When you ask an astrologer about what it means to have your sun in Aries you will hear replies ranging from Aries are selfish, Aries are fighters, and that they are the risk takers.
When you are born with your sun in Aries you are fated to understand yourself and the world through what you want or need to do, deemed as selfish at times, to standing up for something you want, categorized as fighting, and the risk taker, seen from another's perspective as jumping into something without thinking through the possible consequences.
The fate of Aries is to go in the direction that allows them to do their own thing.
It may be different than what family expects of them, they may not be understood why they would turn away from a chosen path and strike out on their own, therefore called risk taking.
The Aries sign is a fire sign, think of fire and how it will die out if not fed fuel.
Aries needs new fuel to be motivated, which is why they can appear to jump from one thing to another.
They will need something in their life to challenge them, and if they do not have that then they will be bored and cantankerous and can pick an argument just to stir up the energy to feel alive.
One key word you may find with Aries attribute is brave, yet the lesson of Aries is to find courage and do something even though they are afraid to do it.
Get close to an Aries and you will find what it is that they are fearful of.
This is one of their life challenges, to go beyond what is fearful and master the emotion of fear and courage.
It could be a phobia, fear of confined spaces such as elevators or fear of not being able to support ones children.
What the fear is does not matter; it is facing the fear, and moving through it.
Aries purpose is to show others that it is important to do what one wants, the importance of healthy selfishness.
The flip side is that one life lesson is to learn to see and feel from another person point of view.
There is a joy of being your own person that follows by following your bliss, your life path, this will allow others in your life to benefit through your happiness and give them permission to do what makes them happy.
Ultimately when one lives their life according to their own inner knowing and compass, they are open and have room for compassion and giving towards others, it comes full circle.
An Aries who is not following what they want can find life becomes a series of arguments and power struggles.
They can find the need to be number one somewhere extends into petty competition and frustration in driving, (how dare they cut in front of me! I was first) to competition and ego struggles at work.
If you are an Aries and you are not living life according to how you want, it is only a matter of time before bottled frustration begins to corrode all that is good in your life.
Find someplace where you feel you get to be number one.
Take time to do something purely selfish and rejuvenating on your part, where when you come home to your spouse and family you are ready to put attention back on them.
Find something that you believe in that you can stand up for and fight for, raise money for a cause, run for local office, race for the cure, be inventive; there are many ways you can raise your voice and use your energy while being a warrior.
We all have Aries somewhere in our charts, when you are born with your Sun in Aries, learning to channel the passion of your will towards a vision you can own is your task.
Astrology gives us a compass to confirm what we know, and how to continue on a path of self growth and spiritual awareness.