Sun Remedies for Mahadasha and Transits

Has your Sun Mahadasha started, or has the Sun moved into a hard house from your Moon sign? And now your boss, your father and your own energy all seem to be working against you? Then you're in the right place. Below are 15 Sun remedies in the order I'd use them, with what Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika say about each.

The Sun is the one planet you see every day. Maybe that's why its remedies are the easiest to start and the easiest to drop.

Most lists stop at two of them: offer water at sunrise and wear a ruby. Both have a place. But in Jyotish the Sun is the Atma (the self), the king among the planets and the significator of the father. So most of its remedies are about how you carry authority, your own and other people's.

Phaladeepika lists the ways to pacify any badly placed planet, in transit, dasha or antardasha: good deeds, fasting, prayer, japa and gifts (Ch. 26, verses 49-50).

It adds that the planets favour people who harm no one and keep self-control.

The order below is my own. Conduct and daily habits come first, then mantra and worship, then charity, and the gemstone last. I wrote this guide in October 2026, and every classical rule in it comes from the texts, not from remedy lists.

So without any further ado, let's start with who Surya is.

Two of the Sun's myths explain most of its remedies.

Sanjna, Vishvakarman and the Heat Nobody Could Bear

The Vishnu Purana's version of the story (opens in a new tab) begins with Sanjna, daughter of Vishvakarman, the architect of the gods. She married Surya and bore him three children: Manu Vaivasvata, Yama and Yamuna.

But she couldn't bear her husband's heat. So she left her shadow, Chhaya, in her place and went to the forest to do penance.

Surya didn't notice the swap at first. With Chhaya he had three more children, and one of them was Shani (Saturn). That's where the famous enmity between the Sun and Saturn begins, which I cover in Saturn remedies.

When Surya finally found out, he tracked Sanjna down in the form of a horse. From that reunion came the Ashvini twins and Revanta.

Then Vishvakarman did something interesting. He put the Sun on his lathe and trimmed away about an eighth of his brilliance, so that his daughter could live with her husband. From the shavings he made Vishnu's discus, Shiva's trident and Kartikeya's lance.

Notice what the fix was. Nobody asked the Sun to stop shining.

His light was trimmed just enough for the people closest to him to stay near him. That's the idea behind most Sun remedies too.

The modern astrologer Shweta Kumaria makes the same point in chart terms. The Sun lights up the non-living matters of its house, such as career, status and knowledge. It tends to scorch the living ones, such as the partner in the 7th or the mother in the 4th.

Rama, Agastya and the Aditya Hridayam

BPHS lists the avatars of Vishnu and the planets they came from, and it gives Rama to the Sun (Ch. 2, verses 5-7).

Rama belongs to the Solar dynasty, the Suryavamsha, and the Ramayana ties him to the Sun in one more way.

In the Yuddha Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana, Rama stands exhausted before his final battle with Ravana. The sage Agastya comes to him and teaches him the Aditya Hridayam, a hymn of 31 verses to the Sun. Rama recites it, and then he fights.

That's why both Rama and the hymn Agastya taught him belong on this list.

What the Sun Represents in Vedic Astrology

• People: the father and father figures, kings, governments and officials, bosses, mentors, and anyone who holds authority over you.
• Body: bones, the heart and the eyes, with a bilious (Pitta) constitution. The Sun is the main significator of vitality.
• Work: government service, administration, politics, management and leadership, founding things, and work for temples or Lord Shiva.
• Qualities: the self, confidence, willpower, courage, patience, honour, enthusiasm and the ability to lead.
• Rulership and dignity: the Sun rules Simha (Leo), and its Mooltrikona is the first 20 degrees of Leo. It's exalted in Mesha (Aries), deepest at 10 degrees, and debilitated in Tula (Libra), deepest at 10 degrees.
• Strength: its Digbala (directional strength) is in the 10th house, and it has none in the 4th.
• Friends and enemies: the Moon, Mars and Jupiter are its friends, Venus and Saturn its enemies, and Mercury is neutral.
• Day, metal, grain and gem: Sunday, copper and gold, wheat, and the ruby.
• Deity: Agni, the god of fire, is the Sun's presiding deity, and in worship most astrologers give it Shiva and Rama.
• Nakshatras: it rules Krittika, Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha.

