March 21 to April 21 -- Spring Equinox

Ruled by Mars

A positive, masculine, impulse, fire sign

Keyword : “I Am”

The up-rushing fountain of life, the fire of the head, untamed fire of impulse. Rules the head in the physical body.

The point of all beginnings. This person is in the process of building a personality. All energy is self-centered, self-directed and self-assertive.

Qualities of Leadership and strength. Can be impatient and unwilling to wait for events to mature.

Pioneers, good executives, wonderful at getting projects started. Original idea people, have initiative and never lack courage.

They want to be doing something all the time.

They like games and sports, lots of physical energy. They want to do what they want to do when they want to do it. Do not interfere with them.

They lose interest if the pace slows down or things become complicated. They love to start, but may never finish.

Self-confident on the surface, but can feel inadequate inside. The negative aspects ore arrogance, egotism, and a tendency to dominate.

Arians go at such a speed and are so demanding they tire other people out long before they are ready to quit. They spill energy in every direction. If they do not learn to conserve energy they have bad health. Headaches are prevalent due to tension and failure to relax.

Aries is the first impulse of the life force into activity. Whatever house Aries is in, in your chart, shows where you as spirit begin to operate.

Taurus

April 21 to May 22

Ruled by Venus

Feminine, receptive sign

Fixed, Earth

Rules the throat in the body

Keyword: “I Have”

The sign of the bull. The first serpent sign - represents the coiled up serpent power, latent and not in full expression.

Taurus is slow, steady, stubborn. They cannot be pushed. In dealing with Taurus - indirect action is best. Taurus takes time to adjust to new ideas. They get frustrated and upset if they’re not given enough time to assimilate facts. They are long suffering, kind and gentle. It takes a great deal to anger them.

Material possessions are of great importance to them. Taurus is the money sign of the zodiac. Money is the symbol of value. The lesson in life is to acquire a true sense of values. “Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” It’s the knowing of what belongs to Caesar and what belongs to God that is important.

Negative qualities are Over-possessiveness, jealousy, greed. They are based on fear of loss. Taurus mothers are very possessive of their children. The quality they must acquire is detachment.

Gemini

May 21 to June 21

Masculine, Mutable, Air - ruled by the planet Mercury

Keyword “I Think”

Rules the shoulders, lungs, arms, hands and the nervous system

The sign of the Twins, the conscious mind, the opposition of the human and divine in all of us.

Gemini moves from one situation to another in order to grow through many varied experiences. It is the most versatile and adaptable of the signs, but is not noted for concentration and persistence. It is extremely restless.

Gemini is not an emotional sign. They are approachable through logic and reason, but have tremendous wit and sense of humor. They do not like to have restrictions placed upon them. They love their liberty. They like everyone and find it hard to love just one person.

They make excellent salesmen and can sell ideas to anyone. They are good teachers, writers, and reporters due to their ability to communicate. They need a vocation in which they can move about and mingle with other people.

Geminis dramatize everything that happens to them and can let their imaginations carry them away. They dream “big” schemes, but have to start at the beginning, which isn’t easy for them because of their restless desire to be on their way.

Gemini is the most dualistic of the signs. They can have split personalities and must get their mind under control. Their nervous system is highly geared. They can be very neurotic, being subject to nervous breakdowns. Their preoccupation with themselves is at the root of their difficulties. Their way out is to take the emphasis off self and put it into service to others, learning to harmonized the law of opposites. Their spiritual motto is “Let go and let God.”

Cancer

June 21 to July 21 -- Summer Solstice

Feminine, Impulse, Water - ruled by the Moon

Keyword “I Feel”

Rules the breast, stomach and solar plexus

The Crab, represents the restless tides of the ocean, the surging and ebbing of emotions.

The mothering, sustaining, nurturing sign of the womb, the house, the home, the interior of all things. It is the protecting or covering principle. The crab is slow moving, carrying its house upon its back, retreating into it when threatened. It is equally at home on land - the physical plane, and in water - the emotional plane. Cancer has a sluggish energy - physically lazy, hating to exercise. They may suffer from poor circulation. They live in their feelings and affections, seek sympathy and do not realize how self-centered and selfish they can be. The are unhappy if they are not first with the ones they love. Their hold is tenacious.

The most subconscious sign - everything is latent and hidden. No issue is clear or direct. They sidestep issues, responding to life with their feelings. You can’t reason with them when they are emotionally disturbed. They are extremely psychic finding it difficult to separate what they feel from what they think. They are at the mercy of their moods.

Not easy for a male, being the most feminine sign. It has a strong attachment to home and mother. It is difficult for them to cut the umbilical cord, binding them to the past.

