Sun Transit in Aries

Aries belongs to Mars, and the Sun counts Mars a friend. Surya is exalted here, most deeply at ten degrees, and Parashara gives the Sun no stronger seat in the zodiac. The stay lasts about a month.

Mesha Sankranti opens the solar year, and Nepal counts its new year from this ingress.

Aries governs the head, the sense of self and the first push of action. With the Sun at full strength, confidence, authority and bodily heat all rise, and work begun this month carries the person's own stamp. Pride rises with it and needs watching.

Of the nakshatras, Ashwini, under Ketu, favours quick starts and healing. Bharani, under Venus, brings the harder work of holding on to what was begun. Krittika belongs to the Sun itself, so the last days of the stay burn hottest.

Phaladeepika places the Sun well in the third, sixth, tenth and eleventh from the Moon, which falls to Aquarius, Scorpio, Cancer and Gemini Moons. Libra Moons carry it in the seventh, and partnership takes the strain.

An exalted Sun makes a person's own authority obvious to them. Someone who has been waiting for permission should make the first move this month, and someone who confuses strength with dominance will see that habit clearly. Keep the temper cool and the work steady.

• Offer arghya, water poured from cupped hands, facing the rising Sun.
• Recite Om Hram Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah before the day's work.
• Honour your father, or the elder who stood in his place.

Sun in Aries for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.