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| Your Sun Sign |
| The Sun is our most powerful planet. It gives us life, warmth, energy and food. It is the force which sustains us on earth. In your birthchart, it is the sign you were born on. It shows your basic personality, or the foundation of your personality. On this page I will go over all 12 sun signs, and their descriptions. |
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March 21-April 19 The Ram Ariens are famed for their fiery, positive, outgoing natures. Considered among the most enthusiastic of the zodiac signs. They have high energy levels and often fast paced lifestyles. They are also straightforward in outlook, highly competitive and loves taking risks. Ariens do all things in their own way, with energetic determination and regardless of obstacles. Aries is represented by the Golden Ram. The Golden Ram is said to be the illicit offspring of the sea god Poseidon and the beautiful mortal Thelphane. Nephele, the queen of Boetia, found the golden, half-god ram wandering around, and asked her children, Phrixus and Helle, to take him away to Colchis and sacrafice him to Ares, the god of war. They did this, and then removed the ram's golden fleece, which was hung in the temple of Ares, guarded by a dragon, until it was claimed many years later by Jason and his famous Argonauts. Zeus, in commemoration of the ram's sacrifice, made him part of the six-starred constellation Aries. |
April 20-May20 The Bull Taureans are famed for their romanticism, reliability, and charm, and they are often reputed to be the most beautiful people among all the zodiac. Warm, affectionate, and sincere, they inspire confidence and loyalty in those around them. Taureans have a great need for financial and personal security. They love luxury, comfort, and beautiful things. They are also slow to anger, but when aroused, they can be fearsome. The Bull is an extraordinary creature famed for his contradictory characteristics of fearsome strength, passionate sexuality, and graceful gentility. Zeus, the king of the Greeks' gods and goddesses, fell in love with Europa, the famously beautiful daughter of the king of Phoenicia. To get Europe's attention, Zeus turned himself into the handsomest of bulls and set about grazing in her father's herd. When Europa saw this magnificent animal, she was immediately seduced by his charm, and climbed upon his back. Zeus immediately flew them across the sea to Crete, where he changed back into his godlike form and mated with Europa, who eventually bore him three children. Grateful for the bull's help in this affair, Zeus immortalized him in the night skies as the constellation Taurus. |
May 21-June 20 The Twins Geminians are lively, restless, quick-witted, fast thinking creatures who rarely stay in one place for long. They are marvelous communicators and easily sway people to their own ideas and opinions. They detest boredom and often prefer spreading their considerable emotional and intellectual energies among a variety of tasks. This ability to do several things at once is common of the Geminians dual nature, hence the name "Twins". The downfall is the inability to settle down with one person or thing, which can lead to the appearance of shallowness and a tendency to look over great details in their life. As the myth goes, Zeus the king of the gods, disguised himself as a swan and seduced the mortal Leda. From their union, Leda produced two eggs. One egg produced a god and goddess, Pollux and Helen, the other a mortal brother and sister, Castor and Clytemnestra. Castor and Pollux became inseparable friends who grew up together, were famed athletes, and later fought together. When Castor was killed in battle, Pollux was inconsolable. Zeus, moved by this brotherly love, made Castor an immortal, and placed the brothers side by side in Gemini, so they could be together for eternity. |
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June 21-July 22 The Crab Sensitive but often crabby, imaginatively creative and artistically gifted, Cancerians are among the most challenging of the zodiac signs to get to know. Like the crab that symbolizes their sign, they often present a hard, crusty, even impenetrable exterior to the world, and can appear withdrawn, cool, and reserved. Beneath the shell, however, lies an emotional and sensitive soul with great reserves of compassion and intuition. Like the crab, Cancerians are also tenacious and protective of their home turf and make for fiercely protective and loyal parents and freinds. As the Cancerian story goes, King Eurystheus of Greece assigned Hercules 12 dangerous tasks in atonement for killing his own wife and children. The first task was to slay and skin the much feared lion of Nemea. Hercules's second task was to kill the Hydra, a grotesque monster with the body of a dog, nine serpent-entwined heads, and breath so foul that it poisoned anyone who got close enough for a whiff. Hercules had trouble slaying the Hydra. The goddess Hera sent a giant crab to attack him while he was fighting the Hydra. Hercules crushed the crab underfoot and went on to dispatch the Hydra. Grateful for the crab's help, Hera placed it within the constellation of Cancer. |
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July 23-August 22 The Lion Leo's are the natural leaders of the zodiac. Radiantly enthusiastic, magnanimous with their charm and gifts, and fiercely proud and confident, Leo's love and live life to the fullest and expect, indeed need, to be at the helm at home, work, or play. Wonderfully affectionate, dramatic, and creative, there are many Leo's among the actors of the world. Leo's hate small mindedness and nit-picking. But they themselves are occasionally stubborn, autocratic, and dogmatic. When Hercules was assigned to his 12 tasks, his first task was to slay the much feared lion of Nemea. This was no ordinary lion, of course, he was immortal. When Hercules was unsuccessful in shooting the lion with a bow and arrow, he resorted to a sword and finally to a club, but the lion simply yawned at Hercules's efforts. Hercules then decided to choke the lion to death, and finally succeeded. For the lions strength and honor, Zeus immortalized him in the constellation Leo. |
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August 23-September 22 The Virgin Virgo's are modest, hardworking, and pracrical on the surface, but are often earthy, warm, and loving beneath that surface, as befits their zodiac symbol, the Virgin. Quick thinking and analytical, Virgo's have so much excess mental energy that they often are subject to stress and tension. Their strive for perfection and hard work also incline them toward being overcrirical at times. Virgo's are excellent communicators who use their keen intellects to win arguments and win over people. In Greek mythology, Virgo is believed to be one of two figures. The first, Erigone, was the mortal daughter of Icarius, King of Attica, the discoverer of wine, who was murdered by drunken shepherds. Erigone so upset by the death of her father that Zeus placed her within the constellation Virgo, along with her faithful dog Maera. |
