You are a passionate, emotional creature. 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.

Durianrider thrives in the peace and security of the nest. His spouse and family will be an important part of his life.

Durianrider’s psychological, metaphysical, or occult interests are signs of his need to transform or change himself, which might arouse some apprehension in others.

At the time of your birth, your rising sign was located in Sagittarius (the Archer), while the sun was passing through the sign of Leo (the Lion). Both are ruled by the element fire, which indicates your character will have a certain cohesiveness. A summary of the various clues mentioned above provide your character’s personality profile. The following key words capture the essence of your character and indicate certain contradictions which may be sources of tension.

Impetuosity – Enthusiasm – Determination – Group spirit – Pride and self-assurance – Impressionability – Superiority – Analytical mind – Brilliance – Worldly concerns – Generosity – Projection – Optimism.

Because you are passionate and enterprising, radiant and generous, you are extremely popular. Certain impulsive aspects of your personality inspire you to exaggerate your emotional expressions, giving you a remarkable talent for acting (with a propensity for heroic roles). Everything you do is dramatic: the generous promises you make, the warmth of your conversation, the verve of your improvisation. Although you know how to make yourself the center of attention, you are also likely to organize and energize any group you are a part of. Your mind is lively and intuitive. Proceeding from an ideal vision, it aspires to perfection: as a result, you could be successful in such fields of inquiry as metaphysics, philosophy, or law. Your taste for travel might also inspire an interest in foreign languages. Your thoughts tend to leap from inspiration to inspiration.

Born on the seventh to tenth day after the new moon, you are a “first quarter” lunar type. This “soli-lunar” configuration means that your character is strong-willed and sometimes proud, always determined to buck convention and innovate. Monotony is unbearable to you, and you chafe under the yoke of routine. As a result, you often run into trouble with authority figures. When overwhelmed by your conscience, you rave about how destructive it is to long for the past, how ridiculous it is to be old-fashioned, and how obsolete the old values are. Generally speaking, your monthly energy flow peaks about seven to ten-and-a-half days after the full moon. You would be wise to schedule intensive work phases at that time, as well as ambitious and demanding projects. At that time, your initiatives will be most successful, especially if you are trying to create something new, original, and cutting-edge!