posted January 11, 2006 07:55 PM              

The Twelve Houses is a great book, so here's something on your:

Sun in the 10th,

With the Sun in the 10th, the identity is bound up with career and professional achievements. The 10th describes the qualities in ourselves which we wish others to notice: in this case, the Sun strives to be seen as emanating power, strength and authority in respect to the sign in which it is placed.

(what a coincidence!)
The Sun in Gemini there, for instance, wants the the power of its intellect acknowledged; The Sun in Pisces craves recognition for its power to heal, enchant, or inspire, etc.

The Sun in the 10th has a deep urge to be admired as 'a Somebody'. Some degree of ambition should be 'owned' and satisfied if they are to fulfil their life-purpose. Examples of people born with this placement inlcude the business excecutive John DeLorean (Sun in Capricorn) who tirelessly worked to make a name for himself; the actor Mickey Rooney (Sun in Libra), a childhood star who made his way 'to the top' and stayed there; and General Rommel (Sun in Scorpio) whose cunning as a field-marshal earned him the nickname 'the desert fox'. Women with this placement who do not satisfy their own need to achieve through a career may be drawn to prestigious or successful men as partners (the 'Hollywood wives' syndrome). For either sex, conflicts between the home and personal life versus achieving publicly and professionally are shown by oppositions from the 4th house to the 10th house Sun. The kind of self-exertion, dedication and perserverance required to ascend the ladder of success often limits the freedom and spontaneity to move in other directions. Another danger with this placement is that the sense of identity or worth could rely too much on their title or position in the world. Should that be lost, they are left totally bereft and annihilated.
If the 10th house is taken to be the mother, then the Sun in this position makes her very important. The child with the Sun here could project his or her own identity and power onto the mother: her needs and wants become the child's needs and wants. Conversely, this placement sometimes indicate a mother who requires that the child mirror her, imposing her own individuality onto the offspring, as in the classic example of the 'stage mother'. ('I'm a frustrated actress, so my child is going to learn to act.') Usually there is a collision here: the child worships and adores the mother and offers the self up to her -- 'You want me as your showpiece and I want to be that for you.' At some point, those with the Sun in the 10th must examine how much they are doing something for themselves, and how much it is being done to win Mother's love. Leo on the MC or contained within the 10th house implies some of the same meaning as the Sun there.

posted January 12, 2006 10:20 AM              

Your birth time determines the house positions, the positions of the planets in the houses, and the position of the Moon in your chart. Without an accurate birth time, you are limited to only looking at aspects in the chart. It should be possible for you to get your birth time by contacting the county where you were born and asking for a copy of your birth certificate, which should have the time of birth on it.

In the meantime, let's take a look ONLY at aspects, focusing on one of the most challenging: Sun (self-expression) opposite (energy is over-excited by) Neptune (spirituality, also confusion). With this aspect there is a basic confusion about your identity. You may think you know who you are, but you may be confusing yourself with those around you.

This is because Neptune has a dissolving effect, in which it breaks down the barriers of anything it touches. The Sun is the way we express ourself in the world, our ego, who we define ourselves to be. With Neptune strongly aspecting the Sun this sense of ourself becomes combined with those around us so it can be difficult to tell where "they" stop and where "we" start. The challenge of the Neptune-influenced person is to get a firm sense of who they are so that, even when they "dissolve" into the world around them, they can always find themselves again!

Astrology can help with this self-exploration and discovery...but you need to find an accurate birth time in order to begin your astrological journey!

Aspects only,