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

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       Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich.

      ROBERT FROST

       I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

      CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

      Themes

      FIRE/WATER Artistic temperament; rich imagination; indirect self-assertion; volatile; sensitive; protective; temperamental; self-centred; strongly individualistic; clannish; responsible; devoted; romantic.

      Independent by nature, you are self-protective and emotionally sensitive as well. Like a rugged, pioneering poet, you rush headlong into romance and adventure but often, to your great chagrin, come home with your tail very much between your legs.

      Your nature is complex. Self-centredness and independence are marked, as is your charismatic appeal, as others can sense your real desire to sympathize, help and understand their needs and motivations. You are also the inspirational type with a gift for imaginative work, although the impulse to create may come in fits and starts. But creative self-expression is essential for your wellbeing, as is having an appreciative audience.

      You can size up a situation intuitively and, in a seductively caring way, say just the right thing at the right time. Because you readily sense what a group or an individual needs, people tend to look to you as a natural leader. You are excellent at motivating people – even to do something they may not initially want to. With deep, emotional conviction about ‘what is good for humanity’ (and for you), you influence people by appealing to their heads and their hearts. But you can just as easily invite resistance and conflict if you get too attached to your own views and come over as preciously self-preoccupied. You think of yourself as – and indeed you are – incredibly sensitive, and would not want to hurt anyone. But your natural self-centredness, based on your Arien need for self-assertion and your Cancerian emotional defences, means that your own concerns are dramatized and are vastly more important to you than the needs of others.

      Paradoxically, one of your greatest difficulties derives from one of your most sterling qualities: sensitivity. Whilst you can be an extremely charismatic leader, you can also descend into the grips of bitterness, self-pity and depression if you and your ideas are not wholeheartedly embraced. You have a lot of pride, take yourself very seriously, and your outlook is always distinctly subjective. This means that you are capable of carrying a grudge if disagreements escalate into a win-or-lose situation.

      You may be astute in business matters for you like the exhilaration of a gamble as long as you know it is a sure winner. Your challenge is to combine security and adventure – cosy cream teas and high drama – and it will produce enough creative tension to keep you going for your whole life.

      Relationships

      You think of yourself as daring and original, but in your heart of hearts you want your emotional and physical needs to be taken care of. You may idealize the romantic chase but end up with someone decidedly like mother. If you explore your emotional patterns you will discover just how much of your life is conditioned by your feeling responses. And if you look even deeper you may find that the root of emotional patterns of brooding and spiteful over-reaction is in childhood relationships.

      You are independent and dependent at the same time. With too much solitude you easily get restless, depressed and your outlook can become warped. You need a close, loving relationship and domestic security in order for your talents to really flower. And when they do, your charm, wit and dramatic flair will flow seductively from your tongue, for at your best you are your own best publicity. You are a maverick, a creative artist who is more susceptible to the whims of your public than you want to be.

      Your Greatest Strengths

      Smooth-talking charisma; uncanny knack of catching the imagination of your audience; ability to bring your feeling for the past to bear on your visionary thrust towards the future; the immediacy and enthusiasm of your personal involvement in projects and relationships; your very individual, dramatic style and sense of the poetic.

      Your Greatest Weaknesses

      Difficulty handling personal criticism; a conflict between needing to belong and needing to be different; oversensitivity and tendency to be emotionally defensive, which results in moodiness and a basic instability that undermines your best talents and achievements.

      Images for Integration

      A child in a fit of petulant fury runs away from home … A lightning storm at sea gives way to a peaceful, radiant dawn … The Salvation Army.

      Famous Personalities

      Jeffrey Archer (politician and author), Charles Baudelaire (poet and critic), William Booth (founder of Salvation Army), Adrian Boult (composer and conductor), James Callaghan (former British prime minister), Aretha Franklin (singer), Robert Frost (poet), William Holden (actor), Erica Jong (writer), Chaka Khan (singer), Dennis Quaid (actor), Mary Beth Whitehead (actress).

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      SUN ARIES

MOON LEO

       The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure … the adventure of the hero – the adventure of being alive.

       Follow your bliss.

      JOSEPH CAMPBELL

       I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

      PETER USTINOV

      Themes

      FIRE/FIRE Proud; optimistic; sociable; warmly enthusiastic; playful; adventurous; stubborn; creative; imaginative; showmanship; self-centred; big thinker; honourable; romantic; intensely devoted; an impassioned idealist; big appetite for life; a leader; the hero.

      You have a BIG personality – fiery, romantic, adventuresome – and you exude a warm, uplifting influence on the people in your life. There is such a deep belief within you that your rightful place is at the very centre of the universe that, by willing it, it usually happens. You know what you love and love what you securely know about; it is simply a part of you.

      Mentally you are incisive, quick and immediate; emotionally you are intense, fervent and devoted. This forceful combination of fiery feeling and sharp intellect is a winner. A certain nobility of manner coupled with a deeply romantic view of life (and of yourself) tends to attract admirers to you – people who are impressed by your generosity of spirit, your conviction, your social magnetism and your devil-may-care personality. You are a natural actor, СКАЧАТЬ