Relationship Between Planetary Orbits and Sun Rotation

Question: I was wondering about the relation between the Sun’s own rotation relative to the planets orbit around the sun. Does it also rotate counterclockwise?  Do you have any information about that?  — Rasmus

Answer: Yes, the Sun rotates in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed from above the plane of the solar system.  This is, as you say, the same direction as the planets orbit the Sun.  As was noted in a previous post regarding the relative motions of the planets and the Sun, this alignment is due to the fact that the Sun and planets formed from the same cloud of gas and dust which itself had residual angular momentum which resulted in a counter-clockwise rotation to the components of our solar system.

Jeff Mangum