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What house is my Sun in?
Your Sun's house is set by the time of day you were born. Your Sun sign comes from the date; the house comes from where the Sun stood in your local sky. A birth around sunrise puts the Sun near the 1st house, around midday near the 10th, around sunset near the 7th and around midnight near the 4th. Astrologers read the Sun's house as the area of life where you most want to shine.
The house your Sun falls in, from the minute and place you were born, in two house systems.
How it is calculated
The Sun's position, your Ascendant, your Midheaven and the twelve Placidus house cusps come from the Shymea engine (Skyfield on NASA JPL's DE442 ephemeris, tropical zodiac), using your birth time and place.
The page also shows your Whole Sign house, which counts each full sign from your rising sign as one house. The two systems often agree for the Sun but not always, and the Whole Sign vs Placidus guide explains why. When your Sun is within 2° of a cusp, the result warns you, because a rounded birth time can move it into the next house.
Common questions
- Can I find my Sun's house without a birth time?
- No. The houses turn once a day, so the Sun can be in any of the twelve on your birth date. Without a time, some astrologers use a solar chart that puts the Sun in the 1st house by convention, but that is not your real house.
- Why does my Sun's house differ between apps?
- Most often because of the house system. Placidus, used here, divides the sky by time; Whole Sign uses whole signs from the rising sign. The calculator shows both so you can see whether they agree.
- Does the Sun's house tell me if I'm a day or night birth?
- Yes. Houses 7 to 12 are above the horizon, a day chart; houses 1 to 6 are below it, a night chart. Traditional astrologers read some placements differently by day and by night.
- What does the house of my Sun mean?
- Astrologers read it as the part of life where you look for recognition and feel most yourself: the 10th points to career, the 5th to creativity and children, the 7th to partnership, and so on. Your sign describes how; the house describes where.
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The Sun, Ascendant, Midheaven and Placidus cusps are computed by the Shymea engine (Skyfield on NASA JPL DE442, tropical zodiac). The Whole Sign house counts whole signs from the rising sign; a day chart is one with the Sun in houses 7 to 12. Readings are educational, not medical, legal or financial advice. See the editorial policy.
