Word origin · etymology
Inherited Germanic English name.
From Old English sunne, related to other Germanic Sun words. The familiar English name is not a borrowed Roman deity-name.
How we know · epistemology
Observed astronomical body
Solar observations and ephemerides support positions, motion and physical descriptions of the Sun. A geocentric longitude records its apparent direction from Earth; interpreting that longitude as personal identity or purpose is a separate symbolic use.
NASA: the Sun ↗Astrology.com: Planets (first-party symbolic meanings) ↗
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