The sun is the primordial light, the source of all warmth and life. From the dawn of humanity, it has been worshipped. It has symbolized the absolute power kings and despots yearn for and emulate. The sun king, the nucleus of society, embodied a principle of cohesion and harmony. Various subordinates—aka planets—revolved around it. In terms of psychological symbolism, the sun corresponds to the center of an individual, the factor that rules your psyche. Its luminous aspects are usually associated with knowledge and consciousness. As a creator of life, it is related to the image of the mother and the influence of motherhood on an individual’s consciousness and ideals. As a result, the sun’s position in a birth chart always indicates the way in which an individual will relate to your goals and ideals, what your ambitions and aspirations might involve. A person whose chart is strongly “solar” usually identifies very positively with motherhood. Your personality is friendly, energetic, and creative, with high ideals and a firm determination to accomplish them. You take your own superiority and authority over others for granted, and you have a natural ability to command the attention and admiration of an audience. You are a born leader who enjoys being in the limelight and may behave somewhat theatrically or with dramatic exaggeration. You have definite artistic leanings. The sense of your ideals is evident to you and may lead you to be somewhat self-focused. If ill-directed, your deep aspirations may lead to such faults as egotism, selfishness, or greediness for power.

Andrea Martin

Traditional astrology holds that Jupiter is the planet of luck and success. It is said to bring about things such as personal fortune, social prominence, professional prestige, and high political position. In psychological terms, Jupiter has a much vaster significance. As the biggest planet in the solar system, it does preside over the process of personal expansion. This growth is accompanied by a feeling of self-confidence, which, in turn, buoys up an even greater externalization and expansion of the ego. However, this snowball effect (Jupiter smiles and the world smiles with you), in which social skills magnify confidence and boldness reaps many rewards, betrays the negative side of Jupiter. Although grandeur was the characteristic of the “king of the gods,” errors of judgment, poor taste, and sometimes selfishness and pride are also likely to be part of the Jupiterian package. It is important to note that the extension of the ego may be a form of escape; it is tempting to hide behind one’s popularity and social success, which are fairly easy to obtain, rather than be really demanding with oneself. The Jupiterian has a tendency to amplify qualities out of compensation, to avoid seeing weaknesses and flaws. As a result, you must be aware of the risk of over-identifying with your social mask, which would cause you to neglect your inner self and deep nature.

Andrea Martin:

Venus is the planet of love and attraction, corresponding to the original urge which bonds two human beings together in love. Venus is both the magnetism which brings human beings together (not lust, which is symbolized by Mars, but the object which attracts lust) and the gift of love. This ambiguity is interpreted astrologically by the fact that Venus rules two houses of the zodiac. In Taurus, Venus symbolizes the awakening to bodily lust, and in Libra, the bond of marriage. As a result, Venus may take on very different aspects depending on the individual’s degree of awareness. Likewise, this ambiguity explains Aphrodite’s equivocal conduct in Greek myth and her innumerable couplings and motherhood. Depending on the legend, she may embody brutal, passionate love (with Anteros), the wisdom of the heart which rescues from passion (Harmonia); she also becomes tenderness and purity (with Adonis), pure sexuality (with Eros), a transforming energy (with Vulcan), etc. Mistress of the Arts, she represents beauty, understanding, and peace. Psychologically, individuals under the influence of Venus are struggling with their love instincts. This is why you cannot conceive of living without a personal emotional relationship to someone else and sometimes fears solitude and the encounter with yourself. You are extremely attractive to others and are a creator and artistic genius who seems to imbue all you touch with beauty and harmony. Your artistic skills are obvious to the people around you and may be applied to career endeavors. Pleasure, outings, seduction, love, and a thriving but sometimes superficial social life are the hallmarks of your life.

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According to traditional astrology, Andrea Martin’s ninth house ruled by Sagittarius is associated with moral and political judgment (laws, ethics, and politics as a means of improving society), dreams, distant journeys, studies such as religion, philosophy, priesthood, spiritual guidance, and wisdom. More specifically, Andrea Martin could interpret her astrology as demonstrating that her life and consciousness gravitates around two fundamental principles: the self (the Ascendant) and others (the Descendant). In life, everything begins in Andrea Martin and proceeds outward, but it is reflected, experienced, and renewed by her relations with others. Indeed, once Andrea Martin grows beyond the subjective field of her ego and reaches adulthood, she must be able to adapt and modify her abilities in such a way as to fulfill a specific function in the outer world. The reference framework Andrea Martin uses to judge her worth is not only her personal life, but the huge complex of values, principles, and laws which regulate life in a community. The ninth house rules this much broader framework, which includes law as well as philosophy, psychology, science, religion, mysticism, occult studies, etc. Andrea Martin with a great deal of activity in this area of her astrological chart will probably feel a strong desire for personal expansion. An idealist, Andrea Martin will seek out experiences which reveal knowledge and meaning to her and give her a better indication of her purpose in living. The difficulties Andrea Martin is likely to face will be hidden behind what appears to be success. They may arise from Andrea Martin’s expansiveness, which is sometimes uncontrollable, or disproportionate. Although at the outset, Andrea Martin’s ambition and desire for personal development are a source of strength, they later become powerful enough to cut her off from herself. If Andrea Martin identifies too strongly with the flattering self-image reflected by the community, she may gradually begin to neglect her personal essence. Because this perverse tendency to confuse form with function is reinforced by modern society’s emphasis on packaging and advertising, Andrea Martin is likely to lose herself completely. A state of expansion could be expressed as a psychic inflation (a loss of oneself in an abstract ideal, or a delusion of grandeur) or as a partial loss of oneself due to over identification with her personal mask (or persona). This house thus reveals that nothing is more difficult than failure in a period of success. Andrea Martin’s ambition, which may be a compensatory personal over evaluation, sometimes transforms understanding, a principle of cohesion and love, into personal power.

Andrea Martin, you should be aware that the seventh house is an area of the sky which is especially important in your theme, because it contains several planets, including the one which rules your rising sign.