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FIRE/EARTH Selfish yet dutiful; outspoken yet timid; impulsive yet orderly; bossy yet diffident, with organizational and administrative skills; straightforward and direct; strongly analytical and critical; practical perfectionist.

Go, go – stop, stop – go. Are you boisterously outspoken or shyly reticent? Careful or careless? Conscientious or carefree? Do you lead a quiet, self-contained life or are you out in the world shouting the odds and telling everyone what to do?

Whichever way you are, and you are probably frequently torn both ways on different occasions, there will often be times when you wish you were doing the opposite. You want to throw caution to the wind and follow your creative impulses, yet habit, and your easily aroused sense of guilt, seem to demand that you live your life for others in the fulfilment of the endless duties that life seems to place in your path. This means that you can often find yourself torn between the desire to be selfish and do your own thing, and the tug of duty and the worthy cause.

Despite your natural modesty, you are in fact impatient to be where the action is, and to be in command of the show, because you usually have clear ideas of how things should be done. You can be self-effacing, disciplined and conventional yet also highly forthright, argumentative, judgmental and outspoken. Whatever your inward sense of inadequacy, you like to be the one giving the orders, and expect to be obeyed (though you may protest too loudly to be convincing that this is not the case). You want everything and everyone to fit into well-defined roles and are likely to have strong likes and dislikes. Whilst this may put some people’s backs up, you can soon gain others’ respect with your forthright, upfront manner and probably boisterous, and at times outrageous, sense of humour.

Your inner creativity can catch fire in those areas where your natural self-assertion and penchant for being in charge can marry with your reliable, realistic, conscientious, dutiful and perfectionist approach to the work in hand. You are likely to be efficient and effective in whatever you set yourself to do and could flourish in senior management and administration, though you may find the earlier rungs of the ladder frustrating. Your strong powers of analysis enable you to identify the most effective course of action in any situation, and when you get yourself together you may find that you have natural flair as an entrepreneur and organizer. Added to your strong need to make your mark and your natural qualities of leadership, this is a combination that would find itself at home in the armed services, or in any work that requires strength of character and a desire to be of real service to society.

Your master/servant dilemma is often best resolved by becoming an expert in some field, or developing a high-level craftsmanship in a specialized area. When consciously developed, this can make you an admirable teacher, both able to identify with students’ problems and to goad them into trying harder. As a creative artist you are the classic craftsperson, combining passion with sheer technical skill and mastery and an eye for detail.

As you mature, your toughness and modesty can develop into a nobility of spirit inclining you to ‘little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love’ which help make the world a better place.