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by Brian Habit

You have the Sun in Libra in the 7th house.  

The bodies in a chart--the Sun, the Moon, and the eight planets--teach us which kinds of experiences we need to develop, satisfy, and integrate various "parts" of ourselves. In the case of the Sun, he represents that part of you that wants to have a distinct sense of identity. He symbolizes your general vitality, the life force in you. The Sun teaches us how to have a sense of identity and vitality. Like the Sun providing energy for the rest of the solar system, the Sun in your chart provides the energy on which all the other parts of your consciousness depend. You’re the car and he’s the gas. You’re the lamp and he’s the light bulb. If we do not feed our Sun, we’re like a lamp without a light bulb or a car without gas. We have a weak presence in the universe, and we have very little energy. If we do feed our Sun, then we project a sense of aliveness, confidence, power, and vibrant energy in the world.

With the Sun in Libra, you’re here to create harmony. You’re here to become a pro at bringing separate parts or elements into some sort of pleasing or elegant arrangement, whether they’re individuals, groups of people, aesthetic components (such as colors and shapes), or some other types of elements. More than any other sign, Libra has a natural ability to appreciate the merits of alternative viewpoints or choices. Libra instinctively appreciates the fact that, in many ways, life’s “reality” is a dynamic push-me-pull-me interplay of opposing, potentially complementary elements. It’s the flow of Yin and Yang, no matter how much people might try to argue one particular point of view to the exclusion of other seemingly competing considerations. Libra sometimes gets stereotyped as being tactful and easy to get along with, but this sign can also come across as surprisingly contrary. Such contrariness has to do with Libra’s natural ability, when presented with one view of a situation, to offer an alternative perspective on it.

The more you make use of your knack as a harmonizer, the more vibrant and self-confident you can expect to feel. The more that you create harmony, the stronger the sense of identity that you can expect to have. In fact, you won’t really come into your own identity until you’ve developed a role as a harmonizer of one sort or another.

Now, to accomplish this evolutionary purpose and make a strong identity for yourself, you’ll need a strategy. Your strategy should include learning to manage your stress well. In order to bring harmony to parts of your environment, you’ll need to maintain a sense of inner calm. A sense of harmony needs to start and end “at home.” When you suffer even the ordinary bumps and bruises of getting through a typical week, take time to tune in to your feelings. Ask yourself, “What do I need right now emotionally?” If you’re feeling like you’re becoming more and more tense, take steps to nip that in the bud before your tension escalates out of control. Talk things over with someone. If your tension has to do with your relationship with someone else, then negotiate a new arrangement with that person. Listen to your favorite music, or watch a video. Visit a botanical garden, or spend time in your own back yard. Get a massage or meditate. Whatever you do, do something to soothe yourself.

Another part of your strategy should involve some sort of aesthetic creation or appreciation.

That’s because exposure to aesthetics or outer harmony often helps foster a sense of harmony inside of us. So find some ways to enjoy your surroundings or make them more enjoyable. Paint something. Decorate something. Clean up the house. Go spend time in scenic places. It doesn’t have to be something fancy (though Libra can enjoy elegance and refinement).

A third part of your strategy needs to involve social activity. Harmony can exist only between two or more elements, so you need to interact with someone else in order to get some harmony going. With your Sun in Libra, you need frequent interaction with people, especially one-on-one interaction. You need to establish close, harmonious relationships with other people. Another person could take the form of a buddy or a romantic partner, some sort of companion with whom you can share experiences. It might be someone you can bounce ideas off of and ask, “What do YOU think about so-and-so?”—someone who’ll give you his or her own take on a situation. For Libra, it’s a little like the old soft drink slogan, “Things go better with Coke.” In your case, the slogan might be “Things go better when you can share them with someone else.” It’s not as catchy, but you get the idea.

OK, so let’s say you develop your strategy of stress management, aesthetic creation or appreciation, and social activity. Where do you most need to do this? To know that, we check your chart for the Sun’s house position. The Sun is in your 7th house, the house of intimacy, so that’s where you most need to shine your Libran light.

