Of Arian Optimism,...

Next up in our skip through the zodiac is the sign Aries. These are fairly quirky rants perhaps, but very common issues we note whilst dealing with Arian clients.

Now Arians are the chief archetype of the fiery elemental group, and so we may as well be chatting about Leo and Sagittarius to some degree here too. A real inside tip that I have been eyeing for some time is regards thoughts on optimism and the apparently ‘innocent’ notion of being optimistic. Sagittarius could be the one out here as they do have that much more foresight to aid them.

Fire signs are born to be optimistic. That new shoot of spring coming into the world, it’s a fabulous sunny environment, what could possibly go wrong? Now one of the first things one has to remember is how fire signs are all about drive and energy, they have to be physically active. It’s plausibly all they know or care for. If you don’t join in, you are labeled as lazy and cast off to the side as they busy themselves throughout their day. Much like a fire really, darting about here and there consuming matter as they do so, to stop is to extinguish forever and what threat could be worse?

The one thing fire signs battle with however is planning. Like the fire that burns across the grassland, little does it realize its resources will sooner or later fizzle out. So as such, dare you mention planning or efficiency issues to the Arian! As I jest, their first retort would be, “Well, I don’t see you getting your hands dirty now do i!?” The quality that fire symbolizes for mankind is said to be that of purity. We burn things all through antiquity to purge the lower earthly qualities. So the fire sign always manages to convince everyone that their cause is gallant, noble and pure. This is core to what they themselves believe and is very probably the front-end rationale of what you would see of them approaching. When things go wrong for the fire sign, they curse the situation for they merely had pure noble intentions and are surprised when the world does not reciprocate this innocence.

What I’m getting at here is that blind optimism is exactly that, akin to stumbling around in the dark perhaps? When we mention optimism and hope, it should be that we are optimistic that our “plans” are going to work out. As regularly one decides on a project, sees all the ins and outs involved, makes preparations and watches out for those potential issues that could arise. Hence, when we have a basic plan we can then “hope” all will run smoothly, “according to plan”.

My point is that hope and optimism are concepts that follow the root act of planning. This Arian/Fire sign trait of innocent, noble ambition that the universe will reflect one’s purity is honestly just plain childish at times. If one thought Water signs were dreamers, welcome to their closest compatriots, the intuitive fire type. I get it all the time. “But my intention was pure!” So what quite frankly, get organized and hope your organization can handle the bumps that are sure to follow. Have a back-up plan, don’t just ram yourself at it again and again. 

This situation is becoming quite obvious here in the fresh-off-the-shelf South African “Rainbow Nation” where you have all these effervescent sparkly eyed folk hoping that ... ‘hoping’ that what? As most folks surely can see, the plans are already falling far short of their mark. Yet there is still this blind wanton optimism roaming folk’s hearts, possibly I’m assuming, one of the most irrational of human traits as it apparently overrides all logic. As it only brings us to the door of reality sooner or later with a resounding thud, ‘Oh my word, we have run out of resource, what now!?’ 

And as I say, the frustration you can hear in my text is that when you confront this optimistic sort, the first retort you get is, “Well I don’t see you trying very hard!” I don’t waste my energies on badly planned/managed projects, so no, I am obviously not forwarding my valuable resource at this point. Then the second retort wails in, “At least I can believe,” in what one asks further, mismanagement of valuable resources? This is very much in line with the grandiose nobility of their effort that fire signs pander in attempting to string along fellow enthused participants.

The obvious tip for any fire signs and obviously Arians then being to plan well ahead!

the Deep Piscean Waters,...

March mayhem [i have edited out the irrelevant bits here]
The markets welcomed in the New Piscean moon in fine style. They are currently looking for the bottom of that awesome Piscean ocean. Let’s hope they find it sooner than later else inflation is going to come down on us like a ton of unpaid-for bricks.
Now you know, as an Aquarian, I always idealised Piscean girls. Oh, the mystery, that deep luminous glowing content. Who’s met the archetypical short Piscean woman in their lives? Sometimes they can be of broader build too. See there’s a lot of water with Pisceans. And if you think it’s all mystery, wrong! Drama more like it. So much so, I’ve dubbed them the sign of the soap opera. More drama than you could pack into a year’s worth of DSTV!
Let me give you a bit of a heads up here as this could help you out this month. The modus operandi of the watery creatures, note water signs are all scaled types, Crab, Scorpion and Fishies. A crab moves sideways to get what it wants, so you never see any deliberate advances, this is a major clue to water signs’ social behaviour. Now it’s all about emotions and empathising. So listen here folks! I feel more than any of you, so none of you are as worthy and you’d all better feel guilty as heck when I’m around else I’m going to burden you with so much guilt, you’d wish you had paid for those bricks!
Tip no.1 Never be indebted to a Piscean. You will never hear the end of it. In fact, you will never hear the end of it anyhow. Pisceans probably spend the most time lamenting out of all the signs. Soapie specials. `Oh my boyfriend this, and oh how I’m unappreciated there. People just don’t know how deep and valuable I really am!’
Tip no.2 is: Never buy into the mood! Ever! Be very aware that a moody person actually drapes the environment with such a smothering vibe that none shall pass unless one pays empathetic homage to their cause. `You know, you’re just not good enough/deep enough, to understand. And heck, I’m going to make you feel as bad as I can.’
Moving sideways to get what they want, remember that!
Water signs and Pisceans especially, move people through sympathy. You’d better feel sympathetic is the only problem. Otherwise, that short Piscean woman?, you’re going to see an ocean come out of her. And if she drinks alcohol, ooh golly, be aware that there is no limit to the lunacy that can erupt! The best choice you have is to leave with your sanity intact and let them txt someone else with their problems.
Some of you will think I’m being a bit rough here. Some of you will applaud with laughter at the generic accuracy.
How lovely it is to live amidst such diversity of peoples. One should just keep a tab on what one is responsible for! People need to learn to manage their own affairs and keep it tidy. God Bless and keep safe this month of March.