Sun in 4th House

A person with Sun in the 4th house, for the most part, is focused on the development of their early roots, which include immediate family, heritage and ancestral background. The fourth house describes the emotional undercurrents and hidden factors that shape our conscious personality. The family background affects individual confidence and identity, so it is important for those with this placement to have their own home which they can be proud. Usually, the relationship with the father may have been important and the solar light is sometimes projected onto male figures in the home. In addition, the individual is heavily influenced by his father’s wants and creative expression and the past has a powerful influence over the unfolding personality.

Often the individual will find fulfillment through creating a home that gives them a sense of security and safety. The depths of their early feelings sometimes need to be explored and they often stay near the childhood home, maintaining early relationships. By the same token, some leave and emigrate from their early home and recreate their roots. The struggle is individuating separately from the family. Arguably, there is a strong need to shine in one's dwelling place . The individual may work from home, it is also likely that, the person will be focused on spiritual and inner development.

“The sense of a “me-in-here” provided by the I.C and the 4th house lends an inner unity to all thought, feelings, perceptions and actions. In the same way we are biologically self-maintaining and self- regulating, the IC and 4th house serve to maintain the individual characteristics of the self in stable form.” By Howard Sasportas

If the rest of the chart is in accord, the fourth house individual may be very private, introverted and subjective. Personal security lies at the core of the personality and deep family attachments occur through both positive and negative experiences. The need to establish strong foundations in the world and emotional stability are powerful factors in the destiny of the individual.

Julia Child is recognised as a chef and television personality, she had Sun in Leo in the 4th house. Julia’s father was an important man; he graduated from Princeton and was a Land Manager. Julia built a home with her husband near a Provence town. And they named it La Pitchoune, meaning “the little one”. Child’s own home was transformed into a television set.