Home / Astrology / The Sun The Astrological Sun - The Heart of Gold "An archetypal content expresses itself, first and foremost, in metaphors. If such a content should speak of the Sun and then identify it with the lion, the king, the hoard of gold guarded by the dragon, or the power that makes for the life and health of man...   It is neither the one thing nor the other... but rather the unknown third thing that finds more or less adequate expression in all these similes, yet - to the perpetual vexation of the intellect - remains unknown and not to be fitted into a formula." Short Excerpt from: The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, C.G. Jung The Archetypal Image of the Sun As recognized in the insightful writings of depth psychologist Dr. Carl G. Jung, MD (quoted just above) - the archetypal energies of the Sun are reflected by a complex multiplicity of metaphorical symbols and imagery. Images typically associated with the Sun's heart energies are that of the lion, the king, the hoard of gold guarded by the dragon, and/or the power that makes for the life and health of humankind... The Sun is all this, and yet it is so much more! As Jung wisely pointed out, the Sun (as well as, all other archetypal images and symbols) - "to the perpetual vexation of the intellect - remains unknown and not to be fitted into a formula." The very moment we attempt the "flattening out" of the Sun's rich symbolic meanings - by declaring with surety that the Sun is this one single thing - it suddenly confounds us by becoming yet another unknown third thing. Yes... Despite all our best efforts at: Capturing the Sun's vital heart energies Taming the shining astrological Sun as if it were a trained circus lion And/or packaging up the Sun's mysterious and vital essence into nice, neat Sun Sign descriptions... The warm, shining, life-promoting energies of the astrological Sun refuse to be caged in and/or reduced down to nothing more than cold, dead, mental concepts. The Sun In The Birth Chart In the astrological birth chart, one of the many things our birth Sun's heart energies will symbolize is that of "The Hero's Journey." The Sun's placement in our birth chart paradoxically symbolizes both the hero (and heart) of our personal quest and the treasure of gold we're questing for... And trust me, developing and living out the heart energies of our birth Sun's placement is a true hero's labor, fully taking a lifetime to accomplish! Search for the Holy Grail Journey with Dr Z into the very depths of the Heart of Gold - as we answer our own personal "Call To Adventure!" Begin The Hero's Journey Apollo - god of Rationality - and the Sun Explore with Dr Z the Greek mythology behind the god Apollo (back to the Astrology Menu) Home / Astrology / The Sun