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September 23-October 22 The Scales Outgoing, warm-hearted, and very sociable, Librans, like the scales that represent the sign, are frequently concerned with achieving balance, harmony, peace, and justice in the people and in the world around them. And they are well-equipped to do that with their enormous reserves of charm, cleverness, frankness, persuasion, and easy communication. They tend at times to be too facile and laid-back and heve earned an undeserved reputation for laziness. In fact, they can be hard workers and are often leaders in their fields. Libra, the sign of the scales, of balance, and of justice, is not associated with any mythological figure. In fact, it is the only sign not represented by any animal or human figure. Instead, Libra is associated with a judgment day, whose origins are traced back to ancient Egypt and the Book of the Dead. In that book, the merit of a man's soul is measured by weighing his heart against a feather representing truth. The four starred constellation named Libra lies closest to Scorpio. |
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October 23-November 21 The Scorpion Scorpions are deep-thinking, private, and intense. Because of their intensity and an obsessive need for privacy, there is often an aura of "danger" around scorpions, hence the name Scorpio. They can be driven workers and achievers with the ability to overcome enormously challenging obstacles. They also value their intimate relationships and their friendships quite highly and work hard to encourage the best in those they love. The great Greek god Orion who was a legendary hunter and the handsomest man on Earth, much pursued by the Greek goddesses. Eos, the dawn-goddess, was especially fond of Orion and in the heat of one of their meetings, he boasted to her that he was so magnificent of a hunter that he could wipe out all the wild herds on Earth. This is so infuriated the god Apollo that he sent a giant scorpion to sting Orion to death. Apollo's sister, Artemis the Huntress, who fancied Orion herself, tried to intervene by shooting the scorpion with one of her famous arrows. Unfortunately, she missed and shot Orion instead. As a memorial to the handsome giant, Artemis placed Orion in one constellation and gave the scorpion his own seven-starred constellation. |
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November 22-December 21 The Archer Sagittarians love challenges of all kinds, physical or mental, and throw themselves into intellectual or physical pursuits with boundless and infectious reserves of energy. Sagittarians interests in both physical and intellectual pursuits underscore their versatile natures and are clearly related to the dual nature of the Archer who symbolizes the sign and who represents the centaur Chiron. A half man-half horse god who was famed for wisdom and bravery. Sagittarians are often unabashedly optomistic, who draw the admiration and affection of all those they encounter. Sagittarius the Archer is no ordnary bow-man, but is in fact one of the legendary centaurs of Greek mythology. One such centaur, Chiron, a son of the god Saturn, was much admired for his kindness and great knowledge. Chiron became a beloved teacher to some of mythology's greatest figures, including Hercules, Archilles, and Jason The Argonaut. Accidentally injured by one of Hercules's poisonous arrows, Chiron suffered all the agonies of a painfull death, but being a god, could not die. And so he gave away his immortality to the long-suffereing Prometheus, took Prometheus's place, and finally found peace in death. So that all would remember Chiron's great sacrifice, Zeus immortalized him in the 10-starred constellation Sagittarius, with the same arrow that poisoned him. |
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December 22-January 19 The Goat Capricorns have two natures. One side is ambitious and hard working. The other side can not find the motivation to take acton. Even succesful Capricorns have a tendency to whine about unwanted burdens. These tendencies are not eased by their love of solitude. Capricorn is symbolized as half-man, half-goat, and was known in ancient works as the Goat-Fish. Capricorn was the nature God Pan. During one of the wars between the gods and the Titans, Typhon the fiiercest of the Titans, drove the gods into Egypt. The only way for the gods to escape Typhon's wrath was to change their shapes. Pan turned his upper body into a goat, and his lower body into a fish, then jumped into the Nile River and swam away. Zeus was so impressed with the form that Pan invented that he immortalized it forever in the eight starred constellation Capricorn. |
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January 20-February 18 The Water Bearer Aquarians are very individualistic and independent intellectuals who rarely form permanent relationships with anyone. They are also noted for being friendly, kind, helpful and caring. Aquarians are gifted inventors and are equally comfortable working in fields such as social work and science. The origins of Aquarius can be traced to several ancient civilizations. In Greek mythology, Ganymede was a prince of Troy and the most beautiful of all human men. So beautiful was he, that Zeus the king of the gods, feeling jealous he made it be that no other being, god or human would ever have this mortal. Transforming himself into an eagle, Zeus carried the boy away to the skies, where he made him the immortal cup bearer in the 12-starred constellation Aquarius. |
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February 19-March 20 The Fish Sensitive, sensual, emotional and imaginative describe the Pisces. They are dreamers and poets of the zodiac. Pisceans are often torn between wanting to do something real in the world or retreating from the world altogether in their private world or their dreams. They are prone to exteme nervous tension. A lack of self confindence is almost always at the root of a Piscean's heart. They are described has the finest humanitarians and artists in the world. The Greek Goddess of love Aphrodite an her son Eros were walking along the banks of a river when they were confronted by an enraged and fearsome monster named Typhon. The terrified goddess and her son called out to Zeus for help, the king of the gods, who turned Aphrodite and Eros into a fish. They then leapt into the river and swam away. In rememberance, Zeus placed two fishes among the 11 starred constellation that came to be known as Pisces. |
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