Cancer loves to roam - but needs a home to return to. Their emotional insecurity is very great until they become centered. They must find their inner center.

Cancer rules the public - the mass consciousness, which is ruled by feeling, not by reason. The U.S., is a Cancer country. The statue of Liberty portrays the Cancer type so well - the feminine, protecting, sustaining, strong power is Cancer at her best

Leo

July 21 to August 21

Masculine, Fixed, Light or Fire - ruled by the Sun

Keyword “I Will”

Rules the heart, and the spine.

Leo is the sigh of self-consciousness. They can be either constructive or destructive depending on if the small self, or the higher self rules.

Leo has great courage, but must also have a sense of responsibility and disciple or they bring great difficulties upon themselves. They must learn to avoid trying to dominate others. Leos have tremendous energy. It is a vital sign. They have confidence and assurance. Leo is royal and kingly. Leo rules the inner center - the heart. Leo rules by divine right - which is their biggest stumbling block - authority. They do not want to delegate authority to others. Many Leos die of heart attacks because they think they have to do it all themselves, and in the process they wear themselves out.

Leo’s faith and loyalty to those they love is very strong. Being a fixed sign, once they give their affections they do not change easily. This makes them very attached to those they love. But Leos need to learn to let their love be shared with all, not just a few. They cannot live for themselves alone. The Light and Power Leo gets from the Sun and warm or scorch, create or destroy. Leo needs to be wise. Leos need to learn to let their will be God’s Will.

The evolved Leo is a person of dignity, self-respect, courage and integrity. They are honest, direct and dependable. They are on the road to learning divine compassion. The Leo destiny is a high one. No man can be a true leader until he is willing to be a servant to all. The greatest gift Leo brings to the world is an understanding heart.

Virgo

August 21 to September 21

Ruled by Mercury

Feminine, Receptive, Mutable, Earth

Keyword: “I Analyze”

Rules the assimilative system in the physical body

The symbol of the Virgin holding the sheaf of wheat indicates the gathering in of material needs, just as Virgo people collect, digest and correlate facts for their mental values. The virgin denotes purity and perfection. Virgo desires to reach the highest possible perfection for themselves and those around them. They have a greater sense of power than they are able to express, resulting in an inferiority complex. Virgo is constantly learning the lesson of humble service and patience. Taking care of endless details and routine jobs is where they function best.

Their greatest fault is being too critical of others. They are practical and down to earth, but can have jittery nerves and a highly geared nervous system.

Virgo represents the sigh of the hidden Christ in every man, the seed planted in the earth that must root in the darkness and struggle to break free of the earth to grow into the light. Virgo is on the threshold of the birth of the inner, spiritual man.

Libra

September 21 to October 21 -- Fall Equinox

Positive, masculine, Impulse, air - ruled by Venus

Keyword “I Balance”

Rules the kidneys

Marks the beginning of Fall. The turning point in the evolutionary process. The end of selfness has been achieved and the beginning of relationship starts. They need cooperation. They are the sign of union, marriage. The soul can no longer function in the “me” consciousness - it becomes the “we” consciousness. The soul has to balance the world of personality with the inner world of the soul. Venus rules this sign because only through love and cohesiveness can true union be attained. The development of relationships is the most important thing for Libra. Libra’s weakness is wanting to be all things to all men. So great is their desire to be liked by everyone they will not take a stand on an issue, even when they know it to be right. Peace at any price is their motto. It is difficult for Libra to be generous. They are secretive about finances and personal matters. They have an executive and legal type mind. Libras are not the stay at home type. They like to travel. On the surface there is diplomacy and sweetness but underneath is a fist of iron. It is hard for them to believe they are domineering and self-willed, but it is true.

Librians have a tendency to stay in the past. There is a strong identification with the mother and a strong sense of duty and responsibility.

They are very good diplomats - friendly and outgoing, interested in living life to the fullest, have a strong sense of justice and the will to do good.

The kidneys purify the e body. Relationships purify the consciousness.

Scorpio

October 21 to November 21

Ruled by Mars

Feminine, fixed, water

Keyword: “I Create”

Rules the regenerative system

The Mystery sign. The Death Sign. The battle must be fought between the soul and the personality.

The only sign to have three symbols: The Scorpion is the lowest level, who rather than forgo the pleasure of stinging will sting himself. The Eagle, who is the bird that can fly closest to the sun, the spirit. The Phoenix which is spirit resurrected from the ashes of the personality.