Like every planet, the Sun casts a full aspect on the 7th house from itself. It has no special aspects.

You'll get more out of the remedies once you know whether your Sun needs strengthening, calming or neither. I'll keep this part short, because the remedies are the main event.

What Makes the Sun Strong

The Sun gives its best results in Aries or Leo, in a Kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or in the 11th.

It also does well when it joins the lord of the 9th or the 10th.

BPHS promises wealth, comfort and honours from the government in the Mahadasha of a Sun placed like that (Ch. 47, verses 7-11).

The Upachaya houses (the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th), the houses that improve with time, suit it too. A Sun in the 6th beats rivals. A Sun in the 10th has full directional strength on top of its natural link with career.

If you want a number, check the Sun's six-fold strength with the Shadbala calculator.

What Makes the Sun Weak or Afflicted

The same chapter covers the opposite case. The trouble starts when the Sun is debilitated in Libra, weak in the 6th, 8th or 12th, joined by malefics, or joined by the lords of those three houses.

Then its Mahadasha brings anxiety, losses, trouble with authority and damage to your name (verses 12-15). Relatives turn difficult, and the father goes through a hard time. A benefic aspect on the Sun softens this, and a malefic aspect makes it harder.

Three conjunctions come up again and again:

• Sun with Saturn: father and son, and natural enemies. Expect friction with bosses or your father, and recognition that arrives late.
• Sun with Rahu: often called Grahan Yoga, after the eclipse. Rahu clouds the Sun's judgment and can feed an appetite for status that's never satisfied.
• Sun with Ketu: detachment from your own ambition, and a self-image that's hard to pin down.

Then there's the house the Sun rules. For some ascendants the Sun owns a difficult house, such as the 6th for Pisces or the 12th for Virgo.

That changes the remedy. You still keep a weak Sun's habits in order, but you don't make it louder with a ruby. The table under Remedy #15 covers all 12 ascendants.

Combustion: When the Sun Is the Problem

A planet too close to the Sun is Asta (combust) and loses strength.

Phaladeepika's notes give the distances: the Moon within 12 degrees, Mars within 17, Mercury within 14 (12 when retrograde), Jupiter within 11, Venus within 10 (8 when retrograde) and Saturn within 15.

Combustion is something the Sun does to another planet. So the remedy usually belongs to that planet, not to the Sun: a combust Mercury needs Mercury's remedies.

Combustion also isn't a switch that turns a planet off. My own Sun combusts Mars, and I've never felt Mars overpowered by it.

The Sun's house decides which part of your life gets its light and which part gets its heat. Don't know your Sun's house, sign or the dasha you're running? Enter your birth details below and note all three.

How the Sun Affects You by House

The house results below fold in Phaladeepika's readings, softened where the old wording is harsher than real charts.

The pattern is easy to see. The Sun shines in the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th, and it burns in the houses of the people closest to you. For the fuller picture, read the Sun in all 12 houses.

The Sun works on three clocks: its 6-year Mahadasha, its short antardashas inside every other Mahadasha, and its monthly transit.

Sun Mahadasha

The Sun's Mahadasha lasts 6 years in the Vimshottari Dasha. It comes after Venus's 20 years and before the Moon's 10. People born with the Moon in Krittika, Uttara Phalguni or Uttara Ashadha start life in it.

Its nine antardashas run in this order: Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu and Venus.

A strong Sun makes it a period of recognition, responsibility and visible progress.

A weak or afflicted one turns the same six years toward clashes with authority, a bruised sense of self and strain with the father.

For a troubled Sun-Sun antardasha, the classical remedy is Mrityunjaya japa, or the worship of the Sun through its mantras and charity.

The house can outweigh the lordship. A Redditor in their Sun Mahadasha wrote that it hadn't been favourable so far, even though the Sun rules their 5th house. They put it down to the Sun sitting in the 12th.

The 5th is one of the best houses a planet can rule, and the 12th is a house of loss, so the two pull in opposite directions. Check both the house and the lordship in your own chart before you decide what kind of Sun period you're in.

Sun Antardasha in Other Mahadashas

The Sun's sub-period turns up inside every Mahadasha, and it's short. Its length is the Mahadasha's years multiplied by 6 and divided by 120.

