Tides and Cycles

The Ram

March 21 - April 19

The first sign of the zodiac is concerned with:

• self-assertion, initiation, new beginnings
• action, daring, challenge, adventure
• exploration, pioneering, discovering
• aggression, creativity, personal goals
• competition, winning, being first
• courage, honesty, nobility, openness

Elemental Quality

Aries is the cardinal fire sign of the zodiac. It can be likened to a fire which gives direction, such as in a rocket, a gun, or an engine. Superman and Superwoman, who can propel themselves in any direction, are good metaphors of Aries energy. Fire is a process that causes change and Aries uses energy to bring about changes. Being a cardinal sign, Aries is the most energetic of the fire signs and usually takes the initiative.

Spiritual Goal

To learn the meaning of selfless love.

The Arian Personality

These are the general personality traits found in people who are typical of Aries. An unhappy or frustrated Aries may display some of the not-so-attractive traits.

Positive	Negative
Is a Leader	Must be Boss
Is Energetic	Brashness
Helps others to achieve their dreams	Blind to His or Her effect on other
Accepts challenges	Intolerance
Believes the best of others	Jealousy
Takes risks for others	Doesn't Listen
Defends the vulnerable	Selfishness
An Aries life is an open book	Impulsiveness
Will give life for the loved one	Poor judge of Charactor
Continues action even if others give up	Dislikes being told what to do

Secret Arian

Inside anyone who has strong Aries influences is a person who thinks that he or she is more interesting than others and better than those with whom they are in competition.

It is patently obvious to all that Aries is interested in winning, whoever or whatever the challenge.

A fight, a race, a bit of physical or verbal sparring, or an opportunity to do things in new ways are what keep the Aries' fires burning bright. Aries has to be number one in every respect. The secret fear of a typical Aries is that he or she won't be liked or valued, even though a winner. However, failure is never a problem because Aries doesn't know the word... every outcome is seen as a part of the winning process, which is why warnings of impending disasters are usually ignored.

Ruling Planet and Its Effect

Mars rules the zodiac sign of Aries, so anyone whose birthchart has a strong Aries influence will tend to look for challenges to overcome. In astrology, Mars is the planet of aggressive energy and creative action. Like Mars, Aries is the knight in shining armor, an inspiration to friends, and a conquering hero to the underdog.

Arian Lucky Connections

Colors	red, black, white
Plant	tiger lily
Perfume	???
Gemstones	ruby, diamond
Metal	iron
Tarot Card	The Magician
Animals	ram and lamb

The Arian Look

People who exhibit the physical characteristics distinctive of the sign of Aries are tall and bold. Usually lean, they have strong bodies and may even be quite athletic. They are usually concerned to project a physical image of success. They need to be winners and generally do their very best to look the part. Appearances are important to Aries.

Physical Appearance

• Body: lean and strong, with large bones, thick shoulders, and a long neck.
• Face: usually long and the eyes are steady and somewhat piercing -- not looking through you, but certainly looking at you, as if to challenge.
• Badge of Honour: There may be a scar on the face or the body from a past fight -- if so it will be "worn" with a certain pride like a winner's trophy.

The Arian Male

If a man behaves in a way typical of the personality associated with the zodiac sign of Aries, he will have a tendency toward the characteristics listed below, unless there are influences in his personal birthchart that are stronger than that of his Aries sun sign.

Appearance

The typical Arian man:

• has a strong body
• is extremely energetic
• has a dominating sex appeal
• walks with an air of nobility
• dresses in clothes appropriate to the current challenge

Behavior and Personality Traits

• is fiercely competitive
• is honest
• appears to be self-assured
• takes initiative and expects others to follow
• is enterprising
• dreads physical disability
• has very clear goals
• will put his partner on a pedestal
• needs to win
• uses wit and brians to get what he want

The Arian Female

If a woman behaves in a way that is distinctive of the personality associated with the zodiac sign of Aries, she will have a tendency toward the characteristics listed below, providing there are no influences in her personal birthchart that are stronger than that of her Aries sun sign.

