The Sun in the 4th can make home life formal or strained and may bring concerns about the mother's health or property disputes. Success often comes away from the birthplace; inner peace grows with age.
What the 4th house governs
The 4th house, Sukha bhava, covers mother, home, property, vehicles, emotional peace and schooling. It is a kendra (angular) house, one of the pillars of the chart.
What Sun brings
Surya, the Sun, is the king among the grahas and the natural soul-significator (Atmakaraka). It represents vitality, authority, the father and one's sense of self.
What changes the result
- Sign and dignity: Sun exalted or in its own sign gives the best version of this placement; debilitated or in an enemy sign, the weaker version.
- House lordship: which houses Sun rules for your Lagna decides whose matters it carries into the 4th house.
- Aspects and conjunctions: Jupiter's aspect protects; Saturn, Mars or Rahu add pressure.
- Dasha: the placement shows most strongly during Sun's own Mahadasha or Antardasha (6-year Mahadasha).