You are an earthy, practical person who is committed to accomplishing goals that are important to you. Your initial problem is finding a cause that you will devote your whole being to. If you were to wander into a bad cause, you would suffer a terrible setback. Therefore, the essential value that will define your life and destiny is the result of a long process, a gradual deliberation, the opposite of an impulse. If your goal eludes you, you would be tempted by indulgence and apathy. Your taste for sensual pleasures like good food and drink might then take over, depriving you of maturity and fulfillment, and, ultimately, your vital potency. But don’t worry, this is only conjecture!

Big Ed is dynamic. He needs to attract admiration and release his excess energy.

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

At the time of your birth, the sun was located in the sign of Taurus (the Bull) and your rising sign was located in Cancer (the Crab). 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: Sensitivity – Imagination – Eccentricity – Compassion – Savings and thrift – Perseverance Pragmatism – Obstinacy – Productivity – Premonition – Sensuality. Once you are free of the fears inspired by the tribulations of your youth, when your sensitivity and emotions had to be repressed, you should thrive. Your abilities will enable you to display initiative and innovation. Your persistence and capacity to apply yourself to your work, tempered by your initiative and imagination, will be of great value to you in accomplishing your projects. The success you have always dreamed of will at last be yours. However, your great emotional sensitivity will be a common thread in your relationships.

Born on the day before the new moon, you are said to be of the “balsamic moon” type. This soli-lunar configuration gives you a spiritualistic character closely attached to generous humanitarian ideals. You are sometimes sorely tried to limit yourself to the narrow scope of individual ambition. Indeed, you aim for a humanitarian ideal which would include the outcasts and the unfortunate. You fervently hope the meek will inherit the earth. To bring about this ideal, you are likely to seize every resource placed at your disposal: physical effort, money (if you have it), speech, your writings, and your poetic or artistic talents. However, you should be wary of your unconscious guilt feelings. Actually, there is no reason for you to devote yourself to your mission entirely; a simple daily effort should suffice to express your philosophy and free your conscience. Usually, the three days preceding the new moon will be time in the monthly lunar cycle most favorable to your activities and your general energy level.