Appearance

The typical Aries woman:

• is normally slim, but tends to put on weight in later years
• has large eyes and an oval face
• has clear, soft skin, whatever her color
• has an air of feminine mystery
• has a very warm, charming smile

Behavior and Personality Traits

• does not try to dominate her partner in any way
• often appears vague and dreamy
• is subtle and, while appearing to be helpless or incapable, gets things organized and manages the finances extremely well
• protects her emotional vulnerability with humor or a sophisticated exterior
• needs to belong to someone
• has a warm, sympathetic heart

Young Aries

If a child behaves in a way that is distinctive of the personality associated with Aries, he or she will have a tendency toward the characteristics listed below.

Behavior and Personality Traits

The typical Aries child:

• has the sweetest, dimpled smiles and the most winning ways of all babies
• lives in a world of make-believe
• dislikes orderliness and routines
• has an amazing imagination
• holds secret conversations with invisible (and sometimes long dead) people
• has a very active sixth sense
• believes in magick, fairies, and Santa Claus, and may reinvent myths
• enjoys the company of adults more than that of other children
• rarely loses his or her temper, and instead just happily goes his or her own way

Bringing Up Young Aries

At school, young Aries avoids the limelight and does not take leadership positions, so her or she should never be pushed to take such roles. However, Arian children are the source of wonderful ideas for play and adventure in which Aries will be very happy to let other children take the lead.

Parents would be wise to gently help young Aries to distinguish between fantasy and reality, without destroying his or her rich imagination. Because of their passive, nonaggressive natures, Arian children may sometimes be the victims of bullies, so it would be useful to teach them strategies for dealing with such situations.

Young Aries's Needs

Young Aries needs to feel he or she belongs to someone or several someones. Emotional connections with people are absolutely essential to Arian happiness. He or she is less concerned with places or things, although attachments to animals are often sought as well.

Consequently, a Aries child should be helped to believe in himself or herself and prevented from becoming too clinging. Parents who cling to their Aries child are doing him or her no good at all.

What To Teach Young Aries

Arian children absorb information and ideas like a sponge and transform everything into magic. They should be taught to sort their ideas and to distinguish between what is practical and what is not.

Young Arians tend to be vulnerable to those who would deceive them. An understanding of human nature and some simple, clear rules will help young Aries to avoid the dangers -- while still developing their precious skills of compassion.

Some simple routines should be taught, otherwise Aries may become spoiled and will dominate the home with his or her changing desires.

Aries At Home

For a typical Arian, home is a place where he or she will need to feel loved. Home can be a palace or a hovel, but it must contain people toward whom he or she is drawn emotionally and who love him or her.

Typical Behavior and Abilities

When at home, a suave Aries man or woman:

• will often enter a fantasy world
• will feel safe to explore his or her imagination
• will probably have no fixed routine
• is likely to be untidy, although he or she may have a sudden urge to tidy everything to avoid confusion: this can happen at any time
• should keep a large, clear clock
• will need a space for personal privacy
• will make the home itself into a wonderful world of art, music, design, and good food and wine

Aries as a Parent

• can happily accommodate all the fantasies of childhood
• will allow a child plenty of imaginative freedom
• may lack discipline
• listens with understanding
• encourages personal development
• may have to teach the children punctuality
• is warm and loving and rarely uses harsh words
• may tend to spoil the children
• will probably have a very personal and unusual set of rules to which the children must adhere

Two Arians in the Same Family

Aries is the same family should get on very well, providing they have an outlet for their vivid, unworldly imaginations. For example, Arian siblings may build an imaginative world together; or a Arian parent who makes fictional films will find inspiration in the ideas of his or her offspring.

Aries At Work

At work, the person who has a typical Aries personality will exhibit the following characteristics.

