What it means
Career and reputation are the main field; you want to lead, be in view, reach the top. Recognition adds to your strength.
The flip side is that personal life gives way to career, and a failure at work hits your self-respect.
Not about you if career and recognition are indifferent to you.
How to check it on yourself
Each statement below may turn out to be false about you — that’s how it’s written. Check it against your past, and write your answer down before you compare it with the chart. The first item checks the calculation itself, the rest — the interpretation.
If your Sun is in the 10th house
What should match. Your birth time falls in the last third of the interval from sunrise to true noon — shortly before noon. Sunrise and sunset for the day and city of your birth are in any astronomical calendar; true noon is exactly halfway between them, true midnight is twelve hours after noon.
When it’s not about you. The time on your birth record doesn’t fall in this window and is more than a quarter of an hour from its edge — then the wrong time, time zone or city went into the calculation, and the houses in the chart aren’t yours. This checks the calculation, not the interpretation.
If you have the Sun in the 10th house
What should match. Think of the last three years. At least once you chose work over rest or family for the sake of advancement.
When it’s not about you. Never — then this is not about you.
Why the Sun’s house gives away your birth time and where to find true noon — on the page of all houses. How we check the rest — the site’s method.