Brandon Blackstock has a confidence in himself that sometimes falters, and he might try to compensate for this weakness by insisting on his authority over others. With the people he is emotionally committed to, the same nagging feelings of insecurity prevent him from expressing his generosity and love fully; his extreme independence sometimes hides an inability to abandon himself and a lack of assurance.

As a result of your lack of fatherly guidance, Brandon Blackstock developed a paternal complex. This can make it difficult for him to find his identity, as he may not have had many role models to look to. This could be due to the fact that his father or a father figure was absent physically or emotionally, which left Brandon with little guidance on how to be a successful person. As a result, he had to find his own system to grow and feel secure. Although this system was helpful to him as a child, it has now settled into a groove and is starting to interfere with his growth. Brandon’s psychological defense mechanisms and crutches were once useful, but now they are holding him back. He also has a hard time asserting himself, and as a result, he can be shy and passive in social situations. Brandon finds himself judging himself harshly and sometimes punishing himself by setting difficult tasks for himself. Over time, he should build up a strong inner discipline and learn to deal with problems in a detached and mature way.

At the moment of your birth, the two celestial “lights” (the sun and the moon) were symmetrically aligned. This was a portent of harmony between the masculine and feminine archetypes, which was extremely beneficial. It was the source of balance and understanding between the two main psychological realms which may be said to compose the personality. You thus enjoyed a positive complementarity and understanding between the conscious and unconscious aspects of your psyche, between your determination and your routines, between your drive for self-assertion and your receptivity, your ideal and your sensitivity. Your parents almost certainly reflected a positive image of the marriage relationship to you, and it was likely that they encouraged you to develop your own individuality. As a result, you were and are able to be comfortable with yourself as you are instead of striving to attain your parents’ ideal. This has definitely contributed to the maintenance of a good relationship with them and the rest of the family. In your emotional relationships with your peers, one of the effects of the masculine/feminine harmony is that the images your ego projects on the other are especially constructive. The bonds of the relationship are not felt to be constraints, the energy which flows between the two people is a source of mutual happiness, not regret. No major personal conflicts are projected onto the “other” – that is, the significant other.

You may be subject to mood swings, going from phases of frenzy combined with a feeling of omnipotence and exaltation to phases of apathy and inertia. During your “highs,” your behavior is vigorous and dynamic, but it is also likely to be somewhat excessive. These periods tend to be interspersed with “lows,” phases of sluggishness and inhibition, which compensate for your immense need to assert yourself as an individual. How can you find a way out of this vicious cycle which uses up so much of your energy? You would have to understand that the source of your attitudes and behavior is an unconscious desire for power. We suggest that you meditate upon power, skills, mastery, challenge, desire, and need, your brothers (or brother substitutes, such as friends, cousins, or classmates) – who are key figures – and your adversaries. This should enlighten you. Of course, once you have a clear awareness of your career ambitions and profound desires, you are sure to have plenty of energy to accomplish them.

Brandon Blackstock often finds it difficult to fit in with the social conventions of society. The masks most people wear are difficult for Brandon to adopt, and it is hard for him to act out the roles expected of him as a normal member of the community. The usual social values and rewards, like money, respect, and prestige, only mildly interest him. His refusal or inability to play the social game may make it hard for him to find a job, which may have negative consequences on his financial and legal status. Brandon’s financial difficulties may clear up when his emotional ones do.

Brandon Blackstock is a very sociable person. He is instinctively in tune with others and feels a need to be accepted and respected. He is tactful and diplomatic and sometimes will swallow his personal pride in the interests of the smooth running of the group. He is sensitive and discerning and will avoid anything crude and vulgar. As a result, Brandon is sometimes offended by the harsh demands of existence. Relationships (the couple, or a partnership) take a central role in his life.

Brandon Blackstock is an expansive, affable, and communicative associate. Indeed, some people find him generous almost to a fault! He gives of himself and his resources unstintingly. Paradoxically, there are times when he is self-focused. He reacts instinctively, without taking the trouble to analyze a given situation, and is prone to misjudge. As a result, his everyday life may be riddled with a whole variety of practical problems. Indeed, he senses a conflict between his social life and his family and will sometimes find it hard to fulfill himself in both spheres at the same time. His attitude toward his private life may inhibit his ambitions for social or career expansion; at worst, society (the law) may impinge on his private life. He should be careful not to project his personal problems onto his partner. If, instead, the two of them analyzed the problem, they might be able to find opportunities to resolve it together.