So a Sun antardasha in Saturn's 19-year Mahadasha lasts 19 × 6 ÷ 120 = 0.95 years. That's about 11 months and 12 days.

None of these runs past a year, so a Sun antardasha is a short window.

Notice its themes (authority, visibility, the father) and act on them while the window is open.

That's how it went for me. My Sun is exalted in Aries in the 10th house, where it also has directional strength. Its antardasha came in my early twenties, inside Saturn's Mahadasha.

Saturn and the Sun are natural enemies, so on paper it was a mixed sub-period. In practice it was my best antardasha so far.

I started a blog then and began earning online while still in college, at an age when most students in India aren't earning yet.

I credit that antardasha with starting my career.

I've never wanted a government job, which people often link with a strong Sun. But I've always ended up leading: I've founded several companies and never worked under anyone.

So I don't hand out Sun remedies just because a Sun period has started. With a strong Sun, I'd use the antardasha to take on more responsibility.

Sun Transits: About a Month in Each Sign

The Sun changes sign about once a month, on the day called Sankranti.

Counted from your Moon sign, Phaladeepika rates the Sun's transit good in only four houses: the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th (Ch. 26, verse 2). Each has a Vedha (obstruction) point, the 9th, 12th, 4th and 5th respectively. A planet transiting that point spoils the good result, with one exception: Saturn, who doesn't obstruct his father.

That leaves 8 months of every year when the Sun is in a "bad" house from your Moon. So don't panic over a single Sun transit.

A month of the Sun on your Moon sign tends to bring fatigue and a short temper. The 8th brings friction and trouble with people in charge, and the 12th brings expenses. Read the house from your ascendant first for what actually happens, and from your Moon sign for how it feels.

A weak Sun shows up as a problem with your sense of self before it shows up anywhere else. Common signs include:

• Low confidence, or a habit of waiting for permission before you act
• Needing praise to keep going, and taking criticism very personally
• Repeated clashes with bosses, teachers, officials or anyone in charge
• A tense, distant or painful relationship with your father
• Pride that turns into arrogance, or a need to win every argument
• Trouble with government work: delayed paperwork, fines, taxes or permits
• Low energy in the morning, and a body clock that's drifted late
• Being passed over for recognition you earned
• Avoiding responsibility, or taking on far too much to prove a point
• Breaking promises to yourself, so your willpower keeps getting weaker
• Feeling unseen, even when you're doing good work

Astrologically, they point to the Sun when it's debilitated in Libra, weak in the 6th, 8th or 12th, afflicted by Saturn or Rahu, or the ruler of a difficult house for your ascendant.

No single sign proves a weak Sun, and a proper reading always checks the dasha too.

Now, let's get into the remedies.

This comes first because it costs nothing and supports every other remedy on this list. It's also the most literal way to live by the Sun.

Wake up before sunrise, or close to it, and step outside within the first hour of daylight. Ten to fifteen minutes on a balcony, a terrace or a walk is a good start.

Keep the time roughly fixed across the week, weekends included.

A late, irregular wake-up does the opposite. The Sun's hours pass while you're asleep, and the day starts in a rush.

If shift work or a newborn rules out sunrise, get outside early in your own day, at the same time each day.

The Sun rules willpower and self-respect, and small promises shape both more than big decisions do.

Think of the alarm you don't snooze, or the report you send on the day you said you would.

Start with promises to yourself. Pick one daily commitment you can keep, such as a wake-up time, a walk or a page of reading, and keep it for 40 days without exception.

Then extend the habit outward. Turn up on time, return what you borrow, and do what you told your team you'd do.

Truthfulness belongs here too. Small lies to colleagues or family wear down the same willpower that broken promises do.

If you're in a Sun period and things keep slipping, count the small promises you've broken this month. In my experience, a long list is one of the plainest signs of a Sun that needs work.

The Sun is the Karaka (significator) of the father. Its condition in your chart shows how you experienced him: present or absent, warm or harsh, a support or a weight.

Where the relationship is safe, work on it. Call him, and ask about his life, his work and what he wishes he'd done differently.

Help with what he struggles with now, whether that's paperwork, health appointments or just company.

If he has passed, honour him with something he valued, such as a donation in his name or a habit of his that you carry on.

