Sun Sign, Moon Sign: Discover the personality secrets of the 144 sun-moon combinations. Charles Harvey

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      Air and Water together produce mist which is a seemingly insubstantial, rather ethereal mixture. In fact, this combination of mind and emotion can produce a wonderful sense of humour and an extremely creative imagination, making for an equal interest in both sciences and the humanities, in people and things, in fact and fiction. This individual is enormously sensitive and potentially insightful, but may need to exert terrific effort in handling the real world. It is potentially a romantic, poetic combination, powerfully expressive and often theatrical. The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Sun Scorpio, Moon Aquarius) expressed this ironic blend of mind and heart in a note about his Collected Poems:

       These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I’d be a damn ‘fool if they weren’t.

      When the Sun is in Air and the Moon in Water, the individual may be a thinking type who consciously reflects upon the mysteries of life. This person thinks he is a free spirit, but soon finds out how deeply attached he has become. The Scottish birth-control campaigner Marie Stopes (Sun Libra, Moon Pisces) was typical of the combination in her idealism, which was concerned with the realm of human values and the mysterious world of feeling and emotion. She expressed this well when she said:

       There is nothing in the world I so reverence as beauty, whether of the world, of character or in a soul.

       Shadow

      The Air – Water type may sometimes get confused as to whether he is thinking or feeling something. An apparently detached viewpoint may in fact be tinged with personal bias. This individual may also experience a mind – emotion split, feeling both emotionally involved and even dependent, and yet detached from the object of his affections at another level.

      In general, there can be a tendency for a rich imagination to remain somewhat ‘up in the air’, and for procrastination and an impractical approach to limit the possibilities of successful self-expression. If Water is the stronger element, there can be intense emotionality, receptivity and self-dramatization, but with a lack of strategy about one’s creative energies. If Air is the stronger element, the individual initiates well-thought-out schemes but they may lack that touch of originality which comes from the depths of an inspired heart. To find out which element is stronger, you need to know further details about the horoscope, such as whether there are several planets in Water or Air.

       Relationships

      The Air – Water type is interested in relating and communicating, and makes a delightful and stimulating partner. But there may be a kind of divine discontent in this individual, a sort of unconscious yearning for something more and a sense that the grass is greener somewhere else. Relationships can be problematic because there is a need for intimacy and security as well as for variety and change.

      Women with the Moon in a Water sign may tend to gravitate towards men with a strong Water component, for they will help bring out their sense of femininity, which could otherwise get suppressed and intellectualized. For similar reasons, men with the Moon in an Air sign may find themselves drawn to Air-type women, with whom they will feel a spontaneous affinity. It may be possible for this combination to drift into new intimacies without realizing it is happening, and they would expect to be able to remain friends with all past lovers.

       Male v. Female

      This combination is probably best handled by females who can stay in touch with their feelings and also reflect on them without too much distress. The female role requires ‘diffuse awareness’ – the ability to be aware of many different things at once – and it also requires tremendous adaptability, which this combination provides. It is likely that males will tend to polarize towards the mental and intellectual dimension, defending themselves against the overt expression of feelings. This will especially be the case when the Moon is the water element.

Part Two THE SUN-MOON COMBINATIONS

       Chapter Four SUN IN ARIES

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      SUN ARIES

MOON ARIES

       An actor’s a guy who, if you ain’t talking about him, ain’t listening.

      MARLON BRANDO

       Glory to Man in the highest! for Man is the master of things.

      ALGERNON SWINBURNE

      Themes

      FIRE/FIRE Bold; quick-thinking; innovative mind; extrovert; passionate; blunt; impatient; self-centred; courageous; intuitive; adventurous; nervous energy; touchy ego; optimistic; progressive; integrity; maverick and crusading temperament.

      Fools rush in where angels fear to tread – this expresses a core truth about you, and one of your greatest strengths, which is this: you embody the ‘beginner’s mind’ with all its hope, vitality and yearning for life. This makes you an exciting companion because you live in the present, in the moment, although that moment is inevitably geared up to take you into a fabulous future. Always ready to take up a challenge and express what is on your mind, you have a forceful, eager, adventurous personality and a basic assumption of total independence. Your ‘beginner’s mind’ is not strong on forethought or patience, but your fiery spirit and unabashed self-interest is very impressive, often inspiring, and always a force to be reckoned with.

      You are quick-thinking and action-oriented, every fibre of your being instinctively attuned to your thought and purpose. Like the flowers in early spring, you need to burst into action, and you can easily get irritable if your energy meets an obstacle along the way. When you’re young, these obstacles make you kick and fight, but in time you’ll engage with them differently, realizing that life and people are a lot more complex than you thought. Your tendency to plunge into life with impulsive zeal is what gives you the reputation for being bossy and competitive, a bit of a warrior. But your energy is all about the desire for development, trying out your strength, meeting life with gusto but with no destructive intent. In fact, your competitiveness is mainly with yourself – you want to find out what your ‘best’ is, because that is finding out who you are, which is the top of the list on your unspoken agenda.

      You are a non-conformist and are naturally good at challenging people if they get too set in their ways. This characteristic can mean that you tend to stir up controversy and ruffle feathers, but it often spurs others on to realize more of their own potential. Whether or not they thank you for it depends on your ability to develop diplomacy. This will come as you learn about yourself through the challenges of living, for your seemingly unquestioned belief in yourself belies a vulnerability and proneness to feeling lost and alone. This is befuddling to you. Your courage and dynamism mask your insecurity; what you know about is action, and situations in which you are powerless make you feel despair. But even that won’t last long because you come to life in a crisis. You can be a fierce rescuer, battling for the rights of the weak and unprotected, but you may need to be careful that in your zeal СКАЧАТЬ