Psychological Comfort Zone
There is always a common thread capable of weaving into a bond of understanding between two people of the same sign and although sometimes subtle, it will be there for the parties to build upon or to deny.
There are also the natural affinities and antipathies between people of different signs because of diametrically opposed points of view, of themselves and of the universe around them. Awareness of the fundamental differences allows choices for contact with or avoidance of some personality types.
So, make a start and consider both the virtues and the faults of your Astrological sign and determine your first Self Analysis through careful consideration of these aspects of yourself, knowing that a fair degree of this exercise will be shared with others born under your Sun Sign.
Of the 12 Zodiacal signs, your birth sign is the sign the Sun was in at the moment of your birth. However, often it occurs that someone is born during the time of transition from one sign to another in the natural cycle of the zodiac. This takes place between the 21-22nd day of each month by our western calendar. In this case we need to check the degree of the Sun’s position in order to determine if your home sign is in the latter degrees of Aries, for instance, or in the first degree of the next sign, Taurus. However, it is often simply perceived that if we are born ‘on the cusp’ as described, we will naturally partake of the features of both signs.
It is stressed that our birth sign is only the first of the ingredients in one’s unique recipe of qualities. After this must come identification of the sign rising above the horizon at the moment of our birth; what constellations and influences were in the mid-heaven as we took our first breath, as well as what planets or stars were setting at this moment. All of these present further paths for your exploration of factors that have a powerful influence upon your nature and circumstances.
The strengths which are indicated as potentials in our Astrological sign must be exercised and utilized in some constructive manner until we learn to express the energies to a positive outcome – of assistance to ourselves and to our fellow human beings.
Over time, each of us is required to nurture our full potential and learn to direct all the energies without exception.
Astrology teaches us that the personality is the natural soil in which we cultivate our life energies. The seeds of all human sins and virtues are our inheritance from the family of mankind. It is our freedom of choice that allows us to select the qualities we wish to cultivate or to eliminate from the garden of our character until we feel at ease within ourselves. Then we are most likely to feel able to accept others who do not share our own approach to life and yet remain true to our own inner values.