But not everyone had a safe father. If yours was abusive or consistently damaging, the remedy is not forced closeness. It's healing, with boundaries that protect you, and a therapist is often the best help with that.

You can respect fatherhood as an idea, and the older men who've been good to you, without exposing yourself to harm.

Sun periods tend to bring this relationship to the surface either way. Someone on Reddit shared that their Sun Mahadasha has brought a lot of disappointment and delayed luck. They said their relationship with their father is the only part of life that has got better since it began.

Bosses, teachers, landlords, officials and the government are all the Sun in your life. How you deal with them is one of the most direct Sun remedies there is.

Respect the role even when you disagree with the person. Raise problems directly and calmly instead of complaining behind their back.

Pay your taxes and fines on time, keep your documents in order and follow the rules you'd expect others to follow.

A Sun period that starts with a messy relationship with authority usually gets better once your side of it is clean.

A Redditor with a Virgo ascendant and the Sun with Mercury in the 1st described their Sun Mahadasha as a mix. They had plenty of visibility at work, and friction with older men in their field.

For a Virgo ascendant the Sun rules the 12th, so by my reading a 1st-house Sun carries 12th-house matters into how they come across.

If your Sun period brings both recognition and clashes, check which house your Sun rules before you blame the people above you.

The Sun doesn't wait to be asked. A weak Sun often shows up as the opposite habit: letting others decide, avoiding the hard call, hoping someone else will take charge.

So take the role. Volunteer to run a project, a family event or a small team.

Make decisions and own their results, including the bad ones.

When something goes wrong on your watch, say so first and fix it, rather than looking for someone to blame.

You don't need a big title for this. A parent who runs a household well is using the Sun, and so is a student who organises the study group or a junior employee who owns one process end to end.

If the Sun rules a good house for your ascendant, give this remedy extra weight.

This is the other half of the Sun. It's a Krura (harsh) planet by nature, and too much of it burns.

The signs are arrogance, a need to dominate, contempt for weakness and isolation built by pride. Watch for them in yourself.

Do you interrupt people, or need the last word? Do you treat waiters, drivers or junior colleagues differently from people who can help you?

Those are the habits to work on. They show up most when your Sun is exalted, in Leo, or in the 1st or 10th house.

Think back to the lathe. Vishvakarman trimmed an eighth of the Sun's brilliance so the people around it could bear it.

So for one week, listen more than you speak, give credit away in public, and apologise when you're wrong without adding "but". That's the trimming.

Surya Namaskar (the Sun Salutation) is a sequence of 12 yoga postures linked with the breath, traditionally done facing east in the morning.

It works as a Sun remedy on two levels: it's a moving prayer to the Sun, and it gets your body going at the hour the Sun rules.

Start with 2 to 4 slow rounds and build up over a few weeks. Some practitioners say one of the Sun's 12 names with each posture, starting with Om Mitraya Namah. That isn't required, but it turns a workout into a practice.

If yoga isn't for you, a brisk morning walk or a run outdoors carries the same idea: movement, in daylight, at the start of the day.

This is the best-known Sun remedy, and it's popular for a reason. It takes five minutes and ties you to sunrise every day.

Within about an hour of sunrise, stand facing east with a copper vessel (a lota) of clean water.

Many people add a pinch of red kumkum, a few grains of rice or a red flower.

Raise the vessel and pour the water in a slow, steady stream while chanting Om Suryaya Namah or the Gayatri mantra.

Look at the stream or the horizon, not into the Sun.

Pour it onto soil or a plant rather than a paved floor, so the water isn't wasted.

On a cloudy day, do it anyway, facing east. The daily appointment with sunrise is what you're keeping.

One person on a Jyotish forum wrote that offering water to the Sun regularly keeps their confidence up. But keeping to a fixed early slot every day had become hard for them to sustain.

That's the honest difficulty with this remedy. I'd tie it to your own sunrise, which moves through the year, and check the time in today's panchang instead of fighting the clock.

The Surya beej mantra (seed-syllable mantra) most people use is:

"Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah" (ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः)

The Art and Science of Vedic Astrology gives a shorter seed-syllable form, "Om Sum Suryaya Namaha" (ॐ सुं सूर्याय नमः). Either works.

