Planet Sun is king in planetary cabinet and is Karaka of Soul and overall health in general.
Apart from that planet Sun rules over power and authority, all politicians and officers working for the Government of India have strong Sun in their Horoscope.
Only planet Sun can make one a ruler of a country or a city, without its grace one can never achieve grand success in politics and the public domain.
So it is important that one should have a strong or unafflicted Sun in the Horoscope because it can protect the health, boost general vitality, and can fulfill the ambitions to rule over people or a section of people.
Even for becoming a CEO, one needs to have a strong Sun in the Horoscope.
Whereas a weak Sun in the Horoscope can lead to severe issues and can make whole Horoscope weak.
Effects Of Weak & Afflicted Sun
Some indications/effects of weak or afflicted Sun in the Horoscope is as follows:
1. Weak eye sight.
2. Bad relationship with Father.
3. Punishment from government.
4. Constant failure. Poverty.
5. Low confidence.
6. Lack of respect in society.
7. Bad health.
8. Low vitality and lack of interest in any activity.
9. Bad teethes.
10. Regular injuries to body.
Naturally one would want to have favorable results from planet Sun in their life and in this article, I will be discussing the various form of effective and simple remedies for planet Sun which can enable one to get favorable results from planet Sun..
But before that, it is important to understand the conditions based on which planet Sun remedies should be recommended?
How To Judge Planet Sun For Its Remedies
As per the golden rule of Astrology, any planet Should be strong and unafflicted to protect its signification because only then a planet will be able to bestow good results to the native as per its karakawta, lordship, and the house where the planet is placed.
Therefore before recommending remedies for planet Sun following points should be checked:
1. Lordship of planet Sun: Here, the rulership of planet Sun should be seen i.e. check where Leo sign is falling in the Horoscope and that house lord will be planet Sun.
For example, in Aries ascendant, Leo sign falls in 5th house and thus planet Sun becomes the lord of the 9th house here.
Based on this lordship planet Sun will be either benefic, malefic, or even neutral.
Rules of lordship are one of the major factors and this decides the whole approach of remedial measure in Vedic astrology.
For your convenience nature of planet Sun for all is mentioned below:
Aries ascendant - Benefic.
Taurus ascendant - Mild benefic.
Gemini ascendant- Malefic.
Cancer ascendant - Malefic & maraka.
Leo ascendant - Benefic.
Virgo ascendant - Malefic.
Libra ascendant- Malefic.
Scorpio ascendant- Mild benefic.
Sagittarius ascendant - Benefic.
Capricorn ascendant - Neutral.
Aquarius ascendant -Mild benefic & maraka.
Pisces ascendant-Malefic.
This is the first thing that should be checked before prescribing any remedy related to planet Sun.
Especially remedy which focuses on the strengthening of planet Sun and during mahadasha or antardasha of benefic Sun.
2. Placement Of Planet Sun: This step comes into play once the lordship and core nature of planet Sun are taken into account.
Then in this step focus comes over the placement of Sun.
Sun can be over 1st, 2nd, or any house and that plays an important part in designing the remedy for it.
Special attention should be given to the placement of Sun in the 6th, 8th, or 12th house.
This step also decides whether strengthen or pacification remedy is required for planet Sun plus some custom-made remedies are also mentioned in books as per the placement of Sun in the Horoscope.
3. Overall Condition Of Planet Sun: Above mentioned steps are the core and integral part of this step.
Here, additionally following need to be checked:
3.1. Navamsha: Here planet Sun placement condition in navamsha should be checked and attention should be given to sign where Sun is placed. Don't stress on the lordship of Sun in navamsha, just the sign.
3.2. Association Of Planet Sun: In the natal horoscope association of planet Sun with other remaining planets should be judged.
It can happen that planet Sun is making an association functional benefic planets like lord of the 1st, 5th or 9th house.
Or vice versa i.e. association with lord of the 6th, 8th, or 12th house.
Making a judgment on this is an art and should be done carefully.
Given information need practical explanations with an example chart so that readers can understand their application of them.
In this Horoscope planet, Sun is lord of the 9th house and is benefic as per rules of lordship.
Now Sun is placed in the 12th house which is not ideal and is making the planet Sun weak.
Sun is making an association with planet Mercury who is lord of the 10th house thus making Dharmakarma Adthipati Yoga.
All this means that planet Sun has capabilities to do good but has weakness due to placement in 12th house.
Also, planet Saturn is also placed with Sun and this is giving affliction to planet Sun.
So planet Sun has good intentions and is making a Rajyoga also, but have affliction via Saturn and weakness via placement in 12th house.
So here best remedy will be to give strength to planet Sun via Jyotish Quality Ruby on right-hand ring finger or in Pendant.
Apart from that Saturn should be pacified by any means available i.e chanting mantra, stotram, donation, or via religious activities.
