, because it fixes every other house and rules the body that lives out the chart. A planet here colours appearance, temperament and the impression a person makes before they speak.
Karaka: Sun · Signifies: physical body and constitution; personality and self-image; vitality, longevity and general fortune; head and complexion
Sun as a planet
Surya is the atmakaraka — the soul in the chart. He rules the father, authority, government, bones and the eyes, and gives dignity, confidence and the will to be somebody. Classified a malefic because he burns: planets too close to the Sun are combust, and the house he occupies is lit brightly but scorched at the edges.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: the soul, the father, authority and vitality · Day: Sunday
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FAQ
Sun in the 1st house — common questions
What does Sun in the 1st house mean?
The Sun in the first house puts the soul in the body: a person who is noticed, carries authority naturally and is uncomfortable being anonymous. The texts give a strong constitution, a commanding manner and a tendency to baldness or a warm complexion. Confidence is the gift; the difficulty is that the ego and the identity are the same object. The 1st house (Tanu Bhava) rules physical body and constitution, personality and self-image, vitality, longevity and general fortune, and Sun is the karaka of the soul, the father, authority and vitality. Classically it is a kendra, trikona, dharma trine house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Sun in the 1st house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Aries ascendant the 1st house is Aries, where Sun is exalted. From Libra it is Libra, where Sun is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Sun aspect from the 1st house?
The 7th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects.
Which ascendant has Sun in the 1st house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Sun currently occupies is the 1st house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Sun moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Sun stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Sun in the 1st house affect marriage?
Not directly. Marriage is read from the 7th house, its lord, Venus and the Navamsa. A 1st-house placement matters only through the houses Sun rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.