Alan Bersten seems passive and more or less resigned to his fate, including his insecurity. Actually, he is fairly introverted and withdrawn, trying to make sense out of his inner confusion and fathom his inner depths.

Alan Bersten, you don’t always feel in tune with society’s rules and conventions. The mask of sociability most well-adapted people wear is difficult for you to assume, and it is hard for you to act out the roles expected of you as a normal member of the community. The usual social values and rewards, like money, respect, and prestige, only mildly interest you. Your refusal or inability to play the social game may make it hard for you to find a job, which may have negative consequences on your financial and legal status. Reluctant and unwilling to adapt to the demands of social life, you sometimes unwittingly make mistakes when a new project is in the planning stages. For example, you may leave gaps in a job application, botch up an interview with a prospective employer, or make a big mistake when bidding for a contract. But your financial difficulties may clear up when your emotional ones do.

You are sober and rather reserved and may even strike people as harsh and austere at times. Perhaps you were raised in an atmosphere of rigor and sobriety, and, as a result, grew up very fast. You have acquired a spirit of self-sufficiency, tend to be rather uncompromising, and have a touchy sense of your personal dignity and worth. It is almost as though you were fighting an inner battle with your father or a father figure. The psychological models you received from your father or a father figure as a result of your interaction and your own interaction with authority may not have played a major role in shaping your relationships with the outer world and society. You may thus have been forced to compensate for this lack with individual determination. As a result, although you are skillful, meticulous, conscientious, and efficient, a lack of self-confidence and personal assurance sometimes makes you timid and hesitant. You sometimes feel as though you are only masquerading as a respectable, sober adult. You tend to be far too critical of yourself and rarely feel satisfied that you are living up to your ideal. These unnecessary guilt feelings may lead you to turn down the prominent career positions for which you are fully qualified. You are aware that early success is often short-lived and fragile and that time rewards those who know how to be patient and persistent, like you.

Alan Bersten enjoys physical and mental freedom. His youth and home may have been of the rootless, wandering type, which could have given him a taste for movement and independence. He needs to be aware that his life has a purpose and hunt for it in various belief systems, both traditional and new age. In fact, he has an unmistakable gift for philosophy. The faraway appeals to him, and travel is likely to be an important aspect of his life.

Alan Bersten’s intellect is lively, agile, and sensitive. However, he does not always avail himself of it and may be confused or irrational in some situations. Although he enjoys playing with words, ideas, and concepts, his thought sometimes lacks discipline and structure. He is fairly preoccupied with details and may tend to waste his nervous and mental energy in futile verbal outpourings. Moreover, his feelings sometimes blur his objective vision of phenomena and people, which may cause him to make errors in judgment.

Alan Bersten has a sensitive nature. Although he may sometimes have trouble controlling his emotional reactions, they are nevertheless a source of vital energy for a constructive passion and may make an extremely positive contribution to his career. In relations with other people, he is quite friendly; he willingly reaches out to people and knows how to listen to their desires and their problems.

Alan Bersten has a romantic nature and is seeking a soulmate. The world of his emotions is warm and inviting, the expression of true kindness. Tenderness, grace, and mildness rule his sensitivity, which is aroused by contact with nature and thrills to the idea of a secure, stable home.

Alan Bersten’s birth chart indicates an emotional function which is usually expressed carefully and reasonably. Distrustful of his emotional urges and somewhat wary of his feelings, he tries to rid himself of all partiality and try to get some perspective and distance before making an emotional commitment.

Alan Bersten is unstable and impressionable, constantly uncertain about his feelings. Nothing ever seems to meet with his high emotional aspirations, and when he thinks he has finally found his ideal match, usually it is because his aspirations have changed. As a result, there are likely to be several commitments or marriages.

Alan Bersten enjoys the simple and healthy pleasures and satisfactions that endure over time and legal sanctions like marriage. He delights in being loved by someone who takes meticulous care of him and makes sure he lives like a king. He hates complications and knots in his emotional and romantic commitments.

Alan Bersten may be characterized by strong sensual and affectionate urges which drive him to seek pleasure. His need for romantic fulfillment may compel him to marry, because he also seeks the legal and social legitimacy the institution of marriage confers on an emotional bond. Indeed, the household is liable to be prosperous and even opulent, as if this offered further evidence that he had indeed achieved success. However, privately, he might be less committed to certain obligations and duties.

You are cautious and reserved, often unwilling to open yourself fully to others unless you are sure they will be accepted. You tend to keep your emotions bottled up, giving out little affection, because you have learned that even the most harmonious relationships require some compromise. For you, “good fences make good neighbors,” and well-marked boundaries can help prevent future conflict. Thus, even when you are in love, you remain fairly circumspect. When you find yourself attracted to a partner, you privately analyze their personality and life story, looking for clues as to whether you could share your life and future with them. As a result of your sensitivity, you have a deep affinity for all of the arts. Music, literature, painting, and graphic arts are likely to enrich your life and make it pleasant. You could progress in any career that is balanced, orderly, and practical.

Alan Bersten has a lively wit which gives him great agility and scope and a broad field of consciousness which enlivens his curiosity and makes him love variety and change. His mind is alert and his speech is full of verve, humor, and sometimes impudence. These abilities are great resources in communication, discussion, and debate. He is a storehouse of information and ideas of every kind and delights in manipulating words and concepts, discovering new things, and sharpening his memory for trivial facts. This mental agitation could sometimes make him scattered, however, or lacking in coherence and discipline.

Alan Bersten tries to shun subjectivity and be as objective as possible. His thoughts are usually structured, and his reasoning, based on objective facts or experience, usually relates to practical goals.

Alan Bersten has a definite taste for expression and communication. He cannot survive without giving voice to his thoughts and speaking to other people. He delight in his own power to persuade, captivate, and sway an audience with his words. Especially attracted to anything new and original, he immediately grasps the utility and value of the latest technology or philosophy, no matter how complicated it may be and has a knack for explaining it to the uninitiated and popularizing it. Because he is fairly high strung, he may have trouble concentrating on a single subject for very long, unless it is a source of intellectual fascination or discovery. He may have to make some effort to overcome this inconsistency. His open-mindedness gives him creativity, which is a valuable commodity in many occupations: teaching, communications, advertising, etc. Regardless of the career he chooses, his personal development will involve intellectual activity and progress.