posted November 29, 2003 02:09 PM              

You're a personality kid. That's what you came her to do this lifetime...shine. People admire your arrogance.
Oddly, it is one of the hardest positions for the Sun, because the work is self-improvement on every level. You can't afford to behave in any way less than a god. You affect people profoundly with the sheer force of your personality. You might be a teacher, a salesman, or run your own business, but people won't let you get away with less than noble behavior. Act selfishly, use other people to build up your ego, and the house you have built comes tumbling down; all that is left is ashes, and yourself, and a sorry self at that. You may have had troubles with Daddy - look yourself in the mirror and remind yourself that you can be better than him. There are more people coasting on their slick egos who hate themselves with first house Suns than any other position. Learn to love yourself. The best way to do that is to be the brightest, shiniest, most self-confident character on the block. You don't do this by tearing other people down. Psychotherapy will help you.
A celebrity client with a first house Sun told his wife, "If you leave me, you'll never forgive yourself." She did leave him, and she did forgive herself.
There's a spark of god in you. Be brave and live up to it. Dare to throw off your neuroses! Remember, too, that you're supposed to believe you're the Christ. Just don't forget that everybody else is the Christ, too. There's a danger in your self-centeredness bordering on Divine Right. Polish up your character each day, then show off. People look up to you as an example.
Here's a chart of a guru in India who makes miracles happen in front of your eyes. Other first house Suns include Rita Hayworth, James Joyce, John Milton, Renoir, Sophia Loren. Can you think of a more individualistic bunch?
Look for a big smile on a first house person's face, resembling the grille of an Impala.

SUN IN THE SECOND HOUSE
"The greatest and most amiable privelage which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least - the privilege of making others happy."
- Charles Colton

posted November 29, 2003 02:09 PM              

Student of life, when will you ever stop asking questions? You love to interview people, so people adore you. You know the secret of popularity - getting people talking about themselves. Let them give you half a chance and you'll talk them under the table - there's nothing boring about you.
You hear God on the radio, and you give great telephone. You're here to learn a little about alot, crank it around for awhile, then spit it back out to the rest of us. You're the messenger, which makes you a writer, teacher, an actor purveying the ideas of other people. If you work on it a little, you're the master of words and can pick up languages, too. One woman I know with a third house Sun can say, "Where's the toilet?" in nineteen languages. Comes in handy.
This commerical ear and love of the everyday marketplace might make your thinking a little superficial, but you can avoid this trap by constant learning. Cary Grant with his impeccable romantic repartee and Picasso's shrewd commercial and artistic eye embody the third house Sun principle. Other third housers are Hugh Hefner, Abraham Lincoln, Eugene O'Neill, William Penn, Albert Schweitzer, Isaac Newton, Jerry Lewis, and Hermann Goering. You can't say they aren't original thinkers; even Goering was, the rotten one in the barrel.
Here's Rod Stewart's horoscope. He may just seem sexy and too much the wild rock'n'roller to you, but he's a hell of a songwriter. Listen to "Mandolin Wind" sometime. Note also the void-of-course Moon in his chart.

SUN IN THE FOURTH HOUSE
"One man with courage makes a majority."
- Andrew Jackson

posted November 29, 2003 02:10 PM              

You're creative. Acting, painting, weaving, writing, lecturing, coloring Easter eggs and doodling on notepads come out of your ears and nostrils. You are the Pied Piper and can work miracles with children. You take the play apart in Darien and make it a hit on Broadway. You could learn to be a show-off and you should, for you're nothing until you love yourself. Grab the applause and live your life in a way that makes you proud. Then teach the rest of us how to love each other. You may have many lovers or a mate who is your pride and joy, but you must love.
Since you're such a big kid, you thrive in pleasure centers, resorts, pinball arcades, the social circuit, showbiz, and anywhere you can speculate, like the Stock Exchange, which is full of big baby brokers. Folks with this Sun position enjoy playing the child; if you find your close ties playing "parent" roles, do remember that you're here to be creative, not childish.
God stuck you here on earth to be sunny, dammit, to experience joy and give it out to the rest of us. The catch for you is that the human race, by and large, does not live in joy. You've got to do it at work, at home, in Calcutta, or on the subway. We need you, so hurry up and believe in your many talents. Sing us a song, give us a cuddle, cheer us up, love us.

