Consciousness and The Ideal of Self:

Sommer Ray is determined to obtain a superlative grip on her emotional urges; she practices holding back her impulses and controlling them. Although it is not an easy apprenticeship, she wants to be able to bear strain with patience, endurance, and stamina. More than anyone else, she is aware of the need for a solid and stable foundation as a prerequisite to any effective action.

Sommer has a paternal complex and, as a result, some trouble finding her identity. Perhaps her father or a father figure was absent physically or emotionally during her childhood, which deprived her of the patterns or models which are usually helpful in structuring a personality. Because she 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, she was forced to protect herself against negative influences and find her own system in order to grow and feel secure.

Although this system was quite useful to her as a child, it has now settled in to such a degree that it interferes with her evolution. Psychological defense mechanisms and crutches which were once useful now encumber her mind or inhibit her developmental efforts. As a result, in certain situations, it is difficult for her to assert herself, and she tends to remain an awkward or passive observer. Because her authoritarian urges are mainly directed at herself rather than others, she sometimes feels guilty about her behavior. She judges herself severely, and sometimes punishes herself by setting difficult tasks for herself. Gradually, she should build up a strong inner discipline and acquire the strength to face the problems of existence in a detached and mature way.

Sommer enjoys sharing and has a constant need for contact with other people. Sommer tends to be free and uninhibited in Sommer’s relations with other people, rarely allowing Sommerself to be influenced by convention or prevailing opinion; Sommer associates with whomever Sommer pleases. This attitude makes Sommer’s life refreshing and exciting, and Sommer is never bored. In career terms, Sommer is quite gifted for any field related to communication, where Sommer’s intellectual singularity and lively wit would make Sommer an amazing hit. Sommer would also be likely to succeed in any activity where the work required a multidisciplinary approach: teaching, advertising, politics, etc.

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

Adaptation and Sensitivity:

Extremely sociable, Sommer Ray is instinctively in tune with others. A need to be accepted and respected makes Ray tactful and diplomatic; in fact, Ray will sometimes swallow personal pride in the interests of the smooth running of the group. Ray is also fond of harmony and order in artistic terms; Ray is sensitive and discerning, and will avoid anything crude and vulgar. As a result, Ray is sometimes offended by the harsh demands of existence. Relationships (the couple, or a partnership) take a central role in Ray’s life.

Sommer Ray has a sensitive personality. She may jump to conclusions, which could disrupt relationships, as well as career plans. She is subject to cyclical energy flows and goes from periods of feverish activity to periods of withdrawal and introspection. The aggressive element in her behavior may be explained by emotional problems she may have experienced in infancy: her mother, or a mother figure, may have had an energetic and volatile personality.

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

Because Sommer Ray is so sensitive and has such an irrepressible imagination, she sometimes has trouble distinguishing dreams from reality. Although her bubbling imagination provides an abundant source of inspiration for creative or spiritual evolution, it tends to be less helpful and positive in matters that concern her self-assertion as responsible and self-sufficient. In a relationship, she is extremely romantic and does not always see others the way they really are.

Love and Sensuality:

Sommer Ray has fairly lofty amorous aspirations. The soulmate Sommer imagines for herself is brilliant and dazzling with an array of talents and beauty. However, the gap between Sommer’s splendid ideal and reality is sometimes wide. Sommer should be careful not to confuse her romantic ideal with reality and become aware that her tendency to project may be a way of fleeing from herself.

Sommer Ray’s birth chart indicates an emotional function which is expressed in a direct and fairly impulsive way. She enjoys reaching out to other people and making discoveries. An eternal teenager with her gaze riveted on the future, she is imbued with an eminently subjective and personal idealism.

Sensitive and discreet, gentle and understanding, Sommer Ray can become the best of companions if her heart is aroused. Her need for harmony and her sense of the other make her extremely skillful and affable.

Sommer Ray is driven by a need for admiration and often dictates her romantic involvement based on vanity or pride. She needs a partner she can be proud of, who will respect and adore her. Nevertheless, her marriage or long-term relationship will be very rewarding, potentially complementing her rise on the social or career ladder.

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

Sommer Ray may be characterized by strong sensual and affectionate urges which drive her to seek pleasure. Her need for romantic fulfillment may compel her to marry, because she 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 she had indeed achieved success. However, privately, she might be less committed to certain obligations and duties. At worst, she might deny the commitments that her optimism and expansiveness made her rush into too soon. If this were to be the case, the outward image of the couple’s success (wealth and comfort, etc.) would only be a façade which compensated for its emotional impoverishment and failure. Sooner or later, this hypocrisy might provoke a full-blown conflict. A second possibility is that a psychic incompatibility may gradually take root, pitting her romantic nature against the prerogatives of her career.

Cautious and reserved, Sommer Ray is sometimes unwilling to open herself to others if she is not sure of being accepted. She will always hang back somewhat from her emotional urges, parceling out her expressions of affection, because she has learned – sometimes at her expense – that even the most harmonious relationships require some compromise. For Sommer, “good fences make good neighbors,” and well-marked boundaries can prevent future suffering. Thus, even when she is in love, she remains fairly circumspect. When she finds herself attracted to a partner, she privately engages in a careful analysis of their personality and life story, endeavoring to know them profoundly, to see whether she is likely to be able to share her life and future with them. As a result of her sensitivity, Sommer has a profound affinity for all of the arts. Music, literature, painting, and graphic arts are likely to enrich her existence and make it pleasant. She could progress in any career in which balance, order, and practicality predominate.

Mental and Intellect:

Sommer Ray has a fairly skeptical temperament which relies on remarkable analytic and critical faculties. Sommer is sensitive and curious, a keen observer of facts who collects detailed information Sommer will later pore over and analyze. This type of logical, rational mind is extremely efficient for elaborating methods or sorting and classifying information. However, it sometimes lacks flexibility or broad-mindedness.

Sommer Ray does not express her thoughts and ideas smoothly or easily. She tends to be subjective, seeking to know herself better through a process of introversion.

Sommer Ray’s intellectual faculties and wit are sometimes slowed down because they are turned inward. Because Sommer Ray tends to be oriented toward herself, she rarely tries to communicate with others for the simple pleasure of doing so. Indeed, Sommer Ray sometimes feels misunderstood. Moreover, it seems difficult to Sommer Ray to express the complexity of her inner perceptions.

Sommer Ray has a definite taste for expression and communication and cannot survive without giving voice to her thoughts and speaking to other people. Sommer Ray delights in her own power to persuade, captivate, and sway an audience with her words.

Especially attracted to anything new and original, Sommer Ray 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 Sommer Ray is fairly high strung, she may have trouble concentrating on a single subject for very long, unless it is a source of intellectual fascination or discovery. Sommer Ray may have to make some effort to overcome this inconsistency.

Sommer Ray’s open-mindedness offers her creativity, which is a valuable commodity in many occupations: teaching, communications, advertising, etc. Regardless of the career Sommer Ray chooses, her personal development will involve intellectual activity and progress.