Planets nature and their influences

PLANETS [THEIR ASTROLOGICAL NATURE AND INFLUENCE]

1 Sun-The Father and Life Giver

Sun is the king of the solar kingdom. He is also called the 'Father of Stars'. Sun is 

about 93 million miles away from the Earth. He is the largest amongst the planets. 

His diameter is about 110 times that of Earth and Sun is nearly 27,19,000 miles in 

circumference.

Being the centre of all life force and energy and the giver of Prana, Sun is

worshipped as Sun God. He is said to represent the creator, the Brahma, with his 

four faces to have a survey of all the four directions causing four seasons and the 

four elements namely Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Westerners call the Sun, Apollo. 

The Sun takes exactly one year to go round the ecliptic. It has only the direct

motion. It is never goes retrograde. According to Hindu Astrology Sun is the soul 

of Kalpurusha (The Moon is his mind, Mercury his speech, Mars his strength,

Jupiter his knowledge and happiness, Venus his desire or lust, Saturn his misery).

For all living beings Sun represents the positive and primal front whereas the

Moon represents the negative influence. Sun is constructive and creative, Moon is 

preserving and formative. Sun is the father, Moon is the mother. The Sun and 

Moon are considered sovereigns. Jupiter and Venus are ministers. Mercury is the 

young prince. Mars is the commander-in-chief and Saturn is the servant. Sun is the 

king and the Moon is the queen. Sun and Moon are also considered luminaries.

People with Sun as the ruling planet will have honey coloured eyes. The face will 

be large and round. The stature will be average. The hair and the colour of the 

body will have a light shade.

Sun rules the direction East and "Grishma" Rithu (Summer season). In the birth 

chart Sun represents the father of the native. In the woman's chart Sun indicates 

her husband (There is another school of thought that Jupiter represents the

husband in a female's chart). In service Sun shows the administrative head or 

Government. The Sun offers us the power of resistance and vitality. He governs 

the breath of life. He rules our consciousness and denotes the individuality. He 

gives the force and self will and makes one determined and decisive. The Sun in 

nature is hot, dry, masculine and life giving. He possesses the power of absorption 

of the nature and influence of any planet within an orb of 8 ½ degrees of his

conjunction. Sun represents health, the vital principle, general prosperity and high 

office, positions of rank and title, government affairs and officials, new

undertakings, publicity, popularity, superior or proud and haughty persons. Sun 

governs the sides, upper portion of the back, heart, right eye of the male and left 

eye of the female. His day is Sunday, metal gold and colour orange. If he is not 

hampered by unfavourable disposition or malefic aspects or association and is

dignified by position in the horoscope, Sun bestows a nature which is ambitious, 

proud, magnanimous, frank, generous, humane, firm and honourable. Men ruled by the Sun aspire to positions of rulership and by their earnest nature inspire 

others with a respect for their abilities, so they usually attain positions of trust, 

responsibility and honour where they are perfectly at home and capable of

practical execution to a very satisfactory degree.

If the Sun at birth is unfavourably placed and is otherwise undignified, the native is 

inclined to be too forceful, lordly, domineering, positively arrogant and

extravagant, inclining also to sickness of a feverish inflammatory native, eye

affliction and heart disorders as well as loss of position, credit or esteem due to 

impulsiveness of these natives.

The Sun's gems are diamond and ruby. Sun owns Leo. He is exalted in Aries and 

debilitated in Libra. 10 degrees of Aries is highest exaltation point and 10 degrees 

of Libra is his lowest debilitation point. Initial 20 degrees portion of Leo is his 

Mulatrikona and the remaining 10 degrees is Swakshetra. The Sun's friends are 

Moon, Mars and Jupiter. Venus and Saturn are his enemies. Mercury is neutral to 

him.