SUN IN THE SIXTH HOUSE
"Genius is infinite painstaking."
- Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

posted November 29, 2003 02:11 PM              

You're on an easy wicket if you pick the right people to hang out with if this is your Sun position. But if you choose the wrong mate or business partner you'll be pushing a boulder up the mountain, darling. Learn to draw th eline somewhere or you'll forever be pandering to other people's tastes. One man picked a weird yoga teacher and even gave one of his children a weird yoga name bedause he found out the guru was cruel and crooked.
You can persuade anyone to do anything, so you might as well be a diplomat, an interior designer, a general, or a dictator. You like a merry circus of people around you. It looks chaotic from the outside, but youi love stirring people up and calming them down. You excel in the one-to-one relationship, and you can have one-to-ones with three dozen people, and you prefer things that way. You're a social butterfly, and you must have a mate or an idea you're in love with or you can't feel fulfilled. You may be an artist; you are certainly an artist with other people.
Sigmund Freud, Patrick Henry, Bobby Kennedy, Adolf Hitler, and Charles Manson are famous examples of seventh housers. about all they have in common is powerful charisma and the ability to affect others deeply, changing other people's lives. Hitler and Manson might have had a better crack at expressing themselves had they learned in childhood how to form peer relationships, which is the work of the seventh house. You're not supposed to feel better than or lesser than other people. What you're here to do is to join with other people, to join people with ideas, or ideas with ideas. Like John Coltrane.
You're a super organizer, a political animal, and can be wildly popular. Like Diana's baby boy.

SUN IN THE EIGHTH HOUSE
" The thing was deep in him. He was too strong and alive for it to die lightly."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

posted November 29, 2003 02:11 PM              

Two activities bring out the best in you: travel and mind expansion. Yo might even be happier living in a foreign country, if other factors in your horoscope indicate this. At least you will travel widely, and if you're broke or paralyzed, these circumstances won't stop you. You'll study the world from your armchair, and pretty soon the kids will start calling you professor. You're a grand teacher when you get going.
This Sun position could make you a lawyer, a talk-show host, a travel agent, a hippie, a diplomat, or the local sage. It will give you a big mouth, but a well-considered, educated one!
Not too many people are born this time of day; chances are you'll have some rare experiences not often encountered in everyday life. Your life and your mind may be richer for being rarer; most people are born between midnight and dawn.
You want to more from life than Joe Bloggs down the road. You'll take risks to get the things you want, and much of what you want can't be measured in pounds and pennies. What you really seek is the bird's-eye view, noticing the common thread that runs through varying peoples and cultures. Your mission in life is to study philosophy, religion, and ethics. You will probably eat a lot of foreign food and see a lot of weird stuff. Your job is to digest it all, then broadcast it back to us. We're waiting to hear about your discoveries in freedom.
Famous fearless ninth housers are Henry Miller, Nasser, Rudolph Nureyev (who leaped to freedom), Nostradamus, Princess Grace of Monaco, and Christine Jorgenson, the first transsexual.

SUN IN THE TENTH HOUSE
"It is not titles that reflect honor on men, but men on their titles."
- Machiavelli