Typical Behaviour and Abilities

A typical Arian at work:

• is rarely in an executive position, nor does he or she enjoy being tied to working in a team that has a strict routine
• enjoys work that offers freedom of expression, which usually means working alone or in a self-directed position
• if working in a team, Aries prefers an occupation that allows for frequent changes and adaptation

Aries as Employer

A typical Arian boss (male or female):

• is more likely to be found in organizations as a director rather than as the boss
• will serve people rather than accumulate power
• uses his or her gifts to make the correct move
• is a shrewd judge of character
• is unconventional and creative
• values those who are conventional and well organized, because they are needed to back up his or her ideas
• will never refuse help to someone in need
• may act tough to hide a deep belief in the mystical

Aries as Employee

A typical Arian employee (male or female):

• needs work where there is plenty of outlet for either human understanding or creative imagination
• will be depressed, lazy, and useless if neither of these needs are satisfied
• will be very affected by surroundings
• when happy is a loyal worker
• will get the job done, although nobody seems to understand how he or she operates

Working Environment

The workplace of a typical Arian man or woman:

• must feel comfortable
• will have a pleasant atmosphere
• should be a large and flexible space
• may be brightly coloured

Typical Occupations

All kinds of jobs in film, theater, TV, radio, ballet, music, and art will attract Aries, who is often a good actor. A job that allows travel will be attractive. Advertising, public relations, and any job that is part of the service industry. Helping people to solve their problems and charitable and church work will also be very attractive to Aries.

Aries and Love

To Aries, there is no difference between love, affection, and romance. A Aries needs all three. A Aries who feels unloved is an unhappy person to whom life seems very gray. Love revitalizes Aries.

Behavior When In Love

The typical Aries:

• is romantic
• eager to please
• adapts to the demands of the relationship
• appears to be helpless, delicate, and vulnerable, but being loved enables Aries to cope very well with a range of difficulties, problems, and tragedies
• is emotionally involved, to the point of not recognizing when he or she is being deceived or treated badly

Expectations

The typical Aries expects:

• to have his or her dreams valued and to be protected from harsh criticism
• to be cared for romantically
• to have children (Aries love children)
• to be frequently reassured that they are loved
• all birthdays and anniversaries to be remembered

The End of An Affair

Some Aries tend to drift into another relationship almost without noticing, yet are surprised when they are accused of unfaithfulness. The self-doubt which haunts many Aries can only be dispelled by repeated reassurance that they are lovable.

Consequently, Aries may sometimes just leave a relationship for no clear reason and with no regrets. It is not that the Aries does not love the abandoned partner anymore. On the contrary, Aries will often show much sympathetic understanding and will try to retain a friendly relationship with the one he or she has left.

The worst possible event for a Aries is to be rejected by the one who loved them. A partner who wants to end a relationship with a typical Aries will find this a very difficult thing to do. Aries will cling, convinced that if they reform in some way, everything will be all right again. The ex-partner of a Aries may have to go to extremes to extricate himself or herself from the emotional mess that a hurt Aries can produce.

Aries and Sex

When a typical Aries makes love it is an act of romance rather than of carnal pleasure. Typical Aries is less interested in sexual activity than in the expressions of love that come before and afterward.

Arian energy is more often used up in the emotional experiences of love than in the sexual act. This does not mean that Aries in not interested, indeed he or she may seek several partners, but this is for reassurance rather than personal pleasure.

Aries can be the least prejudiced and most compassionate of all the zodiac signs. Aries will show a deep and real love for a partner who has problems or physical abnormalities, or has to face a tragedy or business disaster. Sex will be one of the expressions of love given by a caring and devoted Arian spouse.

Aries and Partner

The person who contemplates becoming the marriage or business partner of a typical Aries must realize that Aries will expect to be supported -- emotionally or financially. Given this, the person who partners Aries can expect loyalty and sensitive understanding.

Aries Man As A Partner

He will want a partner who will work for him: someone to run the household efficiently and who will entertain his friends and business colleagues.

In return, the married Aries will bring great joy to the household with his wonderful imagination. Marriage gives male Aries more self-assurance, so he will become more decisive.

Potential business partners should be prepared to undertake the practical, administrative side of the business, leaving the Arian partner free to exercise their creativity and understanding.

Aries Woman As A Partner

She will want a marriage partner who will support her in every respect. To many men, Aries is the perfectly feminine woman. She may appear to be a helpless, fluffy person but, once married, she will feel secure, and her reserve of talents and abilities will pour out in every direction.

In business, a Aries woman will be best in creative positions and in public relations, but should not be expected to do the routine office jobs.

