ARIES (The Ram )
March 21 to April 20
Adventurous and energetic
Pioneering and courageous
Enthusiastic and confident
Selfish and quick-tempered
The spring equinox, March 21, is the beginning of the new zodiacal
year and Aries, the first sign, is therefore that of new beginnings.
The young ram is adventurous, ambitious, impulsive, enthusiastic
and full of energy. The Arien is a pioneer both in thought and action,
very open to new ideas and a lover of freedom. They welcome
challenges and will not be diverted from their purpose except by
their own impatience, which will surface if they don't get quick results.
Aries subjects are courageous leaders with a genuine concern for
those they command, but they will not hesitate to use their subordinates
to obtain their own objectives as leaders. As followers they can be
troublesome, for they are apt to be immoderate in act and expression.
They may be unwilling to obey or submit to directions for which they
can see no reason, or with which they disagree. They are much concerned
with self, both positively and negatively - self-reliant but also self-
centered - and concerned with their own personal advancement and
physical satisfaction to the point of greed.Their immense energy
makes them aggressive and restless, argumentative, headstrong,
quick tempered, easily offended and capable of holding grudges if
they feel themselves affronted. Thus, if at work superiors cooperate
well with their Aries employees, approving of their good qualities,
they will receive from them complete loyalty; but if Ariens consider
themselves unappreciated or exploited, they are likely to give notice
impulsively, to nurse resentment and even, in extreme cases, to revenge
themselves by slandering their former firm, or by acts of sabotage.
In their personal relationships Ariens are frank, direct and candid,
and make enthusiastic and generous friends. They are liable to have a
high sex drive and make passionate but fastidious lovers. There is,
however, a negative side to their associations with other people.
They can easily be irritated by slowness or moderation in their
companions and, though themselves sensitive, ride roughshod over
the sensitivities of others. The intensity of their sexual urges can
drive them to promiscuity and a Don Juan-like counting of conquests
of the opposite sex. It can also trick them into early unwise marriage
which may end disastrously. Their love of change more than counters
the little loyalty they have, and their tenacity, though sufficient to
achieve short-term objects, is unlikely to stand up to the challenge of
a lifetime's faithfulness. They can be brusque, rude, bullying, even
brutal and immature, and were summed up by an early astronomer as
"bestial, luxurious, intemperate and violent."
Mentally Aries are intellectual and objective, but can be bigoted
and extremist in religion and politics. They are good champions of lost
causes and last-ditch resistance. They are quick-witted but foolhardy
and overoptimistic, lacking thoroughness and the ability to evaluate
difficulties in the undertakings into which they often rush impulsively.
The great need of Aries natives is to exercise an iron self-control, to
discipline the qualities and tendencies of their character to the
advantage, not the detriment, of the society in which they move.
They can make good athletes and climbers, doctors, explorers (of new
ideas as well as uncharted territory, the latter in these days including
adventuring into outer space), soldiers, sailors and airmen, and leaders -
though awkward subordinates - in industry and politics.
Aries governs the head and brain, and Ariens are said to be prone
to headaches, particularly migraines, sunstroke, neuralgia and depression.
Indigestion and nervous disorders are also threats to them, and their
rashness, impetuosity and wholesale physical commitment make them
liable to accidents and physical injuries.
They do not often finish things they start.
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