ASCENDANT SIGNS 7PLANETS IN SIGNS

ARIES risingPeople with Aries rising tend to be energetic, pioneering, rash, argumentative, selfish, impulsive, quick-tempered, aggressive, assertive, headstrong, independent, alert, mechanically-inclined, physically active, self-promoting, self-centered in an unthinking way, and more thoughtless than mean. You have a general dislike for restraint of any kind, don't like to be told what to do, need to learn diplomacy and tact need to look before leaping, need to better learn how to channel your energies for more constructive purposes and results. Like the ram who symbolizes this sign, you tend to butt your head against your problems hoping that with enough force you can eventually knock down whatever stands before you, including people. You like the challenges of life and are very competitive and sometimes combative. You get bored easily with routine and one thing you may need to practice more of persistence. You tend to jump from one thing to another, always looking for something new. Finish what you start before moving on. Spiritual lesson to learn: Patience. Mars rules Aries so Mars will be important in your chart.

First and foremost, the personality expresses Aries energy through the will to assert the self in the environment. You are perceived to be materially ambitious. At the same time you have the capacity to assert yourself on the intuitive plane. This means that you are able to think well ahead in whatever activity you choose, as well as to apply your energy in the present moment. Thus people see you as a good planner.

People also see that you are courageous. You are able to engage in difficult situations, and you even let a bit of your fiery spirit out—you demonstrate your leadership potential by taking on big problems to solve. It is your lively, energetic personality that attracts people to you, and it is your intuitive vision that convinces them to trust you.

On the negative side, you have a quick temper. It is difficult for you to hide this fact. Along with it you sometimes come across as egotistical in your leadership style. These two qualities do not endear you to others. To compensate for these, you can cultivate a very different side of Aries energy—compassion. This may not be the easiest thing for you to do, as it is not the first impulse that springs into your mind. However, your intuition shows you future possibilities, among them how other people are likely to respond in a given situation. You consider likely outcomes and modify your present attitude and approach to achieve better future relationships.

A healthy effect of your more compassionate attitude is that you don't burn up your energy in irritation and anger. Instead you moderate the flow of energy so that your actions become more effective. You will find that you don't tire as easily. You may have fewer headaches. You find that meditation, even for a few minutes each day, releases tension that serves no practical purpose. Yet you can wind up to peaks of tension when that is desirable.

Physical Attributes: posses lean and muscular body, middle stature neither thin or stout, reddish in complexion, long face and neck, broad head and narrow chin, marks or scar on head or chin, bushy eyebrows, eyes are gray to grayish brown.

TAURUS risingPeople with Taurus rising tend to be strong, persistent, slow to change, determined, stable, quiet (until pushed too far—then there will be trouble), practical, stubborn, non-aggressive, patient,

affectionate, loyal, hard-working, passive and unassuming in general, and fixed in their convictions with a general slow pace of mind. Taureans can be led or coaxed, but never pushed or driven. Resources and possessions, whether people or finances are very important to you. You want to build and make things grow, but you can't be hurried. You want to get your hands on things and see the practical results of your own hard work. You are good at taking what others have started then carrying on. Success comes to you by sheer persistence and will. Your love of sweet or rich food can incline you to put on weight. Try to be less rigid in all you do. Tame any jealousy and instinct to possessiveness. You hate and fear sickness and pain. Spiritual lesson to learn: Detachment. Venus rules Taurus so Venus will be important in your chart.

The Taurus Ascendant generally expresses the personality more harmoniously than Aries. The forceful, ambitious drive is replaced by a steady, stick-to-it energy. People see you as reliable and thorough in all of your activities. You can be depended on to consider all the angles as you pursue your work.

You have strong desires, and this shows in your personality. When you present an idea, people see the practical potential, and they see the intent to bring the idea to fruition. Your typical expression of desires brings very different results: If you selfishly demand everything you want, people will find you difficult to live with. If, on the other hand, you demand only what you must have, request what you want, and demonstrate that you understand and appreciate the needs of others, you will manage quite nicely.

On a practical basis, you thrive when you own your own home, when your home is comfortable and secure, and when you pay attention to the details that assure its stability. You don't really need indulgent luxuries, although you enjoy a little something extra from time to time. Just as you take care of your home, you also take care of your physical body. When you are healthy, you are happy, regardless of your material circumstances.

Physical Attributes: long lobe of ear, short to middle stature, broad forehead and bright eyes, thick and stout neck, Dark hair, clear complexion, well formed body.

GEMINI risingPeople with Gemini rising tend to be friendly, communicative, flexible, indecisive, unsure, liking to do two or more things at once, witty, clever, very active mentally, high-strung, temperamental, nervous or anxious, talkative, superficial, and always ready for something different. There may be two distinct sides to you as Gemini represents the Twins. You have a strong need to communicate what you already know and to learn more. You enjoy reading and traveling as they both give plenty of scope for picking up new knowledge. You need variety and can be the jack of all trades and the master of none. You tend to go wide—for breadth, not depth. You may appear confident, but you can lack self-confidence and inner sureness. You love to talk, both with your mouth as well as your hands. Spiritual lesson to learn: Control (learn to control and not scatter energies and to prioritize). Mercury rules Gemini so Mercury will be important in your chart.

The Gemini Ascendant usually has two rather different faces to the personality. People see the cheerful, flexible, versatile side of your personality on a regular basis. This side has the advantages of fitting into a group and enriching social interchange. Another side of the persona is the intellectual. You are capable of exploring multiple subjects and multiple careers. You thrive when you have several things going on at all times. Yours is not a one-track mind.You also thrive on mobility. You travel well, unlike Taurus, who may enjoy the destination, but not the trip. Mental travels include reading, email or other correspondence, and flights of fancy of all

kinds. Others may believe you are always diplomatic, never sad, and generally agreeable. A few people get to see you when you are self-absorbed, grumpy, and too superficial to get a grip on life. Yet they find both sides of your personality lovable, and they know you will change your tune soon enough.

Your expression in the world is strongest when you have integrated several beliefs, skills, and intentions into one package. In this way you become more of a one-track person, while bringing many threads into your single weave. Somebody/mind training can be very helpful, as you benefit from learning how to focus on one activity at a time. A martial art like Aikido provides grounding, develops strength of mind and body, and opens you to the spiritual side of your nature.

Physical Attributes: tall, slender and upright, thin legs and has some visible veins moderate complexion, long arms, chin, face and nose, hazel sharp eyes, quick in action

CANCER risingPeople with Cancer rising tend to be less vital than average, sympathetic, compassionate, passive, nurturing, receptive, protective, retentive, changeable, psychic, sentimental, tenacious, timid, quiet, sensitive, acquisitive (pack-rat), and moody. Just like the crab Cancer represents, you may have the habit of looking ahead and behind you at the same time, not fully wanting to face the future head-on and always worrying about the past and what might be sneaking up on you from behind, causing you great worry. You go through life in a curious sideways motion, never going simply directly forward. You are sensitive and you retreat into your shell when you feel threatened. Your feelings can be easily hurt, even when no slight was meant and you can take things much too personally. You enjoy travel, but you absolutely need to know that you have a home base waiting for you to come back to. Security is everything for you in life. Physical security comes with a comfortable base of operations and emotional security comes from all your possessions and attachments that have sentimental value to you. In fact, that's why you keep everything—because of all the emotional value and significance. Once you have latched onto something or someone, you do not tend to let go easily. You respond to life through feeling, not thinking. Your moods go up and down just like the tides. Spiritual lesson to learn: Discernment (distinguish boundaries). The Moon rules Cancer so the Moon will be important in your chart.

The Cancer Ascendant indicates a personal focus on the home and the family. You actively work to make your home the proverbial castle-the décor and use of space reflect your personal emotions. You enjoy spending time at home with family, and want everything arranged to suit the activities of each family member.Cancer rising is sensitive to the feeling tones of others. You often see into important issues without being told the details. You employ a sympathetic style in consulting with others. The key to your own development has been the consistent effort to identify feelings you are getting from others as different from feelings that come from within yourself. Once you do this, you are able to work with others without being overwhelmed.You have a sound work ethic. You go out into the world with the idea that you will work hard and make progress in a concrete way. Like water flowing downhill, you allow your energy to flow into the container of your work, your play, and your family. When the energy is flowing, you are contented and dedicated. If the flow stops, you become moody, and you seek a way to get things moving again. You discover that "acting out" is not the best method.

Physical Attributes: usually below average height, tendency to stoutness short nose, light gray or blue eyes, ladies have round face and fleshy cheeks nose are prominent at tip; wide breast small hands and feet.

LEO risingPeople with Leo rising tend to be generous, proud, emotional, romantic, extroverted, vain, egotistical, courageous, sentimental, self-confident, showy, and want to shine and be successful in wherever they go and whatever they do. They like to "rule" and have homage paid to them for their "royal" nature. You like to take risks and can sometimes be foolhardy, but you definitely have a zest for living. The worst thing someone can do to you is to hurt your pride or be unappreciative of you. You wear your heart on your sleeve in matters of love and you need a partner you can be proud of—and you want them to be proud of you. You are faithful to and protective of those you love. You can be quick-tempered, but you tend to not stay angry for long. You like to play the kingly role and have a sense of drama surrounding you. You are a ham. You like being the center of attention and will do things just to get that attention. You can be stubborn in a sunny sort of way. Your roar is worse than your bite. If your pride is hurt or your dignity is trampled on, then watch out, because you can forgive, but you don't forget. You enjoy sports and out-of-doors activity. Your vitality and spirit are strong except if your heart is broken in love. Your need for love and affection is very great and you need to feel appreciated. If frustrated, you lose your desire for living. Spiritual lesson to learn: Humility. The Sun rules Leo so the Sun will be important in your chart.

You are impressive. In fact, people see you as somewhat bigger than life. You may not aspire to be that big, but they see your value anyway. Some astrologers suggest that the Leo Ascendant is egocentric, even arrogant. That is one possible expression of this Ascendant, but it is not all there is, or even the most likely expression. You do enjoy splendid surroundings, no doubt about that. You also welcome others into your splendid palace, and treat them like honored guests.Remember, Leo is the fire element expressing in the fixed mode. We have discussed how this combination doesn't make sense on the surface. However, it does when we look at the basics. Leo is inspired and intuitive. You see into the future, into the spiritual realm, and into other people. How others see you is totally dependent on how you communicate what you gain through intuition. Self-confidence is a given. An open-minded attitude goes a long way to overcome the perception of self-absorption.

You are generous and fair. You personally thrive in an atmosphere where people are rewarded appropriately, whether at work, at home, or in social situations. Therefore you develop a style of rewarding others, even if the reward is simple praise for their efforts.

Physical Attributes: broad shoulders, reddish and florid complexion, large bones and muscles, tall and upright body, upper body are well formed than lower part, thin waist line, prominent knees, big and round head, majestic appearance, imposing, commanding and dignified, attractive large staring eyes.

VIRGO risingPeople with Virgo rising tend to be practical, analytical, discriminating, fastidious, careful, exacting, attentive to details, methodical, quiet, unassuming, shy, critical, thoughtful, and somewhat self-centered. You have an ingenious, active and alert mind. Gaining knowledge and putting it to good use are important to you. You strive for perfection and can be quite the person to live with or to be around because your standards for yourself and others are so high. At times

others can never be "good" enough to meet those high standards. Finding fault with what's wrong with things is your forte. Sometimes, though, this can make relationships sour as you often turn your critical eye on the one you love and the things they do. Pessimism and being too self-critical are two faults you should try to improve upon. You may tend to worry too much, especially about the small stuff, the little details. Too much worry can lead to health problems. You need to learn to digest every experience and assimilate it without bitterness, regret, spite or resentment. You need to get rid of any negativity that stems from a feeling of inadequacy. You tend to look younger than you really are, no matter what your age. You are very restless and nervous, so you seldom have much weight on you. At times you can be very indecisive and unsure. Spiritual lesson to learn: Service. Mercury rules Virgo so Mercury will be important in your chart.

Virgo on the Ascendant reflects your desire for stable surroundings. You need a stable situation so that your flexibility doesn't carry you away from key tasks and attitudes. When you have this stability, you thrive personally, and you are able to support family, friends, and coworkers as well. As you thrive, you are able to give due attention to all the important areas of your life.Others feel they can come to you for help and advice. They see you as very capable of gathering the detailed information you need, and then thinking through to a solution. They may not have the patience to consider the details the way you do, so they value your ability in this regard.

You can take a critical attitude when needed. Sometimes this comes across as petty or fussy, and may not be appreciated in the spirit you intended. You can provide a far more detailed analysis of each tiny misstep than people want to hear. You become a better parent, friend, and manager when you master the fine art of the one-minute reprimand. Most people get as much as they care to hear in one minute, and you get the problem out in the open.

Physical Attributes: Person born in this sign will be medium in stature and slender body. Moves quickly. Their chest will be prominent straight nose, well formed cheeks, broad forehead, frank and honest expression of the eyes; dark hair, well formed eyebrows, thin and shrill voice.

LIBRA risingPeople with Libra rising tend to be charming, refined, attractive in some manner, gracious, appealing, indecisive, cooperative, sociable, creative, artistic, perhaps musically inclined, harmonious, and wanting to please and not make waves. You seek the approval and support of others. You may "need" the company of others and hate to be by yourself. You are apt to try too hard to please others and compromise your own principles in order to be liked or to be popular. Yet you can also be very self-centered. You have a difficult time saying "no". You cannot stand disorder and disharmony and want everything to be balanced, poised, and harmonious. You like looking at all sides of an issue before making up your mind. You love to compare things and find analogies. You enjoy argument, yet you can be very diplomatic with a friendly exterior. Looks are important to you. You tend to attract whatever it is that you need without any real effort on your part. Spiritual lesson to learn: Decisiveness, especially in relationships. Venus rules Libra so Venus will be important in your chart.

You thrive when your base of operations is harmonious and even elegant. Your home or office doesn't require the most expensive furnishings, but you do need everything to fit together nicely. Then you become the social director of the best meetings and get-togethers. Your good manners and thoughtful remarks make you a welcome guest, as you can be counted on to blend into the group, and also provide fresh ideas.

You are not one to do the dirty work. Perhaps you don't want to get stains on your nice clothes, or get dirt under your fingernails. You can be seen as overly refined if you refuse to do what it takes to clean up the messes that are created in the course of living. However, you can—and do—indulge yourself with the best tools available when a task is unpleasant. You may keep a supply of disposable rubber gloves so that the icky stuff never touches your hands, and you may have several aprons of different styles to keep you looking good when you are cooking.

You very much enjoy the accolades for a successful party, a well-directed meeting, or an enjoyable backyard croquet game. When it is your turn, you dish out compliments, too. You have a knack for focusing your compliments on the area where the other person has obviously invested personal effort, and then saying why and how that effort has been successful. You know that praise works best when it goes both ways.

Physical Attributes: good complexion, tall and well formed body, slender in middle age, passionate, oval face, parrot like nose, curves and body contour are regular, has dimples, good looking and sweet smiles, magnetic and charming eyes.

SCORPIO risingPeople with Scorpio rising tend to be secretive, deep, withdrawn, mysterious, regenerate or degenerate, reserved, hard to understand, courageous, willful, persistent, stubborn in thought, creative, self-reliant, self-controlled (except perhaps with the passions), and silent. According to the spiritual astrologer Isabel Hickey, no unevolved soul is born with Scorpio rising. This is a powerhouse rising sign. It represents the battleground where the higher and lower selves must come to mortal combat. They must be aligned and the lower self eventually must die and give way to and obey the higher self, the God within. Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels are all involved. You appear calm on the surface, but you can be extremely emotional inside. "Still waters run deep", as they say. You tend to be the silent type, always wanting to know others' motivations, but never disclosing your own. You love to play the detective or the ferret. You have to know everything, all the how's and why's. You have great determination and strength, enough to overcome any adversary, even yourself. You need to overcome resentment, possessiveness and jealousy. There may be a fascination, preoccupation, interest and/or ability with the occult, death, sex or healing. You can be a devil or an angel, the eagle or the stinging scorpion. Spiritual lesson to learn: Forgiveness. Mars and Pluto rule Scorpio so Mars and Pluto will be important in your chart.

The Scorpio Ascendant thrives in an aggressive environment. You are able to fight life-and-death battles, whether real or metaphorical, with style and determination. If life is too placid, too easy, you look for ways to increase the urgency. This means that you are stressed a lot, and you may create stress for others through unnecessary agitation. You are a good person to have around in a crisis, as you have developed crisis management to the nth degree.

A large part of your sexual magnetism is actually driven by an instinctual desire to procreate. You enjoy wild passion, too, but it is the desire for children that fuels your intense magnetic attraction. Both sexes marvel at the energy that radiates from you. They are almost certainly more timid in this area than you, and they may believe you are much more active sexually than you are.

Under your very assertive exterior, there is a reserved, rather cautious person. You are ready for action, but it is because you have prepared yourself with a lifetime of thought and practice, as well as research into the current situation. You are the metaphorical emergency medical

technician who has the proper equipment and training to handle the blood and gore. You can make quick decisions when you have to.

Physical Attributes: curve nose and large, well proportioned body, broad face, commanding appearance, earlobes often very fleshy, tendency to stoutness prominent eyebrows and dusky complexion, reddish in face

SAGITTARIUS risingPeople with Sagittarius rising tend to be idealistic, aspiring, enthusiastic, religious or agnostic, interested in faraway places and cultures or ideas, physically active, risk-taking, outgoing, breezy, extroverted, philosophical, perhaps dogmatic, prejudiced, superficial, looking for greener pastures, and on-the-go. Sagittarius, the Centaur, is half-human, half-animal and this are perhaps the way you are. You have great aspirations, yet may have a most unruly desire nature. You can shoot for the stars or wallow with the animals. There is love of animals, the outdoors, sports, gambling, adventure, and travel. You may lack concentration. You probably have many acquaintances, but few friends. You tend to have casual contacts rather than in-depth relationships. You have a great restlessness and a love to be on the move. You may always be looking for greener pastures, never stopping or slowing down to see where you really are and what's around you. You tend to be talkative and direct and to the point. You may be lacking intact and diplomacy due to your frankness. Ideas are very important to you. You generally like working with the big picture and dislike all the little details. You may promise much and deliver less. You can rise to the heights or sink to the depths. Which will you choose? Spiritual lesson to learn: Restraint, of all that is given away (and stop procrastinating). Jupiter rules Sagittarius so Jupiter will be important in your chart.

Sagittarius is mutable fire. This is a very sensible combination when you think about it. Fire goes where it finds fuel, ebbing and flowing with the breeze. With Sagittarius rising, you follow this metaphor in everything you do. You can expand when that is needed, and contract as well. You can aspire to spiritual heights, or get down to the nitty-gritty of a project. You enjoy being around other people.

Because you have lofty thoughts and goals, you desire appropriate recognition for your work. You are plenty smart, but you are not satisfied to be the brains behind a big production—you want your name on it. By the same token, you like to run with a pack that is at your level. Thus you cultivate long-term relationships with your peers and gain a reputation for fairness and consistency.

You love to be outdoors. You are a rugged individual and may take up cross-country hiking or skiing, camping, and other activities that bring you into contact with nature. You enjoy an adventure, and therefore plan vacations that take you to untamed parts of the world. Your spirit needs the open airs in order to expand to its full potential, so outdoor activities are vital to your overall well-being.