Brandon Blackstock is looking for the ideal love. He idealizes his friends and lovers, preferring to dream of his soulmate instead of making love to one. He is more in love with the idea of love than anything else. His idealism may hide a fear of truly committing himself to a relationship; he tries to intellectualize everything. In time, two options will seem clear to him: an amorous friendship based on shared ideas and intellectual exchange, or an open relationship, free of all constraints except mutual respect.

Brandon Blackstock’s birth chart indicates that he has an emotional function that is usually expressed carefully and reasonably. Distrustful of his emotional urges and somewhat wary of his feelings, Brandon tries to rid himself of all partiality and try to get some perspective and distance before making an emotional commitment.

Brandon Blackstock is a charming, romantic, and seductive person who attracts affection and success. He is quite sociable and genuinely devoted to everyone’s happiness. The person who knows how to appreciate and pamper Brandon Blackstock will find him to be truly a prize. Marriage could provide Brandon with an entertaining lifestyle, which includes contact with prominent people or the artistic world.

Brandon Blackstock is very sincere and loves wholeheartedly. Loving friendships will play a major role in his destiny. He is independent-minded and will be happier in an open relationship than in a marriage, unless this is based on great mutual freedom. However, he is likely to marry too young or on an impulse. A second relationship with a person he admires for their generous and free-thinking nature will bring him greater happiness.

You are an ardent and amorous person, and your relationships are enlivened by intensity and passion. A charmer perpetually engaged in a quest for the ideal love, you are often more in love with the idea of love than with a partner. As a result, your love life may be subject to some instability. You are generally attracted to original people who defy norms, standards, and classifications, and expect them to amaze and fascinate you. Your greatest contradictions surface when an intimate relationship is established. Although you merge your ego entirely into the couple, you are likely to demand a total autonomy and liberty which are inimical to intimacy. If your partner charms and captivates you long enough, there is some possibility that they will form a more solid bond with you; otherwise, you are likely to yield to your need for novelty and fall under the spell of an entirely different person who exerts a new kind of charm for you.

Midlife may be a turning point for you from this point of view. Your contradictory attitude may in some ways hide a compulsion to reject and deny the bonds of dependency inherent to a love relationship. Your behavior enables you to remain aloof, to commit yourself only halfway without consciously admitting it to yourself, and to avoid feeling guilty if and when you lose interest. An insatiable appetite for novelty and exaltation sometimes keeps you from forming stable relationships. Indeed, you are tormented by the struggle between your undeniable need for affection and an equally imperious desire for personal progress and emancipation. As a result of this inner turmoil, your romantic aspirations are usually sabotaged sooner or later by your conviction that your partner has become an obstacle to your individual progress. Because you think of love as a restraint, you may even eventually consciously refuse any emotional approach to love interests. As an ascetic, you will try to deflect the love function from its natural target and use the energy and bliss it generates for other purposes, the process psychologists call sublimation. However, you are also likely to meet “the one” who inspires you to initiate a change in your behavior.

The outside seems calm and collected, but on the inside you are very complex and full of contradictions. Sometimes you feel vulnerable emotionally and you try to control not only your own feelings and urges, but also to manipulate those of your partners. You aspire to profound spiritual unity, but at the same time the idea of abandoning yourself and yielding to the other terrifies you. This anguish may cause you to act in rather extreme ways and have a self-focused attitude which could damage the relationship. You are guarded and secretive, and you tend to be suspicious and uneasy about spontaneous intimacy. Within the privacy of the couple, you will not express your feelings unless you are under some tension. Life is likely to be peppered with frequent crises and disputes, which usually act as a sexual provocation. This derivation of sexuality from anxiety is one of the fundamental characteristics of your emotional and sexual functioning. As a result, you are likely to be attracted to stormy and complicated relationships.

Brandon Blackstock considered the input from his subjectivity and emotions as static which he tried to tune out to go straight to the essence of knowledge. As a result, regardless of his field of study, he tried to obtain perspective. He would elaborate a thought on the basis of fairly cold, abstract logic, supported by sober, concise, and immaculate reasoning. His choice areas of study could be mathematics, philosophy, legislation, or political science. Ideologies, theories, and any other system of reasoning could serve as “food for thought” for him.

Brandon Blackstock tries to shun subjectivity and be as objective as possible. His thoughts are usually structured, and his reasoning, based on objective facts or experience, usually relates to practical goals.