Sun in the 4th House: Meaning by Rising Sign
The short answer
With whole-sign houses, Sun is in your 4th house when it is in the sign 3 signs on from your rising sign: Sun in Cancer for Aries rising, Sun in Capricorn for Libra rising, and so on for all twelve rising signs.
What the Sun in the 4th house means
The Sun describes your sense of self and what you want to be recognised for. In the 4th house of home and family, that plays out through home, family, where you are from, and your private life.
The 4th is one of the four angular houses, the corners of the chart, where planets tend to show as events other people notice. Its natural sign is Cancer, so the Sun here takes on some of Cancer's concerns whatever sign it is actually in.
With whole-sign houses, the Sun sits in your 4th house when it is in the sign 3 signs on from your rising sign: for Aries rising that means the Sun in Cancer. A transit of the Sun through one house lasts about 30 days, because that is how long the Sun usually stays in one sign.
Which sign puts Sun in your 4th house
Find your rising sign in the left column. If your Sun is in the sign beside it, your Sun is in the 4th house.
| Your rising sign | Sun in the 4th house |
|---|---|
| Aries rising | Sun in Cancer |
| Taurus rising | Sun in Leo |
| Gemini rising | Sun in Virgo |
| Cancer rising | Sun in Libra |
| Leo rising | Sun in Scorpio |
| Virgo rising | Sun in Sagittarius |
| Libra rising | Sun in Capricorn |
| Scorpio rising | Sun in Aquarius |
| Sagittarius rising | Sun in Pisces |
| Capricorn rising | Sun in Aries |
| Aquarius rising | Sun in Taurus |
| Pisces rising | Sun in Gemini |
How long a Sun transit of the 4th house lasts
Sun stays in one sign for about 30 days on average, so a transit of Sun through your 4th house lasts about that long: as little as about 29 days and as much as about 31 days across the charted years.
About the 4th house
The 4th house of home and family: home, family, where you are from, and your private life. Its natural sign is Cancer.
How the houses are counted
Houses here use whole-sign counting: your rising sign is the whole 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on around the zodiac. Many astrologers use Placidus or another quadrant system instead, which can move a planet close to a sign boundary into the neighbouring house. Either way you need an accurate birth time, because the rising sign changes about every two hours.
Sun in the other houses
Sun in the 1st house · Sun in the 2nd house · Sun in the 3rd house · Sun in the 5th house · Sun in the 6th house · Sun in the 7th house · Sun in the 8th house · Sun in the 9th house · Sun in the 10th house · Sun in the 11th house · Sun in the 12th house
Other planets in the 4th house: Moon · Mercury · Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
Is your Sun in the 4th house? Vera reads it with the rest of your chart.
House placements need a birth time. Vera casts your chart from your birth details and reads your Sun in its real house, sign and aspects.