You'll also see "Om Ghrini Suryaya Namah" on many lists, sometimes labelled the beej mantra. It's a well-known Surya mantra, but it isn't a seed-syllable mantra like the two above.

Chant your chosen mantra 108 times a day, or at least every Sunday, with a mala (rosary) of 108 beads if you have one. Sit facing east if you can.

The Art and Science of Vedic Astrology also suggests starting a Sun mantra on a Sunday at sunrise, ideally while the Sun is in a fire sign (Aries, Leo or Sagittarius).

For a finer window, check today's hora for the Sun's hour.

If you want the full classical count, BPHS sets the Sun's japa at 7,000 repetitions, done after the Sun's worship (Ch. 84, verses 17-20). Most people spread it over a few weeks.

P.V.R. Narasimha Rao's textbook gives 6,000 for its Sun mantra, so counts differ between sources. Either way, a focused 108 every Sunday beats a rushed 7,000.

The Aditya Hridayam (opens in a new tab) is the hymn Agastya taught Rama before his battle with Ravana. Its 31 verses praise the Sun as the source of light, strength and victory.

It's the remedy I'd add first when a Sun period brings clashes, exhaustion or a fight you can't avoid.

Recite it once in the morning, ideally after your bath and facing east.

If the Sanskrit is new to you, listen to a good recording and read along until you can say it yourself.

Sundays are traditional, but daily recitation is better. Give it a few weeks before you judge it: a stotra (hymn of praise) works slowly, and devotion matters more in a stotra than perfect pronunciation.

The Gayatri mantra is addressed to Savitr, the Sun as the one who wakes and moves the world. It's a prayer for a clear mind:

"Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah, Tat Savitur Varenyam, Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat" (ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्)

Traditionally it's chanted at dawn, noon and dusk, the three Sandhyas (junctions of the day).

Most people start with 11 or 108 repetitions at sunrise, and it pairs well with Remedy #8: chant it while you offer water.

The Gayatri suits a Sun that's weak in judgment rather than in confidence. Think of a Sun with Rahu, or a Sun in the 12th, where the self is clouded rather than absent.

P.V.R. Narasimha Rao gives Shiva and Rama as the Sun's deities, and Agni is its presiding deity. Choose the form that means most to you.

• Lord Rama: the avatar that came from the Sun, as the myth section above explains. Recite the Rama Raksha Stotra, read from the Ramayana, or chant "Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram" on Sundays. Rama is the ruler who keeps his word, so I'd pick him when your Sun's problem is integrity or responsibility.
• Lord Shiva: offer water to a Shiva Lingam and chant Om Namah Shivaya 108 times on Sunday mornings. For a hard Sun-Sun antardasha, the classical remedy is the Mahamrityunjaya mantra: "Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam, Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat."
• Agni: light a ghee lamp at sunrise, or keep a small havan (fire offering) on Sundays. The Sun's havan wood is Aak (Arka), and Arka is also one of the Sun's names.

If you can travel, the Sun temples at Konark, Modhera, Deo and Katarmal are traditional places for Sun worship, and so is Suryanar Kovil among the Navagraha temples of Tamil Nadu.

A sincere prayer at home on a Sunday morning carries the same principle.

A Ravivar Vrat (Sunday fast) is a long-standing popular remedy for the Sun.

Most people eat one simple meal before sunset, often of wheat, and keep the rest of the day light with fruit, milk or water.

Keep it simple. The point is discipline and devotion.

Fasting on the Sun's day teaches you to say no to yourself, and the Sun is built on exactly that kind of self-command.

Wheat is the Sun's grain. The chapter on remedies quoted under Remedy #9 lists the rest of the Sun's offerings: red flowers and garments, copper, rice cooked with jaggery as the food to serve, and a cow with its calf as the gift.

Few people can give a cow today. So most follow this with wheat, jaggery, red cloth or a copper vessel.

Give them on a Sunday morning to people who need them: a food bank, a community kitchen, a family you know is struggling.

Feeding someone a wheat meal counts too.

Supporting a temple's upkeep, or volunteering in its kitchen, is another Sun charity, since the Sun rules temples.

Lists in the Lal Kitab style (a 20th-century Urdu text that popularised many household remedies) add things like jaggery or a copper coin floated in flowing water. I'd stick to gifts where someone benefits, such as wheat for a family that will cook it this week.