In a birthchart, each section or “pie slice” represents one house. The 1st house lies on the left side, immediately below the horizontal line. The houses continue from there, moving in a counterclockwise direction, from the 1st house to the 12th house. The 7th house, then, is the pie slice immediately above the horizontal line on the right side of your chart. Each house is associated with a certain set of issues and activities in your life. Destiny or a higher power presents us with existential and moral questions related to the houses that are emphasized in our charts. How we react and what we learn are up to us.

The 7th house pertains to our intimate relationships and our identification with other people—our ability to put ourselves in someone else’s “shoes.” Intimate relationships such as those with significant others, close friends, business partners, clients, and specialized advisors (such as lawyers and astrologers) are represented by this house. Seventh-house relationships don’t have to be cooperative. They call also be competitive, such as with legal opponents, business competitors, or other rivals. Whether the relationships are competitive or cooperative, they involve face-to-face, close encounters with others.

With your Sun in the 7th house, you need to express your Libran essence in close connections with others. Whether they’re with friends or lovers, whether they’re of a personal nature or a professional nature, whether they’re collaborative or adversarial, you need intimate interactions. They give you energy. They help you define who you are. They’re where you are especially meant to shine in this life. Since the Sun lies in your 7th house, you need to politely, diplomatically--yet clearly--convey to others that you are the ultimate authority in that department of your life. Your sense of self-respect depends on it. Apply your personal strengths toward Libran ends—social service, hospitality, or aesthetically-oriented activities. Doing that will provide fuel for your identity development. It will help you define who you are.

The Sun is a me-oriented planet, and for you, he sits in the we-oriented 7th house. Therefore, your most intimate relationships will need to allow you to express yourself with lots of independence. In fact, they’ll need to encourage you to do that. Seek out people who can handle being with someone who is both companionable and independent, collaborative and self-confident. That probably means that they have a strong sense of identity themselves; they don’t feel threatened when their friends or partners step out on their own to do things. Shrinking violets need not apply.

How successful will you be in applying your Libran strategy? I can’t say. That depends on the choices that you make. However, what I can say that if you “do” Libra badly, then your behavior will be distorted somehow. If you do Libra badly, then you could act like a bossy clinging vine, an artist who overshadows others, or a selfish gold digger--one who pursues relationships in order to get rich.

If you act like a selfish gold digger, then you try to develop or maintain relationships for the sake of the comforts that come with them. Suppose you get into a job working with someone who drives you crazy. The two of you never see eye-to-eye on anything. He or she acts bossy, but the job pays well. It allows you to enjoy the good life. The other person has more power than you do in the organization, and try as you might, the two of you cannot seem to work together. Instead, you work against each other. That’s poison for Libra. Rather than move on to another situation that is less stressful and allows you to shine without so much hassle, you stay put. Maybe you have doubts that you can get what you want from a person by being honest, so you charm what you want out of the other person. You have a romantic interest in someone. So that you can get that person’s attention, you might pretend to be someone that you’re not. You’re the writer or singer who sells out by turning out material that you don’t believe in because that’s what people want. You’re the person who gets charged with misappropriating funds.

If you act like a bossy clinging vine, then you get into relationships in which you call the shots all the time, and the other person always follows your lead. While you act domineering and abusive, there’s also a sense of desperation, as if you can’t manage without having a particular companion in your life. Perhaps you live vicariously through someone else. For example, you yourself have a pretty conventional, quiet demeanor, but you hook up with a wildly unconventional heavy metal rock singer. By having him or her in your life, you can have some sense of what it’s like to be such a person. However, you don’t claim and develop that part of yourself, so it’s not the same as “being there.” The two of you could become the case of opposites attract. Once you get together, then how do you deal with each other?

