Here Comes The “progressed” Sun
I spent much of January 2023 looking back over the course of my life so far through the lens of my progressed astrology chart. IT. WAS. FASCINATING.
A quick review: your birth chart is a static “snapshot” of the sky the moment you are born and shows your “factory settings” you came into this life with. Exploring your progressed chart, in contrast, is like pressing “play” on that snapshot. It reveals the “upgrades” to those “factory settings” and larger, overarching energetic themes of how your soul is maturing.
As I am fast approaching the completion of my 45th trip around the Sun next month, I have gone through multiple transformations. Tracking my “progressed Sun” helped me to zoom out and put a major milestone in my life in greater context.
Firstly, your natal sun shows where you shine from a 3D perspective. It’s how you see/identify yourself (your egoic self), where you have confidence in your gifts and talents, what feels good and comfortable for you, and the energy that holds your core together. It reveals the “special sauce” you mix into everything you do that makes you stand out from all the other 11 astrological signs.
As we age, our soul matures and our progressed Sun reveals the changes in our self-identification and how you become a different version of yourself with a different understanding about not only who you are, but also what you want. It is through the progression of the Sun that we learn more about our core energies, our talents, and our strengths. Moving only 1 degree a year and always direct, the progressed Sun only moves through 3 to 4 signs in our lifetime. It will spend the most amount of time in the signs after your natal Sun sign, where you are learning about who you are in the early part of your life. The signs the come after that of your natal sun sign all represent areas of mastery and understanding to dive into and accept in yourself.
The sign and house that the progressed Sun is in will determine the type of energy and opportunities that will be available to you. For example, if the progressed Sun is in Aries, we may find ourselves more confident and adventurous, while if it is in Taurus, we may be more focused on building a stable and secure foundation.
This was certainly true for me as my natal Sun progressed from Aries to Taurus in January 2006. It will be in this sign until January 2037 (I’ll be 59 years old). 2006 was the year I moved across the country from the DC area to Los Angeles, CA for the first time. Of course, the change in how I saw myself didn’t happen right away, but by 2008 I was in the middle of embarking upon a serious personal inventory to “get real” about the gap existing between the life I desired and the life I currently had.
It was a very challenging time! However, it was the necessary beginning of an era of my life that I’m still in today, though much further along, where I’m focused on laying the foundation for the legacy I want to leave in this lifetime. It took about 10 more years to clear on that legacy. There were many, many layers and colonial patterns I had to shed to get where I am today. But, damn, it was well worth it! I may be moving more slowly as compared to most people, but I’m now confident that I’m going at the pace that is right for me and the divine, soul purpose of my life. Breaking intergenerational cycles doesn’t happen overnight, but the results - the healing - has already made an impact on my family and will continue to impact the generations to come.
My progressed Sun moved from the 11th house of friends, group activities, networking, and movement you’ve come here to lead, to the 12th house of the unseen, undoing the ego, completion, reflection, secrets, spirituality, and internal transformations in September 2001 (right after 9/11). It will be here until May 2046. I’ll be 68 years old by then, so I think it’s safe to say, that for many, many more years, I’ll continue to find self-fulfillment as an “astro-ancestral healing guide”, someone who receives information in non-linear ways, and supports fellow “cycle-breakers” to embody transformation of ancestral wounds into creative potential and shifts to higher consciousness.
The progressed Sun will show us the areas where we need to focus on self-development and maturing our energies. It can help us understand our personal needs for self-fulfillment and show us the areas we need to work on in order to shine our light and tap into our fullest potential.
By understanding its energy and influence on our soul, we can learn to become more conscious and embodied versions of ourselves. We can use its unfolding energy to help us make decisions and move forward in our lives with greater clarity and understanding.
Peace & Love,
Heather
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