This is the last remedy because it should be the last thing you try.

The ruby (Manik) is the Sun's gem, and it strengthens the Sun, which only helps if a stronger Sun is good for your chart.

A gemstone doesn't fix a planet. It turns up whatever the planet already does, good and bad, and Robert Svoboda makes the same point in his essay Working with Gemstones or Crystals.

So the first question is what the Sun rules for your ascendant.

The table follows the classical rules of Laghu Parashari for each ascendant, with one change.

I've put Scorpio in the good group, as Muthuswami does, because the Sun rules the 10th there and, with the Moon as the 9th lord, can form a raja yoga.

A Maraka is a planet that rules the 2nd or 7th house, the houses of decline. For Capricorn, the blemish of 8th-house lordship doesn't apply to the Sun, which is why it's neutral rather than bad.

If the ruby is right for you, wear a natural, untreated stone set in gold (some traditions use copper) on the ring finger of the right hand.

Put it on for the first time on a Sunday at sunrise, while the Sun is strong.

Get it recommended by an astrologer who isn't also selling you the stone.

How Can I Make My Sun Strong?

Start with daily habits: wake before sunrise, get morning light, keep your promises and deal fairly with people in authority. Then add the Surya beej mantra on Sundays, the Aditya Hridayam and a gift of wheat or jaggery. Wear a ruby only after an astrologer confirms that the Sun is a functional benefic for your ascendant.

What Is the Most Powerful Mantra for the Sun?

The Surya beej mantra, Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah, chanted 108 times on Sundays, is the one most astrologers start with. The Gayatri mantra suits a Sun that needs clearer judgment, and the Aditya Hridayam is the hymn I'd add for a hard or combative Sun period. The best mantra is the one you'll chant every week.

In Which Rashi Is the Sun Weak?

The Sun is debilitated in Libra (Tula), and it's at its weakest at 10 degrees of that sign. It's also uncomfortable in the signs of its enemies, Venus and Saturn: Taurus, Capricorn and Aquarius. A debilitated Sun can still recover through neecha bhanga (cancellation of debilitation), so check the rest of the chart before you treat it as weak.

Which God Should I Worship for the Sun?

Lord Rama and Lord Shiva are the deities most astrologers give the Sun, and Agni, the god of fire, is its presiding deity. Surya himself is also worshipped directly, through hymns, mantras and water offered at sunrise. Choose the form you can keep up every week.

Is Sun Mahadasha Difficult?

Sun Mahadasha lasts 6 years, and it's mostly difficult when the Sun is weak, afflicted or rules a hard house for your ascendant. A Sun that's exalted, in its own sign, in a kendra or in the 11th usually makes it a period of recognition and responsibility. Check the Sun's sign, house and lordship before you expect either.

What Are the Remedies for the Sun in the 12th House?

A Sun in the 12th house needs the remedies that bring it back into view: waking at sunrise, the water offering, the Gayatri mantra and care for your relationship with your father. Charity suits this house well, because the 12th rules giving. Don't wear a ruby for a 12th-house Sun unless the Sun rules a good house for your ascendant.

How Long Do Sun Remedies Take to Work?

There's no fixed timetable, but 40 days of daily practice is the traditional span for a new practice, and it's long enough to see whether you can keep it up. Pick one or two you'll still be doing in six months.

Most Sun remedies come down to a daily appointment with sunrise and a better relationship with authority, whether it's your father's, your boss's, the government's or your own.

Every remedy in this guide comes back to Vishvakarman's lathe. Keep your light, and trim the heat that burns the people around you.

Wake early, keep your word, take responsibility and stay humble. Then add the mantra, the hymn and the Sunday charity on top.

If you're in a hard Sun period right now, pick one or two of these and keep them for 40 days. A Sun antardasha lasts a year at most, and even the Mahadasha is only 6 years, so you're working with a period that ends. I hope this gives you a clear place to start.

Where does the Sun sit in your chart, and which Sun period are you in? Share your ascendant and your Sun's house in the comments, and I'll tell you which of these remedies I'd start with.

If you found this helpful, you might also want to read the guides on Moon remedies, Mars remedies, Jupiter remedies and Ketu remedies.