The specificity of your personality can be summed up by your nostalgic yearning for your roots – a “paradise lost” which is also a source of energy and vitality. Your power is linked to memory. You inhabit a present which draws sustenance from the past, from continuity and timelessness. The power of memory can either be dynamic or static. The consciousness of an inaccessible past can either immobilize you in melancholy and nostalgia, or shine as an ideal which motivates you to recreate a new harmony. Your attitude and approach to the past are of key importance. If you think of it as a refuge, your obsession with it may be such that your progress is impeded. If, on the contrary, you think of it as a starting point or launching pad for your comprehension of the human condition, you will integrate it into your self-realization process. You possess a potential for great maturation and wisdom. You are relatively slow-moving and may feel protected from the outer world by an armor of education, family surroundings (your most cherished environment), and social status. For this reason, you tend to limit the scope of your activities to a single well-defined sphere, and, within the boundaries you have established, release the entire spectrum of your rich and varied emotional expression. Sometimes you may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of situations which will introduce you to unfamiliar factors and elements; you see them as intrusions. Before you judge an event, a person, or a thing, you attempt to absorb it into your private universe. Of a fairly subjective and introverted turn of mind, you define everything in terms of the sensation it arouses in you as your consciousness embraces it. This predominance of sensation gives your extreme sensory finesse. Your perceptions are intense, keen, penetrating right to the heart of people and things. Your imagination, which is a function of your perceptions, is also lively, colorful, and prolific. Because you are sometimes self-centered, attentive to and protective of your inner self, you may tend to withdraw into your shell when you encounter aggression from the outer world. As a result, you may sometimes become distant and secretive. Your tendency to be rather short-tempered and easily offended, a classic flaw, is also the consequence of your need for protection and security. Despite your sensitivity, and your ability to be genuinely virtuous, you are not always gentle. Your outbreaks of hostility are all the more wounding because of their rarity. However, more than aggressiveness, your stubbornness, slow insistence, and

Due to the influence of Libra rising, you treasure harmony and will actively strive to achieve it, both in your social life (in your relationships with others) and in your private life (in terms of art, grace, and beauty). However, your independent and individualistic nature give you a high ideal of your own freedom and a burning desire to stand out from the crowd and create an innovative and unconventional lifestyle for yourself. As a result, much of your ambition for total harmony will be shifted to your intimate ties (to a partner, for example), and this relationship will take on central importance. You should be aware of this aspect of yourself, and choose your partner or partners carefully, because you would be sorely disappointed if you had to sacrifice your freedom to your love life. In terms of broader social and professional relationships, you must learn to exercise your innate sense of truth and generosity to serve others. You could then become a great diplomat or negotiator. Your creativity and taste for art must also be allowed some outlet, or they are liable to increase your feelings of restlessness and frustration.

Alex Desert is a pleasure lover and will find self-fulfillment in creative activities.

Alex Desert needs others to fulfill himself and accomplish his ambitions.

At the time of your birth, your rising sign was located in Libra (the Scales), while the sun was passing through the sign of Cancer (the Crab). A summary of the various clues mentioned above provide your personality profile. The following key words capture the essence of your character and indicate certain contradictions which may be sources of tension:

Sociability – Sensitivity – Adaptability – Imagination – Emotion – Eccentricity – Tolerance – Savings and thrift – Peaceful disposition – Suspicion – Sense of harmony – Obstinacy – Worldliness – Premonition.

Your romantic, imaginative personality gives an original aura to your attraction and charm. Careful to shield your sensitive emotions from the slings and arrows of the outside world, you are happiest within the privacy of your family circle or among a small group of close friends. At work, you show yourself to be conscientious and well-organized, but somewhat plodding and stubborn. Your need for harmony and balance inspires you to respect other people’s opinions, and you are mindful of traditions and social conventions. Although your capacities for logic and intellectual reasoning are sometimes tinged by your emotions, you are endowed with a remarkable talent for knowing and appreciating beauty.

Born in the seven to ten days after the full moon rose, you are of the “last quarter” lunar type. As a result, your personality is fairly independent and self-sufficient. Your ideas are original and often bold, but, to your dismay, do not often garner a majority of followers. Your sense of humor is your best communications tool, but you often switch to a more severe tone which breaks your charm over your audience, and your methods do not always please the masses. Your lack of flexibility hinders your strategies and projects, but you have a strong sense of duty and are determined to succeed. Although you are not unduly attached to success, because you are so used to being ahead of your time, your failures take a psychological toll on you. Because each setback wears you down a little more, you should try to avoid further disappointments by conforming to contemporary reality a little more closely.