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it."
- Mallet

posted November 29, 2003 02:12 PM              

Dream big or die, that's you. You believe to the core that you're here to affect what goes on in your community. You can. You're a superb team player (with a bit of practice), and you're never happier than when you pool in with your friends on a big project. Friends mean the world to you, and sometimes you have a rough time of it just to find friends who match your specific ideals, but you must keep trying to find them. You're okay about your blood ties, but it's more of a challenge to you to love the people you adopt, who are like family to you. At times you may feel as if you're living in a commune. Sometimes eleventh housers do live in a commune, like Allan Noonan, the outer-space guru who communes with flying saucers. Eleventh housers aren't afraid to look into unorthodox subjects.
If you're a little twisted, you can let your heavy influential friends get the better of you. The trick here is to remember you're part of a group, neither better than or worse than others. Remember how unique you are...in fact, you've a rare ability to project a particular character oir image. In an actor or public figure, the ability to be recognized is an asset. Don't be fooled by your own stereotyped image - that public image can turn into a coffin that stifles your growing, changing personality if you let it. Sorround yourself with unique oddballs, and be one yourself - to the hilt. Whether you're a corporate boy or a member of a rock-'n'-roll band, you feel more like you in a crowd. Social skills are important, as you'll spend considerable time convincing others to go along with your schemes. Don't let those dreams slip away. Save those whales.
Some world-saving eleventh housers: Jackie Gleason, Billy Graham, John Hancock, Marshal Tito, Eleanor Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, Bob Hope, Marconi, and Spiro Agnew.

SUN IN THE TWELFTH HOUSE
"When joyously led, the people forget their burdens; in wrestling joyously with difficulties, they even forget that they must die. Joy's greatest quality is the encouragement it affords the people."
- I Ching, Blofeld edition

posted November 29, 2003 02:18 PM              

"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."
-Jean de la Fontaine
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration."
-Niccolo Machiavelli

posted November 29, 2003 02:19 PM              

TAURUS - Gentle beyond belief, these folks may seem boring on first impression. They're biding their time. They're slow to form an opinion about you, or anything else. You'd do well to take your time in sizing them up, however...they follow through on their promises. Look for a strong, compact, even stocky body built to take life's shocks. A bull neck for the gentlemen, swan neck for the ladies, and a rich, soothing radio announcer voice for both. They want comfort and security from life; this dominates their thoughts. Taurus rising makes a person look placid. This same person goes to pieces without money, and the more insecure types will do almost anything to get their hands on the filthy lucre. Gloria Vanderbilt has this Ascendant. Money's no problem for her. She uses her stubborn Taurus rising to bull her way through life with a strong set of values, which includes making her own living...who cares if the neighbors beef!

GEMINI - What a car salesman! this type can talk you into anything they want to. There's a bit of Irish in them, as there's a way with words here that dazzles on first impression. God made them kiss the Blarney Stone before placing them in the womb. They don't feel as light, charming, and witty inside as they seem, so watch their feelings. Look for the quick movements of a waiter as they go about their business. Often they have high foreheads to accomodate those slippery brains. The eyes have little twinkles in them. No one talks you so much to death, is so sensitive of your mental needs as Gemini rising. And they're funny - Phyllis Diller has this rising sign. The only drawback they socially adept spirits exhibit is their love of dancing. This is Ginger Roger's rising sign, but most of them dance like monkeys. Their world view is complicated. They feel like students of life, and the fellas have a little-boy complex. When danger threatens, they start talking their way out.

posted November 29, 2003 02:21 PM              

VIRGO - Mary Mary Quite Contrary has this Ascendant. When they are good, they are very, very good, and when they are bad, they are horrid. The most meticulous dressers and the most disgusting slobs are the Virgo risings. They're terribly busy or slacking off when you first meet them; this is a rising sign of extremes. In truth, they go quite crazy if they don't feel they can be useful to the world; they will always find something to fix or fiddle with. Look for a pensive, worried expression, an oddly proportioned body, a quick walk, and a cool, rational, harshly intellectual first approach. Most Virgo rising people are slim from worrying - even the fat ones look slim from the back until you see the pot belly. Always learning something, they are great people to know if you're always getting into muddles with appliances or plain tickets or people. They'll spring right into action, take your problem apart, and put it together again. They prefer highly tailored clothes with lots of pockets, and the military look. They creat a classy intellectual first impression, laced with humility. Julie Andrews has it.

