Sagittarius
(The Archer)
November 23 to December 21
Sagittarians
have a positive outlook on life, are full of enterprise,
energy, versatility, adventurousness and eagerness
to extend experience beyond the physically familiar.
They enjoy travelling and exploration, the more
so because their minds are constantly open to
new dimensions of thought. They are basically
ambitious and optimistic, and continue to be so
even when their hopes are dashed.
Their strongly idealistic natures can also suffer
many disappointments without being affected. They
are honorable, honest, trustworthy, truthful,
generous and sincere, with a passion for justice.
They are usually on the side of the underdog in
society they will fight for any cause they believe
to be just, and are prepared to be rebellious.
They balance loyalty with independence.
Sagittarians are usually modest and are often
religious, with a strong sense of morality, though
they tend to overemphasize the ethical codes they
follow and worship beliefs about God rather than
God Himself. This means that, negatively, they
regard rigid, unloving, intolerant adherence to
ritual and conventional codes as more important
than the truths they symbolize or embody. They
sometimes pay lip service to religions and political
parties in which they have ceased to believe because
the outward forms satisfy them, yet they may not
hesitate to switch allegiance in politics or change
their system of belief if they see personal advantage
to themselves in doing so.
They have both profound and widely ranging minds,
equipped with foresight and good judgement, and
they can be witty conversationalists. They love
to initiate new projects (they make excellent
researchers) and have an urge to understand conceptions
that are new to them. they think rapidly, are
intuitive and often original, but are better at
adapting than inventing and are at their best
when working with colleagues of other types of
character that compliment their own. They are
strong-willed and good at organizing, a combination
that gives them the ability to bring any project
they undertake to a successful conclusion. Their
generosity can be balanced by their extreme care
at handling their resources.
Sagittarians are ardent, sincere and straightforward
in love, normally conventional and in control
of their sexual natures. Yet if thwarted, they
may easily allow their failure to embitter their
whole lives or they may revenge themselves upon
the opposite sex by becoming cynically promiscuous.
They are more apt then the average to make an
uncongenial alliance. If their marriages are successful,
they will be faithful spouses and indulgent parents;
but their innate restlessness will inspire them
to use even the most satisfying ménage
as a base from which to set out on their travels.
They need to fell free and are often faced with
the choice of allowing their careers to take over
their lives at the expense of the love of their
spouse and family. Sagittarian women are the counterparts
of their men; even if they have no career to rival
their love, they find it difficult to express
affection and may run the risk of being thought
frigid.
In other personal relationships they are reliable,
seldom betraying any trust given to them. They
can, however, be impulsively angry and both male
and female Sagittarians know how to be outspoken
and exactly what expressions will hurt their adversaries
most. On the other hand they are magnanimous in
forgiving offenses and are responsible when looking
after the elderly in the family.
Their gifts fit Sagittarians for a number of widely
differing professions. They are natural teachers
and philosophers with a talent for expounding
the moral principles and laws which seem to explain
the universe. This gift enables them to be successful
churchmen on the one hand and scientists on the
other.
The law and politics also suit them, as does public
service, social administration, public relations
and advertising. Travel and exploration naturally
appeal to such restless souls and, if their opportunities
are limited, they may find something of travel
and change of scene in the armed forces or through
working as a travelling salesman. Others may make
fine musicians and, in the days before automobiles,
they were said to be successful at horse trading
and all activities, including sporting ones, concerning
horses. This has been translated in modern terms
into an interest in cars and aircraft - and again
with emphasis on the sporting side racing, rallying
etc. They are said to make good sports coaches,
but their tastes in this direction may lead them
into imprudent gambling, though the gambling instinct
may be sublimated by carrying it out professionally
as a bookmaker.
The vices to which Sagittarians are prone are
anger they tend to flare up over trifles; impatience
- they want to rush every new project through
immediately and demand too much of colleagues
who cannot work at the pace they require; and
scorn of the inadequacies of others while expecting
fulsome recognition of their own efforts. They
may in one sense deserve recognition, because
in completing a major project they will sacrifice
their health and family relationships; in their
family's eyes they may merit condemnation.
They can be exacting, domineering and inconsiderate
in the work place; and boastful, vulgar and extravagant
in their private lives. Their restlessness, if
excessive, can jeopardize more than their own
stability.
some Sagittarians risk becoming playboys, wasting
their lives away in frivolous pursuits. Others
can develop a moralizing, religious fanaticism
or else turn into hypocrites, their inner prudishness
disguised by an outward appearance of joviality.
Another side of the religiosity which is a danger
in Sagittarians is superstition.
Sagittarius governs the hips, thighs and sacral
area; subjects suffer from ailments of the hips
and thighs and are liable to sciatica and rheumatism.
An alleged deficiency of silicon in their physiques
can give them poor skin, nails and hair.
As they are often sportsmen indulging in dangerous
pursuits, they are prone to accidents which arise
from these. The ancient astrologers mention falls
from horses and hurts from them and other four-footed
beasts. The taking of risks in other sports is
a danger to themodern Sagittarian, and he is also
liable to accidents with fire and heat.
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