Physical Attributes: well proportioned and well developed body, tall, slender generally long and oval face, large forehead, teeth usually prominent on women, bushy eyebrows, long nose, bright hazel or blue expressive eyes, double chin, athletic

CAPRICORN rising

People with Capricorn rising tend to be sensitive, timid, business-like, ambitious, controlling, reserved, practical, down-to-earth, duty-conscious, responsible, critical, and cold. You may have had trouble communicating in early life. Perhaps you suffer from feelings of inadequacy. You overcome these feelings through sheer necessity, for you have determination in achieving your goals and purposes in life. You have great ambition and do not settle until you have reached the great heights that you have set for yourself. Money, position and power are important to you. The reserve that often appears as part of your makeup is sometimes taken as coldness. To you it seems that you are being responsible and simply doing your duty. You may have had trouble with your knees. Any trouble with the knees is the outer evidence of an inner inability to be flexible. Spiritual lesson to learn: Sociability (lighten up). Saturn rules Capricorn so Saturn will be important in your life.

Perhaps the most self-controlled Ascendant sign, Capricorn sometimes comes across as being more rigid than the fixed signs, even though it is in the active mode. Your persona is laced all around with responsibility and concentration, two worthy attributes of Saturn, the planet associated with this sign. People learn to depend on you, even though you may be gruff or abrupt in demeanor. You have the seal of reliability.

You are self-directed. You come up with the game plan, and you refine the practical aspects so that it plays out well. You generally play by the rules. The catch is you also make up the rules. This works well as long as other people are willing to go along. There may be times when your ideas clash with the people around you in startling ways.

For all your will and direction, you may come across as rather shy. Perhaps you have had the experience of overpowering others, and you don't want to do that again. Or perhaps you feel the weight of responsibility and don't want to add sociability to that burden. When you are among people who you know well, you come out of your cave and can be a lot of fun.

Physical Attributes: has prominent features usually thin long and prominent nose black hair, thin beard, becomes tall after 16 years of age, scar or mole on knee Capricornian ladies are thin, wiry and soft, has straight lank and dark hair, strong feet and wear sensible shoes, sensitive skin, usually doesn’t wear make-up, has natural beautiful skin firm and bright eyes.

AQUARIUS risingPeople with Aquarius rising tend to be altruistic, friendly, yet detached, impersonal, humanitarian, sociable, intellectual, freedom-loving, rebellious, independent, and unusual. You are here to learn altruism, brotherhood, and working for the common good, to forget yourself and your needs for the sake of your friends, who can also be strangers. You have new and different ways of looking at things. You can be very original and inventive, perhaps eccentric or bohemian. You are prone to uncertain and sudden impulses. You tend to be very intuitive, possessing a good mind. You have organizing ability and are capable and practical. You are intelligent, but sometimes cold and calculating where feelings are concerned. There is a certain detachment about you. You cannot stand possessiveness and jealousy and you require plenty of freedom. Depending on the relative strengths of Saturn and Uranus in your chart, caution, coldness and selfishness may be exhibited (Saturn stronger) or there will be more altruism, freedom and free-flowingness (Uranus stronger). If Uranus is stronger, then the things of the spirit will be stronger than materialistic worldliness. Spiritual lesson to learn: Warmth (less head and more heart). Saturn and Uranus both rule Aquarius so Saturn and Uranus will be important in your chart.

You surround yourself with people and circumstances that favor changing the world. Your persona lends itself to reforming, as you are open to new ideas, willing to escape the confines of older restrictions, and generally able to guide the process of change skillfully. While you sometimes feel rebellious, you usually come across as innovative rather than destructive.

You have a fundamental understanding of human nature that enables you gain the cooperation of people around you. You appreciate the ideas of others and incorporate them with your own in any venture. Your broad interests are reflected in your ability to participate in discussions on a wide range of topics, and you are capable of changing your objectives to suit the situation.

Whether you show it to others or not, you have a deep connection to the universe. Your spiritual beliefs may be quite different from your family and contemporaries, and yet you retain the core values you were taught as a child to a large extent. You just frame them differently than your parents did.

Physical Attributes: tall, strong and well formed body, clear complexion and oval face good looking, mole or scar on calf muscles, fleshy face

PISCES risingPeople with Pisces rising tend to be sensitive, compassionate, empathic, weak-willed, long-suffering, day-dreamy, procrastinating, plastic, impressionable, impractical, indecisive, psychic, sentimental, romantic, idealistic, affectionate, easy-going, lazy, not concerned with the practical day-to-day affairs of life, absent-minded, and in search for the Holy Grail. At times you are too absent from focused awareness of the present. You may dream through life rather than live it. There may be involvement in music or dance or drugs. You may have a lonesomeness that nothing in the outer world can remedy. Being alone at times is an absolute necessity for you. The vibrations of this earth plane may be difficult at times for your sensitive body and spirit to withstand. You are very sensitive to the conditions of your surroundings and can be like a psychic sponge, absorbing all that is around you, for good or ill. You are very likeable, but you need to learn how to be more practical and down-to-earth and how to concentrate your energies on the here and now. You must serve others in this life, but must learn not to be taken advantage of or fall for everyone's sob story. Spiritual lesson to learn: Perseverance. Jupiter and Neptune both rule Pisces so Jupiter and Neptune will be important in your chart.

It is really hard for others to get to know you. It's not that you are super secretive, although you don't reveal much. Rather, your natural reserve comes across as shyness or as an unwillingness to engage with your environment.

You can become lonely and depressed because you don't reach out to others easily. Your may give off a vibe that says, "Leave me alone," and then you are alone and lonely. While this is not the desired outcome, it is comfortable in its own way. You don't have to make the effort to spend time with other people, and you can retire to the comfort of your own "nest."

Inside, you are filled with a wealth of feelings. You may be naturally empathic; feeling what everyone else is feeling most of the time. You probably think your feelings are just as evident to others, but this is simply not the case. If you want others to understand where you are coming from, you have to express your feelings in words and action.

Physical Attributes: fishlike appearance though good looking, small "cupid bow" mouth, small hands and feet, short limbs, short stature, full and fleshy face, big and protruding eyes, soft and silky hair, chin close to shoulders,

SUN

Sun in AriesArians can be inspirational, courageous, enthusiastic, original, independent, impatient, aggressive, headstrong, selfish, self-centered, and impulsive. The Arian's energies are directed toward building a new individuality, thus all the Arian's energies are directed towards themselves and what they want.

An Arian likes roles where there leadership abilities are put on display. Arians have executive and organizing ability which is mainly directed in starting things. Sustaining projects is not their strength, but initiating projects is. The tendency to "damn the torpedos" and ram full-speed ahead must be controlled. Arians are capable of great accomplishments if they learn how to constructively use their abundant energies.

Arians are naturally enthusiastic and are always ready for activity and competition. They are inspiring to others because of these tendencies. Ideas and creative projects seem to flow from them in a never-ending stream. They are full of energy and never lack courage.

Because Arians can be pretty self-centered, they must remember that other people may have good ideas and can assume responsibility and leadership roles, too. The natural tendency for an Arian is to stand alone and do everything themselves. But cooperation with others can be very effective in getting things done to the end rather than simply starting things and quitting before completion. Arians have a tendency to start a project, then to suddenly lose interest in it if progress is too slow or things have become too complicated. Arians are very straight-forward and are neither subtle nor devious. They say what's on their mind and they pull no punches. They don't hold grudges and although they can get quite angry, they do not hold it in and stew about what bothers them. They blow in and out like some great Midwestern thunderstorm. It may be violent while it lasts, but it is usually over quickly.

Arians are prone to headaches due to tension. Arians are usually aggressive in relationships and generally take the lead. They go after what interests them and the chase may be more fun for them than the conquest.

Four things an Arian should learn are patience, conservation of energy, completion, and control of temper. The essence of the fire element is intuition. The essence of the cardinal mode is action. Thus Aries exemplifies action, based upon intuition. Even if you don't realize it, intuition is a strong force in your life if you have the Sun (or other planets) in Aries. You love having a direction in which to go, just like the ram, the symbol of Aries. You do sometimes look at your opposition, put your head down, and charge. If you engage, great. If not, you look around, find another objective, and charge forward again.

As you gain experience in the world, you learn some finesse. Perhaps you consider your choices more carefully before moving ahead. Or maybe you make sure you are in the power position

before you take action. Whichever way you go, you are bold and passionate. For you the adage "Haste makes waste" was written to be understood, and then ignored

Sun in TaurusTaureans are generally strong, quiet, deliberate, practical, exacting, determined, persistent, persevering, compassionate and loyal. They like getting their hands on their work, building things, and seeing the tangible, practical results of their effort. Routine work does not bother them as long as the end results in useful and serves some concrete purpose.

Possessions and material things are usually of great significance to Taureans. This is because they don't feel emotionally secure unless they can see and touch the objects they own. This intense need to possess and enjoy with the senses can drive Taureans to be extremely productive or extremely acquisitive. Lesser evolved Taureans can treat people as objects or possessions, thus leading to difficulty in relationships.

Taurus people work at a slower pace than most, but they always finish whatever projects they start. Because of this, they are reliable, trustworthy, careful and steadfast. They are better at sustaining what others have started rather than starting things themselves. Taureans can be lead, but never pushed.

It takes a lot to make a Taurean mad, yet if they are pushed over the edge, well, all hecks can break lose. Simply imagine an angry bull and you know what a Taurean is capable of when he is pushed too far. You know the saying about a bull in a china shop, right? When angered, Taureans need plenty of time to cool down. It is best to just leave them alone. You will know when things are out of their system. With anything Taureans need time to assimilate and mull things over. Don't rush them or push them.

Taureans are slow to change their opinions, but once changed it is very difficult to change them back. People tend to feel secure around Taureans. In times of crisis they are generally cool and collected and have the patience and ability to come up with practical solutions to problems. Taureans hate pain and being sick.

Taureans have a love of harmony and beauty and they can be extremely affectionate. But, they do have a decided fear of loss. The feelings that usually accompany this fear of loss are possessiveness, jealousy, laziness, stubbornness and extravagance. If there is no desire to possess anything or anyone, then there is no fear of loss. Taureans need to learn to desire only mental and spiritual things and to release the desire to possess people emotionally and physically. Their other need is to find a true sense of values. They need to learn detachment. They must be willing to let go of people and things.

The essence of the earth element is sensation. The essence of the fixed mode is stability. Thus Taurus exemplifies a solid awareness of the world around you. Your spirit need not be mired in the mud of physical existence, though. You have a rich inner life because you understand the importance of comfort. While Aries approaches things with passion, you persevere to achieve your goals. Money is meaningful to you.

You are a material being, but you are not stuck in a material existence. Your practical nature extends into every area of your life. As a student you can be diligent. As a business person you can be steady in pursuit of your goals. As a partner you can be pleasant, but can also hold your

own in an argument. If you vacillate, it is in the area of financial security. You are always willing to earn more money. You take pleasure in the ordinary things of life.

Sun in GeminiGeminians are friendly, clever, talkative, versatile, curious, perceptive, intuitive, and logical. At times they can also be quite contradictory, restless, two-faced, critical, and impatient. Gemini people enjoy and need work that includes a great deal of variety. They love to do several things all at the same time, sometimes making them late for appointments. They abhor boredom.

Geminians tend to flit from one experience to another, gathering in all types of information along the way, but seldom getting to the depth of any subject. They go broad and not deep. Persistence is not their strong suit. Gaining knowledge and disseminating it is their real talent. Hence, they make wonderful salespeople or teachers if they stick around long enough to get all the facts instead of only half the story. Even if they do not possess all the facts, since they are never at a loss for words, they will continue with their story as if they did have all the facts.

It is important for a Geminian to seek intellectual satisfaction. Mental stagnation turns them off, so they read extensively and communicate widely in order to satisfy this longing for mental stimulation. This discontent can make them either very ambitious, or it can incline them to jump from one thing to another, searching for the greener grass which never appears.

Geminians usually think quickly on their feet and have the ability to use the right words in any situation. They possess tremendous wit and a good sense of humor. Other people may have difficulty in keeping up with their rapid change of subjects.

Because Geminians think so quickly, they often finish other people's sentences for them. This can be most frustrating for the person trying to express their own thoughts. There is a need to learn how to control the tongue and allow slower people to express their own opinions and ideas.

Since Geminians have the capacity to see both sides of any issue, they may fluctuate back and forth between opposing viewpoints. They will usually tend to side with the opinion of whomever they happen to be with at the moment. Then they change as the circumstances change. Indecisiveness is a problem for Geminians.

Geminians are usually emotionally detached. They use their minds rather than their hearts to find their way through things. Logic and reason are their guidelines. They are able to understand what makes other people behave as they do, but they have difficulty in projecting themselves into the emotional reactions of the person involved.

Some of the negative traits that Geminians possess are lack of concentration and focus, undependability, fickleness, indecisiveness, superficiality, wishful thinking, and dreaminess. They can also be pretty good at nagging.

Geminians need to work on getting their mind under control. Their nervous system is highly strung. If they don't learn to control their nerves, they are apt to become ill. The way out of this difficulty is to take the emphasis off themselves and lose it through service to others. Above all, the Geminian needs to learn to channel (control) his energy and his mind.

The essence of the air element is thinking. The essence of the mutable mode is flexibility. Thus Gemini exemplifies the adaptable mind. You thrive on change: change homes, change schools,

change jobs, and change your mind. You easily learn about everything you experience, thus you are a wonderful conversationalist. You want to experience and understand the entire world, but you may not be interested in the messy details.

As you cultivate a wide variety of interests, you begin to see that they are interrelated. Your capacity for thought eventually takes you deeper into certain subjects to explore them further. At the same time you recall information from a multitude of sources to support your thought process and decisions. You are a fine teacher because of this richness of information and your ability to recall it.

Sun in CancerCancerians have a strange way of moving through life in a sideways manner, never approaching life head-on, but always from the side. They generally do not tackle anything straight away, but always from the flank. Emotionally, they are up one minute and down the next. These mood swings are sometimes difficult for others to understand and deal with.

Cancerians are tenacious, sympathetic, industrious, sociable, thrifty and protective. They can also be argumentative, sensitive, emotional, martyr-like, intuitive, psychic, and patriotic.

Cancerians respond to life through their emotions rather than through their minds. They tend to absorb the emotional vibrations of wherever they're at, so it is important to always be in positive environments. Because they live in their feelings, they unconsciously seek sympathy and attention and affection from others. They have a strong need to feel secure. Home and family bring the highest sense of security. Because of all this, they want to be first with those they love or they are very unhappy. Cancerians must learn to release their loved ones to live their own lives.

Cancerians are well-known for changing—their minds, their moods, anything. Since they usually possess a slower moving life force, they are usually less active than others. In order to be active, they must first motivate their mind. In general, they dislike exercise. As a consequence, they may become out of shape and gain weight in later years.

Cancerians most often have excellent memories. This causes them to reminisce about the past and how things were done then. They are generally pack rats, saving everything, especially if it has some sentimental value. This gives a sense of security.

Cancerians are home loving, fond of family life and domestic tranquility, enjoyers of travel and adventure, quietly tenacious and hard working for the welfare of the family. No matter how far they may roam, they always want a home to come back to. They may not be in it very much, but they still want a secure home base.

Cancerians are conservative, but unfortunately, they are born worriers. Their tendency to keep all their problems to themselves is the reason some of them suffer from ulcers. They have this sense that something is about ready to sneak up on them and "get" them. Watch a Cancer walk and see if they aren't walking a bit sideways, looking ahead of them and behind them at the same time. Stabilizing the emotions is important work for any Cancer person.

The essence of the water element is feeling. The essence of the cardinal mode is action. Thus Cancer exemplifies active emotional participation in life. This does not mean that you are

overemotional all the time. It does mean that you garner experiences on the feeling level—the gut level—early in life. This can develop into a stable emotional flow, as you understand the time and space relationships of people and things, and you can evaluate them internally, thus not revealing your judgment of situations until the proper time.

You want a positive, harmonious home. It can include a partner, children, or whatever, as long as you can relax and be comfortable. An intimate partner who understands you can be a great blessing. Lack of understanding can throw you into an emotional tailspin. The saying "Stay in the flow" was written for you, as you are like water flowing down the riverbed of life.

Sun in LeoLeos are dignified, courageous, affectionate, powerful, generous, playful, optimistic, ambitious, loyal, and cheerful. On the negative side, though, they can be quite demanding, intolerant, domineering, lazy, closed-minded, and self-centered. They choose to do things that give them wide scope for creativity, organizing, and leadership. Although appearing strong on the outside, most Leos are inwardly sensitive and their feelings are easily hurt. When this occurs, they can turn on the object of their affection, when their pride is hurt.

Leos have a decided flair for the dramatic and they enjoy telling stories, being the center of attention, having a good time, and running the show. Mean and cruel acts are generally beneath them, but they do not hesitate to use force when needed. No matter what their actions, they always have the belief that whatever they do is for the other person's benefit.

If a Leo is angered, he immediately goes into his kingly role, "mounting his throne" and quickly putting the opposition or challenger in their proper place. Leos literally roar at people when they are angry. But once their tirade is over, they forgive and forget and never hold a grudge.

At their best, Leos are affectionate, cheerful, optimistic people who can be counted on to bring sunshine into other people’s lives. They are exceptionally generous. Money appears to slip through their fingers as if it were grains of sand. And, like the sand, they have no idea where it has gone.

Leos usually have vitality and good health, with strong recuperative powers. When they are ill, they have a tendency to run high fevers. They are seldom depressed, but when they are, they are devastated. Fortunately, their resilient powers are excellent, so they are soon sunny and happy again, unless their heart has been broken. That is the one thing a Leo has difficulty in overcoming. This can actually lead to physical troubles with their own heart.

Leos need to admire their marriage partner. If they don't, the marriage may not last very long. In the end, Leos need to feel appreciated.

The essence of the fire element is intuition. The essence of the fixed mode is stability. Thus Leo exemplifies the substantive application of intuition in your life. You can become a strong leader through this one skill. The best leaders not only know what their goals are, they also understand how the people around them can help achieve the goals. Then they facilitate the best work of each individual. But first you have to learn how to manage yourself, and you do this through experiencing your intuition, taking action, and evaluating the results.

The creative energy of Leo can be likened to making pottery. Intuition suggests the future use of your product. Then you go about creating it. Finally, you temper it in the real or metaphorical fire

that you find appropriate. Only then do you know that you have a good result. Progress in Leo's life is based on two things: personal ability and strong associations with others.

Sun in VirgoVirgos desire purity and perfection in all they are and all they do. They are generally reserved, shy, analytical, discriminating, precise, industrious, systematic, considerate, punctual, and reliable. Virgos are hard workers who usually have a great deal of common sense and are practical, with a flair for detailed work. On the negative side, though, they can also be aloof, skeptical, picky, sarcastic, depressed, critical, pessimistic, whiny, and self-centered. Virgoans are happy when they can work with a lot of details, usually of a technical or analytical nature, in and for the service of others. They do not have to be the boss as service is more important than leadership.

Virgoans have curious and inquiring minds, with keen analysis and excellent memories. They enjoy analyzing people, situations, and problems. They always want to know how, why, when and where. It is sometimes hard for a Virgo to relax because boredom is something they cannot stand. They want to be busy, either doing or learning.

A Virgoan can generally be depended upon to fulfill a promise. They have a flair for organization and enjoy setting up schedules. There is an inborn love of order and harmony. They are always subconsciously seeking perfection in whatever they attempt. Because they push themselves so hard to be perfect, they have a tendency to look for perfection in others. If they find it lacking, they can become pretty critical and faultfinding.

Virgos have a tendency to worry. This is because they desire perfection and are always thinking about how something can be made better or how they can do something better, even, and especially, after the fact. This tension can affect their health, causing intestinal disorders. Virgos need to develop a positive outlook on life, as this has a direct affect on their health. If they become too anxious about life, they can become hypochondriacs. They are generally healthy and are always looking for new ways to take care of themselves, usually through better diet or through natural means of healing. Whether old or young, all Virgoans need a quiet period each day in order to rest their active minds. In any case, many Virgos look much younger than their years.

In love, a Virgoan has difficulty expressing himself as passionately as he desires. Virgos are very self-sufficient, but they are also very happy when they have someone to love, someone to serve.

