Consciousness and The Ideal of Self:

Drake is searching for stability. They want to find a firm, unchanging structure for their life. But their efforts to achieve this ideal are often vain, because unconsciously, they are also inhabited by the opposite desire. Every time they reach what they believe to be a good balance, they realize they want something entirely different. They should become aware that the concepts of stability and balance are difficult to apply to life. By definition, life is movement, change, and perpetual instability.

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

Drake is extremely vigorous and energetic and has an immense need to assert his individuality. His attitudes and actions are actually motivated by an unconscious desire for power. They puzzle the people close to him, who cannot understand whether his behavior is the result of pure selfishness or merely of an excess of energy. He is lively, alert, and determined, but he is too easily distracted from goals by futile competition or opportunities to exhibit his power. He has a short temper and must learn to control his impulsiveness, which might expose him to a great deal of unnecessary conflict.

Drake has a profound and fertile inner life and a prolific imagination, but his energy resources are not always sufficient to follow through on and accomplish his multitude of dreams. He tends to live in osmosis with his environment, and effort and action take a heavy toll on him. Usually, he understands phenomena and events intuitively, without really making any effort; so he is not in the habit of disciplining or shaping his thought processes. Like his thoughts, his personality is rather amorphous and disorganized. As a result of this lack of structure, he may have some trouble asserting his individuality and making some personal contribution to society through his career. His tendency to shut out reality and dream impossible dreams, like his refusal of responsibility and duty, may be a source of some difficulty for him.

Drake’s complex and sometimes rather extremist personality is rooted in an instinctual drive which dwarfs mere rationalism. He finds the dark side of existence alluring and is attracted to mystery and the occult. He delightedly immerses himself in the depths of human experience, stretching his intellectual, emotional, and spiritual resources to their maximum.

Adaptation and Sensitivity:

Mild and sensitive, Drake is deeply human. Drake is sociable and sincerely devoted to others. Drake’s mother or a mother-figure had a strong influence on Drake’s psyche, and Drake’s childhood was an important time in Drake’s life. Drake still identifies with vivid childhood memories; they are the basis for Drake’s reveries, for Drake’s extreme sensitivity, and for habits which Drake may be slow to break. However, Drake will thrive in the shelter of a family setting, soothed by the presence of a spouse and children. Drake is fond of security and routine; being somewhat impressionable and anxious, Drake may have trouble adjusting to situations which are unfamiliar.

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

Drake has a sensitive and affectionate nature. He seeks tenderness and gentleness more than passion. His relationships with others are smooth and pleasant, and he has a natural sense of tact and social grace.

Optimistic and happy to be alive, Drake is a cheerful, expansive, pleasant associate to have. He is extremely generous (sometimes to a fault!) and gives of himself and his belongings unstintingly. This positive psychological outlook is the result of a happy childhood and especially an extremely beneficial maternal influence in infancy. Drake is quite likely to be a professional success; his vision of the world is perfectly adapted to prevailing opinion, and his urges and desires for personal expansion usually elicit a positive reaction from society. By old age, his good reputation and prominence may have earned him fame.

Drake is emotional and tends to react suddenly and excessively as soon as his sensitivity is touched. Although he feels that his independence, freedom, and self-sufficiency are fundamental values, he is sometimes frustrated by his need to rely on his family or friends. Moreover, he does not always grant the freedom of other people the same respect as his own. Likewise, he is sometimes angered by expressions of maternal tenderness, as if he feared that it would doom him to eternal dependency. His ambivalent behavior, full of jagged edges, may be traced back to the relationship he had with his mother or a mother figure. Although he was dependent on them, they may have rejected him. Now this attitude is extended to any situation in which his sensitivity comes into play and emotional bonds are liable to form. To ward off his feelings of dependency, he sometimes tends to become destructive. Based on denial, his reactions might be fierce, impulsive, excessive, erratic, or contradictory.

Love and Sensuality:

Drake’s attractions are usually immediate and intense. They rise quickly to fever pitch. The story of these passions is often dramatic to excess, combining all the plot elements of a classic love tragedy: jealousy, possessiveness, agony as an erotic stimulant, etc.

Drake’s birth chart indicates a somewhat introverted emotional function which is influenced by the cultural values traditional to his family and social class. Because he does not always trust his emotional urges and reactions, he generally prefers to hang back and acquire some perspective before committing himself emotionally.

Drake’s emotional involvement might be the source of some dissatisfaction for Drake. The usual romantic behavior and the lifestyle values prevailing in this area are not really appropriate for Drake. As a result, Drake seeks few intimate emotional relationships or contacts. Drake tends to stay in the background and fulfill Drake’s emotional needs by sublimating. Drake might not attain full romantic satisfaction until Drake reaches middle age.

Naive in appearance but complicated underneath, Drake is a blend of strength and weakness. The force of his emotions is often incompatible with his great sensitivity, which makes his behavior baffling to those close to him. His family ties are quite strong and may have hindered his personal development. Emotionally, he is especially attracted to strong individuals – the serious, silent type. However, they must be able to understand him and protect him from himself and others. Love and his children, if he chooses to have them, will become the center of his life, so it is important that he chooses the right person to be his life partner.

Drake exerts an odd and somewhat mysterious power of attraction. But Drake is irresistibly lured to partners who break his heart, and Drake seems almost to have an affinity for tormented but intense relationships. In a rage of disappointment, Drake is likely to go from total love to total indifference. Drake is especially attracted to possessive and complex people.

Drake 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.

Mental and Intellect:

Curious, skeptical, and pragmatic, Drake has a shrewd, inquisitorial mind. He always tries to detect the hidden mechanisms and processes behind the phenomena he observes. As a result, he has 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 his 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.

Drake tries to shun subjectivity and be as objective as possible. Drake’s thoughts are usually structured, and Drake’s reasoning, based on objective facts or experience, usually relates to practical goals.