Sun in Aries

Sun in Aries means you find yourself through action: you act first, think it over later, and feel most alive at the start of something new. In a birth chart the Sun is the core of your personality and your will. Aries is a fire sign ruled by Mars, the planet of drive. It opens spring, and astrologers call the signs that begin a season cardinal. In Aries the Sun is in its exaltation, the name for the sign where a planet is especially strong. Your will needs no permission from outside and switches on without a warm-up.

A cardinal sign gives you the ability to move what has stood still for years, and fire adds speed and directness that make waiting hard. Your energy goes into the start and into the race to be ahead, and very little is left for finishing. That is why your beginnings are usually bright and your endings sag once the novelty wears off. Taking orders and waiting while everything gets approved is hard for you, and your self-worth often rests on getting ahead of others.

The weak spot of this placement is impatience: it makes any resistance feel like a personal challenge. You are strongest where a breakthrough is needed, and it helps to find support for the finish in advance. When you take on a renovation or a new project, it might be worth bringing in someone who likes to see things through right from the start. Or a simple rule might be enough: the next project begins only once this one is handed in.