Chart Signs of a Weak Sun, Not a List of Symptoms

The Sun is exalted in Aries, debilitated in Libra, and in its own sign in Leo. Digbala for the Sun is the 10th house. A weak Sun, in chart terms, is a Sun debilitated in Libra without neecha bhanga, or a Sun in the 6th, 8th, or 12th with no compensating strength, or a Sun joined tightly to Saturn or Rahu so that its authority is blocked. Neecha bhanga for a Libra Sun looks to Venus, lord of Libra, in a kendra from the lagna or the Moon, or to Mars, lord of the Sun's exaltation sign Aries, placed the same way. Without that, the fall stands.

Low confidence, a difficult father, or a small public role can have many causes. The father is the Sun and also the 9th house. A strong Sun with a damaged 9th lord is not a weak Sun. Heart, eyes, and bones are traditional solar significations in medical astrology. They are not a diagnosis, and this page will not turn a Libra Sun into a disease. Combustion does not apply to the Sun itself. Other planets burn near it. If a page lists body symptoms as the way to know the Sun is weak, close it and open the chart.

For a Libra lagna the Sun rules the 11th, so a Sun in Aries is an exalted 11th lord and can support gains. For an Aquarius lagna the Sun rules the 7th, so a debilitated Sun weakens the marriage lord specifically. The same Libra placement is not equally costly for every lagna. Sun mahadasha lasts only 6 years, so a weak Sun is loudest then and in the Sun's antardashas. Outside those periods, do not blame Surya for a Saturn or Rahu chapter. Name the sign, the house, and the houses the Sun rules. That is the indication.