The essence of the earth element is sensation. The essence of the mutable mode is flexibility. Thus Virgo exemplifies an adaptable approach to the material world. You have innate skills of manipulation. You can help yourself and others because you can see how to make meaningful changes without upsetting the entire system. Your methodical mind is willing to examine the details of a situation to find the gems of body, mind, and spirit within them. Then you work with other people, using the information you have gathered.

You learn early in life to identify things that are not working, and you have good ideas about how to fix them. You also learn that there is a compassionate way to communicate this information. Sometimes you only indicate an area of difficulty, and allow others to find their own mistakes. Because you strive for the correct behavior for each situation, you generally are capable of satisfactory communication with whomever you meet.

Sun in LibraLibrans like to weigh the pros and cons of a situation before they come to any conclusion. If carried too far, they get to the point where they can't come up with any conclusion, thus they can be very indecisive. They tip the scales one way, then the other, hoping to find the proper balance. Librans have an innate sense of fairness, though, and can be diplomatic, cooperative, helpful, idealistic, sociable, dependent, insincere, lazy and self-indulgent. Librans are happiest when in partnership or in situations where they can adjust or work with human relationships. Pleasant surroundings are important to them.

Because Librans enjoy people and human interaction so much, they have a difficult time being alone. Because of this, they need to share their life with someone. Unfortunately, they have a tendency to be "in love with love", because of their romantic and sentimental natures. Thus, they could rush into marriage without forethought and end up in a difficult relationship.

Librans find it virtually impossible to remain emotionally stable if there is discord around them. This leads to their wanting peace at any price, which allows others to take advantage of them. They want to be liked by everyone, sometimes to their detriment.

As mentioned, indecisiveness can be one of the hardest problems for Librans to overcome. If they wait too long to make a decision, they may miss many excellent opportunities. Since they have the ability to see both sides of an argument, they generally do not like to choose either one. Since they are able to see the entire issue, if they are asked for help, they can give sound, practical advice. But their attempt to be all things to all people can lead them into hot water. They have difficulty saying "no".

The other problem Librans find difficult to deal with is the desire to put off work for as long as they can. This gives them a reputation for being lazy. They aren't lazy, of course, if the proper motivation is there.

It is many times easy for others to sway a Libran's opinion. A stronger personality can easily dominate a gentler Libran, until the Libran becomes incapable of making a move without consulting the "expert". Librans need to learn to think for themselves and stand up for their own beliefs and principles.

Librans are quite creative, highly mental, and very sociable. This mental agility is usually not seen by others because of the Libran's easygoing, friendly appearance. Many times this mental agility plays out with them using very subtle techniques to get what they want, which they usually do.

The essence of the air element is thinking. The essence of the cardinal mode is action. Thus Libra exemplifies active thought processes. Because Libra is about balance, this is a good time to point out that everyone has all four functions, and everyone can act in all three modes. Each Sun sign has a particular focus, and each chart has its own balance or imbalance of energies. For Libra to maximize the active thinking potential, considerations of all kinds of balance are brought under the umbrella of logical thought. You consider the social situation and exercise good manners. You adapt to the demands of the moment.

The desire for harmony and balance can lead to indecision. It's important to remember that balance is easier to achieve when you are in motion. Standing still actually demands a great deal of concentration and energy. Think of the high wire act. The acrobat is rarely still on the wire.

Your active mind provides you with the stuff of social skills, and therefore you develop strong associations with others throughout your life. This is easier when you direct your own course in a decisive manner. Relationships provide the fuel for your growth and development throughout life.

Sun in ScorpioTwo animals are used to represent Scorpio, the eagle and the scorpion. The eagle is capable of reaching great heights because he has mastered his lower nature and overcome his passions and the temptations of the sensual sphere. The eagle has risen above the physical world because he has regenerated himself. The scorpion, however, represents those who have not regenerated their thoughts and actions and are still living degenerate lives. They use their cunning and strike when least expected. These are the ones who satisfy their passions regardless of consequences.

Scorpios in general are ambitious, efficient, courageous, resourceful and intuitive. But, they can also be jealous, sarcastic, resentful, stubborn, possessive and vindictive. Scorpio people enjoy impossible tasks. They like work that demands continued determined effort and intense concentration. They are born detectives.

Scorpio gives a strong will and determination to accomplish anything undertaken. Scorpios possess an analytical mind, strong intuition, reasoning powers, perception, and long range planning ability, magnetism and energy. Scorpios have very definite opinions. These opinions can be so rigid that no amount of persuasion will make them change their minds.

Scorpios make friends easily and give unwaveringly to them. In these relationships, they like to know what your plans are, but, because of their secretiveness, they do not necessarily want you to know what they are planning. They are capable of extreme self-sacrifice for those they love. If any of their loved ones are threatened in any way, they feel that they, too, are being threatened. This causes them to instinctively strike out, either verbally or physically.

Because a Scorpio's unconscious mind is more in control than their conscious mind, they lose all sense of judgment under criticism. Under attack, they make effective use of both silence and sarcasm. Unfortunately, their sarcasm can become vindictive. They can, and will, wait a long time in order to get even. Scorpios need to learn forgiveness.

It is usually difficult to deceive a Scorpio because their intuition enables them to understand the motives of other people. They receive very strong first impressions of others—experiencing either a liking or a dislike for the person involved.

Scorpios need to learn flexibility, both in thought and action. Once their course of action is set, it is difficult for them to change. Trivial things bore Scorpios and they would rather go deep rather than broad. The more intense, the better. In whatever they do, they want to be completely engrossed. Half-hearted measures are not for them.

Scorpios have the tendency to do things to extremes, either all or nothing. They have to get to the bottom of whatever it is that interests them. They have to know everything, yet they remain mysterious and secretive. Although it may not appear so, there are powerful emotions and

desires at work within a Scorpio underneath the surface. This power is one reason for their great endurance. Sometimes in their battles they trample on others in the process. This is why they are sometimes classified as great saints or great sinners.

Scorpios regard themselves as their own judge, jury, and executioner and punish themselves unnecessarily at times. They are self-sufficient, but not necessarily self-assured. They rarely actively seek applause or the limelight. Scorpios are generally healthy, but can be inclined to overindulgence in food, drugs, sex or alcohol.

In matters of love, Scorpios are loyal, affectionate and demonstrative, and perhaps possessive and controlling. They are happiest and most fulfilled with one partner with whom they can combine emotional and sexual love.

The essence of the water element is feeling. The essence of the fixed mode is stability. Thus Scorpio exemplifies profound depths of feeling. Internal bodily functions can provide a sensitive barometer of your effectiveness in the world. Fixed water can be ice.

The unhappy Scorpio brings a chill to the emotional environment. Yet Scorpio can be the hottest ticket around, both sexually and emotionally. The way you control your passions dictates the way your life either freezes or flows. Hint: frozen is not nearly as much fun.

The depth of willpower is intense for the Scorpio Sun sign. You are fearless in situations other people walk—or run—away from. You may be wonderful in the moment of crisis, only to become emotional mush afterward. This happens because you draw on your emotional reserves too quickly and deeply, or because you overestimate your capabilities, or sometimes because you react instinctively and later snaps back to reality. The important thing is that you can rise to the occasion when it is necessary, and you will be admired for this single trait.

Sun in SagittariusSagittarians tend to be idealistic, optimistic, dependable, open-minded, friendly, honest and versatile. But, they can also be tactless, irresponsible, showy, boastful, self-righteous, arrogant, quarrelsome, fanatical, dogmatic and dictatorial. Sagittarians like any work where foresight and a willingness to take a chance are offered, while at the same time, they try to avoid detailed work.

Sagittarians are usually outspoken, sometimes to the point of bluntness. Simply blurting out their ideas and opinions is due to their never-ending search for truth and wisdom. Others think Sagittarians are pretty tactless and the statement that "truth hurts" fits their way of thinking. Regardless of their undiplomatic remarks, others instinctively feel as if the Sagittarian means them no real harm and is only interested in raising their consciousness.

Sagittarians love the outdoors, large animals, nature and sports. Some have reckless gambling tendencies and will bet it all on the drop of a hat. Travel and even long walks appeal to them because they make the Sagittarian feel free—and he needs to feel free.

Sagittarians are philosophical and they want to understand the deeper issues and abstractions of life. They have a certain faith in higher things that generally always keeps them of an optimistic bent, no matter what difficulties are currently besetting them. They want to understand the meaning of life. This helps to keep them growing and expanding, which is something they need to do. This desire for expansion can cause them to overextend themselves with too many

activities and to use up their energy too rapidly. They need to take intervals of rest to recuperate between projects.

Sagittarians need to learn how to concentrate on their current projects and stick with them to the end. Always full of enthusiasm, they tend to show it more at the start of new endeavors, then it tends to lessen as the project goes along and gets stuck in details, or the going gets a little rough, or it simply gets a little boring.

Although Sagittarians are ordinarily healthy, they can run into trouble due to overindulgence in food and drink.

Sagittarians are known for their friendliness, helpfulness and subtle humor. They are good conversationalists and enjoy debating merely for the sake of debating. They have a real gift for making friends and the typical Sagittarian can go anywhere in the world without ever feeling lonely, for they acquire friends along the route. They have humanitarian instincts and are practical in expressing them. They will tend to help anyone who is in need. You can usually depend on their loyalty and honesty, for there is nothing devious or manipulative in their nature.

Sagittarians are extremely independent and restless, with a real need for personal freedom. They can experience claustrophobia, either physical or emotional. This is why they are reluctant to get into total commitment situations and often shy away from marriage. In love, Sagittarians are highly romantic, but they need their partner to be intelligent and communicative. They hate jealousy and possessiveness on the part of their partner, especially since they are fond of flirting. They enjoy the chase more than the capture.

Career wise, Sagittarians are reluctant to become tied down to a set schedule, so will experiment with a variety of jobs. They do best in careers that permit them to travel about, either locally or widely. They also like dealing directly with people, either selling or promoting ideas, products, etc.

The Sagittarian may overlook small details, but their overall sense of planning is excellent. They have good memories. The challenge of a problem is what interests them, for it caters to their enjoyment in exploring the unknown. Playing games comes easily to a Sagittarian and it is the journey they enjoy rather than the destination.

The essence of the fire element is intuition. The essence of the mutable mode is flexibility. Thus Sagittarius exemplifies the adaptability of the philosopher / teacher. You envision the future results of your actions, and you are able to plan carefully because you sense the outcomes quite clearly. People often come to you for advice because they value your foresight.

But you are not always so serious. You enjoy sports, and if not the sports themselves, the environment in which lively action occurs. You engage in a variety of outdoor and indoor physical activities. You may love being around horses.

One positive outcome of your flexible, intuitive style is that you form strong associations with other people, and you move steadily forward in life. Imagine the stillness of the winter solstice, when life has ebbed. You are there, considering the results of past actions and preparing for future developments. Even though Sagittarius is a fire sign, you generally make cool decisions.

Sun in Capricorn

Capricorns have the desire to climb whatever mountains are necessary and to stand on their own two feet in order to work out their ambitions and their salvation. They are conservative, organized, methodical, traditional, responsible, honest, efficient, patient, practical, authoritative, disciplined, serious and goal-oriented. On the negative side they can be worried, pessimistic, retaliatory, suspicious, stubborn and intolerant. They are happiest in careers calling for organizing ability, integrity and perseverance. They have a fear of failure.

Their quiet exterior makes Capricorns appear to be loners. They build a wall of reserve around them in order to protect themselves from the ill winds of the world around them. Nothing gets in the way of their plans and ambitions. They strive for security by holding fast to duty and responsibility. Work is very important to them and they do not take it lightly. Many Capricorns have an inferiority complex and this sometimes is what drives them so hard to succeed. They want to look good in front of the world.

Capricorns like to plan their every move, weighing all the pros and cons of any issue in advance. They are dependable, particularly in a crisis. When asked, they give sound, practical advice. They are, as a rule, not aggressive people, and only express hostility as a defense when attacked.

At times Capricorns can be very sensitive to hurts and feel alone as if no one understands them. A negative Capricorn will seek retribution for wrongs done him. Capricorns need people, but they have a tendency to isolate themselves from people due to their reserve and fear of being hurt. They can be very loyal to close friends and people they care about. Respect and recognition is important to them. Encouragement and praise are essential for motivating a Capricorn.

A fear of being without material things makes it mandatory that Capricorns have a regular income. Their attainments in life are accomplished through steady progress rather than through speculation or get-rich-quick schemes. They have strong self-discipline and nothing turns them from their course if their mind is made up. They will give up many pleasures in order to reach their goals. Hard work invigorates them. Capricorns are thrifty and like to collect things. They abhor waste. This includes wasting a lot of talk in idle chatter. Capricorns speak when they have something to say.

Capricorns can be creative but they must at times learn to overcome their own self-doubts and lack of confidence. Pessimism in their own abilities can hold them back. They must learn to believe in themselves and become optimistic. There is no mountain they cannot climb if that is what they desire to do.

Capricorns have a lot of patience, which is good, because many of their plans meet with delays, setbacks and obstacles. This teaches them obedience, which is thus helping them to strive for spiritual attainment rather than material attainment. For them, work is therapeutic and is probably the best medicine for whatever ails them, except overwork, which they are prone to do. It is difficult for a Capricorn to really relax. They are happiest when busy, even in their spare time.

Capricorns are thoughtful, self-contained people. Lacking, perhaps, some of the personal magnetism of some of the other zodiac signs, they are nevertheless quite tactful, compassionate and warmhearted. Their own personal sufferings help them identify with the sufferings of others. In love, Capricorns are as romantic and emotional as anyone else, but usually they feel inhibited in expressing their emotions. They are cautious in making a total commitment until they know that the traits and lifestyle of the possible partner are compatible with theirs. Once married, they

seldom divorce because they feel that any situation can be worked out, if only worked at hard enough.

The essence of the earth element is sensation. The essence of the cardinal mode is action. Thus Capricorn exemplifies active involvement in the physical world. You are a hard worker, keeping to the task until you achieve your goals. Career is more than a job for you—it is a vocation, and may be a spiritual mission as well. Because of the consistent effort you put into your work, you will achieve advancement. You are tough enough to withstand the struggle inherent in the business or professional world.

The Capricorn combination of action and practicality works because you understand yourself very well. Your sense of reality also extends to your own thoughts and feelings. You are cautious in your decisions, yet ambitious. This balance keeps you on the direct path you set for yourself. Your honesty and dependability may keep you from engaging in risky ventures, but these traits are the stuff of your reputation, and your reputation brings you promotions or work if you are self-employed. While life isn't all about work, for you work can be the biggest slice of the pie.

Sun in AquariusAquarians tend to be friendly, original, intuitive, broadminded, nonconforming, different, independent, freedom-loving, scientific, unusual, and helpful. They can also be impersonal, unpredictable, tactless, rebellious, unconventional, stubborn, rigid, radical, bohemian and eccentric. Aquarians like any work which calls for inventiveness and the detached application of special rules or formulae.

Aquarians seek to share knowledge with others in order to bring about a better life for all. Group activity is their customary mode of operation. Helping others so they can help themselves appeals to an Aquarian.

Aquarians are friendly, yet detached, they have warmth, yet they seem distant. Although appearing cold or aloof, they are not really indifferent to others. It's just that they are much more concerned with humanity as a whole rather than any one particular individual. Since Aquarians generally do not have large, pompous or stuffy egos, they rarely bother to exert themselves to win approval or compliments.

Aquarians get excited about bringing new ideas and methods into old, traditional environments. They are philosophical, visionary and idealistic. Feelings of friendship drive them to try to improve the lot of everyone they can. Sometimes the people they want to help don't understand these new ways and react negatively toward them. Sometimes Aquarians are simply ahead of their time, although sometimes they are just cranks.

Aquarians have the determination and persistence to get ahead, but sometimes their energy level is relatively low, which causes them to drop projects before they are completed. Their minds are analytical and scientific and they have the ability to think things through to an accurate conclusion. Although they generally have good powers of concentration and are able to assimilate a lot of information, there are times when they are just plain absentminded.

Aquarians usually get along well with others. They are generally not gossips, nor are they petty. They do not like arguments, unless they feel there is a need to defend a person, an ideal or a principle. Since Aquarians are so willing to listen to the new and different, they have little patience with those who refuse to hear new concepts.

Sometimes Aquarians rebel just for the pleasure of it. They have been known to deliberately do things in an attempt to shock people. Most Aquarians prefer not to be bound by schedules and regulations, but can easily adapt to them if they must. But don't expect them to always be on time for things.

Aquarians dislike people who are possessive of them, since they are generally not possessive of people or things themselves. They give others a lot of personal freedom and they expect the same in return. Since they are not particularly concerned as to what other people think of them, they often do not bother forming opinions about other people's behavior.

In love, Aquarians want an intellectual companion with whom they can communicate. They can be hesitant about making a total commitment such as marriage, or any other form of partnership, because of their desire for independence. However, when an Aquarian marries, the marriage is usually stable. They are loyal and faithful to their marriage partner, but are not prone to excessive displays of affection, especially in public.

The essence of the air element is thinking. The essence of the fixed mode is stability. Thus Aquarius exemplifies deep understanding that comes from consistent thought processes. You are a scientific thinker, even if your chief interests are not in the sciences. You take an unconventional approach to life, and find new subjects and people interesting. You have the ability to gain cooperation from others, as long as you maintain some personal level of communication.

Not only are you a good observer, you have an intuitive sense of what is happening around you. You therefore plan for the future and see many of your plans coming true. You have a strong interest in metaphysical and occult subjects, and you never discard an idea just because it is strange—you work with it to see if it fits into your beliefs.

Sun in PiscesPisceans are sympathetic, compassionate, unassuming, idealistic, intuitive, congenial, adaptable, psychic, emotional, creative, secretive, versatile, imaginative and self-sacrificing. They can also be impressionable, indecisive, self-pitying, hypersensitive and changeable. They need to serve others.

Pisceans are sentimental and romantic in love. At times they expect too much from others and then feel hurt if the other person doesn't come through for them. They have a strong tendency to place their loved one on a pedestal. This leads to disillusionment when they discover their loved one has faults, too.

The symbol for Pisces is two fish going in opposite directions connected by a cord. One fish represents the personality and the other represents the spirit. These two opposing forces operate within a Piscean, causing insecurity and indecisiveness. Handling these forces in a positive manner is very difficult for them. Some will seek to escape these pressures through eating, alcohol, drugs or other excesses. That is what one of the fish represents. The other fish represents the Piscean rising to great heights through self-denial, sacrifice and then ultimate attainment. Pisceans learn through suffering and they need to learn perseverance.

Pisceans tend to absorb the information and environment around them. Thus it is important that they surround themselves with uplifting people and circumstances. Pisceans are creative, self-

sufficient people whose minds are extremely active, due to their strong imagination, which they can sometimes get carried away with. They sense and feel things that others are not aware of.

Pisceans generally do not possess strong willpower nor do they have a dynamic approach to life. Although they can appear to be very determined on the outside, underneath, inner doubts are brewing. This insecurity causes them to need reassurance from others. One of their greatest needs is to learn to understand their emotional ups and downs. Since they have a tendency to doubt their own conclusions, they need to learn to believe in themselves.

Pisceans are very generous with their time in helping other people. They always feel their best when they are serving others in some capacity. By using their compassion outwardly for others, they will not become as moody and introverted. Service to others is the safest, shortest road to God.

Since Pisceans are reluctant to hurt others or to face any sort of confrontation, they can become involved in very difficult emotional situations which they find extremely difficult to break. They have a difficult time saying no sometimes and will stay in bad situations thinking that they can somehow change the other person and then all will be well. Some Pisceans love to play the martyr, while others need to play the savior. Pisceans tend to think with their heart rather than their head and can be easily used by others. Many fall for any kind of sob story, much to their own detriment. Their hearts are in the right place, it's just they need to be more realistic and down-to-earth.

