Brian Ritchie is a serious, steadfast individual who tries to stay grounded. His ambitions are strong, and he will always be seeking a higher social position. He sometimes adopts a strategy of solitude and introversion.

You are an individualist who believes in freedom and independence. You have discarded the conventional ways of your social class, and adopted an innovative lifestyle. Your passionate convictions can sometimes cause problems in your relationships, as you are uncompromising in your beliefs. You need to learn to recognize your own limitations, and accept the responsibilities you have to other people, or you will find yourself embroiled in conflicts frequently. The roots of your extreme behavior may be traced back to childhood experiences, when you rejected the father figure or refused to identify with him. In every important life decision, you have to rely on yourself to create the appropriate behavior, and set boundaries on your desires in relation to reality and the law.

Brian Ritchie usually keeps his emotions in check, preferring to avoid situations where he might have to express them. This is because he feels that he hasn’t received enough love in his life, and this has had a negative impact on his romantic life. In general, he puts all his effort into his career, seeking social recognition through his accomplishments.

Brian Ritchie has a lively and curious intelligence, the very opposite of empty rhetoric and studiousness. He is agile and adaptable and can not only analyze difficult situations objectively but also demonstrate a profound comprehension when faced with a psychological problem.

Brian Ritchie is extremely sensitive and perceptive. He luxuriates in tenderness and gentleness more than passion. Because he abhor any form of violence and is disturbed by the absence of harmony, he has developed a tact and diplomacy which make his relations with others smooth and easy.

Brian Ritchie is an optimistic and happy individual who is communicative and pleasant. He has a expansive nature that is related to his gratification in childhood, which probably occurred in favorable surroundings with a mother or mother figure who was loving, indulgent, and generous. He is extremely kind-hearted himself and gives of himself and his wealth unstintingly. His bountifulness, which many people appreciate somewhat selfishly, may arise from a confusion between his desires and reality.

Although Brian Ritchie’s demeanor is cool and distant, he is extremely sensitive. In some cases, his rather austere and rigid behavior and his refusal to yield too readily to sentimentality discourage others from being too demonstrative of their tenderness and affection. Brian has spells of melancholy in which he does not feel worthy of being loved and tends to forbid himself emotional fulfillment. An austere or somewhat traumatic childhood experience may be the source of this behavior. Brian may have suffered rejection in his infancy, and, as a result, lacked the parental love which is essential to the cohesion of a personality and identity. In order to feel secure, and to protect himself from ever suffering rejection or abandonment again, Brian withdrew into himself and developed his aloofness as a defense mechanism. When Brian finally let down his defenses and allow himself to express his feelings, he tends to become impassioned and exalted. Brian is fairly introverted and egocentric and has a powerful sense of his own identity.

Brian Ritchie felt insecure about himself. He often justified himself to others in order to gain their approval, but he was still pessimistic and had severe taboos against himself.

Brian Ritchie was born with a sensitive imagination and a penchant for dreaming up new and exciting ideas. Although his imaginative mind can be a powerful tool for creativity and spiritual growth, it can also be difficult to apply in the real world. When it comes to relationships, Brian is extremely romantic and often doesn’t see others the way they really are. He has refined tastes in art and beauty is one of his chief pleasures.

Brian Ritchie likes to keep his cards close to his chest, preferring to withhold information for fear of scaring people off. He has a deep interest in the hidden side of people, and finds a career that puts him in contact with troubled people to be especially rewarding. He is often passionate in his relationships, driven by his desires rather than by anything else. He is particularly drawn to people who are passionate about something, whether it be sex, art, or some other passion.

Brian Ritchie often fears love – the world of his feelings is full of a certain chill and restraint. But he is not unfeeling; on the contrary, his sensitivity is so delicate that he is careful to protect it. His determination to maintain control of his feelings and force his emotions to obey the laws of reason may stand in the way of intimacy and joy.

Brian Ritchie’s birth chart indicates a strong emotional function which is usually expressed impulsively and without much consideration for others. He is distrustful of his emotional urges and is often unaware of the effect his feelings have on others.

Brian Ritchie is somewhat aloof and inhibited when it comes to emotion. He might be more comfortable at work than in love. His desire to progress and his taste for power give him wings. He will do well to admit that his emotions cannot be repressed indefinitely and that no matter how well he succeeds professionally, he cannot be truly happy unless he fosters an intimate bond.

