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

You have a self-protective complex and, as a result, some trouble finding your identity. Perhaps your father or a father figure was absent physically or emotionally during your childhood, which deprived you of the patterns or models which are usually helpful in structuring a personality. Because you might have lacked a particular sense of security which could be provided by a paternal presence, as well as the examples of behavior to follow in confronting the difficulties inherent in every life, you were forced to protect yourself against negative influences and find your own system in order to grow and feel secure. Although this system was quite useful to you as a child, it has now settled in to such a degree that it interferes with your evolution. Psychological defense mechanisms and crutches which were once useful now encumber your mind or inhibit your developmental efforts. As a result, in certain situations, it is difficult for you to assert yourself, and you tend to remain an awkward or passive observer. Because your authoritarian urges are mainly directed at yourself rather than others, you sometimes feel guilty about your behavior. You judge yourself severely, and sometimes punishes yourself by setting difficult tasks for yourself. Gradually, you should build up a strong inner discipline and acquire the strength to face the problems of existence in a detached and mature way.

Michael Peterson is a free thinker and individualist who is convinced that his most precious basic values are freedom and independence. He has thrown off what he perceits as the burden of the convention and customs of his social class and adopted an innovative lifestyle. His passionate convictions, bordering on proselytism, sometimes trouble his relationships, as he may be an uncompromising partner. He should learn to recognize his own limitations and accept the responsibilities he has to other people or he is liable to find himself continually embroiled in conflicting relationships.

Michael Peterson prefers to stick to a pre-established plan, behaving in a way that reflects this tendency. He usually adopts relatively strict models elaborated on the basis of logical or moral reasons, but is not necessarily easy to read. He does not readily express his personal feelings or emotions and may sometimes strike others as a rigid person, but his conscientiousness and application make him thrive in a work environment. He tends to treat social engagements and activities as a form of duty, which is in line with his natural taste for clarity, detail, and technique.

Michael Peterson 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.

Michael Peterson is an optimistic, happy person who is a congenial associate. He is generous 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. He is 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.

Although your demeanor is cool and distant, you are extremely sensitive. In some cases, your rather austere and rigid behavior and refusal to yield too readily to sentimentality discourage others from being too demonstrative of their tenderness and affection. You have spells of melancholy in which you do not feel worthy of being loved and tend to forbid yourself emotional fulfillment. An austere or somewhat traumatic childhood experience may be the source of this behavior. It is difficult for your inner self to be detached from this past life, and you sometimes have trouble reconciling the image you have of yourself as an adult with the one you acquired back then. Although the past is history, and you are now an adult, it should be easy for you to rid yourself of these phantoms through self-work. You have the ability to overcome your mistakes and great endurance and will power to achieve your goals, although you must not repress your sensitivity in order to succeed.

Michael Peterson is insecure, which can cause him to crave order in his life and to prefer to do things according to a predetermined plan. Unfortunately, because his logic and vision tend to be somewhat shortsighted, it requires a great effort for him to adapt to a situation. He is rigid, might struggle to make friends easily, and is sometimes wary of relations with those he is most attracted to. He is a gifted worrywart.

Michael Peterson is a very shy person when it comes to matters of the heart. He is reserved and discreet in how he expresses his feelings, and can be quite sensitive and giving. He would do well to trust that he deserves to be made as happy as he makes his partner.

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

Michael Peterson is pragmatic and realistic as well as ambitious and want to get ahead in the world. His partnership could be a means of doing so. Although he has many virtues and carefully attends to his duties, he has an unfortunate tendency to doubt in himself in any matter related to his emotions. It would be regrettable if, after a few failures, he sacrificed his emotional fulfillment on the altar of his ambition and need for normalcy.

Michael Peterson tends to be wary of passion and sometimes tries to make his feelings obey reason and logic. He keeps a cool head, observing from afar the romantic imbroglios of others, which he enjoys analyzing and deciphering. He is skillful at playing hard-to-get or at any other little tricks or techniques which will ensure his success when he wants it. He is likely to remain uncommitted until middle age, keeping his hand in (as it were) with little adventures and romps. But he may change after midlife.

Michael Peterson has the fiery, importunate nature of a fervent lover. Indeed, affairs of the heart are one of Michael’s main purposes in life. Michael’s personal charm and magnetism give him nearly irresistible powers of seduction, and nearly every one of Michael’s well-aimed attempts at conquest leads to the fulfillment and satisfaction of Michael’s desires. Due to Michael’s impulsiveness and impatience to initiate new encounters, Michael’s approach to members of the other sex may sometimes lack delicacy.

Michael Peterson is powerfully ruled by his determination and vital needs. His intellectual abilities come to the forefront when his purpose is to communicate his ideal and plot his action or strategy. He can be both logical and astute, and have gifts for theorizing but may sometimes lack perspective.

Michael Peterson expresses his thoughts and ideas carefully, but with a relative lack of spontaneity. He is rather introverted and looks inside himself for the solutions to the problems he encounters in life. Because he tends to mistrust customary thought patterns, his opinion is usually highly personal.

Michael Peterson finds it difficult to communicate with others because he is oriented inwardly and he enjoys discussing himself. He finds it difficult to express the complexity of his inner perceptions because he is often focused on himself.

Michael Peterson has a definite taste for expression and communication. He cannot survive without giving voice to his thoughts and speaking to other people. He delights in his own power to persuade, captivate, and sway an audience with his words. Especially attracted to anything new and original, he immediately grasps the utility and value of the latest technology or philosophy, no matter how complicated it may be, and has a knack for explaining it to the uninitiated and popularizing it. Because he is fairly high strung, he may have trouble concentrating on a single subject for very long, unless it is a source of intellectual fascination or discovery. He may have to make some effort to overcome this inconsistency. His open-mindedness offers him creativity, which is a valuable commodity in many occupations: teaching, communications, advertising, etc. Regardless of the career he chooses, his personal development will involve intellectual activity and progress.