The Archer
Traditional Sagittarius Traits
Optimistic and freedom-loving
Jovial and good-humored
Honest and straightforward
Intellectual and philosophical
On the dark side....
Blindly optimistic and careless
Irresponsible and superficial
Tactless and restless
Sagittarius
About Your Sign...
Sagittarians have a positive outlook
on life, are full of enterprise, energy, versatility,
adventurousness and eagerness to extend experience beyond the
physically familiar. They enjoy travelling and exploration, the more
so because their minds are constantly open to new dimensions of
thought. They are basically ambitious and optimistic, and continue
to be so even when their hopes are dashed. Their strongly idealistic
natures can also suffer many disappointments without being affected.
They are honorable, honest, trustworthy, truthful, generous and
sincere, with a passion for justice. They are usually on the side of
the underdog in society they will fight for any cause they believe
to be just, and are prepared to be rebellious. They balance loyalty
with independence.
Sagittarians are usually modest and
are often religious, with a strong sense of morality, though they
tend to overemphasize the ethical codes they follow and worship
beliefs about God rather than God Himself. This means that,
negatively, they regard rigid, unloving, intolerant adherence to
ritual and conventional codes as more important than the truths they
symbolize or embody. They sometimes pay lip service to religions and
political parties in which they have ceased to believe because the
outward forms satisfy them, yet they may not hesitate to switch
allegiance in politics or change their system of belief if they see
personal advantage to themselves in doing so.
They have both profound and widely
ranging minds, equipped with foresight and good judgement, and they
can be witty conversationalists. They love to initiate new projects
(they make excellent researchers) and have an urge to understand
conceptions that are new to them. they think rapidly, are intuitive
and often original, but are better at adapting than inventing and
are at their best when working with colleagues of other types of
character that compliment their own. They are strong-willed and good
at organizing, a combination that gives them the ability to bring
any project they undertake to a successful conclusion. Their
generosity can be balanced by their extreme care at handling their
resources.
Sagittarians are ardent, sincere and
straightforward in love, normally conventional and in control of
their sexual natures. Yet if thwarted, they may easily allow their
failure to embitter their whole lives or they may revenge themselves
upon the opposite sex by becoming cynically promiscuous. They are
more apt then the average to make an uncongenial alliance. If their
marriages are successful, they will be faithful spouses and
indulgent parents; but their innate restlessness will inspire them
to use even the most satisfying ménage as a base from which to set
out on their travels. They need to fell free and are often faced
with the choice of allowing their careers to take over their lives
at the expense of the love of their spouse and family. Sagittarian
women are the counterparts of their men; even if they have no career
to rival their love, they find it difficult to express affection and
may run the risk of being thought frigid.
In other personal relationships they
are reliable, seldom betraying any trust given to them. They can,
however, be impulsively angry and both male and female Sagittarians
know how to be outspoken and exactly what expressions will hurt
their adversaries most. On the other hand they are magnanimous in
forgiving offenses and are responsible when looking after the
elderly in the family.
Their gifts fit Sagittarians for a
number of widely differing professions. They are natural teachers
and philosophers with a talent for expounding the moral principles
and laws which seem to explain the universe. This gift enables them
to be successful churchmen on the one hand and scientists on the
other. The law and politics also suit them, as does public service,
social administration, public relations and advertising. Travel and
exploration naturally appeal to such restless souls and, if their
opportunities are limited, they may find something of travel and
change of scene in the armed forces or through working as a
travelling salesman. Others may make fine musicians and, in the days
before automobiles, they were said to be successful at horse trading
and all activities, including sporting ones, concerning horses. This
has been translated in modern terms into an interest in cars and
aircraft - and again with emphasis on the sporting side racing,
rallying etc. They are said to make good sports coaches, but their
tastes in this direction may lead them into imprudent gambling,
though the gambling instinct may be sublimated by carrying it out
professionally as a bookmaker.
The vices to which Sagittarians are
prone are anger they tend to flare up over trifles; impatience -
they want to rush every new project through immediately and demand
too much of colleagues who cannot work at the pace they require; and
scorn of the inadequacies of others while expecting fulsome
recognition of their own efforts. They may in one sense deserve
recognition, because in completing a major project they will
sacrifice their health and family relationships; in their family's
eyes they may merit condemnation.
They can be exacting, domineering and
inconsiderate in the work place; and boastful, vulgar and
extravagant in their private lives. Their restlessness, if
excessive, can jeopardize more than their own stability. some
Sagittarians risk becoming playboys, wasting their lives away in
frivolous pursuits. Others can develop a moralizing, religious
fanaticism or else turn into hypocrites, their inner prudishness
disguised by an outward appearance of joviality. Another side of the
religiosity which is a danger in Sagittarians is superstition.
Possible Health
Concerns...
Sagittarius governs the hips, thighs
and sacral area; subjects suffer from ailments of the hips and
thighs and are liable to sciatica and rheumatism. An alleged
deficiency of silicon in their physiques can give them poor skin,
nails and hair.
As they are often sportsmen indulging
in dangerous pursuits, they are prone to accidents which arise from
these. The ancient astrologers mention falls from horses and hurts
from them and other four-footed beasts. The taking of risks in other
sports is a danger to the modern Sagittarian, and he is also liable
to accidents with fire and heat.
