Alex Skolnick is determined to obtain a superlative grip on his emotional urges; he practices holding back his impulses and controlling them. Although it is not an easy apprenticeship, he wants to be able to bear strain with patience, endurance, and stamina. More than anyone else, Alex is aware of the need for a solid and stable foundation as a prerequisite to any effective action.

You have a paternal complex, and as a result, some trouble finding your identity. Perhaps your father or a father figure was absent physically or emotionally during your childhood, which deprived you of the patterns or models which are usually helpful in structuring a personality. Because you might have lacked a particular sense of security which could be provided by a paternal presence, as well as the examples of behavior to follow in confronting the difficulties inherent in every life, you were forced to protect yourself against negative influences and find your own system in order to grow and feel secure. Although this system was quite useful to you as a child, it has now settled in to such a degree that it interferes with your evolution. Psychological defense mechanisms and crutches which were once useful now encumber your mind or inhibit your developmental efforts. As a result, in certain situations, it is difficult for you to assert yourself, and you tend to remain an awkward or passive observer. Because your authoritarian urges are mainly directed at yourself rather than others, you sometimes feel guilty about your behavior. You judge yourself severely, and sometimes punishes yourself by setting difficult tasks for yourself. Gradually, you should build up a strong inner discipline and acquire the strength to face the problems of existence in a detached and mature way.

Alex Skolnick has a personality and behavior that is liable to be disrupted by a contradiction between the masculine and feminine archetypes ruling his psyche. Because his sensitivity is in conflict with his determination, his attitude and performance may be moody, fluctuating, and uncertain. Usually, he has the feeling he has to make superhuman efforts to succeed in assuaging his yearnings and fulfilling his ambitions. His unconscious, sensitive side often disapproves of his conscious endeavors and stealthily works to defeat them, causing crucial omissions, mistakes, and gaps which effectively sabotage his plans. In his relationships, the images he builds up and projects on the other are contradictory. As a result, any bond, even if it is pleasant and positive, also grates on his nerves. He finds it dissatisfying and irritating at the same time.

Alex Skolnick is a free thinker and individualist who is convinced that their most precious basic values are freedom and independence. They have thrown off what they perceive as the burden of the convention and customs of their social class and adopted an innovative lifestyle. Their passionate convictions, bordering on proselytism, sometimes trouble their relationships, as they may be an uncompromising partner. They should learn to recognize their own limitations and accept the responsibilities they have to other people or they are liable to find themselves continually embroiled in conflicting relationships.

Alex Skolnick usually maintains a detached and cool demeanor, suppressing his emotions and sensitivity in order to avoid situations where he might be forced to express them. This inhibition is related to a feeling of not having been loved enough. In many cases, to the detriment of his love life, Alex is capable of plunging all his energy into his work. Alex seeks social recognition through his career achievements.

Alex Skolnick is optimistic and happy to be alive. He is a cheerful, expansive, pleasant associate to have. He is extremely generous (sometimes to a fault!) and gives of himself and his belongings unstintingly. This positive psychological outlook is the result of a happy childhood and especially an extremely beneficial maternal influence in infancy. He is quite likely to be a professional success; his vision of the world is perfectly adapted to prevailing opinion, and his urges and desires for personal expansion usually elicit a positive reaction from society. By old age, his good reputation and prominence may have earned him fame.

Alex Skolnick’s attractions are usually immediate and intense. They rise quickly to fever pitch. The story of these passions is often dramatic to excess, combining all the plot elements of a classic love tragedy: jealousy, possessiveness, agony as an erotic stimulant, etc.

Alex Skolnick’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.

Alex Skolnick is not very demonstrative, but he is the sentimental type and he suffers bitterly when he is unloved. Full of contradictions, he tries to shelter his feelings by remaining aloof, although he cannot bear solitude. It will be hard for him to attain emotional happiness, and he will no doubt seek compensation in his career. He will be happier as he ages and may marry for a second time.

Alex Skolnick falls in love with a jealous, possessive person.

Alex Skolnick has the fiery, importunate nature of a fervent lover. Indeed, affairs of the heart are one of Alex’s main purposes in life. Alex’s personal charm and magnetism give Alex nearly irresistible powers of seduction, and nearly every one of Alex’s well-aimed attempts at conquest leads to the fulfillment and satisfaction of Alex’s desires. Due to Alex’s impulsiveness and impatience to initiate new encounters, Alex’s approach to potential partners may sometimes lack delicacy.

Curious, skeptical, and pragmatic, Alex Skolnick has a shrewd, inquisitorial mind. You always try to detect the hidden mechanisms and processes behind the phenomena you observe. As a result, you have developed an ability to detect the truth behind appearances and the cause behind the effect. Although this way of thinking is based on a certain logic, and there is evidence of structure and cohesion in your deductive approach, it is not always purely intellectual. Indeed, its sources lie in a certain empiricism, in facts which have been experienced, so it is open to improvement. For this reason, its fields of application are highly diverse, although research in the hard sciences, psychology, and metaphysics seem to be the best career choices.

Alex Skolnick tried to shun subjectivity and be as objective as possible. His thoughts were usually structured, and his reasoning, based on objective facts or experience, usually related to practical goals.