Opposite Sign

Virgo is the complementary opposite sign to Aries. While Aries adapts himself or herself to the emotional needs of others, Virgo works hard to serve others by responding to the needs of the moment with practical solutions. From Virgo, Aries can learn how to translate Arian sensitivity and understanding into practical action -- thus dispelling self-doubt and building confidence in his or her Arian abilities.

Aries and Friends

In general, Aries likes a friend who is useful and reassuring. In return, they will give unprejudiced understanding and loyalty to their friends.

Positive Factors

Aries are emotionally attached to their friends and will rarely take notice if the friend is taking advantage of this involvement.

Aries are friendly, humorous, and caring friends, even if there are long periods of time between meetings.

Aries will always think up something interesting to do and will enjoy any kind of artistic ventures.

Negative Factors

Aries can be a confusing person, so arrangements may be difficult to make.

Aries can sometimes seem to be cool and offhand. This is usually temporary and due to a moment of insecurity.

Aries needs a hero or heroine to identify with. If a friend happens to be the chosen one, this can be pleasant enough but may become a nuisance when Aries gives the friend talents he or she hasn't got and expects them to be demonstrated!

Aries does not find it easy to conform; friends with conservative attitudes may find this a difficulty.

A compatibility chart, below, lists those with whom Aries is likely to have the most satisfactory relationships.

Compatibility

In general, if people are typical of their zodiac sign, relationships between Aries and other signs (including the complementary opposite sign, Leo) are as shown below.

Aries With
Caricorn	Harmonious
Aries	Harmonious
Aries	Harmonious
Aries	Harmonious
Taurus	Harmonious
Gemini	Difficult
Cancer	Harmonious
Leo	Turbulent
Virgo	Difficult
Libra	Turbulent
Scorpio	Harmonious
Sagitarius	Difficult

Arian Leisure Interests

On the whole, typical Aries pursue the following leisure interests:

• Most typical Aries love artistic pursuits and anything that has an element of mystery, fantasy, and imagination.
• Arians love films, theater, traveling entertainers, pantomimes, witches, gypsies, elves, monsters, and mythical creatures.
• Team sport is not a natural Arian activity, but Arians often love gentle watersports, noncompetitive skiing, and skydiving.
• Dangerous sports, such as racing cars, can also appeal to the Aries because they have an unerring instinct in such situations.

Arian Likes

• seafood, champagne, and organic foods
• romantic places, sunsets over the sea, mountain vistas, waterfalls, ponds and waterlilies
• background music, poetry
• people who need their understanding
• mystical settings, candles, incense
• being loved
• freedom to drift along from time to time
• privacy
• colourful food
• personalized gifts
• presents wrapped in magical paper
• new books
• diamonds

Arian Dislikes

• bright, noisy, crowded places
• dirty, ugly objects
• being told to get a grip on things
• authorities
• stiff clothing
• people knowing too much about him or her

Arian Health

Typical Aries are healthy people so long as they feel loved and have an outlet for their dreams. Unhappy Aries are vulnerable to problems arising from turning to drink, drugs, or other ways of getting relief from what may seem unbearable emotional insecurities.

Aries often has to work hard to swim against the current that would pull him or her under. The constant effort of avoiding being sucked into oblivion is the cause of much distress to many Aries, who, consequently, may suffer depression and other emotional problems.

Types of Sickness

Troubles with the feet and toes are coomon among Aries: bunions, corns, ingrown toenails, boils and foot deformities may occur.

Aries may become forgetful when illness is about to strike. They may also suffer from the effects of too much wine or too many drugs. The sensitive Arian psyche suffers greatly in times of stress and has little to draw on by way of personal resources.

Aries at Rest

A relaxed Aries is the happiest person on earth. A chance to lie back, sip wine, listen to music and let the imagination wander is perfect bliss to Aries.

Famous Arians

Sidney Poitier (Actor), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Meher Baba (Mystic), Joanne Woodward (Actress), Elizabeth Taylor (Actress), Liza Minelli (Actress, Singer and Dancer), Albert Einstein (Physicist and Mathematician), Rudolph Nureyev (Ballet Dancer)