Sun

The sun is the conscious self in its vital form. Egyptian tradition gave us Ra crossing the sky each day and the underworld each night. Vedic tradition offers Surya, whose chariot is drawn by seven horses. Jung treated sun dreams as the ego at its clearest — the waking mind made radiant. The sun’s state matters: rising sun for beginnings, noonday sun for full power, setting sun for a phase closing, eclipsed sun for consciousness temporarily overtaken. A sun with a face — as in many woodcut traditions — is classically understood as the Self made personal.