The Zodiac - Pisces

Sun in Pisces

With the Sun in Pisces, you relate to life with your emotions and your intuition, rather than your reason. Like the ocean, which is Pisces' natural domain, you resent boundaries and restrictions, seeing life as one great whole. You do not pigeon hole existence into good and bad and black and white, and you are more aware than any sign of all its subtle, varies shades of meaning. Also like the ocean, you are hard to fathom or pin down and you need to dream to maintain contact with the well-springs of your own being. For it is through your dreams and intuitions that your real creative inspiration comes.

You are also highly sensitive to others' feelings and your compassion and your sympathy for suffering is profound. Because you absorb the atmosphere around you with such ease, it can be easy for more driven, tougher people to take advantage of your sensitivity and kindness. You also tend to be at the mercy of your moods, which can change from sun to rain and back to sun again without much warning.

The Sun in Astrology

Just as the sun in the sky is the center of the solar system, the Sun in astrology is the central nucleus of your personality.

If each of the planets circling round the sun represents a single facet of your personality - Venus describes how you love and Saturn how you relate to responsibility, for example - then the Sun is the conductor of your personal orchestra, giving meaning and coherence to the wholeness that is you. It is the part of yourself that you identify with, your sense of self. Its sign - your sun-sign - and house position, as well as the aspects that it makes to other planets, describe your true potential; the 'you' you are deep down and are striving to express, as well as your will, your goals and purpose. While the feminine Moon represents your Soul, the masculine Sun represents your Spirit. Its position in your chart also shows the ways in which your outlook has been influenced by your father.