You are a intense and emotional person. As a result of the preponderance of emotion, sensation, and feeling in your psychological make-up, you have acquired a deep sense of your individuality and uniqueness. You sometimes feel “different” – set apart from others. In order to justify this idea of yourself, you attempt to behave differently, to impress the crowd, and the product of your efforts is usually rather grandiose and exaggerated. It’s a self-perpetuating bind, because your impressive deeds usually earn recognition for you, and reinforce your self-assurance and your certainty that you do indeed stand head and shoulders above the rest. You sometimes make an attempt to bluff and show off with an emotional display. You like to take risks and give people advice. Nevertheless, at the basis of your conduct, there is a feeling of social anxiety, which is probably unconscious or unconfessed. You may fear being absorbed or enslaved by society. The positive side of this unconscious anxiety is that it drives you to create, to counteract the deeply felt effects of time and the masses on your ego. By creating something, you can make your own individual mark on the world; you can organize it to reflect your own image, instead of allowing yourself to be submerged by it. The preceding comments about creating the world in your own image are strong indications that you seek to identify with your superego. The difference between your ideal of yourself and the individual you know yourself to be in truth, measured in terms of your social recognition or the recognition of your creations (children, works of art, etc.), will determine your state of mind. It is therefore important for you to make these images match to a certain extent, to reduce the gap as much as possible. The psychological dynamic described earlier explains many of the pluses and minuses in your personality. Your dignity and self-assurance may border on vanity; your strong instinct and ambition combined with your somewhat exaggerated individualism incline you to be self-focused. You may be proud, but you are also courageous, determined, and generous. You have the skills of an educator or an artist; moreover, you are mysteriously lucky.

Due to the influence of the sign of Libra, you treasure harmony and will actively strive to achieve it, both in your social life (in relationships with others) and in your private life (in terms of art, grace, and beauty). As a result, your intimate ties (to a partner, for example) will be of prime importance to you, and you would feel unsatisfied if this aspect of your life were not successful. You’ll do well to select candidates according to knowledge of yourself, and be as lucid as possible about committing yourself to anything like a marriage. In the broader social realm, you are sociable and adaptable, flexible but sometimes passive. You ignore differences and do your best to avoid arguments and disagreements which trouble the smooth flow of your relationships. A pacifist and a diplomat, you have an innate sense of generosity and truth, which gives you great talents as a negotiator. Because you are sentimental, you like to make people happy and need to be loved and cared for in return. Your artistic sense must also find some outlet, or you are liable to feel some frustration.

Branscombe Richmond is a pleasure lover and will find self-fulfillment in creative activities.

Branscombe Richmond needs others to fulfill themselves and accomplish their 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 Leo (the Lion). 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 – Adaptability – Determination – Emotion – Pride and self-assurance – Tolerance – Superiority – Peaceful disposition – Brilliance – Sense of harmony – Generosity – Worldliness – Optimism.

Because you have been endowed with great esthetic sensitivity, you need and love beauty, order, and harmony. Your extreme sociability and difficulty bearing discord are liable to cost you some of your independence, if you are not careful. However, you have remarkable organizational and management skills. Your optimism and enthusiasm, tactfulness, and sincere concern for others make you a natural leader.

Branscombe Richmond was born on the night of the full moon, between three and one-half and seven days after the rising of the moon. As a “shining moon” type, he has a personality that is apt to communicate and transmit ideas. Throughout his life, he will be drawn to the idea of acting as a spokesperson for a cause, idea, or person whose message seems essential to him. He will have to develop his powers of discernment in order to determine which subjects or people are really worth his personal commitment.