Much of Scorpio lies hidden below the surface. A strong, quiet exterior. There is great creativeness and resourcefulness, great desire and sexuality. They can also be vindictive and have a stinging tongue. They need to learn stability and not to be so critical of others. They have a tremendous pride, and their emotions do not show on the surface. Don’t judge a Scorpio by his cover. They also have a tremendous strength and power when they rise above the petty ego personality and seek power from their high self instead. Their goals are service, purity, compassion and humility. Their regeneration lies in learning to be cooperative and outgoing toward others.

Sagittarius

November 21 to December 21

Ruled by Jupiter

Positive, Masculine, mutable, fire

Keyword: “I Perceive”

Rules the hips and thighs

Natural ruler of the ninth house, which governs understanding and the superconscious. The Centaur represents man’s attempt to liberate himself from his lower nature and become what he already is on the higher plane.

The average Sagittarius is friendly, outgoing, optimistic, extroverted. They love sports, gambling, and taking a chance. “Don’t fence me in.” is their battle cry. They are independent and can’t be pinned down. They are interested in forward thrust, moving into the future, and love to travel. They are the gypsies of the zodiac.

On the negative side they can be very bad procrastinators, have a lack of organization and discipline. They can lack tact, and attack the other’s weak point. Females can lack femininity, wanting to run the show and be aggressive.

As the Sagittarian evolves, they turn inward and upward, into the superconcsious, spiritualism and philosophy. They make good counselors and ministers. They have innate perception and intuition.

Capricorn

Dec 21 to Jan 21. Winter Solstice

Receptive (negative) feminine, impulsive (cardinal), earth

ruled by Saturn

Keyword “I Use” - wants to know how things can be used, or how they can be of use.

Rules the bones, skin, knees

The mountain goat climbing toward the heights - solitary and alone - with patience and persistence. Nothing is going to stop him in attaining his goals.

A natural leader , tenth house of what a person attains in prestige, honor and success before the public

Rules big business

Can exemplify the highest or the lowest qualities of which human nature is capable.

Have greater strength and strong sense of purpose

Materialism is very strong, money is very important, for the power that it has - what it can be used for.

Capricorn teaches responsibility. Saturn is the ruler of Karma - everything must be paid for, everything, good or bad, comes back to us.

Negative side: using people, clinging to mother, even after marriage, being nicer to others than they are to their own family, being too disciplinary, not understanding other peoples feelings, being cold and unconcerned of others, wanting their way regardless of others feelings.

Positive qualities are: leadership, patience, persistence, efficiency and practicality, ambitious and willing to work, strength and integrity, dependable and confident. Tradition, home , mother and the past are important to them

Aquarius

January 21 to February 21

Positive, masculine, fixed, air -ruled by Saturn and Uranus

Keyword - “I know”

Rules the ankles and the circulatory system

Aquarians are the mental pioneers, forward thinking who live in the future, not the past. Outgoing, impersonally friendly, appear to have confidence. They are fixed in their ideas and cannot be pushed into anything they do not want to do. Aquarian approach life through their intellects and it is difficult for them to under stand those who respond emotionally to life. They function well in scientific fields and research. Aquarians are more emotionally involved in work. They are rebels and individualists, independent, imaginative, creative, inventive. They may have difficulties in marriage and unions. When in positions of authority they can be demanding and critical. They need to learn to feel love instead of think love. When they evolved they can make great contributions to society: Lincoln, Edison, Franklin, Roosevelt

Aquarius is the sign of spiritual rebirth, the combination of decrytalization of the old and the rebuilding of the new.

Pisces

February 21 to March 21

Ruled by Neptune

Feminine, receptive, mutable, water

Keyword: “I Believe”

The last sign. The inner self is preparing to retreat from the world. It’s cleaning up the odds and ends still left. The two fish tied together in opposite directions. The one is swimming downstream, representing the personality - the other is swimming upstream, representing the soul. One will catch the other - either the person will give into the physical, or allow the spirit to rule. This brings deep suffering to Pisces. Motto: Serve or suffer.

Pisces is the most sensitive sign. Emotions are strong. Moody, introspective, hard to understand. They are not of this world and need to escape. They need to be alone to regain their equilibrium.

When Pisces is connected to their inner spirit they are capable of great achievements, when not, they are prone to alcohol and drug abuse.

Pisces can suffer from a beep inferiority complex and a sense of unworthiness. They never feel they have done enough, so they often overwork. They need to learn to take care of their physical body and not be over indulgent and push themselves so hard. The only true freedom for Pisces comes from becoming resigned and submissive to their spiritual nature. Then they become the true servants and saviors for mankind. Then they have a great sense of compassion and devotion to the redemption of the world.

Pisces has a deep love of music and are fine musicians, and also work well in the health and medical professions.