You are determined to preserve your integrity and purity. Even though you may not be aware of it, you are often preoccupied by this predicament. How can you live in this world and remain true to yourself? How can you succeed in life without sacrificing your ideals? It is the eternal philosophical dilemma. You have developed a solution, however; you elaborate a fairly strict code of behavior and try to obey it as much as possible. The path that you walk in life is straight and narrow. You yearn for a life that would reflect the ideal you have set for yourself, as free as possible from irrational mysteries and human failings. In fact, although you may sometimes seem a bit rigid, a bit lacking in perspective, it is because your mind understands the macrocosm through the microcosm, and you must observe the completed system before you will form your opinion. You are especially good at sorting and choosing, because your mind is like a filter. It rejects the impurities and only accepts the pure and useful. Analysis, deductive reasoning, and a sense of experimentation are your qualities. You possess great meticulousness and precision which make you a quick and efficient worker. However, you may rely too strongly on your analytical faculties, to the detriment of an overall perception of reality. You like purity and therefore justice. Thus, you are sensitive to human suffering, especially as a result of social injustice, and you will try to remedy the situation according to what you have learned. Once again, the overriding themes of your personality emerge. You want to preserve an ideal, avoid deterioration, change, adulteration. You are offended by imperfection and try to find ways to correct it. You are eager to help, to be useful, to serve a great cause, but you sometimes do not know whom or what you seek to serve. Whatever purpose you adopt, you must learn to help without surrendering yourself entirely; you tend to try to disappear into the background of a hierarchy. You are sometimes attracted by readymade systems, which soothe a certain anxiety you have. You wouldn’t mind devoting yourself to a state, a big corporation, or a dogma. It would be reasonable and satisfying. But you sometimes forget to rebel a bit – to evaluate whether the end justifies the means. You are reassured by predictability. When you commit yourself, you want to know exactly where you are bound and how. This may be a bit of an obstacle to your love life. You tend to keep a tight rein on your urges, to inhibit your emotions

Due to the influence of Scorpio rising, you have a powerful, forthright nature with a penchant for possessiveness, be it material, mental, or spiritual. Your personality is predisposed to being “slow to gel,” and you may be reluctant to assert yourself; the inner image you have of yourself may still be vague and sketchy. However, you have a strong intuition and are very adaptable, so you’ll do well to learn to assert yourself with confidence in order to take full advantage of all your qualities.

Aleksandr Karelin finds his work rewarding. Daily life and routine activities are excellent sources of self-fulfillment for him.

Aleksandr Karelin tended to live in an imaginary world; the distant and abstract sometimes interested him more than what was right at hand and realistic.

Aleksandr Karelin was born under the sign of Scorpio (the Scorpion), and at the time of his birth, the sun was passing through the sign of Virgo (the Virgin). He has a personality profile that is characterized by intense competitiveness, shrewdness, and attention to detail. He also has a sharp wit, which is likely to penetrate the weaknesses of his rivals. Aleksandr Karelin is likely to achieve success in both social and personal arenas, thanks to his intellect and analytical thought.

Born on the third day after the full moon rose, you have a “full moon” lunar type configuration. This gives you an objective, rational character, balanced by an idealistic propensity. Because the forces pull you in two different ways – one towards dreams, the other towards reality – you may have some inner contradictions that are causing practical and social difficulties for you. At times, you are too demanding of yourself or others, comparing them to an ideal, whereas at others, you are too nonchalant and indulgent about life. You vacillate between two poles, one elitist and the other earthy. Generally speaking, your monthly energy flow is strongest at the time of the full moon. You would be wise to schedule intensive work phases at that time, as well as ambitious and demanding projects.