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

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

Ashley Cooke is vigorous and energetic. She has an immense need to assert her individuality and attitudes and actions are actually motivated by an unconscious desire for power. Her lively, alert, and determined personality is too easily distracted by futile competition or opportunities to exhibit her power. She has a short temper and must learn to control her impulsiveness, which might expose her to a great deal of unnecessary conflict.

Ashley Cooke has a great potential for creative, constructive accomplishments; however, it is sometimes difficult for her to gain access to this part of herself. She is confident in herself and life but may tend to be nonchalant. Sometimes she needs a little stimulation to get herself rolling and take some initiative. Her optimism and inner certainty do not always drive her to give her utmost efforts to achieve a goal. The communications skills she possesses are an advantage as well as a handicap. She makes use of her theatrical gifts, convincing eloquence, and ability to listen. The best careers for her would be teaching, communications, philosophy, the legal profession, theater, and public relations.

Ashley Cooke prefers to structure her life around pre-established plans, behaving in a manner that reflects this tendency. She is a relatively disciplined person, evidenced by her adherence to clear models based on logical or moral reasons. She is not easily expressive of her personal feelings or emotions, which may sometimes make her seem rigid. However, her conscientiousness and attention to detail make her successful in a work environment, and she enjoys social engagements and activities as a way to fulfill her duty. Ashley’s natural inclination towards clarity, detail, and technique would make her a successful scientific researcher or high-tech designer.

Although your outward demeanor is cool and distant, you are extremely sensitive. In some cases, your rather austere and rigid behavior and your refusal to yield too readily to sentimentality discourage others from being too demonstrative of their tenderness and affection. You have spells of melancholy in which you do not feel worthy of being loved and tend to forbid yourself any emotional fulfillment whatsoever. An austere or somewhat traumatic childhood experience may be the source of this behavior. It is difficult for your inner self to be detached from this past life, and you sometimes have trouble reconciling the image you have of yourself as an adult with the one you acquired back then. The idea you have of yourself as an individual is related to the image your parents projected onto you as a child. Nevertheless, the past is history, and you are now an adult. Through self-work, you can rid yourself of these phantoms. You have the ability to overcome your mistakes, as well as great endurance and will power to achieve your goals. Nevertheless, you must not repress your sensitivity in order to succeed.

Ashley Cooke struggles to adapt to new situations. She is rigid, might struggle to make friends easily, and is sometimes wary of relations with those she is most attracted to. She is a gifted worrywart.

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

Ashley Cooke’s birth chart indicates that she is typically expressive and careful with her emotions. She tries to rid herself of any partiality and get some perspective and distance before making any emotional commitments.

As a result of this conflict between the conscious, active, masculine principle of Ashley Cooke’s psyche and the unconscious, passive, feminine principle, Ashley Cooke is continually subject to nervous tension, which wears her out and exhausts her. Her mind and body are always feverishly active. Ashley Cooke always tends to do too much, to become obsessed with insignificant details, or to panic when faced with the unexpected. Ashley Cooke is likely to marry a partner younger than she is, either chronologically or in terms of their sense of duty. But perhaps her second marriage will be more reasonable and satisfying.

Ashley Cooke prefers tenderness to wild passion. Her ideal partner would be a person who is kind and affectionate. A warm and secure home life brings her fulfillment, and she will devote herself, body and soul, to her family.

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

Ashley Cooke expresses her thoughts and ideas in direct, spontaneous outbursts. She is fairly introverted and eager to discover and understand the inner world. An idealist, she looks forward to a bright future but is sometimes subjective and reckless.

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