It
was my birthday two days ago and I was joking with a friend about it being
birthday week.
I
was able to be specific about the qualities of birthday week. For example, my
friend ironically asked whether birthday week started precisely on my birthday
or sooner. I said that up until this year I would have said it started on my
birthday, but that this year I could feel it coming on a few days before my
birthday.
Joking
along these self-aggrandizing lines is a demonstration of ego. Which makes
sense because one's birthday is about the Sun's position in the sky relative to
earth. And the Sun is about ego.
The
Sun signifies other things as well. The Sun is the Atma Karaka, indicator of
soul. It is a karaka or indicator of body, father, power, status, fame, vitality,
respect, the eyes (ability to see), the heart (the heart radiates as does the
Sun).
The
Sun likes recognition. The Sun shines forth the self. The Sun is a planet of honour,
fame, leadership ability.
What
occurred to me this turn around the Sun was that my evolution from birthday to
the self aggrandizement of birthday week suits my Aquarian Sun. Having the Sun
in Aquarius is a weak placement. The Sun shines anemically in February. Aquarius
is a social sign more concerned with collective welfare than self importance. Its
energy is diffuse.
Therefore,
it makes sense that those born under the Sun sign of Aquarius would conduct their
birthdays in a similar diffuse or widely distributed manner. The Aquarian
recognizes their birthday is not just about them. It’s not exclusive like the
earnest ego inflation of its opposite sign Leo, the sign of the king and the
home of the Sun. Its inclusive, socialistic. The Aquarian’s birthday must
include everyone! It takes time for the Aquarian’s slow-burn Sun’s mild ego to
come to this self-realization. It takes about a week.
