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Sun in Scorpio
The Sun in Scorpio is a self with depth and reserve. Identity is built through intensity — commitment, crisis, the things most people avoid — and through a privacy that outsiders read as mystery. Will is the central faculty; what a Scorpio Sun decides to do, it does completely. Trust is given slowly and withdrawn permanently. The work is to let the intensity create rather than control, and to allow lightness in.
| Sun signifies | identity, vitality, purpose |
|---|---|
| Scorpio is | water, fixed — depth, intensity, transformation |
| Sign ruler | Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern) |
| Sun here is | with minor dignity at some degrees (triplicity, bound or face) |
Reading it by degree
Within Scorpio the placement is coloured by its decan (the ten-degree face) and its bound (the Egyptian term), each with a planetary ruler of its own. Your chart shows both for every planet.
Decans (faces) of Scorpio
| 0°–10° | Mars |
|---|---|
| 10°–20° | Sun |
| 20°–30° | Venus |
Egyptian bounds of Scorpio
| 0°–7° | Mars |
|---|---|
| 7°–11° | Venus |
| 11°–19° | Mercury |
| 19°–24° | Jupiter |
| 24°–30° | Saturn |
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See also Scorpio rising and Sun in the other signs.
Common questions
What does Sun in Scorpio mean?
The Sun in Scorpio is a self with depth and reserve.
Is Sun strong in Scorpio?
Sun in Scorpio is with minor dignity at some degrees (triplicity, bound or face). The house and aspects in your own chart decide how it plays out.