Sun House Placement

Per my All My Houses blog post, I generically describe the House System in astrology going into what each House represents. There are many different house systems and this post is based on specifically using the Placidus House system. It is believed that houses with any planet within it is of significance so the specific planet will have a particular influence on whatever the House it is in represents. As part of my blog series of using astrology to understand myself better, I will go over each astrological body’s house placement based on my natal/birth chart.

According to my Cafe Astrology birth/natal report, where you can also go to run your own report, the Sun is in my 10th House. The 10th House is related to the Capricorn sign, called the House of Enterprise, and can impact how you gain finances, such as through career, to build your home, status and success in life. It represents the work you will do in your life and the place you will take in the world of society, with this becoming more important as you grow older.

With the Sun being in my 10th House, the report describes this placement as the following:
The urge to work toward a goal, for success and accomplishment, and/or for power is part of your make-up. You are uncomfortable in any position in which you must “take orders” from someone else. Recognize your ambitions and your need for authority without going overboard. Seek out a career that allows you to manage, rather than be managed, if possible. It is crucial that you accept the part of you that is ambitious, but take pains not to over-identify with an image that is not really you! Successful career is guaranteed, but may sometimes come late.

I am driven by a sense of accomplishment and always knew that was in my DNA. I have long been aware of the fact that this is what drives me in almost everything I do. Being a checklist type of person for as long as I can remember, physically being able to cross or check off an item on a list is ultimate satisfaction for me.

When it comes to the next sentence about being uncomfortable with taking orders from someone else, I have to strongly disagree with that because that is exactly the type of working situation that I want, prefer and have happily spent over half of my career doing. I don’t recall ever strongly feeling a need for authority. I don’t like and have always fought being in a position of authority because I don’t enjoy being the one giving orders to other people. I’m sure a part of it is because of my South Node Sign being in Taurus where I prefer to be completely self-reliant and do not like to ask or accept help from others. I want to be the one doing everything, which is also probably because I seek being in control in all situations, especially for the low level detailed aspect of tasks. As a perfectionist, I usually doubt anyone will do it according to my standards and I fully believe in the saying that if you want something done right, then do it yourself.

I also do not consider myself an ambitious person as I never set out to have any real significant goals aside from what I thought was generally expected such as getting a stable job, buying a car, house and taking care of my basic necessities. Staying within the status quo of those things without getting into too much trouble is all I ever really strived for. Having a roof over my head, eating good food, staying out of the hospital and being able to hang out with friends, family and travel is probably the extent of it. I think this year is the first time I really pushed myself to have many different and purposefully specific goals and things that do matter to me, which I made a point to publish on my blog as my Bucket List. While I have made New Year’s resolutions almost every year, I did that going in and thinking the chances of me actually completing any of them was slim. I know I avoided making goals for myself in general because I figured, why should I bother if I was likely to fail and not successfully achieve them? I have even made goals in a way that I’m not heavily invested because I already anticipate that I won’t complete it.

This goes on to tell me that I should seek a career that allows me to manage rather than be managed as well as my urge for power. While I very much enjoy being a project manager because I like overseeing all the individual tasks down to the finest detail, I never sought out to be a people manager or be in a position of power. In fact, I said no multiple times over several years when my previous manager kept trying to promote me to this type of role. I fought being in a people manager role because I did not want more responsibility, especially over people, even if it meant more money. It was only when it was forced upon me, because my manager left the company that I find myself in this position now. I know that I am a good manager because I have received feedback that I am, but this is not one of the ambitions that I ever had for myself. In fact, I would say being a manager, even though I have been one going on two years now, is still NOT an image that I comfortably identify with. Because of that, I don’t think there is a high risk of me overidentifying as something I am not.

What I do find interesting is that my report specifies to “recognize my ambitions and need for authority”, “seek out a career that allows me to manage” and “accept the part of me that is ambitious”, which are all things that I have avoided or even run away from. Yet through other aspects of my spiritual journey, I have been receiving similar type messages when it comes to my mission in life. Whether it has been tarot or past life readings, the messages have consistently urged me to utilize my leadership skills and take a proactive approach of steering my life towards my purpose, instead of what I’ve been doing all my life of going along for the ride without any direction. While I won’t go into it here, I have learned through a past life reading that there is a reason why I feel so opposed being a leader or manager as well as why I have always held my thoughts and feelings to myself instead of voicing it out to others or publicly.

Lastly it says that a successful career is guaranteed, but that it may come late. If it is my current job that this is talking about, then I would say that it has come late only because I made that so. I could have been promoted to a manager several years ago if I had accepted the opportunity, but I fought against it for as long as I could. However, I don’t think I can really consider my current job a successful career simply because it was not something that I even wanted to do and achieve. My definition of a successful career’s would first and foremost have the main criteria be in an industry or role that one loves and is passionate about. My problem is I haven’t really figured out exactly what that is, aside from that fact that it would be creative related. As much as I really love writing and have spent the last half of this year writing almost daily, I don’t know if I would like to make a full time career out of it because there other creative things that I would like to pursue.

As indicated in my What Does Mars Really Have to do with Men? post, I will also go over another person’s chart, referred to as Kali, who is born on the same month and day as I was, but different year and location to offer a comparison of how two people with the same birth day, can be vastly different despite being both Scorpios. According to Kali’s natal/birth chart from Café Astrology her Sun is located in her 9th House.

The 9th House is related to the Sagittarius sign and called the House of Purpose. It is the area of learning that shapes your identity and references the 3rd house to govern how you use your communication skills to expand your perspective and theories. Also known for how you expand your spiritual horizons and through higher education.

This is the description Kali’s report provides:
You have a deep need to understand the world around you. You have high ideals and you have your eye on what’s on the horizon. You are looking ahead, and at times can seem quite restless. You are proud of your knowledge and of your morals. Be sure to avoid self-righteousness in your enthusiasm to share your knowledge. When used correctly, you are a tolerant, adventurous, and curious person, and you want to see the best in people and in life.