Pisceans can be highly secretive, but they make friends rather easily and are quite loyal to them. They do not particularly like verbal or combative fights, but will defend their friends in subtle ways.

Pisceans sometimes lack vitality which often gives people the idea that they are lazy. Well, some are and Pisceans in general do like to procrastinate. A Piscean needs sufficient time each day to be alone while they regain their fluctuating energies.

A Piscean's innate desire to escape from physical living can be used constructively through creativity. Many forms of art, dance and music appeal to them. They instinctively seem to know their own capabilities and limitations. Unfortunately, though, their knowledge of their limitations can create an inferiority complex. Pisceans enjoy drama and acting because it gives them the opportunity of being someone else. This enables them to temporarily lose their inferiority complex. Because of their hypersensitivity, they can become instantly depressed over little things that are said to them.

Pisceans can appear to be deceitful because of an inborn need to justify their words and actions. If in trouble, they may attempt to rationalize their way out rather than face the consequences of their behavior.

The essence of the water element is feeling. The essence of the mutable mode is flexibility. Thus Pisces exemplifies the receptive and empathetic responses you have toward others. Your sensitivity can lead to the study of mystical teachings, and even into psychic realms. While you can slip into negativity in these areas, you are also capable of focusing on the cooperative, positive psychic input from the world around you. On the positive side, you can study mystical subjects and absorb knowledge easily.

You are somewhat retiring, preferring not to be in the forefront of many activities. You can seem secretive to others when you resist open participation. If you become reclusive, you miss out on the rich emotional possibilities that your receptive nature makes possible. You can turn your natural adaptability into an asset by accepting the fast pace of activities around you, at least part of the time.

MOON

Moon in AriesAdaptability and inconstancy in your efforts to initiate are present here. Frequent emotional upheavals due to a fiery temper are possible. Patience is not your strong suit and if things don't happen the way you want, and now, well, you can go off like a bolt of lightning. Your tendency is to be spontaneous, temperamental, impetuous, and headstrong and you dislike restraint. You are very direct in thought, action, and speech and everyone knows how you feel. You pull no punches. You can be a very bossy individual if you do not try to control your moods. A desire to be in the limelight or in charge of things is present. You hate showing any personal weakness or that you need any support, comfort, or nurturing from others. Your enthusiasm for starting new projects is contagious and you are probably a better starter than a finisher. You are adventurous, courageous, and independent. You don't like complainers and are always ready to meet any challenge. A fair amount of physical activity is good for you so you can work off those moods you get into once in a while. You have a creative, flamboyant personality that likes to trail-blaze in unusual ventures. Perhaps your accomplishments cover inferiority feelings that lie beneath the surface.

The Moon, being less conscious, is likely to take action rather impulsively. Always changeable—think of the monthly lunar cycle and the changing face of the Moon—in Aries it becomes even hastier. There may be arguments and sudden shifts of opinion.

The Moon in Aries also reflects a personality bent on personal control. Such a person acts in a willful way, often without regard for anyone else. In fact, action is taken without much regard for the self either. This can come across as a carefree approach to life, but it can also be reckless. On the positive side, the receptive nature of the Moon makes intuition flow easily. If you listen to intuition before hastily taking action, then you receive the benefit of understanding the invisible energies around you, and you have a better eye for the future as well.

Moon in TaurusYour emotional nature is steadied and others find this quality soothing in you. You are generally even-tempered and peace-loving and are not easily ruffled or given to emotional displays. You can be downright stubborn at times, especially when it comes to making changes that are emotional in nature or that require emotional adjustment. You seek security and often expect this security to come from materials possessions and resources. Hence, you desire to collect material goods and money. You cling to things from the past or things you are used to in order to find this security. A great deal of affection and closeness is needed by you and this helps to assuage feelings of insecurity. But sometimes you hold onto people much too closely so they feel they can't breathe. You expect loyalty in love and you are very devoted to those you care about. You have the tendency to indulge in sensual comforts and activities. Eating rich or sweet

food seems to give you security. You may have a weight problem because of this. Food can become a substitute for emotional satisfaction and love. You are resourceful, determined, and persistent. You perhaps have a green thumb and are good at getting anything to grow and prosper. You are happiest when working with your hands, probably with the earth or things of the earth. You can be lead but never pushed into doing things. You hate and fear sickness and pain. Too great a comfort with the status quo can prevent you from making necessary changes. Don't be too rigid in thought or deed.

Taurus is fixed earth. The Moon is said to be quite comfortable in this sign, which makes sense. The earth needs water to nourish plants, and the Moon is a watery sort of planet. The Moon's receptivity finds a sympathetic place in earth. The flowing nature of the Moon finds a stable container—the changeable Moon finds stability in this fixed sign.

The down side is that the watery nature either sinks into the ground of Taurus to nurture, or it runs off and forms first a stream, then a river. This water metaphor, when applied to the emotional nature, suggests that emotions can carry us away, or that they escape our mental container at times. When the Moon's nature escapes control, it can overindulge in food, spend too much money, or otherwise dissipate one's material possessions.

The more positive expression focuses on the nurturing capacity of this placement. There is constancy of activity needed to cultivate plants, helping them grow. The Taurus Moon also cultivates ideas, allowing them to take root in a protected environment. There is appreciation for the material world that allows us to collect beautiful things and care for them. And amid all this, there is a capacity to enjoy life fully and to share that enjoyment with others.

Moon in GeminiYou tend to intellectualize your feelings. Your moods come through your words. At times you are totally unaware of your own or other people' deeper feelings and emotional needs. You talk out your feelings and moods. Your primary need is to communicate and to share knowledge. You tend to avoid heavy, emotional relationships and involvements because there is some tendency to superficiality. Commitment scares you. You require plenty of mental stimulation and you feel closest to people with whom you can share thoughts and mental interests. You get turned on sexually through the mental side of things. You have a versatile and receptive mind with a great desire for knowledge. You can be charming, witty and warm-hearted. Nervous tension, anxiety, and stress may be a problem for you. You probably dislike arguments and have a tendency to talk too much. You may tell people what they want to hear rather than the truth. Mental control should be developed or else indecisiveness and constant changing of your mind will become a way of life for you.

The Moon's changeability is amplified in this mutable air sign. With the thinking function somewhat less conscious, there is an almost instinctive desire to communicate with the world. This can lead to a rather wishful existence that lacks stability and practicality. By the same token, wishes precede action. Desire can result in nurturing mental activity.

The Moon in Gemini reflects the capacity to express feelings in many ways. A change of mood provides a new set of parameters for writing or conversation, thus you are an interesting companion and guest. With your many interests, you may appear superficial at times—who has the time to delve deeply into so many subjects? However, your broad interests weave themselves together into an eclectic package, providing you with skills that can be applied to a variety of careers, social situations, and personal pursuits.

This placement of the Moon is an indicator of changes. Your life will be filled with different jobs, residences, and even unique travels. Therefore it is important to cultivate a nurturing quality within yourself something that is portable and comfortable.

Moon in CancerYou very easily respond to the emotional environment in which you are placed. You soak up feelings like a sponge. Perhaps this is why you so easily become moody, irritable and inconstant in thought and feeling. Learning to control your own moods may be very difficult, yet necessary, for you. Your greatest need is to nurture and mother someone or ones. You often appear irrational to others because you can't always explain the reason or source of your feelings. Anyone who lives with you must accept your ups and downs and appreciate your need for times of withdrawal. You are also very sympathetic and understand the unspoken feelings and needs of others. You take slights very personally and though you may forgive a mistake by a friend or loved one, you never forget it. Security is very important to you and you look for it in your home and family life. Your senses and emotions are quite strong and it would be wise for you to listen to your intuitive side as you can be quite psychic. You are very tenacious and you do not give up or let go of things or people easily. Your mother is/was a strong influence for good or ill in your life. You are basically an introvert, but will do whatever it takes to protect and defend your family or loved ones. You tend to be a pack-rat because everything has an emotional memory behind it and you find security in all those memories. Nothing or no one is ever gone if they leave their memory behind. Thus, you can become quite possessive. You have the memory of an elephant, but you must learn to forgive and forget past hurts.

Traditionally the Moon is associated with the sign of Cancer. The element is water and the mode is cardinal, or active. On the physical plane this is the very essence of water flowing downhill. It moves at the rate that the slope and gravity allow. Because there is a natural flow, the person with Moon in Cancer is emotionally strong and consistent. Whenever this emotional current is disrupted, there can be digestive problems. Thus the body acts as a barometer for the emotional weather, and signals when it is time to relax, rest, and regain objectivity.

Domestic relationships of all kinds are important with Moon in Cancer. Whether you live with parents, children, spouse, or friends, the home environment is a primary influence on your state of mind. Less is more in the home department. You can have comfortable, beautiful things around you, but it is more important to have organization and neatness. You can be happy just by meeting your own basic needs. Because you have a good sense of "flow" in all areas of your life, you are good at making sure that home is a safe, comfortable spot.

Moon in LeoYou are warm, generous, and loving in your affections and you bring out great devotion and loyalty in your loved ones. You want to be worshipped and adored like the king or queen you feel you are. You want and need a partner you can be proud of and your own pride is very important to you. You cannot love someone you don't respect and aren't proud of. It is important to you that you feel recognized and appreciated. Your feelings get hurt when you feel ignored. You dislike emotional games and dishonesty. You are popular, generous, dignified, loyal and ambitious and have a persevering, penetrating mind with leadership and creative ability. You dramatize the events in your life and your feelings. On the negative side, you may be ego-oriented, vain and/or ostentatious with a tendency to wear your heart on your sleeve.

Here we have a fixed fire sign trying to accommodate a watery planet. In general this is not a comfortable combination, but neither is it a very uncomfortable one. The Moon is amenable to the intuitive influences indicated by Leo, making for a confident emotional state. Unlike the simple tastes of the Moon in Cancer, Moon in Leo likes luxury and surrounds itself with the finer things of life. If this tendency goes too far, the individual becomes snobbish, believing others are beneath him or her.

The passionate nature seeks expression and support. Some of the vanity just mentioned might actually be insulation against what other people say or do. Because the Moon in Leo indicates responsible positions gained through merit, one can figure that responsibility extends to sensitive treatment of others. While it is hard for people with this placement to admit they are wrong, when they do it is sincere and heartfelt, and accompanied by an effort to do better.

Moon in VirgoYou are very sensitive, cautious, and perhaps shy about showing others your feelings. Though you may love and care for someone a great deal, you rarely express those feelings openly and freely. You are perhaps more mental than emotional, at least outwardly. Very often your love for someone will be expressed by trying to help them, doing something tangible to benefit them, or serving them in some way. It may be difficult for you to receive warmth, affection, or appreciation, for you often feel that you don't really deserve it or that "they don't really mean it". You can therefore seem rather cool and aloof, much more so than you feel. At times you can be so critical of others that you drive them and their love away. You need to learn how to forgive yourself and others when you or they do not measure up to perfection. This need of yours for perfection can be quite stifling to your own happiness. You tend to be industrious, trustworthy, intuitive, reserved, practical and down-to-earth, especially where emotions are concerned. Intelligence, usefulness and fastidiousness are important themes. You have the ability to analyze people and situations and, then, find the quickest, most efficient method of accomplishing whatever is needed. This may make you an excellent housekeeper, nurse and/or manager. You must, however, watch your tendency to nit-pick or to become overly fussy concerning small details. You like to serve others, but find it difficult to understand the feelings of others. Your greatest need is to learn tolerance and to serve those around you.

This mutable earth sign welcomes the watery energy of the Moon. Earth and water are always a good combination when both are functioning in a positive way. The Virgo Moon reflects the capacity for the mind to take the driver's seat. You make practical considerations in your work and in relationships, leaving emotional considerations for others. You feel best when you are diligent in your work and when you follow Miss Manner's rulebook.

You can become boring. This is because you are actually very predictable when you stick to the "rules." Other planets in your chart are where you find the spice in life, and Moon in Virgo is where you organize those spices so you can choose which ones to use in today's dishes. Underneath your practicality there lives a somewhat sensitive digestive system, so order and care are important to your emotional well-being.

Moon in LibraYou are kind, sympathetic, agreeable, optimistic, fair, and very fond of social pleasures. You are a considerate and thoughtful friend, and have a real flair for making others feel accepted and appreciated. At the same time you probably possess good reasoning powers and the ability to

form correct judgments. There is love of art and music with perhaps decided ability as a performer. You have a need for people and relationships. You avoid personal confrontations or any expression of intense, unpleasant behavior or emotion. You strive for peace, harmony, and perfect balance. You feel unsuited for menial physical labor and you hate to get your hands dirty. Your desire to be liked by everyone may cause you to seek peace at any price, thus you can be evasive on issues due to your desire to keep the peace. You can be quite vacillating and indecisive. You are much more at odds with yourself than people would guess by looking at you from the outside. It is sometimes very difficult for you to make up your mind because you see all sides of any issue and you always want to be fair. You must learn to stand up for your principles.

Your soul seeks harmony and balance in everything you do. You are very capable of expressing your feelings and desires, and you seek close companionship or partnership to help provide balance. Once you have the closeness, you tend to become dependent on it, expecting the other person to make decisions so that you don't have to. Then you are freed up to be sociable and outgoing.

Sometimes people see you as irresponsible, due to the fact that you let other people do so much for you. It is very important for you to choose your associates carefully. The best relationships involve people who are supportive, but who don't let you lean on them too much. Codependence is not good for any relationship. Interdependence, where sharing is balanced, is far better.

Moon in ScorpioYou are secretive and inclined to brood in silence over the wrongs that people have done, either in reality or simply in your own mind. The mental and emotional focus may be on sensual things or on sex or death. You find it difficult to trust people as you are suspicious of their inner thoughts and plans. You open yourself up to very few as you do not find it easy to trust others. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable and to relinquish control in relationships is not easy for you. You love with passion and you hate with passion.

Everything is done emotionally, with intensity. You can be very jealous and possessive in your relationships. Perhaps your mother was very controlling. You have a habit of holding on to wrong that have been done in the past and not forgiving nor forgetting, and to keep such feelings to yourself. Guilt, resentment and vindictiveness need to be overcome. You must learn to let go or your health will suffer. Learn to express your feelings outwardly rather than repressing them within. You are not content with superficial appearances and are always probing beneath the surface of things for hidden motives. You have a great deal of emotional depth. The potential for success is great when control and discipline are learned. You are magnetic, energetic, independent, aggressive, patient, and determined. Self-control of the passions is mandatory.

Scorpio is the fixed water sign, and the Moon is a watery planet. Together they make for deep channels in midstream, where emotions can create an undertow, drawing you into more and more intense situations. One expression of emotion is the tendency to come out fighting. Small situations can seem as critical as a near-drowning out in deep water with no one close enough to help.

When this emotional depth has been explored, you will find that you are nothing if not truthful. Yes, you are sometimes tactless. But you feel that total honesty is better than little lies and bent truths that mislead and perhaps even cause great harm. In that same current you find the energy

and desire to survive whatever the world throws at you. When others are out for the count, you surface again with renewed strength.

Moon in SagittariusYou are independent, outspoken, open, generous, enthusiastic, idealistic, inspired, and optimistic and these qualities attract many friends and acquaintances. You seem to thrive on travel, sociability, fellowship, and expressing your opinions to whomever will listen. In addition, you are adventurous, playful, freedom-loving, and always ready for a good time. You rarely allow difficulties to keep you down, for no matter how bleak the past or present, you always expect a better, brighter future. In fact, you are uncomfortable with your own or other people's problems and emotional pain. You often try to "cheer up" or offer philosophical advice to those who are hurting, but unwittingly you avoid or ignore the emotions involved. Friendship means a great deal to you, perhaps even more than love or romance. For you to be happy, your mate must be your best friend and encourage your aspirations and ideals. You also need a great deal of emotional freedom and mobility. On the negative side, you may be rather intolerant, closed-minded, dogmatic, arrogant, non-objective, risk-taking, or possess a holier-than-thou attitude.

You are changeable in a whole different way from the Moon in Scorpio. First of all you are moody, even fickle in your desires. Part of you relies on a consistent beacon of spiritual light that guides your decisions. Another part of you goes whenever and wherever you want, with a casual disregard for others. These two paths need to come together and form a clear road into the future. Otherwise you scatter your energies and never accomplish much of anything.

When you are on track in a positive direction, your natural optimism overflows, cheering up everyone around you. You are able to inspire others to do their best work. Partly this is because you show that you care deeply about their success. Partly it is because you take the same attitude toward your own work most of the time. You experience a lot of changes, yet your primary direction remains clear.

Moon in CapricornYou tend to be very serious and responsible, thinking that duty calls first before all else. You are not comfortable displaying your emotions for all to see and you certainly don't want them to think that you need help and support. You never want to appear emotionally weak. There is a great sense of ambition within you, perhaps because you feel unloved, unwanted or inadequate. You then work very hard because it makes you feel important or needed. You need to feel secure in your own authority. Security needs are what drive you. You may be shy and insecure over your own worth and can be overly sensitive to real or imagined hurts. Sometimes you feel as though you have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.

You are especially uncomfortable with emotional dependency, and will tell yourself and others (even children) not to be a "baby". You need to accept that no one is self-sufficient all the time, and to be gentler with your "childish" emotional needs and wants. To others, you may appear to be rather hard-nosed and tough, with a business-like attitude toward their personal concerns and feelings. Your feelings and loyalties run deep, but you often do not let people know how much you care. You also need to learn to relax, enjoy yourself, and play sometimes. You are conservative, reliable and ambitious. You have the ability to bring plans to completion. On the negative side, you may be ruthless in your desire for power and success. Selfishness and

manipulation are possible. You desire recognition. The emotions are steady, but can be quite cold.

The Moon is not so comfortable in Capricorn. The Moon wants things to flow easily and consistently, while Capricorn, the cardinal earth sign, wants to construct physical monuments and concrete evidence of what is true and right. You are happiest when you have a goal and you work to achieve it. Instead of always being responsible for others, let them support you once in a while.

The best thing for you to do is to find a profession you truly enjoy. It can be ambitious in scope as long as it really satisfies your inner emotional needs. Of course, you have to look at your emotional needs in order to know if they are being satisfied. You can do this self-examination in private and maintain your practical exterior. Just be sure to take the time to listen to your own needs on a regular basis (once a day or week, not once a year).

Moon in AquariusYour emotions tend to be guided by intellect and you can be very detached when it comes to dealing with them. Others may think you cold and aloof because they don't understand the ways in which you deal with your feelings. This position steadies your emotions. You find security in dealing with and working with groups of people, especially in endeavors that benefit the majority. You are inventive, original, and progressive in thought and want to make the world a better place to live in. Family ties and attachments may not be as important to you as they are to others and you perhaps often consider your friends closer to you than your blood relatives. You need freedom and independence in your relationships with others. You back away at times if they get too close. You very much hate a partner who is jealous and possessive. You like to experiment and play the field. There is small affection for the conventional and the traditional. You tend to be friendly, intuitive, humane, progressive and independent. You are broad-minded with a desire to investigate all knowledge. You may have difficulty in understanding the emotional needs of others. At times you express unusual ideas simply to shock or surprise others out of their lethargy or just to see what kind of a reaction you'll get. On the negative side you can be impersonal, stubborn, erratic, rebellious, rigid, emotionally cramped and selfish.

The Moon is effective here, as the feeling nature is associated closely with the mental nature. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want and how to get it. You are, from the beginning, what the police would call a trained observer. You tend to notice everything, including the emotional tone of situations, turns of phrase, dress, and demeanor. You are therefore able to draw the shy one into a conversation, or take time to listen to special requests.

At the same time you have your own desires, and you want someone to listen to them. You are more capable of change than many people. You expect others to adapt to your needs and may be surprised when they balk. After all, to you fair are fair. Experience teaches you to offer help freely, with no strings attached. You take pleasure in your offer, not in what you get in return.

