Aquarius

Sun square your Sun

The Sun squares its own birth position twice a year, roughly three months before and three months after your birthday, and for about two days the year's plans meet a test. The aims you set when this solar year began rub against what is actually happening, and the gap can show up as impatience, tiredness, or a short temper with yourself.

Pluto conjunct your Sun

Pluto occupies your Sun for roughly two years, reaching the exact degree at least three times as its retrograde loops swing it over the spot again, and the pressure lands on the centre of the chart. Your Sun is shorthand for the self you return to when no role is required of you: your purpose, your will and the place you act from.

Mercury square your Sun

Mercury squares your Sun briefly, two days at most, and your meaning and your words come slightly apart. Explanations land crooked, messages get misread, and a point sometimes has to be made twice because it did not land the first time, which is its own irritation.

Neptune sextile your Sun

Neptune sextiles your Sun at Neptune's pace, which means at least a year, with a slow back-and-forth of several passes. The Sun is your self and your purpose; Neptune dissolves outlines, softens certainty and opens the way to imagination, compassion and faith.

Uranus trine your Sun

Uranus trines your Sun for roughly a year of on-and-off contact, usually three passes, and change comes with the door held open rather than kicked in. The Sun is your centre and your purpose; Uranus is the break from habit, the new idea, the freedom to be odd.

Saturn sextile your Sun

Saturn sextiles your Sun across several months; a retrograde nearby can open it twice more before it closes. The Sun carries your will and your sense of who you are; Saturn adds patience, structure and a feel for what lasts.