- Grahas
- Surya (Sun)
One of the nine
Surya (Sun)
Surya is the atma in your kundali — your self, your father, your standing, and the dignity you carry into every room. It is the king among the grahas: where it sits you want to lead and to be seen doing right, and its strength shows in your confidence, your eyes and your health, and in how the government and people in authority treat you.
What it governs
- the soul (atma) and self-respect
- father
- authority and the government
- fame and honour
- courage and willpower
- vitality and health
- eyesight
- leadership and command
- politics and administration
- medicine and healing (Surya as Dhanvantari)
- gold and copper
- a permanent position
- help from the state
The body
- heart
- head and brain
- bones
- right eye for a man, left eye for a woman
- mouth and throat
- chest
- spleen
Relatives
- father
- son
- husband, in a woman's chart
- your employer and those in authority
Work
- government service with security of tenure
- administrator or head of a department
- politics and public office
- physician; medicine and pharmaceuticals
- chemicals
- goldsmith; trade in gold and copper
- trade in wheat and red or saffron goods
- a business financed by, or taken over from, your father
- captain or leader of a team
Places
- Shiva temples
- government buildings and public offices
- forts and palaces
- mountains and forests
- open, sunlit ground
- the east
Strong
A strong Surya — in the 10th house where it has dik bala, exalted in Aries, in its own Leo, or in a day birth in Uttarayana — gives ambition with a kind heart: you lead, keep your word, respect your elders and are respected by people in power. Your father, the government and men in authority help you, health and eyesight hold good, and you rise above the circumstances you were born into. Its gifts show most clearly from about 22 to 24.
Weak
An afflicted Surya — debilitated in Libra, in the 8th or 12th, or pressed by Shani or Rahu — shows as pride, temper and a need to be right, friction with your father or your bosses, and recognition that comes late and only after hard work. The areas to care for are the eyes, the heart, the head and the bones; see a doctor for anything persistent. Offer water to Surya Dev at sunrise, keep Sundays simple, and give wheat and jaggery.