This is how you decide the suitable remedy for planet Sun.
Let's see the effective remedies for planet Sun now.
Remedy To Reduce The Malefic Effects Of Sun As Per Its Placement
The following remedy is for malefic Sun in the Horoscope.
It can be skipped where Sun is benefic via lordship.
1. If there is a malefic Sun in the first house of the horoscope, then set up a is water tap in the house of your ancestors.
2. If there is a malefic Sun in the second house of the horoscope, then pour jaggery in the moving water.
3. If there is a malefic Sun in the third house of the Horoscope, then a donation of wheat at the temple helps.
4. If there is a malefic Sun in the fourth house of the horoscope, then feed the blind and lame people. Also, perform regular havan in your own house.
5. If there is a malefic sun in the fifth place, then do Surya Namaskar every morning. Take water in a vessel in the morning, add sugar, jaggery, or honey to it, drink that water little by little throughout the day. This experiment is to be done for 43 days and should be started from Sunday.
6. If there is a malefic Sun in the sixth house, then feed gram and jaggery to the monkeys. Same time feed the ants with millet or sugar.
7. If there is malefic Sun in the seventh house, use salt in small quantities. Improve your temper and be patient. After the food is cooked, quench the fire with milk.
8. If there is a malefic Sun in the eighth house, other than a white cow serve any color cow.
9. If there is a malefic Sun in the ninth house, then use a brass utensil for food in the house.
10. If there is a malefic Sun in the tenth house pour water to Sun every day.
11. If there is a malefic sun in the eleventh place, then install a flour grinding mill or make flour by grinding wheat on a hand mill at home.
12. If there is a malefic Sun in the 12th house then putting the root of the vine in the talisman and wearing it around the neck can help immensely.
Some Simple Remedies To Fix Weak Sun Symptoms
Following remedies can be done by anyone without looking at the ascendant sign.
1. If planet Sun is badly placed in the Horoscope then mix red color flowers, saffron, cedar tree leaves, or green cardamom in shower water.
2. Offer water to the rising Sun from the copper utensils.
3. Recite Aditya Hridyamstotram daily.
4. Donate wheat, jaggery, red sandalwood, red color cow, or gold on Sunday.
5. If planet Sun is causing no children then Harivansh Purana should be read or listened to.
6. If Sun is afflicted by malefic Mars, Saturn, Rahu, or Ketu. Then in its Mahadasha Rudraabhishik should be done.
7. If the Sun is causing severe illness then worshipping of Lord Shiva should be done daily.
8. If Sun is placed in the water sign in the Horoscope then the Gayatri mantra should be recited daily in the morning.
9. If Sun is causing eye-related issues then Surya Namaskar should be done daily.
10. For followers of Hathayoga, the Surya stotram mentioned in Samba Purana should be recited daily.
Remedy For Weak But Benefic Planet Sun
This remedy is to be done where planet Sun is benefic but is weak via debilitation in natal or Navamsha or is weak via Shadbala.
Practical this remedy is possible for following ascendant signs only:
- Aries.
- Leo.
- Sagittarius.
For this remedy, a Jyotish Quality Ruby Gemstone is required which is very expensive.
Here, Ruby should be worn on the index finger or on a Pendant made in silver or gold metal.
Calculation of weight of the Ruby Gemstone needs a lot of calculations and knowledge.
The procedure to wear Ruby is as follows:
1. Ring should be made on Sunday when either Uttara Shada or Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra is falling.
2. Once the ring is ready, the ideal day to wear it is Sunday which falls in the waxing Moon phase.
3. Within two hours of the sunrise after changing the Surya mantra the ring should be worn.
4. After that a fire ritual should be done.
5. Donation of copper, jaggery, wheat, and some money should be done.
Remedy To Get Blessings From Planet Sun Without Use Of Gemstone
This remedy is for those who can not make Sun strong via Gemstones i.e Sun is malefic in Horoscope due to lordship over the malefic house.
This means this remedy can be done no matter what the ascendant is in the Horoscope.
Also, this remedy can be done irrespective of where the planet Sun is placed in the Horoscope.
If planet Sun is malefic and same time is afflicted then it is a must to do remedy.
This remedy has a few steps in it and it should be done with dedication.
Step No.1 After showering in the morning prayers to the rising Sun in the East direction and recite the following Sanskrit mantra:
वक्रतुंड महाकाय कोटि सूर्य समप्रभः । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥
Step No.2 After that do the Sun worshipping via reciting the following sanskrit mantra.
भास्वाद रत्नाढ्य मौलिः स्फुरद धर चारू रज्जित चारू केशो।
भास्वान यो दिव्यतेजाः करकमल युतः स्वर्णवर्णः प्रभासितं ॥
विश्वाकाशावकाशो गुणगण सहितो भाति यश्योदयाद्रो।
सर्वानंद प्रदाता हरिहर नामितः पातु मा विश्वचक्षु ॥
After this following sanskrit mantra should be recited.