Moon in PiscesYour emotions are expressed sympathetically and compassionately. You are sensitive, kind and gentle, imaginative, shy, tender-hearted, and have an innate understanding of how other people feel and react to situations. It hurts you if another is hurt. Because of your kindness and non-judgmental attitude, people in trouble, pain or confusion come to you hoping to find answers. It is

difficult for them to think that you may be in pain yourself, but even if you are, you will do your best to help them or teach them. You seem to sense that all the pain you have suffered is for a higher purpose, if only to teach others or help show them the way. At times, though, your soft-hearted is taken advantage of and then you feel the need to withdraw, to regain your strength and composure. Music plays an important part in your life and you are instinctively drawn to it. It is as a voice from your spirit's true home. It helps you to express the emotions within that sometimes are so nebulous or vague that they cannot be put into word. You have a very romantic nature and can fall in love with love. Sometimes your feelings and fantasies get so carried away that you become overly emotional or sentimental, much to the dismay of those around you. You have your moody spells that people do not know how to deal with. You are not afraid of difficult or hard work and you especially like to work for those less fortunate than yourself. You prefer to work behind the scenes, as you may be easily drained of energy by others. There may be talent in art, dancing or music. Tendencies today-dreaming may need to be controlled.

This is a very fluid combination that can lead to problems if it is not balanced by other influences in the chart. If you are wide open to the psychic and emotional energies of other people, you feel drained of your own essence. Instead of adapting to whatever other people want, you need to devise a way to hold your own ground. If you have this placement, you may be saying, "Yeah, right. How do I do that?"

One way is to look to the Sun in your chart. The Sun is good at taking a leadership role. It likes to be in charge. If you can get your Sun and Moon to share, with the Pisces Moon providing information about feelings and the Sun, wherever it is, providing a container for those feelings, you are good to go. Even with the Sun in Pisces, you can align your feelings and your authority. If you are just a bit bolder in expressing your own feelings, you create an atmosphere where exchange is mutually supportive.

MERCURY

Mercury in AriesYou are outspoken and direct in speech and actions. Your thoughts are original and filled with enthusiasm and great energy. You love a good argument or debate and like to compete and strategize with your mind. You say what you mean and don't pull any punches. You are opinionated and love to share those opinions, even if not asked to do so. You love controversy and might need to develop a little more tact in how you express your own thoughts. Your mind is restless and filled with much nervous energy. It is hard for you to sit still. You always have to be busy, especially with your hands. Mechanical ability may be present. Your thoughts and words are quick and impulsive and you may at times suffer from foot-in-mouth disease. A lack of patience and concentration in carrying out your plans may be evident. Great wit and an entertaining personality help make you popular. You don't like to be told how to do things and want the freedom to do things your own way. There never seems to be enough time to do all the things you have on your mind. You may be quick-tempered, but hardly ever carry a grudge. You get over things quickly, and then move on.

Intellect and intuition meet in a synergistic way with Mercury in Aries. Your ability to observe and analyze situations is enhanced by your ability to foresee events and outcomes. In writing and other communications, you have a quick wit that engages your audience. You sometimes

overwork yourself because you try to follow every mental impulse and therefore never seem to get enough rest. You even do problem-solving in your sleep.

Mercury in TaurusYour manner of thought and speech is slow and quite deliberate. You do not change your mind quickly and see no reason to do so. You are determined, practical, methodical, and conservative in most things you do. You have patience and the ability to stick with things until the end. You may assimilate material at a slower pace than others, but once a concept is learned, it is never forgotten. You hate being forced or rushed into a decision or an action, especially if you have not been given time to think it all through and evaluate the practicalities of the situation. Once your mind is made up, that's it. It will take a lot to undo it. Perseverance is one of your best traits. You enjoy sustaining what others have started, especially if you can see tangible, practical results. You love to build things. You succeed not so much because of your mental brilliance, but because you have the ability to concentrate and follow a project through to its completion. You may have an artistic or musical aptitude. Perhaps you sing or speak for a living. Common sense is not uncommon in you.

Your logical mind is more methodical in its process than Mercury in Aries. You have the patience to follow a thought along its meandering path, and you want to see the end result. Although you are patient in discovering and refining your own ideas, you sometimes end up with only one side of a broader picture. Then you stubbornly hold on to your view, unwilling to even consider another perspective.

Mercury in GeminiYou have an extremely adaptable, energetic, active, alert, curious, and versatile mind. You seek knowledge, either through reading or conversation, or through travel and talking with the new people you constantly meet. You have so much nervous energy that this can sometimes cause great stress which must find an appropriate release. Exercise is a good way to release this tension. You are clever, witty, and always have a joke or comeback ready for any situation. You love being involved in multiple things at once and this may be a problem—too may irons in the fire at the same time. You are quick to grasp new concepts and equally quick to lose interest in an idea or project once your curiosity has been satisfied. You like to taste a little bit of everything—concentration and disciplined study are not your strong points. You are handy with your hands and may be ambidextrous or mechanically inclined. Debate and argument appeal to you. There is a tendency to scratch the surface with the things that strike your interest without learning anything very deeply. This is the jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none position. There is danger, then, of superficiality. Control of thought, word, and action is necessary in order to be successful. Find your focus, stay with it and develop perseverance. Journalism, speaking, teaching, sales, advertising, or writing may appeal to you. Mentally restless, you may change jobs or locations frequently, or do work that involves movement, travel, and variety. You grasp concepts easily and may become impatient with those who don't learn as quickly.

Your thought processes are very clear and very versatile. You consider a number of perspectives, and you quantify and qualify differences with ease. You enjoy change so much that you even change your mind about major issues in your life. You then come across as inconsistent or, worse, dishonest. Yes, you have a right to change your mind. And you are well placed in a career that provides constant change to keep you interested.

Mercury in CancerYour mind is connected with your memories, feelings, and emotions from the past. You tend to hold on to the memories of things because they give you security. You are highly interested in inner, subjective, and personal issues, and your thinking is based more on feelings, intuition, personal experiences, and prejudices rather than reason or logic. Intellectual abilities and accomplishments without heart or soul mean little to you. You are a sensitive listener and deeply interested in a person's feelings and inner life. In addition to psychology, you are probably drawn to education, art, poetry, music, or mythology. You are shy and somewhat reticent about speaking in public, but you will open yourself up and share your thoughts in small, intimate, little family-type circles of people you know and trust. You perhaps enjoy keeping a diary or chronicle of your thoughts and feelings regarding your day-to-day happenings. Your mind retains and absorbs knowledge easily. You are intuitive, psychic, and sympathetic, yet may become depressed over your own problems and the problems of the world. You may have difficulty in getting to the root of the problem because you so easily become involved emotionally with the people instead of the problem. You may have difficulty in making decisions or you may simply change your mind constantly. Mental focus and control must be developed.

Your mental gift is to connect the logical thinking process with the feeling process. Normally people are strong in one or the other, but you can bring them together. The advantage is that you can think through a problem logically, and then make a judgment about how each potential outcome wills look and feel, before you make your decision. You become totally focused on tasks, to the point where you lose track of your surroundings.

Mercury in LeoYou have strong, fixed opinions and love to express your thoughts energetically and dramatically. You wholeheartedly identify with your beliefs. You can be a warm, convincing, entertaining speaker and an effective story teller. Exaggeration plays a key role in all your tales and expressions. You put on a good show no matter who the audience is. You have a distinctive style of expressing yourself. Teaching ability is present. You have many creative ideas and want to have a voice in decision-making. You take great pride in your mind and thought processes and others may think of you as a bit of a know-it-all. You need to watch a tendency towards false pride, intolerance, stubbornness, needing appreciation for everything you do or say, and becoming overly impressed with your own abilities. You could be a good politician, spokesperson, group leader, director, or coach. You need to be admired for your mind.

Your enthusiasm is easily communicated to others, and motivation is one of your most potent leadership skills. You can see far down the road to the desired result, and then backtrack to figure out how to get there from here. At your best, you are able to provide constructive advice or criticism to coworkers and employees. You are a great organizer, and people learn to trust your judgment. All the while, you have your personal creative projects percolating, so you seem to get twice as much done as most people.

Mercury in VirgoYou are an exacting perfectionist with a clear, logical, and analytical mind with an aptitude for work that requires meticulous attention to detail and efficient organization. Well-grounded, practical, and possessing a great deal of common sense; you tend to develop specialized skills and technical expertise in some practical field. Knowledge, ideas, and theories don't really interest you unless they are useful in a practical, tangible way. You love to analyze, measure,

and dissect everything, but perhaps you miss hints, nuances, and subtle shades of feeling and meaning. Your strengths are in your precise thinking, careful craftsmanship, and mastery of technical skills. You tend to be very good at what you do and are critical of others' work if it does not meet your high standards. You are systematic, adaptable, stable, flexible, and good with details, although you may have a tendency to be pessimistic, sarcastic, intolerant, complaining, whiny, critical, or get lost in the details and lose the forest for the trees.

Your thirst for knowledge finds you reading one more book or taking one more class all the time. You are not satisfied until you master a subject, and you may become known for your expertise in more than one arena. Your orderly mental style is reflected in your environment, and you may become nervous when things are too messy. You are a team player and contribute your fair share of effort to projects.

Mercury in LibraOne of your best talents is your ability to see all sides of an issue, and to negotiate and bring about compromise and reconciliation. You are diplomatic, fair, tactful, and reasonable, possessing considerable social finesse. You work well with all groups of people. You are objective and somewhat detached from emotional bias and may make an excellent consultant, mediator, or public relations person. You insist upon fair play and seek peace and harmony in all situations. Your fine aesthetic sensitivities allow you to work in artistic or cultural environments. You have a persuasive, rational, well-balanced mind with artistic sensitivities. You are flexible and willing to listen to all sides of an issue. This may lead to vacillation and indecision, though, because sometimes you cannot make up your mind as to which side has the most merit. Your thinking process works by means of comparing things and finding analogies. This is when you are at your best.

You are able to take a system of thought or a group of ideas and work within the set boundaries. As you do this, you apply your thoughts to how to "work" the system. You are able to compare very different sets of information to find the commonalities. Your social skills are obvious in tactful conversation and you may even be a skilled mediator. Because you can see more than one side of a situation, you are a valuable team player.

Mercury in ScorpioYou have excellent mental concentration and the ability to become completely immersed in your work. You love ferreting things out and are a natural detective. Your mind may dwell on the sensual side of life and may think about sex or death often. You seem to know things at an instinctive, nonverbal level and prefer learning through direct experience or apprenticeship rather than vicariously via books or lectures. You have mechanical ability and work well with your hands. You may develop healing ability through your hands. You are quick-witted, resourceful, shrewd, direct, sharp-tongued, and will readily say what is on your mind, in a most stinging manner. You enjoy satire and other forms of critical humor. You want to know everything while at the same time disclosing nothing to no one. You have the ability to penetrate beneath the surface of problems and people and really understand them. You have abundant manual dexterity with the ability to repair anything. On the negative side, you can be stubborn, quarrelsome, skeptical, cynical, headstrong, and always holding the opposite views to others. There is interest in the occult.

You have sharpened your tongue and can do battle with the best of them, but don't expect to be friends afterward. They may respect you, but they won't want to get cozy. Yet you will be the first

person they come to when they need someone on their side because you tell it like it is, without any window dressing. Your skepticism helps you see past up to the surface details and to the deeper issues.

Mercury in SagittariusYou possess idealism, vision, and foresight, and your mind is often occupied with big ideas, plans, and goals for the future. You are interested in what is possible and what is on the horizon, rather than what has already been done. Subjects like philosophy, religion, politics, or education interest you, and you are more concerned with theories, abstractions and concepts than with specific applications. You are not inclined to focus on any one practical, concrete area. You don't particularly like details and may find it difficult to concentrate long enough to carry your ideas through to completion. You seek mental freedom, yet your thoughts are usually along traditional lines. Having a gambling instinct, you may enjoy gambling, speculative enterprises and new ventures. You are forward, blunt and direct in speech and you always speak your mind. People who know you know that you don't beat around the bush. You are apt to say the first thing that pops into your head. Thus, you have to learn to control your tongue, develop tact, and to think before speaking. Business, advertising, and promotion might be good career areas for you. You have a keen mind and are impulsive and versatile. You have a tendency to study several similar subjects, to have more than one job and to have several projects going all at the same time. You tend to want to keep on the move, traveling, in order to gain experience, knowledge and wisdom.

A deeply religious tendency underlies your mental processes. Philosophical leanings color your life. At the same time there is a tendency to scatter your energy, exploring many interests but often not completing your search. Sometimes you try to take the easier path to avoid confrontation. There is an abiding appreciation for the truth. You seek to solve or resolve life's problems. You tend to speak what is on your mind, even though it may be inconvenient.

Mercury in CapricornYour mind is clear, disciplined, serious, practical, organizing, objective and realistic, and you are unimpressed by exaggerated claims or promises. You want to know the facts behind any statement or idea you hear. Your natural skepticism often borders on cynicism. You have a rational approach to problems and are usually quite level-headed no matter what the circumstances. Your are capable of working long hours with focused concentration and attention on whatever interests you. You probably have a good memory and are very attentive to details. At times you appear to others as lacking a sense of humor, boring, or depressed. You simply have a lot on your mind. You are thorough, conscientious, and disciplined in your thinking, and have an aptitude for business, organization, and administration. You are also a good strategist, and will plan and patiently follow a realistic course which will lead to your eventual success. Serious-minded and studious, you enjoy quiet time alone for thinking or reading. You seldom indulge in foolish or silly chatter for you consider them a waste of valuable time which is better spent on more productive things.

Your powers of mental concentration are superior. You can solve the most difficult problems because you focus, use logic, and keep the end goal in mind. You are shrewd in business dealings, and does the necessary homework before you dedicate your resources to any purchase or project. When you are too consumed with mental tasks, you can become rather gloomy, and you need to give yourself regular breaks—walk around the block to air out your mind from time to time

Mercury in AquariusYour thoughts tend to be unique, unusual, rapid and coming completely out of the blue, eccentric, unconventional, scientific, weird and perhaps a bit ahead of their time. You are a progressive and non-traditional thinker and are very open and receptive to new technologies and breakthroughs and the latest discoveries in any field. You believe that humanity can resolve their problems through creative intelligence using inventive minds and scientific principles. You are a bit impatient with those who are conservative and unimaginative and those who are afraid perhaps to think about and try new things and ideas. Keeping abreast of the latest developments and technologies is fun for you. Reading science fiction helps give you food for thought regarding radically new ways of looking at things. You have a strong humanitarian impulse, an aptitude for organization and you enjoy being involved in cooperative group efforts or businesses that are contemporary and innovative. You have a versatile, disciplined, practical and original mind. You are intuitive and resourceful, with the ability to correctly judge human character and penetrate the mask that others wear. You follow your own convictions regardless of what others think of you and you have the ability to express your ideas clearly so that others easily comprehend. On the negative side you can be eccentric, bohemian, radical, revolutionary and stubborn.

Your naturally quick Mercury thrives in Aquarius because planning uses the problem-solving capacity of your mind. You are quick on the uptake, seeing any problem for what it is—a puzzle to be solved. While you prefer to work alone, coming to your own solution, others like to have you on their team because they admire your results. You could be an inventor, as you have original ideas about how things work.

Mercury in PiscesYou, your thoughts, and your ways of communicating tend to be idealistic, psychic, intuitive, imaginative, sympathetic, diplomatic, extremely sensitive, compassionate, and visionary. On the negative side you can be lazy, impractical, day-dreamy, over-sensitive, procrastinating, indifferent and absent-minded. You may lack a strong desire to work or to push yourself into doing anything that takes a lot of strength, organization, patience, and responsibility. You would rather be a poet or musician than a scientist or a mechanic. Formal book learning may not be your area of strength, yet you can absorb knowledge in the most remarkable ways if you are interested in the subject area. You are sensitive to your environment and thus you should be careful of which environments you hang around in. Your nerves and your mental health require you to periodically rest away from the noise of the work-a-day world. Take some time to be alone with yourself to regroup. But not too much time, as you have a tendency to get carried away with yourself and your problems. Healing using visualization techniques or healing through the laying on of hands may appeal to you. You may have great interest and talent in art, music, drama or poetry. Your imagination can be quite highly developed. Because you tend to think in terms of mental abstractions, translating your thoughts and impressions into concrete, everyday language may be difficult for you at times and consequently you may appear less intelligent or at least less quick-witted and verbal than others. You dislike being pinned down to facts and you follow your instinct rather than logic. You are intuitive and able to sense what others' thoughts and feelings are, even before they say anything to you. Sometimes you get so immersed in your own world of thought and imagination that you overlook things in your immediate, tangible environment. You are extremely open-minded and believe that anything is possible. Intangible or spiritual forces seem just as real to you as anything in the concrete world and you often form an opinion about a person or situation without much factual knowledge of them, and your impressions are usually correct. Keeping your mind positively occupied is important, as day-dreaming tends to go off in strange directions.

You are rather easily swayed by other people. Knowing this, you have an advantage. You can be your usual compliant self, reserving your decision until you have all the information. You will find that other people expect you to go along with them all the time, but you don't have to. Practice saying the word "No" in front of a mirror if you have to. That way you can say it when the chips are down.

VENUS

Venus in AriesVenus desires relationships, sociality, and affection. Aries is forthright, demanding and wants to take the lead. Therefore, you may be very ardent and pursuing in relationships. Your feelings and passions are easily aroused and you usually try to take the lead in social matters and affairs of the heart. You go out and get what you think you want. Trouble is, once gotten, you may get tired of having. The thrill of the chase is more important to you than the final catch. Thus your romances may start off in a blaze of excitement and glory only to end in boredom and monotony. There are always fresh fields to conquer and you go after them. It's almost a crusade for you. Venus worst qualities are trying too hard to please others and taking the line of least resistance. In relationships, then, you may choose partners who tend to dominate you and want you to do things their way at the expense of your own wishes. Venus in Aries calls for you to be assertive, yet not dominating, pleasing, yet not a dishrag. You are independent and have an impulsive approach to love. You like competitiveness and perhaps pick fights just for the action and excitement. You can be very inconsiderate of others because you sometimes do not think about your actions and they effects they have on those closest to you. Impatience and selfishness can be a problem for you.

Venus in Aries has strong creative powers. The power is there naturally, but the method must be acquired through personal effort. You try several creative and artistic ventures and you may push the limits of each artistic form you encounter, always searching for the best expression of your feelings in the moment.

You can fall in love at first sight, and you may do so more than once in your life. Love is viewed as an adventure, and you always like a new romance if the old one loses its excitement. This does not make you the ideal partner, as your sense of commitment is not as strong as your desire for adventure. You can have a long-term relationship, but it will depend on other factors in your chart.

Venus in TaurusIn love affairs you are generally loyal and steady, especially if your partner is demonstrative and affectionate. You are oriented towards the sensual side of life in everything you do and it may show through too much weight. You are tremendously responsive to beauty and physical appearances, and the physical attractiveness of your partner is very important to you. You enjoy indulging yourself and the ones you love and it is too easy for you to be extravagant and perhaps to put too much value in material things. Comfort is important to you and you hate getting your hands dirty. At times you can be lazy, hoping or expecting someone else to do the dirty work. Self-control needs to be developed and added to the qualifications you already possess—warmth, charm, sympathy, artistic. Guard against possessiveness, jealousy, and taking the easy way out in your relationships. You aim to please in practical and earthy ways.

You relish the long-term relationship—one where you can put down roots and grow into it steadfastly. Your strong powers of attraction make getting into partnerships easy. The task is to determine who is the right partner, whether in business or romance, before you make a commitment you will be unwilling to dissolve.

