Areas That Challenge You Or Are Difficult For You
You are very self-conscious and have a great need for ego-affirmation and praise. Expressing
yourself freely, openly, and unself-consciously is not easy for you. You tend to work hard at playing
and "having fun", rather than being light-hearted and spontaneous. Developing self-love and self-
acceptance regardless of your "performance" is an important task for you.
You have a mature, disciplined, serious attitude toward life which colors everything you do.
Caution and realism are your virtues though you limit yourself at times by being too careful, shy, or
fearful, and not believing in yourself enough or being assertive when necessary. Others find you
difficult to get to know intimately, as you tend to distance yourself from them or to put forth a rather
stern, "adult" face to the world.
In meeting your challenges and difficulties in life, you do have allies: your ability to tolerate
tension and ambivalence, your ability to compromise, and a capacity to endure discomfort.
Remaining steady in the midst of crisis or sudden change is an aspect of this, as well as knowing
when to wait and when to make necessary changes. Your timing is usually good.
You gain by becoming more aware of the rhythm of the seasons and the natural world, learning to
slow down and allow life to unfold in its own time. Nurturing a garden, a child, or some other living,
growing thing gives you a sense of inner balance.
You have a tendency to be deeply suspicious, to not take anything at face value, to see hidden
agendas and dark motives even where none exist! Life does not have to be conflict all the time...
learn to accept things as they are.
You also need to develop patience, peace and stability by grounding yourself in your daily work
and acting in a consistent and reliable way towards others.
Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 8:
Saturn in Leo
Saturn in 1st house
Saturn Sextile Uranus
Node in Taurus
Node in 10th house