प्रातः स्मरामि खलु तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं रूपंहि
मण्डलमृचोऽथ तनुर्यजूंषि|
सामानि यस्य किरणाः प्रभवादि हेतुं ब्रह्मा|
हरात्मकमलक्ष्म् चिंत्यरूपम ॥
प्रातर्नमामि तरणिं तनुवाङ्मनोभिः ब्रह्मंद्रपूर्वकसुरैर्नतमचितं च।
वृष्टिप्रमोचनविनिग्रहहेतु भूतं त्रैलोक्य पालन परं त्रिगुणात्मकं च ॥
प्रातर्भजामि सवितारमनन्तशक्तिं
पापौघ शत्रुभय रोग हरं परं च ।
तं सर्वलोकं कलनात्मक कालमूर्ति गो कण्ठ बंधन विमोचनमादि देवम्॥
श्लोकत्रयमिंदं भानोः प्रातः प्रातः पठेन्तु यः स सर्व व्याधिनिर्मुक्त परं सुखवाप्नुयात् ॥
Step No.3 After this following sanskrit mantra should be recited in honor of planet Sun.
जपाकुसुमसंकाशं काश्यपेयं
महाद्युतिम् ।
तमोऽरिं सर्वपापघ्नं प्रणतोऽस्मि दिवाकरम् ॥
The above-mentioned remedy is very effective to receive blessings from Lord Sun, which in turn bless the native with strength, health, and power.
Yantra Remedy Of Planet Sun
This remedy is very effective and easy to do.
With the method given below one can make & activate the Sun yantra and can benefit from the auspicious results from it.
The auspicious time to start this remedy is on Sunday when Kritika Nakshatra is available or when planet Sun is in the sign of Leo.
It should be initiated in the early morning within one hour of sunrise.
The place should be clean and quiet where concentration can be maintained for a long time.
Following items are required for this remedy of Sun:
1. Clean 4-inch Bhojpatra in square shape.
2. Mango wood stool of 6-inch height.
3. Copper utensils for keeping water.
4. Pomegranate flower.
5. Ghee.
6. Saffron.
7. Red silk string.
8. Red cloth.
9. Wooden pen made of pomegranate wood.
10. Fire ritual package.
11. Red sandalwood powder.
12. Ganga water.
13. Ashtaghanda sandalwood powder.
14. Clean cotton cloths.
Before you start this remedy, keep all this stuff next to you on the right side of your body.
Now spread the red cloth on the mango wood table and place the Lord Sun picture on it.
The idol or table should be kept on the eastern side and native need to face the eastern direction also.
Now light a Diya and offer it to Lord Sun's idol and offer flowers, saffron, and red sandalwood to the idol.
Dink the Ganga water for purification which is also known as "aachman".
Put some saffron in Ganga water in a copper utensil and sprinkle some water on Bhojpatra.
Make ink by mixing the same saffron water in ashtaghanda sandalwood powder.
With the help of a Pomegranate pen draw the following Yantra in Bhojpatra with equal space between the rows.
While drawing the yantra recite the Sanskrit mantra ॐ घृणि सूर्याय नमः।
Once the yantra is made, put it near Lord Sun's idol on the mango wood table.
Offer flowers and fruits to the yantra.
After this start reciting the Sanskrit mantra ॐ घृणि सूर्याय नमः। 11 times on rosary beads.
For the next 27 days, the same procedure should be followed.
On the last 27th day a fire ritual needs to be done and after that, the Yantra should be folded evenly and should be tied with red thread with 5 knots.
This yantra can be worn in a locket made from cooper or can be kept in the house in Pooja room.
Mantra Remedy Of Planet Sun
The mantra mentioned in the oldest Veda is given below and in Kaliyuga it should be done 28,000 times!!
The mantra in Sanskrit is as follows:
ॐ आकृष्णेन रजसां वर्तमानो निवेशयन्नमृतं मर्त्यञ्च । हिरण्येन सविता रथेना देवो याति भुवनानी पश्यन् ॥
Before doing this mantra a resolution needs to be made which is known as "Sankalp" and without that, this mantra remedy won't work.
This resolution is mentioned below.
"Oh Lord of the Sun! I'm praising you Forgive me if I have made any mistake and accept my worship."
No sadhana can be completed without any problem of determination, devotion, faith, and purity.
The day of starting sadhana should be good. Start sadhana on the day of Ravi-Pushya.
This sadhana can be started even when it is Sunday on the day of Siddhi Yoga, or Amrit Yoga.
Conclusion
You have seen above many types of remedies for planet Sun and some of them are easy and some of them can be quite tough to perform.
In todays fast world it is hard to do remedies but planet Sun remedies are still easy to perform because no matter what Sun will rise everyday in east and one can easily offer prayers to Sun.