What it means
You recover in solitude; you work better without witnesses — in creativity, helping, research. The strength is there, but it is hard to show.
The flip side is that it is hard to speak up for yourself and get the recognition you deserve.
Not about you if you speak up for yourself easily and have no need for solitude.
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 12th house
What should match. Your birth time falls in the first third of the interval from sunrise to true noon — shortly after sunrise. 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 12th house
What should match. Think of the last five evenings after a hard day. In at least three you wanted to be without people rather than go out in company.
When it’s not about you. Company relieves tiredness best — 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.