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EARTH/WATER Stubborn; confident; passionate; protective; sensual; possessive; strong appetites; magnetic; staying power; resourceful; persevering; wilful; shrewd mind; intensely creative; egotistic; forceful self-expression; subjective views; protective; independent; perceptive; strategic.

You believe in yourself so deeply that the concept of an inferiority complex is probably alien to you. Your instincts of self-preservation and self-defence work powerfully to claim your territory and just desserts, and only you will decide with whom you will share them. Your ‘territory’ can include material possessions, your home, ideas, professional power and people.

You have deep, almost obsessive convictions about what you do, and you bring such conscientious commitment to your activities, loves and hates that you can exhaust yourself without realizing it. You possess both an unflappable, earthy, maternal temperament as well as a powerful fighting spirit. When working well together, they could be described as the immoveable object and the irrisistible force in an earth-moving pas de deux.

Your tremendous magnetism and self-confidence make an unforgettable impression on others. People sense they need you as an ally because they would really fear you as an adversary! Saying you are wrong or sorry is not one of your strong points, and your sheer perversity and entrenched stubbornness may lead you to overestimate yourself at times.

Passionate sensuality and appetite make you a bon viveur and, potentially, a very talented artist as well. You live life fully, relishing both domestic security and emotional intensity. You can taste the beauty of a rose and feel the strength of the diving roots of a massive oak. Your character is a kind of personification of the primeval life force itself, and there is very little you cannot do when motivated. The one thing that can sabotage your best interests is inertia. This can be a problem because you can attract what you want and then get into a rut, mistaking ownership for contentment. You can dominate others easily and assume their respect and good opinion too readily, turning some into weaklings and others into enemies.

You cannot understand it when people call you bossy; you just happen to know best and are most comfortable running the show. In fact, you can be quite a showman and are a natural self-dramatist, putting tremendous energy into any kind of performance, be it a college debate, a party political broadcast or a Broadway opening night. You need to watch out for negative emotions: they can have a destructive hold over you, especially anger, jealousy and resentment.

When you have become more self-aware and in control of your temperament and energies, however, you are capable of immense amounts of work and commitment. You can be a devoted teacher or doctor, or a perceptive counsellor, a solid, dependable home-maker, a shrewd businessperson, an impassioned social leader, a dedicated artist or musician. If you take to the pen, you could be a merciless satirist of man’s incongruous habits and morals. Luckily, your compelling charm makes the deadly accuracy of your criticism more palatable for others.