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Virgo
allows you to continue learning. You may also choose designing, health
care, writing, editing, or prefer to work in supportive roles in business.
If you have your own business, you will enjoy catering to those with
discriminating taste, and may promote quality material and workmanship.
(From “Woman to Woman,” by Gloria Star. Courtesy of Matrix
Software [http://thenewage.com] and Gloria Star [glostar@aol.com].)
Responding to the revival of interest in pre-twentieth-century astrology, J. Lee
Lehman developed a report program embodying the interpretive approach of traditional
astrology. The following is excerpted from her book Classical Astrology for Modern
Living and her computer program “Classical Report”:
You are given to all manner of learning, and skilled at the sciences, or
many areas of knowledge. You are cheerful, discrete and judicious, and
a lover of the arts. You are studious, with a wit ingenious but discriminating,
and wholly for its own end. You enjoy musical and culinary
entertainments.
You are mutable, which means that you adapt easily to change. However,
you adapt so easily compared to others that they may wonder if you
are capable of maintaining a permanent stance about anything.
You are an Earth Sign, which means that you are “cold” and “dry.” The
“dry” component means, among other things, that you see distinctions
easily, and that you are more swayed by intellectual argument than by
passion. You are perceived as being “cold,” an outward appearance of
being unemotional. In the modern parlance, it fits better with “cold
and dry” than with simply “cold.” However, a “cold” type is basically
lethargic, or slow to react. The “problem” with “cold” is that it makes it
hard for you to forget slights. Because you don’t tend to lash out immediately,
it’s easy for you to allow your anger to build up. Combine this
with a tendency, being “dry,” to prefer the reasonable approach, and
you can end up completely out of touch while your emotions run rampant.
(Courtesy of J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D., copyright 1998 [http://www.
leelehman.com].)
Readers interested in examining interpretations for their Chinese astrological
sign should refer to the relevant entry. A guide for determining one’s sign in the Chinese
system is provided in the entry on the Chinese zodiac.
Sources:
Cochrane, David. Astrology for the 21st Century. Gainesville, FL: Cosmic Patterns, 2002.
Forrest, Steven. The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life. 4th ed. San
Diego: ACS Publications, 1989.
Green, Landis Knight. The Astrologer’s Manual: Modern Insights into an Ancient Art. Sebastopol,
CA: CRCS Publications, 1975.
Hall, Manly P. Astrological Keywords. New York: Philosophical Library, 1958. Reprint, Savage,
MD: Littlefield Adams Quality Paperbacks, 1975.
Lehman, J. Lee. Classical Astrology for Modern Living: From Ptolemy to Psychology and Back
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