Your artistic talents may include making jewelry or sculpting stone. You understand whatever artistic medium you use—the consistency of the paint, the depth of tone in a musical instrument, the shapes of words on the page. And you stick with each project or medium, seeking to discover the beauty within each form. This method of pursuit extends into all your dealings, artistic or otherwise.

Venus in GeminiIn matters of love and romance, a person's sense of humor, intellect, and communication skills attract you more than their physical appearance. You desire a partner who is mentally stimulating, curious, one who can challenge your mind, and keeps you from getting bored. Relationships where talking, sharing ideas, going places, and learning new things together are highly preferred and needed. You need a lot of social stimulation and can be a bit of a flirt. Jealous and possessive partners turn you off. You are charming, friendly, and enjoy meeting new people. You can be fickle in matters of love and may have a tendency to desire more than one love interest at a time. You enjoy the fun and excitement of love, yet may fear its obligations. Your feelings can be well expressed through speaking, through writing or poetry, or perhaps through art where you get a chance to work with your hands. Your emotions are ruled by your mind and you may prefer intellectualizing your feelings. If Venus if poorly aspected, your breathing may be shallow and there may be poor oxygenation of the blood.

You have the voice to be very convincing. You may be a powerful speaker, or you may develop singing talent. Others enjoy listening to you, and they also enjoy listening to your work performed by others. Writing is a talent you can cultivate throughout your life.

Your charming personality gets you invited into many social circles, as you always fit in with the crowd. You enjoy discussing your ideas with others, and you are also a good listener.

You can appear superficial simply because of the breadth of your interests. In many cases your interest does skim the surface. However, you are constantly developing bridges from one subject to the next, drawing parallels and finding contrasts. Eventually you find one or two subjects that hold your interest, and these you understand on every level-physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

Venus in CancerYou are quiet, shy, sensitive, sentimental, gentle, and romantic and your feelings are deeply attached to your family, old friends, familiar places and memories, and the past. Remembering and celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, family rituals, and other days of personal significance is very important to you. You seek caring, emotional support and security in love affairs. You can be changeable and inconstant in matters of feeling and emotion. You desire peace and harmony in your home environment. You cling to those you care about like a crab that won't let go. Carried too far, your love and concern for others may turn into a clinging, possessiveness, don't-let-go type of relationship. Feelings of insecurity or feelings of being unloved or unnurtured may lead

you to eat too much and thus gain weight. You desire for rich or sweet food may contribute to the problem. Your mother probably had/has much to do with your feelings of love and affection. You like to be needed and your personal charm, magnetism and sympathy make you a natural caretaker. You have a need to mother others.

Love runs very deep within you, and you expect the same from your partner. You believe you should be able to depend on your significant other to be supportive and to share an interest in family. You may have wanted to bring your friends home and have them live with you when you were younger, and were dismayed when they wanted to go back to their own families.

You enjoy good food, and occasionally suffer from overindulgence. Dietary and nutritional moderation will be reflected by other planets in your chart. By the same token, you can put together wonderful parties and meals, making the setting sparkle and ensuring that the food is attractive and delicious.

Venus in LeoIn affairs of the heart you are warm-hearted, spontaneous, ardent, affectionate, loyal and generous. You hate pettiness and stinginess in your partner. You seek the Hero, the Prince or Princess, someone you can idolize and adore, someone you have great pride in or someone who can sweep you off your feet. You crave love, appreciation, and attention from others and like to be at the center of things. You are rather susceptible to flattery and love to feel SPECIAL. You want and enjoy drama in your love life and some grand romantic gesture or extravagant expression of generosity impresses you. You dramatize your emotions. You are honest, frank, attractive, kind, compassionate, and fun-loving with a charming personality. You find it easy to be in love with love. You may expect too much of people and thus become easily hurt. You must watch a tendency to be preoccupied with your physical appearance when you should be developing your inner potential. Vanity and becoming a show-off is possible. You need to be admired for your inner and outer beauty.

You enjoy living well. You begin with yourself, choosing your clothing carefully so that you always look elegant and refined. Then you address your home with the same attention to detail. In the process you can spend a lot of money, but your expensive tastes stand the test of time, as your selections don't go out of style and they fit together into a unified theme.

You enjoy the social circuit and attract romantic partners easily. Because of your deep feelings, you may jump into marriage or a long-term commitment prematurely. You very much enjoy the game, so a permanent relationship will require a partner who likes to play. One of you has to take care of the business of your relationship if it is to be successful.

Venus in VirgoYou are quietly devoted and faithful to your loved ones, and often become a kind of servant to your love partner. You are more comfortable showing love for someone by doing something for them, making something for them, or simply being there for them rather than telling them so in a romantic sort of way. You are somewhat timid about expressing too much sentiment or emotion. You may lack confidence in your own attractiveness and ability to draw love to yourself. This could create doubt of your own worthiness to receive love and appreciation. There is a strong tendency to be very critical of the partner and too expect perfection. Marriage may be delayed due to the desire to find that perfect partner, which does not exist. You desire everything to be clean and orderly around you. A tendency to criticize and nag can be overcome be learning how

to serve others in a simple way. You are able to be kind, tender, and sympathetic, thus you may excel at nursing.

You have a sense of propriety and ethics that carries into all your relationships. External considerations may interfere with romance, as you are paying more attention to your social position than to your partner. However, this strength of character can mold you into a desirable mate. You see your partnership as a team effort, and you unselfishly consider the interests of both parties.

Initially you may be indecisive about partners of all kinds. This keeps you out of messy alliances, but it also delays the development of lasting associations. You have to strike a balance between your desire for perfection and your desire for a partner, as no one is likely to measure up to your highest standards all the time.

Venus in LibraYou are charming, tactful, courteous, considerate, balanced, poised, harmonious, and have a strong desire to please and not make waves. Because you try to be so agreeable, you have a difficult time saying "no". Thus people may take advantage of you. Although Venus is a so-called benefic planet, Venus in Libra can be fairly ruthless at times within relationships. With this position, one knows just what the other wants to hear and can thus be quite manipulative. You naturally attract people and things into your life when they are needed. Sometimes this happens so easily that you do not appreciate what you have. Harmony is valued so much that you will compromise a great deal in order to keep it. You do not like to dwell on controversial or emotionally difficult subjects and often try to "smooth things over" or "sweep them under the rug". In marriage and partnerships you want someone who is an equal, someone who balances you and your personality. You are attracted to people who have a certain finesse, delicacy, and subtlety. You appreciate good manners and refinement and are not happy with a coarse, blunt type of person. You possess magnetism and refinement and you relate well to others. You probably have musical or artistic ability or at the very least a fine appreciation of them, as well as good color sense. On the negative side, you may at times be lazy, wanting to take the easy way out or the line of least resistance. You can also be very indecisive. You need people and may find it difficult to feel comfortable in your own company.

You are naturally friendly and obliging, and this makes some people think you are a pushover. You're not. You have a knack for being agreeable while all the time thinking your own thoughts and making your own plans. You are a networker of the first order, always finding connections between people and things. Naturally, all this activity keeps you very busy.

Because you are so busy, you scatter your energy and therefore may not have time for a serious relationship. If your partners become irritated because you are off doing other stuff and ignoring them, you should take their complaints seriously. If you want that long-term relationship, you have to put in your fifty percent (or more) to make it work. Maybe you can find activities that you can do together—teamwork and equal partnership.

Venus in ScorpioIn matters of love, you desire and crave a deep, intense, and passionate relationship. The bonds you form are strongly emotional and may be described as possessive. You can get very jealous regarding loved ones. Uncontrolled jealousy and possessiveness may help destroy the relationships you are most intense about. You have a tendency to "marry" whatever or whoever

captures your heart and it is difficult to let go of it or them for any reason. High demands are placed on your partners. You are somewhat suspicious of even platonic, friendly relationships your partner has. If you are ever betrayed, you are capable of hating with as much force and intensity as you once loved. You are attracted to people who have an aura of mystery about them. You have a sultry charm, a personal magnetism. Although your feelings run deep, you may have trouble expressing them. Once burned you never give another a second chance. It is all or nothing at all. There can be a deep religious devotion which can serve as an outlet for your overcharged emotions. You need to learn the value of self-control. Misuse of the creative force in previous lifetimes has forced you to again deal with issues surrounding sex, passion, desire, and regeneration. This position stimulates your creative ability and brings infatuations, misalliances, and love affairs.

Your powers of attraction baffle others of your sex. You may not be the best looking, the richest, or the most congenial, but you are sought after because of your animal magnetism. And you are a passionate being. You can go overboard with extremes—aberrant sexual behavior or multiple, frequent partners. Or you may be just the opposite. You may be delicate or even prudish in your sexual appetites. After all, sex is a private activity, right?

Your passions run to other things besides sex. You can waste your time and energy jumping into activities without testing the water first. You are in over your head before you know what happened. When you want to get out, you have to fight the undertow of other people's expectations. Through experience you learn to be a bit more self-controlled from the beginning.

Venus in SagittariusIn matters of love, you are looking for someone you can grow with, someone who can expand your world and your consciousness. You are attracted to someone who is fun-loving, playful, and open to adventure and new experiences. Traveling together, meeting new people and exploring new vistas are particularly enjoyable. People of foreign background and cultures enlarge your understanding of the world and yourself. You want to be able to share your dreams, aspirations and ideals with your mate. It is very important to you that you have a spiritual or intellectual rapport with your love partner, perhaps more important than the emotional/physical relationship. You are not especially sentimental and your partner may feel that you are too casual and not serious or romantic enough. You are sympathetic, kind, generous and optimistic. You idealize love. Always on the lookout for greener pastures, you may not stay long with a partner who doesn't help you to grow or provide you with enough excitement. You desire to share a love of God, expressed through religious devotion and a love of man, expressed through philanthropy and charity with the one you choose to love.

If wishes were horses, you and your lover would have a stable filled with the best thoroughbreds, and you would also have a few workhorses to get you through the tough times. You idealize relationships and want the philosophical heights along with the depths of feeling. You are great at planning romantic getaways and private interludes, designed to refresh your partnership.

You could be a great writer, as you have a powerful imagination, combined with a deep sensitivity. Your novels talk of romance in the midst of political instability, and separations that only serve to strengthen the idealism of your characters. You enjoy traveling to places where you can envision your lovers meeting to renew their passion.

Venus in Capricorn

Love and affections are expressed in cautious, reserved and serious ways. You are probably not that demonstrative towards the ones you love. You care very much about what other people think of you and you fervently desire love and appreciation, yet your reserved responses make it appear that you are really very detached. Casual, superficial relationships don't interest you at all. You are cautious and serious about love and you want a deep, genuine, lasting love. You are old-fashioned and traditional regarding courtship and love, and will remain faithful to your loved one in good times and in bad. You may be attracted to persons older than yourself, someone who is emotionally mature and reliable and who can provide the security you desire. You tend to be loyal, trustworthy, patient and steadfast. For you love may be weighed against practical concerns or on the basis of security needs. Perhaps you'll marry for money or status. You have a strong desire to protect yourself from being hurt and this may keep you from being as outgoing and forward in love matters. You may be very fearful, selfish and jealous or cold and calculating if Venus is badly aspected. There may be an intense ambition and desire for prestige and status.

You value loyalty in your relationships, romantic or otherwise. You depend on your partner for consistency in all areas of the relationship. You may be a bit too "matter of fact" in your approach to romance for some partners. Because you feel the weight of responsibility in any partnership, you need to have a comparable level of trust in your lover.

You prefer seasoned partners. You don't want to have to teach anyone how to be a good mate. And you are willing to experiment with new things, as long as one of you knows what is involved.

You work best with people who have some experience. You can teach, but you prefer dedicated students who will do the work without having to be dragged along.

Venus in AquariusYour affections are expressed in an open, unconventional and rather detached way. Socializing, bringing people together and having many friends and acquaintances very much appeal to you. Because you value friendship so highly, you may be more comfortable being a friend than a lover. One thing's for sure—you highly dislike possessive, clingy relationships. You want to be free to do whatever you want with whomever you like. You want an intellectual or spiritual connection with your partner and this may even be the preferred substitute over a very intimate or emotional bonding. You need a partner who will give you plenty of freedom, allowing you to be your own person, and not be too demanding emotionally. You are charming, happy and original, but also, cool, calm and detached. This detachment is beneficial because you, as a rule, are never possessive of people or things. The feelings you have tend to be filtered through your mind and intellectualized. You need to learn warmth and understanding.

Your very progressive ideas about romantic relationships include more than one idea that goes beyond what is considered "normal." First and foremost, you want freedom within your relationship. However, the so-called open marriages of the late twentieth century may not be as attractive as they first appear. You have to find a balance between commitment and freedom if you are to be happy with your partner.

Your progressive ideas don't stop with sexuality. You bring innovation to your career, to organizations, and to any activity that keeps your attention long enough. Often you add an artistic touch to cooperative efforts, so that the finished package is far more elegant and satisfying.

Venus in Pisces

Your affections are expressed in sympathetic, compassionate, softhearted, romantic ways. You unselfishly give of yourself to those you love or to those who need or ask for your help. You may be a sucker for any sort of sob story and perhaps give too much at times which make some overly dependent on you. You are very idealistic in matters of love and this sometimes plays itself out whereby you become the martyr or the savior in relationships. You tend to be more compassionate than passionate and you become involved with others because they need love or need to be "saved" and you want to help them rather than out of mutual attraction or pleasure. You attract and are attracted to those who are sensitive, imaginative, or musically or artistically inclined. Your desire is to find someone you can have a deep, spiritual relationship with. You idealize love and have a very beautiful, romantic vision of what love can be. At times you can simply be in love with love. You may be highly emotional, perhaps overly so, sensitive, artistic, compassionate, gentle and psychic. You can be too easy-going or submissive and allow yourself to be taken advantage of because you do not want other people to feel let down and you don't like to make waves. You may have the attitude that somehow you must suffer in love, and do so willingly.

You long to find the love of your life, and you are willing to search for one lasting partnership. Sex is a big part of lasting satisfaction for you, but it isn't the only thing. Sex without love won't do. Because you are open to finding love, you may also be open to seduction before you know if there is a possibility for a lasting connection. Where relationships are concerned, you need to develop a sense of self-protection, even caution.

You have many musical and artistic interests, whether you are an artist or not. You appreciate the effort that goes into works of art, and you engage on the feeling level when you read, listen to music, or see artistic creations. Because mood is a powerful motivator, you cast your spell through scent, sight, sound and touch, reaching deep within yourself and touching the depths in your partner.

MARS

Mars in AriesYou are aggressive, pioneering, adventurous, and always on the outlook to start new projects. You hate restraint and don't like to be told to do something or how to do it. You want to lead, not follow. At times you can be headstrong, impulsive, and impatient. Waiting is not something that appeals to you. You go after what you want with great zeal and you do not take "no" for an answer. You love competition and anything that allows you to test or prove yourself. Cooperation is not your strong suit and you can be very self-willed, self-absorbed, and selfish at times. The "me-first" attitude is strong in you. You are self-reliant and hate depending or relying on others. You need to be your own person and do things your way, even if it might not be the best way. Your best talent is in getting things off the ground quickly. If initial success does not come quickly, you may get tired of that project and move to the next. Sustaining is not your strong side. Long term efforts are not as appealing to you as quick, short term affairs that you can finish with quickly so you can start something else. Energy and enthusiasm are your strong side. Self-control is important for you to learn so you don't burn out. Physical activity and keeping in shape appeals to you. You may be prone to accidents due to haste. You need to learn to stick to a project until it is finished before rushing off on a new endeavor. You must learn to control your temper and impulsiveness.

Mars is very comfortable in Aries. Aries is the cardinal fire sign and Mars is active and hot, which makes for a good match. This placement indicates a natural fighting spirit. There are strong urges that, with refinement and experience, become ambitions. You love independence, and may fight to preserve it, even when you are ego-driven. Because of a headstrong tendency, there is the possibility of accidents, particularly to the head, an Aries part of the body.

Impatience is common with this placement of Mars. You have to work hard to contain your exuberant energy. Another way to deal with impatience is to direct it into some constructive activity. Physical exercise is a possibility. You can also pair Mars with another planet it aspects, to boost effectiveness in another area of your life. Directing your energy will produce better results than allowing the energy to rule you.

Mars in TaurusOnce you set your mind on a goal, your dedication, determination, and commitment to it are extraordinary. You never give up and find it difficult to change your mind or course in mid-stream. Whatever you have set your sights on, you refuse to give up or let go of it. You are loyal to a fault, unless someone betrays your trust, and then all heck can break loose. You are patient and usually slow to anger unless someone takes you too far. That is when you charge, just like the bull Taurus stands for. You are reliable and consistent and can handle more of the workload than most around you. You prefer a regular routine, with definite hours and clearly defined responsibilities and tasks. You enjoy building and seeing the results of your hard work. Things you can put your hands on appeal to you. You need to see practical results, not theory and you are not satisfied with intangibles like just having a good time. At the same time, you have a lazy, comfort-loving side and there is often a good deal of inertia for you to overcome before you get going. Once you get a momentum going, your energy level is strong and steady. Keeping things going is your strength, especially once someone else starts them. Material well-being and security are large factors in determining what you do. Your stamina and persistence is your great strength but it can also work against you; you can get caught in a rut and refuse to seize new opportunities. You also tend to play it safe and to limit yourself in that way. Change scares you. So does disease and pain. At times you have a decided stubborn streak where no one can reach you. Possessiveness and jealously may cause problems for you in relationships. Money and possessions are important to you for the feelings of security they bring. Re-evaluate your values. Sharing should be cultivated. Your tongue may be quite unruly at times.

Because Taurus is a sign of work and endurance, Mars here suggests strength and energy for the long haul. Aries may sprint; Taurus can run for miles, like a Masai warrior, maintaining a constant pace over long distances. Taurus is fixed earth, so there is a practical side to your energy. You are able to build your net worth, both financial and emotional, through consistent effort.

The down side is that you can become obstinate when you combine Mars' independence with Taurus' solidity. If you become totally invested in building your own little empire, you may lose sight of those things outside yourself that contribute to your success and happiness. The Masai warrior loves freedom, but is also part of a family and a culture. The very qualities of Mars in Taurus exemplified by the warrior are the ones that provide for continuity and stability.

Mars in Gemini

Mentally and physically you are the busy, little bee. You are constantly in motion with many and various activities, usually several at a time. You are happiest when busy and you hate boredom. Your mind is alert, active, and constantly seeking to learn more. You absorb knowledge like a sponge and you will debate and argue with anyone who wants a mental sparring match. A great deal of nervous tension or anxiety can exist with this position and it is important that you get regular exercise to relieve the stress. You talk with your hands and may be ambidextrous or have mechanical ability. There is a need to think before acting and to have patience so that you keep yourself out of trouble. Sometimes you just do things for the sake of doing something and this is not always a good idea. Look before you leap. Travel appeals to you because you never know what you might learn or who you might meet. Burns or accidents can occur to the shoulders or arms, probably due to haste. You can accomplish a lot in short bursts, but projects that require long-term commitment, stamina, and steady, persistent effort are not easy for you. You often scatter your energies into so many directions and activities at once that you cannot finish or follow through on some of them. You need variety, change, and mental challenges. Your mind is sharp and you enjoy mental challenges, games, or competitions. Matching wits with someone else really brings out the competitor in you. Your drive and energy is more mental than physical. You use your wit, intelligence, communication skills, social sophistication, and awareness to achieve your goals. Sarcasm and humor come easy to you. You need to learn how to conserve energy so you don't burn out and concentration so you will complete projects and carry through on promises.

Gemini is a mutable air sign, thus Mars energy is less grounded and definitely less stable in this sign. There is tremendous mobility. The mental side of life is active and verbal ability is common. Of course your verbal expression can lean either to edgy criticism or enthusiastic encouragement—it's your choice. Throughout your life you may cultivate a variety of physical and mental skills, and then integrate them into one powerful personal and vocational package.

