As the heart of the solar system and the gravitational center of the travels of the earth and the other planets, 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.

This planet symbolizes the principle of independence and self-sufficiency, as well as a principle of transformation. Its most striking characteristic is distance from others: the Uranian strives to stand out from the herd, distanced from structuring influences like convention, tradition, etc. Although this need to free yourself from the confines of convention, tradition, and family symbolizes an appeal for freedom and a desire to evolve beyond the bounds of physical limits toward a spiritual dimension, it may also correspond to a form of escape.

Your intense fear of being swallowed up psychologically causes you to react to certain emotional demands by making yourself remote or running away. You need a lot of space and frequent change. In a relationship, you are seeking a certain degree of intellectual excitement. Without it, you feel as though an unbearable, suffocating boredom sets in. By refusing certain concessions to convention which are practically inevitable, you may find yourself in unpleasant situations. Finding an intelligent alternative to the routine set by the rigid forms of the past is extremely different from rebelling against any form of authority, in the settings of family, school, business, or society.

One of the major problems you have to solve is how to wield your freedom, in your emotional relationships, as well as your relationships with society. You are not afraid to take risks, but you must be very careful not to go too far. You are very idealistic and your expectations are very high.

You are the planet of love and attraction. Venus rules two houses of the zodiac, Taurus and Libra, and as a result, Venus can take on very different aspects depending on the individual’s degree of awareness. Venus is the source of universal attraction and the magnetism which brings human beings together, but it can also be interpreted as the gift of love, with its ambiguity. Individuals under the influence of Venus are struggling with their love instincts, and this is why you cannot conceive of living without a personal emotional relationship to someone else. You are extremely attractive to others and are a creator and artistic genius. You seem to imbue all you touch with beauty and harmony. Your artistic skills are obvious to the people around you, and you may apply them to your career endeavors. Pleasure, outings, seduction, love, and a thriving social life are the hallmarks of your life.

The eleventh house is an area of the sky which is especially important in Angela Merkel’s theme, because it contains several planets, including the one which rules her rising sign. In the following paragraph, we shall explain the general meaning of this fact.

Angela Merkel is the president of Germany. She is in charge of the country’s economy, foreign policy, and military. Angela Merkel is also responsible for the country’s social welfare programs.

Angela Merkel notes the first house in the sky as being especially important in her theme.