AIRES RISING

You have an abundance of energy and then some. You're impulsive, argumentative, quick-tempered, outgoing and headstrong. This ascendant is difficult if you're a woman. You're apt to rush in where angels fear to tread. You need to learn tact and diplomacy. You're good in mechanical endeavors and physical activities and make a good salesman and promoter. You have keen, alert and quick responses, but you must learn to follow through on activities that you've become bored with. You're self-centered in an unthinking sort of way-- you're not deliberately mean or calculatingly selfish unless Mars is heavily afflicted. You're more apt to be thoughtless. You have a strong romantic streak.

Decanates
Degrees Planet Traits
0-9.99 Mars You're impulsiveness and headstrong tendencies are accentuated. You're active, honest and outspoken by nature and you like to be on the move.
10-19.99 Sun You're less extreme and less self-centered. You have an ambitious nature with sustaining power.
20-29.99 Jupiter You have a very strong desire to travel and see the world, making this the most restless decanate in Aries. If you're average, you're interested in gambling, the outdoors and sports. If you're evolved, you're also interested in religion and philosophy.

Aries on the 1st House: You project yourself with intense energy and primal power. You're decisive and don't like to waste time, acting on ideas as soon as they form. You're very competitive and want to excel in anything you do. You must prove yourself to yourself through action. You're a born extrovert, but you can be aggressive which annoys and irritates others. Your over forceful nature causes and instinctive tendency to retreat in others. You have no physical fear and have a genius and daring at finding your way around obstacles. You can fight if you must, but you prefer to use your wits.

Taurus on the 2nd House: Money and the security it gives are very important to you and you work hard to get what you want. Your practicality and willingness to adapt to the methods of a business or trade leads to the ability to earn money. You attach special importance to the tools of your trade. Your outlook is practical, factual and based on a common sense approach to life, and you make the most of what comes your way. You love possessions and want to hold on to them, often spending money on luxuries.

Gemini on the 3rd House: You're friendly, idealistic, individualistic, original and responsible. You have a logical mind, quick insight and speed, ready wit and are intelligent and versatile in expressing your ideas. However, you need to learn to concentrate and focus your thoughts in order to bring your ideas to fruition. You're easy to approach and seem to know everyone. You can be a great diplomat because you're always willing to help and can see both sides of an issue, as long as you're not personally involved. You like to discuss your ideas with relatives and neighbors.

Cancer on the 4th House: You're sentimental and get deep emotional satisfaction from your home life. You're dedicated to your family and want a place to settle down where your loved ones are waiting. If the Moon is afflicted, you may not be close to your mother yet still speak sentimentally about her. Although you do a great deal of traveling in your early life, you like to feel centered and rooted. You're easy-going at home, but you're apt to be moody.

Leo on the 5th House: You're ardent in love and identify strongly with your children and want to be proud of them. Your constant flow of creative energy is expressed through art or drama. You're eager for attention and love center stage. You give full attention to the moment, but always seek others' approval. You're able to simplify and dramatize your knowledge, giving you teaching ability. You excel in sports and competitive games, and although you may be lucky in speculation, you usually don't engage in it.

Virgo on the 6th House: You're careful and precise in your work and have considerable ability for detail work, research and mechanical calculation and your work is often of superior quality. You often find it difficult to complete a task on time because of perfectionist tendencies or your enthusiasm has waned. However, when your interest is aroused, you're capable of any amount of hard work, possibly at the expense of your health. You're impatient and a stickler for neatness and cleanliness. You have an interest in diet and health, but may have intestinal or liver difficulties. You're apt to be irritable when you're sick. You give willing service when it's required. Your attention to detail makes you a born historian.

Libra on the 7th House: You're not happy unless others share their life with you in some way. If others make you feel like the fine person you think you are, you'll share with them to the point of sacrifice. You find it difficult to learn that sharing is reciprocal or to see things from the others' frame of reference. You often marry without due consideration and the result is often strife. Your mate is usually gentle, vulnerable, skilled in public relations and intent on presenting a good image to the world. If your mate is wise, he/she will avoid direct contradiction of you and your ideas.

Scorpio on the 8th House: You have strong physical urges and love life while facing death objectively. You cling to objective realities due to your emotional uncertainty. Your reaction to love is simple and direct and implies no sentimental ties. You may have problems concerning the affairs of the dead (like wills or inheritances) and there are often secrets and/or conflicts with your spouse's finances. You have the ability to restart you life after the worst trouble if you want.

Sagittarius on the 9th House: You have a natural interest in philosophy, higher education and religion, but your strong, dedicated religious beliefs usually follow traditional lines. You're optimistic, cheerful and have a broad outlook on life. Hope springs eternal in you and, combined with periods of wanderlust, often result in a search for greener pastures. You have a very strong prophetic sense and should follow your impressions.

Capricorn on the 10th House: You're ambitious and want to achieve professional prominence through competition. However, your career ambitions may be frustrated by your cynical attitude and/or lack of patience needed to submit to those in authority. You're conservative in any matter which could damage your reputation and, although you're not a coward, you'll sidestep trouble unless forced to face it. However, you'll stand up against any hardship or abuse if you're in the limelight.

Aquarius on the 11th House: Although you're individualism sometimes prevents you from having many friends, you're able to establish many friendships and work well within groups, especially with young people. You often have two types of friends-- those you meet in business, government, etc. who are persevering and others you met unexpectedly and liked immediately. You're discriminating in your tastes, including you choice of friends, but these associations are often erratic. Although you're self-centered, you're a humanitarian and willing to help.

Pisces on the 12th House: Your unconscious spiritual wisdom, which isn't apparent on the surface, gives you intense empathy for mankind, yet you often feel alone. You have a strong, keen sense of personal service. You're more sensitive than you appear, so you need to be alone at times to recover and recharge. Confusion on your unconscious level can cause your undoing.

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