All that Mars energy turned loose in a mutable air sign can lead to a scattered life with little sense of direction. You try on many different roles, and it takes time to settle on the one that is most comfortable for you. Often restless, you want to see more, do more, or at least do something new and different. Other factors in the birth chart usually balance these extreme tendencies. Thus you have periods of moving around, and then more grounded times. The hot air balloon lifestyle requires coming back down to refuel from time to time.

Mars in CancerYou avoid direct confrontations with others, preferring to side-step issues or attack them indirectly. Aggressive, competitive behavior makes you uncomfortable. Your ego drive is not very strong and you are not especially ambitious or eager to push your way to the top. Inner satisfaction is more important to you. You may feel inadequate in situations that call for strong, forceful action. But, when you feel your loved ones or your family or anyone you really care about is being threatened, then you will fight and defend with all the tenacity in the world. That brings out the very strong protective side in you. Impulse and instinct take over and you will battle until the end, if needed. Your goals and actions tend to center around your family and loved ones and they are very personal. Great sacrifices can be made for them, even though they may be in the wrong. Being sensitive to stress, you do not handle high-pressure, competitive situations very well. You can be very touchy, moody, irritable and difficult to be around when there are many demands or tensions at work. Your energy level is not constant and is very dependent on your emotional state at the time, especially as regards your emotional harmony or discord at home. You should avoid eating when emotionally upset as this plays havoc with your digestive system.

You are hard-working, sympathetic, moody, defensive, tenacious, intuitive, instinctive, sensitive, and perhaps over-emotional. Control of your emotions is important to your health and well-being.

This cardinal water sign offers a mixed welcome to Mars. On the one hand Mars is very comfortable with cardinal energy, as both Mars and Cancer are active and directed both strong Mars qualities. On the other hand, Mars may not be so comfortable in water. Basically a hot, dry sort of energy, Mars is not at its best here. The watery energy of Cancer may dampen the fires, or even seem to quench them altogether. On the third hand, fire and water make steam engines run. There is a powerful capacity to build up pressure and put it to good use.

You can experience benefits from your intense emotions, though at times you also experience the down side. For example, you enjoy novels and movies that feature intense action and even more intense feelings, and you see something of yourself reflected there. However, you may not enjoy being in the midst of such intensity in your own life. It is like feeling a rush of adrenaline: it is very invigorating, but you don't really want to live that way all the time. In addition, you usually are not fully conscious of your feelings. Once you learn to understand how your feelings work, however, you can put the fire/water energy to good use, creating energetic flow and direction in your life.

Mars in VirgoYou are an energetic worker, a perfectionist, and you have high standards for your own work. You often feel that if you want something done right, then you must do it yourself, for others never do as thorough a job as you do. Doing a task well is very important to you, and you may labor over minute details that others wouldn't bother with. You constantly work for accuracy, efficiency, and precision and you become very irritable when things are not done "right". On the other hand, you can become so much of a perfectionist and so self-critical that you will not even attempt many activities and projects, feeling that your efforts simply won't be good enough. You are usually very realistic in assessing what you can accomplish and, if anything, you underestimate yourself. You are good at conserving your energy and pacing yourself so that you do not waste or diffuse your efforts. Sometimes an unwillingness to take risks or venture from the tried, beaten track can sometimes limit your opportunities. You may not aim high enough and may settle for too little in life. You can be a worry-wart and a fuss-budget who gets lost in too many details.

Here is another sign where Mars is okay, but not great. Mars can thrive here, but must find ways to be active that are rather contained and focused on details. The strength of Mars in Virgo is the capacity to exploit each situation. This depends on the ability to focus on the details, arrange them in some orderly pattern, and see into the pattern. Neatness has its appeal for Mars in Virgo. It may be important to consider all the details, and not discard some of them too early in the game.

Mars here can become fussy and overly critical. You need to observe and understand the details, not criticize them. Another possible problem is that Mars' active energy may feel too restricted in this setting, causing nervous responses to rather minor difficulties. Part of any good methodology for Mars in Virgo is to find opportunities to expend energy actively and often. Attention focused on work can be balanced with a workout or a walk to shift the focus.

Mars in LibraYou swing from being too pushy, aggressive, confrontational, and insistent on doing things your own way to being too eager to please and too compromising. You have a strong attraction to the opposite sex and if Mars is well aspected, then this brings popularity and good will. But if Mars is badly aspected, then this can bring opposition and criticism from the public and the opposite sex, fickleness in love relationships, and trouble from toying with the affections of others. Desire for competition and cooperation swing back and forth. You seek a balance between acting independently and assertively and working cooperatively and interdependently with others. You may feel frustrated at times that you cannot simply do what you want to, that you must always accommodate the needs and desires of others. Or you may feel hesitant to act in a positive, assertive manner if you do not have the support and approval of other people. Either way, you are not a loner. You achieve your goals by collaborating and joining forces with others, by being a team player. You are very concerned with the concept of fairness and become quite vocal if you sense someone is being taken advantage of. You may be attracted to legal pursuits. You avoid extremism and favor a balanced, moderate approach to living. You are unlikely to push yourself too hard or to become fanatically driven to reach your goals. You tend to be persuasive, perceptive, enthusiastic and easygoing, although at times you can be argumentative. Diplomacy and patience may need to be cultivated.

Mars in Libra indicates enthusiasm for teamwork. In fact it indicates general enthusiasm. You are able to think through problems and devise cooperative solutions. You also are able to plan everything from coffee breaks to three-week vacations on other continents. You take the larger perspective and break it into workable units, and then you share the work with others in your family, social sphere, or work group.

You are subject to moods. Sometimes you cause major disagreements that won't even matter to you when the mood has passed, yet you will have to deal with the consequences. Usually quick on the trigger, you may need to cultivate patience. If you wait even five minutes, often you will find you have changed your own mind. In this way you preserve those oh-so-important relationships.

Mars in ScorpioYou are extremely strong-willed and you pursue your goals and desires with passionate dedication and determination. You are capable of total concentration and tremendous discipline, and you are very difficult to influence once your mind is made up. When you want something, you can be very one-sided and almost obsessed with it. You tend to be secretive and you do not want others to know what your plans are. You tend to be instinctive, perceptive, determined, strong-willed, stubborn and magnetic. You have deep emotions and may occasionally show a primitive side. You need to learn self-discipline or your desire nature will rule your life, probably causing great sorrow in the end. You must learn to control your jealousy and possessiveness in matters of love. A certain amount of detachment in relationships would probably be good and this, of course, would include your tendency to treat loved ones as possessions. You are very forceful in a quiet and subtle way and others may have difficulty in seeing or understanding your motives. You can manipulate people in a way that is not obvious to them or others. Direct confrontation with others is not your preferred style. You like operating behind the scenes. In any case, you are a formidable opponent when riled. In matters of health, there may be a tendency towards hemorrhoids.

For you the survival instinct is powerful. This is a good thing, but can also be a bad thing. Sometimes the instinct activates responses that are way out of proportion to the problem. Then

you find yourself in full armor with sword ready, when one calm sentence would have been adequate. On the positive side, you are able to get through literal and metaphorical life-threatening situations, emerging none the worse for wear. In fact you amaze people with your resilience.

You desire control and power. It's that simple. You seek the job or position with the most clout, or do the most meaningful work you can find. Within your search for power, you carefully formulate and pursue your personal goals as well. While it is possible for you to exert your power to fit in with others, eventually you plan to rise to the top, and if deterred from this goal, you often gain a better position by moving on to another company, and even a new career.

Mars in SagittariusYou are aspiring, enterprising, idealistic, and forever following some bright and distant star, planning some new venture or investigating new potentials that will expand your horizons. You are a rolling stone. You aim high and are not content simply with a quiet, secure existence. You like to stretch your limits, to see how far you can go, and to take risks. You are a positive thinker, expect success for yourself, and are philosophical about failures. You are flexible and bounce back from disappointment rather quickly, usually with another hopeful new idea you want to try. Your enthusiasm and confidence are contagious and enable you to enlist the aid and support you need for your projects. However, you sometimes promise more than you can actually deliver, due to over-optimism or insufficient attention to the practicalities involved. You also tend to get distracted and sometimes have too many things going at once. Although it may be very difficult for you, there are times when you must simply develop and show commitment, perseverance, and persistence in order to make your dreams and goals a concrete reality. Too often you fall short of what you could attain because you are unwilling to persist through the difficult or less exciting times. You also enjoy competition and usually do not take it too seriously. You tend to be friendly, optimistic, impulsive, enthusiastic, independent and argumentative. You may be an active traveler. Your energies need to be used in physical outlets and you may be an athlete. You have a tendency to exaggerate. You may also have strong religious and philosophic convictions and can go "crusading" if you feel the cause is just. On the negative side you may be sharp-tongued, quarrelsome, disagreeable, self-righteous, verbose, intolerant, and dishonest.

You have an innate philosophical orientation, and you study things before you speak out. When you finally say your piece, you want to be heard and believed by others. Thus you are careful to document your views with facts and figures. Much of the information you gather goes into a data pool from which you can extract the pertinent facts, fit them together into a working hypothesis, and test their validity.

At heart you are an adventurer. You love to travel, and may choose a career that frequently takes you away from your home base. Whether at home or away, you enjoy a variety of sports, and like to participate as well as watch. Extreme sports are not daunting, except where age is a factor, and even then you are willing to try things just so you can say you did.

Mars in CapricornYour actions serve your ambitions for power, recognition, distinction, and status. You are not content to follow, but must have a leading role in whatever you do. If not handled well, the energies of this placement can make you appear ruthless, manipulative and bull-dozing over anyone who stands in your way. You are efficient, tenacious, organized, dedicated, practical, disciplined and steadfast in your resolve to feel successful. Your drive and energy are directed

toward practical material accomplishment and achieving concrete results. You are hard-working and capable of foregoing immediate comfort in order to achieve your long-range goals. You can easily become a workaholic and are very responsible and conscientious about doing a thorough job. You don't tend to gamble when it comes to implementing your plans but generally prefer the conservative, tried-and-true route and then following through with it. You rely on your own efforts and perseverance rather than luck or good fortune. There is a natural shrewdness and instinct for business or organizational management. You tend to be ambitious, persistent, patient, self-reliant and responsible. You are apt to be slow in learning, but there is total assimilation of knowledge. Your energy is carefully used. Success is very important to you. On the negative side you may have a quick irritability which needs to be controlled and a tendency to feel resentment toward others for supposed hurts. You need to learn how to forgive and forget and how to release your emotions and frustrations positively.

Mars in Capricorn has plenty of energy to put into any concrete project. You are certain that you can complete any task you undertake, and do it well. You rarely fail because you continue to put effort into accomplishing your goals, perhaps long after others would have given up.

Because you have such a high success rate, you also have a high opinion of yourself. Eventually the time arrives when you overestimate your capabilities. Previously you experienced glorious successes, but now you crash and burn in defeat. Your enemies should never count you out, though, as you can rise again from the lowest position to the heights of power.

You are strongly independent, so when your acquaintances have abandoned you for dead, you don't mind having time to redesign your life. You know there will be plenty of time to reveal yourself when you have made your comeback. You are nothing if not ambitious.

Mars in AquariusYour energies are expressed in unique and original ways. There may be genius shown in the way you go about things. You are inventive, scientific, a bit eccentric, unconventional and perhaps a bit rebellious. Working with others to get things done appeals to you. You enjoy taking part in sociable, group activities and unite with others of similar ideals and persuasions. You are progressive, democratic and you are not concerned with hogging personal power or having authority over others. You are a team player. New and unusual methods of work, planning and technology appeal to you. Your energy levels are usually high, but they can be erratic at times and you may find a tendency to work in spurts. Thus, you can be impatient and inconstant in pursuing your desires. You are intellectual, cautious, independent, freedom-loving and enterprising. You respond well to emergencies. There may be interests in mechanical or scientific subjects. Science fiction may intrigue you. You may need to control a radical or rebellious streak within and remember that in certain cases haste does make waste. On the negative side you can be too aggressive, quarrelsome, contentious and perverse.

You are obsessed with freedom. It is so important to you that you would rather leave a secure position than experience restrictions of any kind. Even when you must follow someone else's lead, your mind is off in your own personal wonderland of thoughts and feelings. Freedom can become the foundation of an argumentative nature, as you take an opposing position just for the sake of being different.

Another way to manage when you can't have absolute freedom is to be the one in charge. You love to go into a problem situation and find ways to resolve all the difficulties and differences of opinion. You love to get those folks organized, or possibly reorganized to suit your own taste.

Your talent for logic provides the ability to convince others that your way of thinking is the only right way. The up side is that you do the necessary thinking beforehand, and at each step along the way.

Mars in PiscesYour energies and aggressions tend to come out in non-combative and noncompetitive ways. You are a bit of a pacifist and do not enjoy tackling anyone or anything head-on in a directly confrontational manner. Working around people or situations or working behind the scenes, in secret, is more your preferred style. If necessary, it is more your tendency to give up something rather than to fight for it. Because your ego is not especially interested in personal achievement, glorification, material advantage, or winning at the expense of someone else, you may come across to others as weak-willed or ineffectual. Being on top, being the best, or being first doesn't mean much to you, hence you can be quite happy in a supporting role, working for the benefit of others or for a cause that you believe in. You may experience difficulties in planning clear and definite goals for yourself in the real world. You are not sure what you want out of life, except you instinctively seem to know that you do have and need to find a spiritual purpose. You have many dreams, high ideals, and a strong mystical or religious impulse. You also have a creative imagination and can successfully apply yourself to art or music. You are intuitive, humorous and diplomatic, quiet on the outside, but restless within. On the negative side you can be indecisive, procrastinating, too interested in the sensual side of life, and may resort to using drugs or alcohol as a way to escape the pressures and responsibilities of dealing with everyday life. Learning self-control is important for you. Take action, don't day-dream.

You relish the concept of being in a private, even secret, group. First, you like secrets. You enjoy the feeling of knowing more than the other person. Second, you are not one to seek the limelight. You prefer to work in seclusion, and you choose topics suited to the venue. You find the so-called occult sciences attractive, and may even perform ceremonial magic or spells.

Then you find you have to struggle for recognition. You do so much of your work in private that others don't associate the results with you as much as with your publicist or social secretary. You need to balance your secretive nature with social skills that bring you into the public eye.Mars in Pisces is susceptible to drug and alcohol abuse. You should avoid tobacco as well. Moderation may seem like a nice concept, but you find you are not always able to maintain it. To be known, you must be both more visible and more reliable.

JUPITER

Jupiter in AriesYou are enthusiastic, assertive, energetic, and filled with many ideas on how to grow, start, promote, or expand the ideas which fill your head. You are opinionated and can be very persuasive in getting people to go along with your plans and ideas. You like dealing with the big picture and have leadership qualities. A need to learn patience and to think before you act is probable. Your tendency to promise more than you can deliver should be watched. Tolerance of others people's ideas and viewpoints should also be developed. You have the ability to sell things, ideas, material goods, philosophies. Over-optimism, conceit, self-centeredness, false pride, and fanaticism over some cause may be your biggest shortfalls with this position.

Jupiter's desire to expand is reflected in Aries through a lack of balance. There is an impulse to expand that carries you forward into more and more activities. You may find that you achieve results before you are actually ready to act on the outcomes, and this places you in a vulnerable position.

You enjoy being in expensive, elegant surroundings. This is all right as long as you don't make those purchases in anticipation of money that could be delayed, or worse, never arrive. Honesty is part of your makeup, so you don't want to do anything that would damage your credibility.

Jupiter in TaurusYou desire to expand the world around you with practical, tangible, material things. The rewards you expect from your efforts must be material in nature. As a gesture of appreciation, a simple "thank-you" is not as good as some little something in the form of something concrete that you can hold and see. You are generous with your possessions and share freely what you have, but only if the cause merits such action. Your nature tends to be a bit extravagant or self-indulgent and it is up to you to control your desire nature. You may be stubborn in your philosophical or religious beliefs, needing proof of anything before believing. There is a fear of sickness and pain. Money and material possessions can come to you but you must use your resources wisely, else they will get you into trouble. A great love of rich or sweet food may lead you to become overweight. Control of the palate and of the lower nature should be observed. You are generous toward others, and you are usually generous with yourself. You want to build financial security for yourself, but your spending habits can get in the way of practical savings and investment for the future.

Excesses of any kind can lead to illness. Thus attention to diet is indicated, as well as moderation in all activities. You are open to many ideas, and you enjoy your creature comforts. You may become a trustee for another person, or the executor of the estate of a deceased person. You have the financial skills to manage either position well.

Jupiter in GeminiYou are clever, witty, and cheerful. You love traveling because of the knowledge you gain from your experiences and the people you meet. There may be a natural talent for learning and speaking foreign languages. Excessive nervous energy may lead to agitated speech or in the tendency to talk too much or promise more than you can deliver. There can be literary ability of a marked degree. Your mind is inventive, with a love of mathematics or other abstract subjects, along with the ability to understand them. You are constantly looking for those things in life which will expand your horizons and your own mental outlook or philosophy of life. Various religions or aspects of law may interest you mentally.

You go where the wind takes you, and you go willingly. You love to run around the neighborhood, and your concept of neighbors may extend to other continents. You are genuinely nice, and your diplomatic nature allows you to fit into the crowd wherever you find yourself.

You not only love a change of scene, you love changes of all kinds. The multiple connections you form over the course of your childhood, studies, and career make you the consummate networker. If people experience only six degrees of separation from others, it is because of

people like you who draw up the map of connections and find the shortest distance between two people.

Jupiter in CancerYou are loving, peaceful, friendly, sociable, sympathetic and probably very patriotic. You have a most vivid imagination and have many Utopian dreams. There is probably interest in mystical things. You have good financial judgment, especially in real estate, with the ability to accumulate money and possessions, especially after mid-life. Much help is received from the parents. You may have weight problems, especially later in life because you do enjoy the delicacies of the dinner table. Your full potential may not be reached until middle or later life. There may be a tendency towards stinginess, holding on too long to memories and possessions. You may be a pack-rat. Maudlin sentimentality and over-emotionalism may also be problems for you.

Your feelings expand to encompass not only your nuclear family, but your extended family and your social sphere as well. You are receptive to input from all of these people, and you form a hub of exchange for feelings and information among this wider group of individuals.

You must remember that you are open to the psychic energies of others. This means that you have a way of interpreting the jungle drums even when they are very quiet. Don't jump to conclusions about what is going on around you, as you may be wrong. It is important to examine your intuitions, and then ask questions that are designed to confirm or disprove your conclusions. Then you are positioned to help maintain or restore the equilibrium of the family system.

Jupiter in LeoYou are generous, kind, compassionate and altruistic. You have organizing and executive abilities and crave positions of trust and responsibility, never being content to simply follow. You have an abundance of energy and a strong constitution. You love anything that tends to uplift society. On the negative side, though, you can become cruel, sensual, egotistical, ostentatious, and abnormally fond of pleasure and subject to loss through speculation and gambling. You need to be admired for your generosity and warm-heartedness to all.

Self-confidence is your calling card. You are able to take on huge projects, lay the groundwork, do the necessary planning, and then bring together a team of individuals to make the whole thing happen right on cue. Your leadership skills improve with every venture, as does your popularity. This is because you give generous credit wherever it is due.

You are a staunch member of your own fan club. Your egotism can get in the way of success if you don't temper it, or at least disguise it in some way. What is needed is some introspective activity like meditation, or even the practice of a martial art. In this way you develop awareness of your own inner life, and you become less self-absorbed.

