Surya appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Jyotisha
Surya
Surya is the Sun, the atma-karaka and the graha of the self, the father, the king and authority. Its dignity decides the vitality of the body and the strength of the will, and a strong Sun is read as a person who can command. It is the graha of the 1st house and of the 10th, of the right eye and of the bones.
Exalted at 10 degrees of Aries and debilitated at 10 degrees of Libra; moolatrikona the first 20 degrees of Leo, the rest of Leo being its own sign (BPHS ch. 3). Its friends are the Moon, Mars and Jupiter, its enemies Venus and Saturn, and Mercury is neutral. In the Western files the Sun is a luminary of the same rank as the Moon; in Jyotish it is one graha among nine, a malefic, and the Moon carries the mind rather than the self. Surya is also the deity of the same name, worshipped as Surya Narayana.
Correspondences
- Planet
- Sun
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- RaviAdityaBhaskaraDinakaraArkaVivasvanSun
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Graha
- Sanskrit
- सूर्य
- English
- Sun
- Nature
- ClassKruraQualityMaleficConditionMalefic in every chart, and the one graha whose nature no phase or company changes.Reading
The Sun is a krura (harsh) graha and a mild malefic: it burns what it touches, but because it is the karaka of the soul, the father and the king its severity is read as authority rather than as injury. It is the only graha that is never benefic by association.
- Meaning
Surya is the Sun, the atma-karaka and the graha of the self, the father, the king and authority. Its dignity decides the vitality of the body and the strength of the will, and a strong Sun is read as a person who can command. It is the graha of the 1st house and of the 10th, of the right eye and of the bones.
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Deities
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Sun
- Elemental Correspondence
- Fire
- Zodiac Affinity
- LeoAriesSagittarius
Offerings
- Offerings
- WaterIncenseRed flowersFire
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Surya the SunRaviAditya
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The SunLord of the DayThe Seven-Horsed
- Symbols
- FlameSpear
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneRadiant severeAddressSuryaThe SunLord of the DayRelationshipThe sun as health and as witnessWarningHe sees and he burns and the two are the same lightResonanceThose seeking health those who greet the dawn
- Modern Practice
Surya is greeted at sunrise, and the sequence of sun salutations is named for him. His practice is physical and daily; his offering is water poured toward the light.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- The sunLightHealthSightThe dayKingshipHealing
- Mythology Summary
Surya is the Hindu sun, who rides a chariot of seven horses and whose worship is the daily greeting of the dawn. He is the physical sun and its witness: health, sight and the record of a day.
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