LIBRA - Even the ones who look like toads look like good-looking toads. The skin has an unearthly translucent quality, and there's often a bland, run-of-the-mill prettiness you see in the male and female models in television commercials. Real stunners, too, often have this rising sign, like Liz Taylor. Let a Libra ascending male tell the rest of the story:
"It's easy for me to switch on a sort of public relations charm," he says, "Especially when I want to manipulate somebody. Oddly enough, it's never entirely cynical or insincere. I usually feel that we are two nice people having a friendly chat even when I've blantantly lied to someone. Lying for me is almost always motivated by a desire to keep personal relationships harmonious. I have no scruples or qualms about that at all. If I lie for personal gain or to escape the consequences of something, I feel very bad about it. A friend of a friend some months ago lent me a book of cartoons. I saw him about a week ago and he asked me if I had like the cartoons. I said yes, although I in fact thought them vulgar and unfunny. The motive for lying was not wishing to seem unappreciative of his gesture in lending me the book - unsolicited by me." This good-looking guy wouldn't even hurt a stranger, let alone a friend.

posted November 29, 2003 02:21 PM              

CAPRICORN - Horrible posture, unless they work at it. There is usually a downcast look in the old goat's eye. Often these eyes were made beautiful through sadness; there was a tough, often downright rotten childhood they must rise beyond and forget. They played with the older kids and spent too much time with grown-ups. There's a big, beaky nose, a noticeable bump-bone on the wrist, pretty laugh lines around the mouth, and an annoying tendency to look more youthful and handsome with each passing year. Often they have funny, vulnerable way of walking. They're racked with feelings of inferiority, suffer from melancholia, and may even have black-dog depressions. You wonder how they get through life in such a shambles. They look best in formal clothes, conservative, dark colors, but they don't seem to care much how they look. So you relax, and these ambitious schemers leap ahead to get the top honors, the best jobs, and your girl. Serves your right for judging a book by its cover, says Capricorn rising. Ari Onassis, Jean Paul Getty, and Billie Jean King have Cappie rising. We all know who Clark Ken really is.

AQUARIUS - A cool, arm's length kind of first impression they make, though they do try to display their eccentricities so you won't be bored. They're the best friends you could ask for, as they're more loyal and not as detached as they want you to think. Social and spiritual issues motivate them. This might make them superior to say the Scorpio rising type, who runs on lust and desire. Then again, Aquarius rising can sacrifice you or another loved one to a Higher Principle faster than you can open a new box of Cheerios. They're awfully psychic, and they like to think of themselves as the weirdos of the group, though they prefer to associate with archconservative people; it makes them feel more daring. In truth, they are conventional in odd ways. Janis Joplin, Emmaline Pankhurst, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and Germain Greer all have Aqurius Rising. Look for funny legs, a square jaw, and fine, wide eyebrows arched like MacDonald's. It's an even face, like Libra's, though not usually as prettified. The eyeballs themselves are a strange, lopsided shape, which gives them the look of the lost children of Atlantis.

PISCES - Sweet and sour. Tender, brave, and cynical. It's a short body, inclined to un bon pointe. Their hair always looks invitingly mussed up, and here are the famous bedroom eyes of Raquel Welch and Princess Caroline of Monaco, both of whom have Pisces rising. These big, bloopy eyes rank with Cappie rising as the most gorgeous orbs of the zodiac. Pisces rising people look like fish-faces. These poetic, sneaky, imaginative, bright, dreamy, restless, sensitive people must be HIGHLY SELECTIVE in choosing environments jand people; they soak up everything that goes on around them. Fortunately most of them are intuitive, and their insight helps them avoid the sleaze. They can choose the wrong people and need to check the facts. They can be strong and brave enough to flow with God's plan; they can play victim and serve as ace martyrs; they're sharp con artists, too. It's all in how they choose. Some of them are so unworldly they will swish around the department store until you find them the exit...but they can save your life.

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posted November 29, 2003 02:26 PM              

Once again, as noted in the original threads:
These descriptions are from Debbi Kempton-Smith's ultra-groovy book, _Secrets From a Stargazer's Notebook_; not all of the info in the chapters has been included, and the info not shown is wonderfully informative and fun.

Buy her book, or request that your local library do so.