sun sign

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Noun

sun sign (plural sun signs)

  1. (astrology) The zodiac sign occupied by the Sun at the time of a person’s birth, regarded as the primary indicator of their core personality, vitality, and self-expression, and the basis of the person's self-identification as an Arian, Tauran, etc.
    • 1936 March 26, The Queenslander Illustrated Weekly, Brisbane, page 4, column 1:
      It must be remembered when reading these sun signs that it is not a horoscope, but the influence of one factor only in a chart.
    • 1966 June 29, The Biz, Fairfield, NSW, page 4, column 1:
      How has Brigitte Bardot's sun-sign helped her career!

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