Jupiter in VirgoYou have a cautious, intellectual, analytical, and practical nature with an uncanny ability to sift the wheat from the chaff and determine the essential from the non-essential and the truth from the fiction. Your judgment is usually excellent and this helps bring success in business or work in general. You have a strong desire to expand your field of knowledge and to develop technical skill. On the negative side, you can at times be cynical, carping, critical, and mistrusting of

others. There can be times when you get lost in the details and lose the bigger picture. There may be a dislike for exercise.

You love detail, that's all there is to it. You examine your values, your thoughts, your feelings in detail, and as a result you have an orderly mind and an orderly lifestyle. Because of your orderly approach, you are able to get a lot more work done than most people. You take a few minutes to organize your work, and you thereby save hours of time duplicating your efforts and searching for lost items.

You are a harmonious team member. You work well with others, and you are capable of leading when it is your turn. You see the value of interaction among team members, and you also understand the importance of having a chain of command. You are ambitious, and others may see you as dangerous in this regard. At other times you take a devil-may-care attitude, seeming to care not at all about the group effort.

Jupiter in LibraYou are philosophical, sympathetic and friendly. You expand your horizons and grow through using your ability to be outgoing with and well-liked by others. You have the ability to encourage others towards greater efforts. There is a love for beautiful things and perhaps an interest in art or law. On the negative side, there is danger of self-indulgence or extravagance, and a desire to improve social status through marriage rather than establishing a partnership based on true love. There may be more concern to demonstrate to the world that the marriage has been successful rather than happy. Much expense may be incurred through partnership, perhaps on account of the marriage partner's extravagant tastes.

You would make a good judge, as you have a sense of justice. When you understand the rules clearly, you are the ideal person to referee the game, as you exemplify fairness. Public office suits your qualities very well, as long as you keep your eye on the goal and don't get distracted with side offers.

You tend to rely on other people to do what they say they will, much as you do what you promise. You are disappointed when others fail to place the same degree of importance on their responsibilities. One way to keep others moving in the desired direction is to check in with them frequently, even when there is no problem. They develop a sense of closeness and support that way.

Jupiter in ScorpioYou tend to be efficient and hard-working, with a flair for business and finance. You are resourceful and willing to do all the work necessary in the fulfillment of a task. You are secretive, but there is, also, great inner strength and courage. You have a magnetism that draws people to you. You have an ardent, aggressive, self-reliant nature and an enthusiastic, constructive mind. On the negative side, there may be trouble and loss through the indulgence of the lower nature and love of rich and expensive food and sickness on that account. Any tendencies for wild speculation and risk-taking should be controlled. There is interest in the occult. Strong healing abilities may be present. These energies are meant to be used to gain a higher consciousness and greater universal wisdom.

Your materialism can get out of hand if you are not careful. You love new sensations of all kinds and can overindulge in foods, sexual relationships, and other pleasures. Cravings can lead to a ruthless quest for greater excitement. You sometimes overrate your potential.

You also have a generally optimistic view of life. You believe your needs and desires will be met, and they usually are. You can look to Saturn's placement for help in controlling your expansive desires, and you can look to Mercury for hints on how to develop more logical thinking about your goals.

Jupiter in SagittariusYou are big-hearted, idealistic, loyal, generous, humane, broad-minded, philosophical and tolerant. There may be interest in religion, law, higher education or anything abstract. You may be prophetic and inspirational and you can inspire trust in other people. They are attracted to your sense of honor and integrity. You have a strong desire to help others and you have an ability to inspire them to help themselves. You may be in a position of power and prestige or work in the professions. You tend to be conservative because of a desire for people to like you. You must watch a tendency to justify yourself by rationalization. On the negative side, you may be too fond of sport or gambling, fond of cheap or extravagant display, self-righteous, narrow-minded, intolerant, dogmatic and atheistic.

You are a pillar of justice. You would campaign for cats if you saw one being mistreated or elm trees if you felt they needed attention. You spend just as much time focused on your inner life, seeking to develop and maintain a strong moral and ethical perspective.

Your capacity for planning can carry you into new markets in your business, to new countries in your travels, and to new subjects of study. You can balance several lines of thought and keep them moving forward, so you manage to get schoolwork done in the midst of extracurricular activities. Ultimately you develop a strong sense of personal values, rooted in religious or philosophical precepts that you may have learned as a child, and developed through your studies.

Jupiter in CapricornYour positive qualities are honesty, sincerity, faithfulness, ingenuity, resourcefulness and some degree of mechanical ability. Your attempts at growth, expansion, meeting new opportunities and getting ahead in the world are met with reserve, discipline, caution, system, practicality and organization. You have a desire for material success, yet this may not bring satisfaction or happiness if gained. There may be a tendency toward miserliness and withholding yourself from the rest of the world, financially and emotionally. You hate waste, are self-reliant and self-controlled, and possess a desire to have authority over others. You can rise to great heights if you stay honest, truthful, respectful, and keep your nose clean doing everything above-board.

Your sense of responsibility is strong where it is needed, and it may be intrusive where it is not required. You are not in charge of the world, and you don't have to take responsibility for everything that happens. Still, your strong leadership is built on your ability to take the heat for your team members. You have the talent of keeping one eye on the goal and the other on weaker team members, helping them do their very best.

Don't get a big head just because you are nearly always successful. Remember, you couldn't do it without the rest of the team. Your family and associates deserve a lot of credit for their contributions.

Because your ideas are an open book, people may count on something you mention, and be hurt when you do something different. You benefit from learning how to clearly state your opinions and distinguish them from decisions. You establish your trustworthy character in this way.

Jupiter in AquariusYou are a humanitarian and are concerned with the welfare of all people. You believe in the universality of life and the brotherhood of man. Reform and large group projects appeal to you as they give you wide scope for your own personal growth and expansion. You work well with others because of your inventive mind, your keen judgment, your fine intellect and your friendliness. You are intuitive, tolerant and sociable. You make an ideal diplomat, labor relation specialist or personnel manager because of your knack for handling various groups of people.

Your ideas are all over the map. Hopes and wishes expand to take up the available space, and there is plenty of brainpower there to fuel your schemes and dreams. You revel in planning, taking joy in the prospect of all things new. The challenge is to prioritize clearly and logically.

You have a deep understanding of human nature. You can generally get to the bottom of anyone's concerns by listening to them and then restating the problem clearly. You enjoy being around other people and have become a trained observer of human behavior. Your "street smarts" are better than years of book learning in this regard.

Jupiter in PiscesYour needs for growth and expansion are perhaps best satisfied when you are working to help raise mankind to a higher spiritual level. You recognize that we are all in this together and what is bad for one is bad for all. You are sympathetic, charitable, genial, unassuming, quiet, visionary, and intuitive, with a subtle sense of humor. You have an interest in spiritual or metaphysical ideas and issues, but you need to find your own path and experience Truth for yourself. Periodically retreating from society and the people closest to you is good for your nerves and your own mental health. The strong desire you have to help others comes out in your willingness to help the unfortunate. Perhaps you volunteer in hospitals, jails, or other places of confinement. You give hope to those who need it most. You probably love nature and large animals, especially horses. There may be an interest in healing. On the negative side you may be hypersensitive, over-emotional, too sentimental, have a tendency to exaggerate, or to be too extravagant or self-indulgent.

Supersensitive, you can tell what each guest is feeling within five minutes of the time they walk in the door. Sometimes, however, the mixture of feelings can be overwhelming. This is especially true if you are indulging in alcohol or if there are a lot of smokers around you. Thus, while you enjoy a good party, you need to be sensible in what you consume.

Your exemplary kindness can be your greatest asset. It can also be misplaced on people who seek to take advantage of your open heart. To maintain balance between your inner life and a life of caring for others, you need time alone to meditate, to pursue your own interests, or simply to vegetate. What seems like a waste of time to others is your spiritual refueling time.

SATURN

Saturn in AriesThe best quality of Saturn is system and the best quality of Aries is leadership. Therefore, you can be a very capable leader, one who knows what to do and is not afraid of going out and doing it no matter what it takes or how long it takes. Combat and competitiveness spur you on to greater achievements. Self-reliance is high within you and you probably feel that you are more capable than those around you, hence you may end up doing all the work, which may antagonize you if you feel that others are not holding up their end of things. Saturn's worst quality is selfishness and Aries worst quality is interference with the plans of others. Therefore, you are also capable of meddling and trying to run the affairs of others. You may run roughshod over them in trying to get them to do your will rather than their own. You can be a real slave-driver. You dislike restraint of any kind and do not take kindly to others telling you what to do. Remember this as you give the orders. Obstructions, frustrations, and limitations come into play in your pioneering, self-starting efforts. Freedom comes only through responsibility and discipline. Impatience can ruin all the good work you try to do. Caution may need to be developed in the carrying out of your plans. Stability and security are important to you and you work with those thoughts in mind. Feelings of being inadequate may spur you on to tackle immense undertakings in order to feel more valued or worthy. Stress from trying to accomplish too much may make you prone to headaches. Saturn in Aries calls for you to be self-sacrificing. A sense of self-restraints evident. The will is strong, but not as uncontrolled as with other planets in Aries. There is a tendency to act on your own, and this can be a problem when what is needed is cooperation. The most positive attributes are ambition and endurance.

Saturn in TaurusYou are very persistent in carrying out your goals. You can be overly concerned with material possessions and in wanting to squirrel away too much for that proverbial rainy day. You tend to place too much emphasis on material goods and possessions for security and if carried too far, you can become miserly and miserable due to worrying about what might happen tomorrow and will you have enough money to cover things. You need to re-evaluate your values and where true security comes from. On the positive side, you are a tireless worker and have patience, caution, determination, discipline, and organizing ability and can go the distance when those around you fall. Hard work is your forte. Your feelings are serious, well-controlled and not easily changed, although at times it may be hard for you to forgive and forget. Loyalty is important to you. Building structures that last is a need you have.

The perseverance of Saturn in Taurus is not the same as Aries endurance. With Saturn here you are able to follow through, even in cases where you wonder if you can endure it. Method is part of your makeup. You are able to acquire material things, build a career, or sustain a relationship because you apply yourself day-by-day to the task. At times, though, forward movement is imperceptibly slow.

Saturn in GeminiYour thinking is deliberate and serious and you possess organization skills, concentration and mental stability. You can focus on deep and difficult matters and come up with practical solutions

to problems. You enjoy learning. But there may also be tendencies towards cynicism, depression, and pessimism. Nervous tension can be a problem and the intake of air into the lungs or the oxygenation of the blood can be restricted. Your lungs need plenty of oxygen. It is best for you to sleep in a well-ventilated room. Saturn here steadies your mind and helps control the natural flightiness of Gemini. This is a good position for Saturn, but you may need to develop faith in the future. It will be important for you to discipline your mind and learn to think and act methodically if you are to be successful in anything.

Thorough thought and work are hallmarks of this placement of Saturn. There is not great endurance, and this can manifest as a lack of adaptability to difficult situations. However, the capacity to think through to a good solution often overcomes limitations.

Saturn in CancerYou are protective and persevering and you worry over loved ones. You can be moody, fearful and insecure perhaps because you feel unloved, probably by one or both parents. These feelings may bring on within your feelings of inadequacy toward your own ability to be a parent. As a parent you may be very demanding and a strict disciplinarian to your children. Emotional depression is something you need to conquer. Your unconscious fear of being hurt by others can cause you to withdraw from too close an emotional involvement with others. You are kind, but may lack empathy. You can be so busy protecting yourself from hurts that you are unable to see the hurts of others. There is a tendency for improper digestion due to the lack of certain digestive juices in the stomach. It would be best if you did not drink liquids with your meals (except milk, which is a food). There is a need to curb the appetite, as it can get you into trouble. Land and property may give you emotional security and alleviate feelings of not having something to fall back on.

There is either a strong emotional control or a hypersensitivity that leads to emotional extremes. Difficult childhood relationships may color your feelings about other people who seem to take on the characteristics of your parents. You love your own independence and like to maintain some reserve around other people.

Saturn in LeoYou possess diplomatic, organizing, executive, and leadership ability along with a strong will. You tend to be self-reliant, conservative, and are extremely efficient. You may have difficulty expressing your emotions and your affections, which may make you appear cold and unloving. You need love, but may not know how to go about giving or receiving it, thus you may isolate yourself from others. Your love is motivated by strong feelings of duty and responsibility and you show your love by taking care of business and doing what is required or by giving material things to loved ones instead of yourself, which is what they really want. On the negative side, you may be cruel and quick-tempered, jealous, and may resort to underhanded means to satisfy your ambitions. Heart trouble is possible with this position. You need to be admired for your ability to get things done efficiently and effectively.

Saturn here reflects reliability and loyalty. You may rise to a position of responsibility because of these two traits, both of which are much valued in the vocational realm. Formality can produce strain for you, though. Shyness colors all interpersonal relationships and may inhibit sexual expression.

Saturn in VirgoYou tend to be industrious, efficient, practical, exacting, scientific, organized, shy, thrifty, studious, economical, and punctual. You have common sense and the ability to manage others, but may be a bit of a perfectionist. Detailed work does not bother you and you are able to focus and concentrate on the various minutia of any project. Your mind is deep and analytical and you probably have a good head for numbers. You may be prone to periods of depression or be prone to hypochondriac tendencies. Your work is usually neat and orderly and you dislike messes and dirt. There may be a desire for solitude. You need to stay busy because boredom brings unnecessary worry. Do not allow yourself to be critical of others.

This placement of Saturn reflects meticulous attention to accuracy and detail. Correctness is valued over enthusiasm. At best you are serious. At worst you take a pedantic approach to interactions with others. You may find that you are understood best with you lighten up and let go of your desire for perfection, in yourself and in others.

Saturn in LibraYou are diplomatic, tactful, and you have balanced judgment which inspires trust. In matters if health there may be urinary problems or trouble with the kidneys. Saturn tends to obstruct the filtering action of the kidneys, allowing toxic elements to stay in the blood stream and intoxicate the body. Drinking distilled rather than spring, mineral or tap water would be better for your kidneys. There is a need for you to cooperate and share in harmony, patience, and love with other people. Marriage or partnerships may be restricting, requiring hard work and discipline so that you may learn the lessons of cooperation rather than competition. Marriage and partnerships give you a sense of security and for that reason you seek them out. You may marry for practical reasons, for money, or to someone a lot older or younger. Various possibilities exist with this position. You may take great trouble to find a mate who is able to demonstrate a similar integrity, and thus marry at a later age than most, or you may choose an older partner or a contemporary who is apt to be austere or undemonstrative. A desire for perfection may make you too demanding in the marriage or your view of marriage may be too conventional or old-fashioned. If Saturn is badly aspected, then you may be cold or regard marriage as a yoke with which you do not care to burden yourself. Or lastly, you may tell yourself that you will never find a partner who will measure up to your requirements.

If you cultivate the spirit of cooperation, the strength of Saturn in Libra comes through, and you develop lasting partnerships in business and marriage. Because you tend to maintain a distance between yourself and others, you often appear to be discontented. The longer a relationship lasts, the better able you will be to relax and enjoy your partner.

Saturn in ScorpioYou can be very self-disciplined. You have executive ability and are perceptive and extremely capable. You may have psychic ability. People may find you difficult to understand because of your reserved exterior and secretiveness. Your mind may be mechanically oriented and you are resourceful, even under the most adverse circumstances, patient and persistent. The action and energy of Mars is combined with the forethought of Saturn in a most wonderful combination. Whatever you do is done with intensity. On the negative side, though, there is danger of stubbornness, revenge, lack of forgiveness, resentment, and ruthlessness. Tendencies to grub for money and prestige can cause harm. There can be health problems with constipation or

hemorrhoids. There is a need to transform your desires. You need to learn when and how to let go. This also applies to eliminative bodily functions. Holding onto anger can cause stones to develop in the gall bladder or kidneys.

Saturn in Scorpio is often reflected as stubbornness. You are able to plumb the depths of any subject, and this can be seen as a stubborn attachment to an idea instead of as a positive trait. You may pursue metaphysical subjects. Your contribution to the world will very likely come through your determined pursuits that lead to your spiritual rebirth.

Saturn in SagittariusAt its best this position gives a charitable and philanthropic turn to the mind with a desire to benefit and uplift mankind through discipline, system and self-help under just laws and true religious impulse. It brings trust, respect and honor in all undertakings. You are intuitive, philosophical, independent and persistent. Mental maturity comes later in life and promises success. You are generous with a wonderfully developed sense of responsibility. You have administrative and scientific abilities. Benefit can be gained from meditation and introspection. You may have poor circulation in the hips and legs. You need physical exercise and fresh air, especially in your sleeping quarters. On the negative side, you may be cynical, atheistic, selfishly ambitious, dogmatic, insincere and sarcastic. There is a need for everything to be proven before belief is possible.

Your firm grasps of concepts like justice and prudence is strong. However, what you see in the world around you may cause you to want to be somewhere else. This can lead to a desire to emigrate, or at least to move far from your birthplace. You gravitate toward religious and philosophical studies, which help alleviate doubts that arise.

Saturn in CapricornYou are ambitious, self-controlled and you have organizing ability. You can be a disciplined, patient, hard worker who eventually receives the deserved rewards. There is a tendency to take life very seriously and duty and responsibility are very important to you. You understand that time and suffering serve a purpose and that happiness is not the final goal of existence. You may find it difficult to divide your energies between work and play. You have the ability to translate abstract concepts into concrete terms. You may experience feelings of loneliness and inadequacy and that could be one reason why you tend to work so long and hard. On the negative side, prestige and social standing may be extremely important to you and you will be tempted to do whatever you have to in order to acquire them. Selfishness and a great love and desire for power can also be present.

Saturn is comfortable in this sign, so slow advancement through concentrated effort may be an adequate payoff for your efforts in your career. Your narrow focus, however, can lead to a somewhat one-sided view of life. To balance your egocentric nature, you can consciously develop and use the energy of other planets in your chart.

Saturn in AquariusYou possess practical common sense, self-discipline and inner sources of strength which provide stamina. Although humane in nature with a friendly and sympathetic disposition, you may have difficulty in understanding other people's goals. You need to learn tolerance for other

people and must develop forgiveness. You have the ability to exercise system, organization, discipline and tact in unusual and non-traditional ways. You can think ahead and plan things with an inventive flair. Seeing things in a whole new way is one of your strengths. You tendency is to be serious, impersonal, detached and scientific. On the negative side you can be opinionated, vindictive, cold and uncaring with a tendency to get quite aggravated if your plans are met with opposition.

Your strong ideals provide a defined path through life. You attract others to your cause, and may form strong relationships. This is good, as a friend can provide restraint for your sometimes overly ambitious plans. Without this moderating influence you may be disappointed in the results you obtain.

Saturn in PiscesIt may be difficult for you to set boundaries for yourself and others, or to be as disciplined and organized as you want or need to be. Things have a way of getting lost in the shuffle of everyday life and it may be hard for you to keep your touch on the pulse of things around you. Sometimes you just get lost in the fog and can't see your way clearly. You are intuitive, sympathetic, sensitive, imaginative and self-sacrificing. You are a practical idealist and have a tendency to take life perhaps too seriously. You may have the sense that your present life's troubles are due to actions from the past. And this is probably the truth. You must reap what you have sown in previous lives and Saturn comes to exact his payment. Perhaps this is why you tend to feel more sorrow, perhaps, than the usual person. There can be success in working behind the scenes, away from the public eye, perhaps doing research or working in institutions. On the negative side you can be indecisive and moody, with a tendency to react emotionally to negative conditions or people. Depression can set in if success escapes you or if you feel that you have been unfairly treated. You need to develop faith in the future and let go of the past. Disidentifying from other people's troubles will allow you to help them in their own sorrows. Teaching what you have learned in your experiences is a fine road to soul growth.

The strength of Saturn in Pisces is a modest attitude toward life. You are able to work in seclusion, and may even prefer it to the hustle and bustle of the office or social arena. Generally, though, you need contact with other people to keep your hand in various activities. This way you are less lonely.