If you don’t play the domineering role in relationships, then you could go to the opposite extreme in them. You could live in fear, walking on eggshells to keep a superficial peace. In the process, you compromise away something that is basic to your integrity or self-respect. Compromising around idiosyncratic personal differences is an inevitable part of any relationship that’s worth its salt, but if you compromise away something that’s fundamental to your being, then you will have traded your self-respect for...what? For a poor imitation of true intimacy, while major points of division never really get resolved. In such a tense environment, you could develop maladaptive behaviors (such as substance abuse) or conditions (such as stage fright). For example, let’s say you work for someone else. She never brings up the idea of a pay raise for you, and you hesitate to initiate such a conversation yourself because you don’t want to rock the boat. If that’s the case, then you can either take a risk and bring the matter up, or you can risk working indefinitely, never knowing when you’ll be fairly compensated for the work that you put in. You may not get a raise by asking for it, but you’re probably a lot likelier to get it if you do ask for it then if you don’t. How good are you likely to feel about yourself, if you don’t have that conversation?

Whether you are in the one-up position or the one-down position, your relationships could generate into bitter arguments. Maybe you part company with a boss after months of being at each other’s throats, or you go through a bitter divorce, or you get into physical fights with a sibling.

If you act like an artist who overshadows others, then you compete with people for the spotlight. If you lose out in an athletic competition, or artistic competition, or some other contest, then you pout and sulk.

Some of the behaviors described here would be consistent with the meaning of the Sun in Libra (ego gratification through close interaction with others), but they wouldn’t be consistent with its evolutionary purpose (bringing separate elements into a pleasing or collaborative relationship). If you let yourself fall into such traps, then it could short-circuit the development of your identity. You could expect your self-esteem and your general vitality to suffer. You could have the chronic blahs.

Those are the bleaker possibilities. If you make a strong response to the need to feed your Sun, then the outlook is much brighter. In that case, you could behave like a shining diplomat, a proud artist, or a confident lover.

If you act like a shining diplomat, then you use your charm and social skills to advance the causes of peace and justice, but you don’t manipulate people in the process. You’re honest about your intentions or your motives. You build social bridges by drawing on your ability to empathize with others, and you conduct yourself with civility and poise. Even in moments of conflict, you maintain your composure. Rather than label someone as being abnormal just because you don’t understand him or her, you try to put yourself in that person’s position. You try to look at life from his or her perspective, and you encourage other people to do the same. You’re the politician who supports her working constituents by pushing for fair trade practices. You’re the child who gets picked on by other children and grows up to become a successful comedian.

If you act like a confident lover, then you open yourself up to true intimacy—to really knowing someone else and having that person really know you, warts and all. You bring a certain sweetness to your interactions with others, but it’s clear that you respect yourself. You also bring a strong sense of identity to the relationship-building arena. When you try to have close one-on-one interactions with others, you meet as two mature adults that appreciate the value that collaboration and companionship can add to your lives. Neither of you looks to be the parent or child of the other. Neither of you tolerates the other person acting like a parent or child toward you. For example, if your romantic partner orders you to give up your career, in effect forcing you to choose between your career and your partner, then you may just give up your partner instead. You form mutually respectful, collaborative ties with others while retaining your ability to initiate action on your own. Rather than losing yourself in a relationship, you develop a life of your own, apart from being someone else’s spouse, or friend, or anything else. There’s also a sense of specialness and durability to your close bonds. The two of you can count on each other being around even if your circumstances change down the road. You’re willing to let those who are close to you see you at your worst as well as your best.

If you act like a proud artist, then you develop your aesthetic sensibilities and your social skills, and you exhibit them with confidence but not smugness. You’re the graphic artist who starts who own business, or the impresario who brings a corporation back from the brink of financial ruin. Maybe you exhibit both leadership and gracefulness. You’re the social reformer who speaks out on the issues of the day and becomes the president of a humanitarian organization.

By acting in such ways, you feel like you occupy your rightful place in society. You’re clear and proud about who you are. You shine brightly.