Brian Ritchie has a highly complex approach to romance. He looks for tenderness but might reject it when he finds it; he wants to control everything but struggles to tolerate any sign of weakness in his partner. This contradictory attitude and his repressed emotions cause him a great deal of pain. His tendency to commit himself body and soul means that his choice of romantic partner will be crucial. From another quarter, his parents or family are putting unacceptable pressure on his love life, and he must break free from this influence. He might do better to wait for a while before settling down or to opt for an older partner.

Brian Ritchie may be characterized by strong sensual and affectionate urges which drive him to seek pleasure. His need for romantic fulfillment may compel him to marry, because he also seeks the legal and social legitimacy the institution of marriage confers on an emotional bond. Indeed, the household is liable to be prosperous and even opulent, as if this offered further evidence that he had indeed achieved success. However, privately, he might be less committed to certain obligations and duties.

You are hypersensitive and tend to relive the anxieties, apprehensions, and romantic absolutes of your first love relationships, which occurred around the ages of 13-14 years or 20-21 years. You are exquisitely sensitive, but almost completely barricaded behind a layer of aloofness. You will not settle for anything less than eternal commitment, total harmony, and absolute loyalty. You are sometimes presumed to be cold, even by those close to you. You usually hide your emotional reactions or do not even allow them to reach the level of your consciousness, in an effort to protect your sensitivity, which you see as your strong point. You are fairly vulnerable, even in the intimacy of a stable and established relationship. Usually, you will disguise your strong feelings as a kind of possessiveness or even jealousy. Certain misfortunes may arouse a negative emotional state inside you, and you feel unworthy of the love which is lavished on you. This psychological prohibition which rules over all of your desires and affects should loosen with the passage of time; likewise, your fear of approaching the other will diminish. As a result, the second part of your romantic life will be more rewarding. In any case, if you want to experience a harmonious love relationship and gratify yourself emotionally, the defense mechanisms you have elaborated to make yourself inaccessible to others will have to be dismantled.

Brian Ritchie has a great emotional ideal, full of subtlety and tenderness. However, he tends to be overwhelmed by his imagination and may not be selective enough when choosing a partner. His romantic and trusting nature may make him vulnerable. Although he strives to establish peaceful, uncomplicated relations, he sometimes experiences painful disappointments. His artistic delicacy and refinement provide him with a sincere love of the arts, music, and literature. He is likely to be a gifted poet.

From the outside, you seem to be distant and unapproachable, but on the inside you are an extremely complex individual, full of contradictions. Because you sometimes feel vulnerable emotionally, you try to control not only your own feelings and urges, but may also strive to manipulate those of your partners. You aspire to a profound and enduring spiritual unity, but at the same time, the idea of abandoning yourself and yielding to the other terrifies you. This anguish may be a source of rather extreme behavior patterns and a somewhat self-focused attitude which could damage the relationship. Because you are guarded and somewhat secretive, you tend to be suspicious and are especially uneasy about spontaneous intimacy, although you are fascinated by sexuality. Within the privacy of the couple, you will not express your feelings unless you are subject to some tension. Life may be peppered with frequent crises and feuds, arguments and spats which usually act as erotic provocation. This derivation of eroticism from anxiety tends to be one of the fundamental characteristics of your emotional and sexual functioning. As a result, you are likely to be attracted by stormy and complicated relationships.

Curious, skeptical, and pragmatic, Brian Ritchie 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.

Brian Ritchie expresses his thoughts and ideas in direct, spontaneous outbursts. He is fairly extroverted and eager to discover and understand the outer world. An idealist, he looks forward to a bright future but is sometimes subjective and reckless.

Brian Ritchie has a great ability to charm and speak persuasively. When necessary, he is adept at smoothing the asperities of what he has to say. This makes him very successful socially, but can be a disadvantage in situations where he has to compete or deal with hostility. He also has a gift for oratory, which could be applied to a communications-related occupation or to artistic expression (as a stage or screen actor). Writing and dance, two other arts which associate expression and movement, might also be fields in which he would excel.

Brian Ritchie has a great deal of intuition but sometimes has problems organizing his thought processes and making an intellectual commitment. The concepts of boundary and structure are inimical to his mind, which is open and all-encompassing, premonitory, and web-like. His thoughts may be verbally indeterminate, vague, and ill defined. He tends to understand or sense things globally, without always noticing their component parts. Usually, he can’t see the trees for the forest. In daily life, although his perceptions are lively and subtle, he may display a kind of absent-mindedness, out of a fear of annoying people with his shrewdness or of fighting to assert himself. His imagination sometimes escapes from the confines of logic, cringing from a confrontation with reality. This unwillingness to face the real world may cause relationship or career challenges.