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Aries Man is your basic macho bloke, self-centred, combative and straightforward, conservative in his values, with a restless mind and deep attachment to home and family. A woman is either a mate, a possession, or a housewife. A compulsive show-off, he is totally invested in his offspring and fun, complains about humdrum work, cannot resist a pretty or friendly woman, finds both sex and business dangerously seductive, and enjoys any kind of adventure.
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He’s a plodder with little concern for the future. The world is full of disruptive strangers and new friends. He confronts the unknown with uncertainty and fascination.
Leo Man is King of his own universe. He buys people and services. His mind runs on pleasure and politics, and he is honey-tongued. His home is fiercely guarded; and some Leos will be cruel in private. Children and the arts are fun, chores boring. He always plays to the crowd, and given half a chance he would have his own harem.
Leo Man is King of his own universe. He buys people and services. His mind runs on pleasure and politics, and he is honey-tongued. His home is fiercely guarded; and some Leos will be cruel in private. Children and the arts are fun, chores boring. He always plays to the crowd, and given half a chance he would have his own harem.
His business life may be clandestine or chaotic, but in sex he is the most romantic, sensitive and imaginative of partners ... unfortunately the least reliable. In life’s adventures he will lead. In his career the main incentive is to make money, and he needs a beautiful woman as a status symbol. Interested in people, he will talk endlessly to anyone, but never about his private life - he clams up about matters of the soul.
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Scorpio Man wants what you have, and will make life as difficult for himself as possible in the process of getting it. He is a financial adventurer with no sense of humour, few words, and a mind like a computer. He’ll buy a brand new home full of the latest gadgets and then suddenly move on. He idealises his children ... or lets them down. But if you need help, this man gets cracking! His partner must be a reliable provider, comfort - and possession.
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He obsesses on business and sex. His deeply-rooted faith or ideology is a protected fortress - unless he believes religion is just for women. Self-important, he lives for career and status and everyone else is inferior, simply there to serve him while he seduces the unwary into his secrets, closet relationships and shady deals.
Libra Woman is the polarity of Aries Man, the sister of Leo, and the secret fling of Scorpio. She will fight for what is hers, and for what she considers ought to be hers. She is gregarious and often very funny, but not about her home, which will either be uncluttered or unloved. To her children she is a friend, in her creative life an ideas woman; yet in dealing with everyday things she can be a bit of a mess. Or else she does everything absolutely perfectly - elegance, or squalor. Much depends on her getting her other half to do all the hard work while she relaxes. In matters of sex she is physical and conventional; in business and finance practical, reliable but acquisitive.
Libra Woman is the polarity of Aries Man, the sister of Leo, and the secret fling of Scorpio. She will fight for what is hers, and for what she considers ought to be hers. She is gregarious and often very funny, but not about her home, which will either be uncluttered or unloved. To her children she is a friend, in her creative life an ideas woman; yet in dealing with everyday things she can be a bit of a mess. Or else she does everything absolutely perfectly - elegance, or squalor. Much depends on her getting her other half to do all the hard work while she relaxes. In matters of sex she is physical and conventional; in business and finance practical, reliable but acquisitive.
She has a lot of general knowledge but never goes deep. Of her status or career she is very protective, believing women should be in the workplace. Above all, Libra loves her friends, loves people, is happiest in company - in fact incapable of being alone. About life’s mysteries she seems curiously matter-of-fact; and she will keep well out of sight any object or person she considers infra dig.
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Cancer Woman is quite a challenge, as she is often needy and immature, emotionally suffocating to free spirits. Possessions - including her man - being so dear to her heart, she collects things and people, and clings, and panics if something precious is lost. She is great at small talk, and she can be very critical. But what a pleasant and friendly, happy home she creates! ... except that her offspring are jealously guarded and their lives can be challenging.
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Cancer has most fun doing ordinary things - housework, volunteering, nursing, serving meals. However, this self-protective ultra-feminist is wary of involvement; attracted to father-figures and the disadvantaged, she may patronise, dislike or alienate her partner in a struggle for control. Business is best left to other people or - like sex - its progress can either be erratic or inventive. She dreams of adventure, and her faith is nebulous; Cancer is often most at home in a spiritualist church. This archetypal home-maker will leave ambition to the men and always remain loyal to her woman-friends. Her thoughts will remain private, often escapist - but don’t depend on her to keep a secret!
Taurus Woman: her down-to-earth thoughts and conversation are focussed on all the things she cherishes; her emotional mind clings to ideas with which she feels secure, and baby talk is natural to her. Her heart is in her home - and she is happiest when the man she loves is at home with her. Her children will find her a fussy, often critical mother. When she is busy she prefers to work with a friend. As for her mate, he needs to be dangerously sexy and a very reliable provider, because - in order to be generous - she wants it all.
Taurus Woman: her down-to-earth thoughts and conversation are focussed on all the things she cherishes; her emotional mind clings to ideas with which she feels secure, and baby talk is natural to her. Her heart is in her home - and she is happiest when the man she loves is at home with her. Her children will find her a fussy, often critical mother. When she is busy she prefers to work with a friend. As for her mate, he needs to be dangerously sexy and a very reliable provider, because - in order to be generous - she wants it all.
She doesn’t stretch herself much, disinclined to travel, and prosaic in her outlook. Any career path will be bumpy unless she can find her unique role in the team. About her friends and humanity as a whole she is idealistic and sentimental; she can be acutely sensitive, with deep empathy - or totally naive and easily fooled. Like Scorpio Man, she may have a secret, possessive 12th-house partner, archetypally Aries Man - or he may just be a dream lover.
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So - six kinds of people. Are they universal, or does each emerge from a different culture? ... interesting thought. Which, fundamentally, are you? Are you a distinct type, or a blend? Look at your habits, and at your own birth chart. What does its balance of signs and planetary energies suggest? Living as we do in material bodies with their built-in sexual bias, we have to recognise the effect this has on our nature. Now, Aries is of course not only the first male type but the first sign on the template for our collective humanity, as the zodiac starts with the Ram. (I am firmly of the opinion that this is why it is so hard to erase the timeworn image of a masculine God. Even when Jesus spoke of God he referred to him as our Father in Heaven. His words underline so many symbolic truths found in the heavenly Wheel - even if the reality of God is a limitless spiritual Being without gender.) Overlaid on this human archetype is our gender archetype; then our Sun-sign, Moon-sign and Rising sign archetypes. Then all the subtleties and complexities of the natal planetary patterns, harmonics, fractals, symmetries and further zodiacs. Within this maelstrom of physical, mental and spiritual energies the individual human will, that tiny light growing in the darkness of ignorance, struggles for mastery. But you cannot master what you do not know.
Man, Woman, Human - know thyself! It all begins with the archetypes.
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Man, Woman, Human - know thyself! It all begins with the archetypes.
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