In general, Aries people like society to judge them on their own merits, on their real and actual achievements. A reputation acquired by ‘hype’ feels false to them.
Love and Relationships
In marriage and partnerships Aries like those who are more passive, gentle, tactful and diplomatic – people who have the social grace and skills they sometimes lack. Our partners always represent a hidden part of ourselves – a self that we cannot express personally.
An Aries tends to go after what he or she likes aggressively. The tendency is to jump into relationships and marriages. This is especially true if Venus is in Aries as well as the Sun. If an Aries likes you, he or she will have a hard time taking no for an answer; many attempts will be made to sweep you off your feet.
Though Aries can be exasperating in relationships – especially if they are not understood by their partners – they are never consciously or wilfully cruel or malicious. It is just that they are so independent and sure of themselves that they find it almost impossible to see somebody else’s viewpoint or position. This is why an Aries needs as a partner someone with lots of social graces.
On the plus side, an Aries is honest, someone you can lean on, someone with whom you will always know where you stand. What he or she lacks in diplomacy is made up for in integrity.
Home and Domestic Life
An Aries is of course the ruler at home – the Boss. The male will tend to delegate domestic matters to the female. The female Aries will want to rule the roost. Both tend to be handy round the house. Both like large families and both believe in the sanctity and importance of the family. An Aries is a good family person, although he or she does not especially like being at home a lot, preferring instead to be roaming about.
Considering that they are by nature so combative and wilful, Aries people can be surprisingly soft, gentle and even vulnerable with their children and partners. The sign of Cancer, ruled by the Moon, is on the cusp of their solar 4th house (home and family). When the Moon is well aspected – under favourable influences – in the birth chart, an Aries will be tender towards the family and want a family life that is nurturing and supportive. Aries likes to come home after a hard day on the battlefield of life to the understanding arms of their partner and the unconditional love and support of their family. An Aries feels that there is enough ‘war’ out in the world – and he or she enjoys participating in that. But when Aries comes home, comfort and nurturing are what’s needed.
Horoscope for 2012
Major Trends
For those of you born early in the sign of Aries (March 21–31), 2011 was no piece of cake. There were challenges galore, yet you overcame. You worked harder, perhaps longer hours, but you saw the fruits of your labour. In spite of all the challenges, you prospered. Prosperity is still strong in the year ahead as well. Things were not easy but they were good. (The really worthwhile things in life rarely come easily.) When Saturn leaves Libra on October 5, things start to get easier. Health and energy will improve. The love situation will also improve.
Those of you born later in the sign also had prosperity and the good life last year. But you are feeling the challenges more this year – and in future years.
The main theme of 2012 (actually it began in the spring/summer of 2010) is change. Uranus entered your sign in 2011 and will be there for many years to come. Many of you divorced in the past two years or broke up serious relationships and now you are exploring your personal freedom.
Many of you have been praying for change for some time now, and it is happening. Those of you born early in the sign are having it now. Those of you born later in the sign will have it in coming years. These changes are dramatic ones – not like changing your hairstyle or job. Uranus is saying to you, ‘Yes I will bring you the change that you are praying for, but in order to do so, you must allow me to shake things up a bit.’
Love, as we mentioned, has been challenging for the past two years, but should get easier later on in the year, after October (more on this later).
Your spiritual planet, Neptune, makes a major move this year. He moves from the sign of Aquarius, where he has been for 14 or 15 years, into his own sign of Pisces. This is showing shifts in your own spiritual life and a deepening of it.
Though the romantic life is challenging, friendships seem good. You have very devoted friends these days – friends who put your interests ahead of their own.
Jupiter will move into your 3rd house on June 11 and spend the rest of 2012 there. Thus this is a year for expanding the mind – for learning or teaching and for pursuing your intellectual interests. Many of you will get new cars and communication equipment as well.
Your most important interests in the year ahead are the body, the image and personal pleasure; finance; communication and intellectual interests; love, romance and social activities; sex, personal transformation and personal reinvention; and your career.
Your paths of greatest fulfillment this year are finance (until June 11); communication and intellectual interests (after June 11); foreign travel, higher education, religion, philosophy and theology (until August 31); sex, personal transformation and personal reinvention (after August 31).
Health
(Please note that this is an astrological perspective on health and not a medical one. In days of yore there was no difference: these perspectives were identical. But today there could be quite a difference. For a medical perspective, please consult your doctor or health practitioner.)
Your 6th house of health is a ‘house of power’ for the first half of the year and this is good news. You are focused on health; it is a major priority – and it should be, as health is more delicate this year than usual. Three powerful long-term planets – Uranus, Pluto and Saturn – are affecting you, so overall energy is not what it should be. More attention to health is called for this year and you are responding.
There is much you can do to enhance your health and prevent problems from developing. Give more attention to the head, face and scalp (regular scalp and face massage will be especially powerful until July 3; craniosacral therapy is powerful too); the heart (avoid worry and anxiety, the spiritual root cause of heart problems); the adrenals (strong emotions such as fear and anger tend to knock out the adrenal glands: do your best to minimize this); and the small intestine.
Aries are lovers of physical exercise and athletics in general. But this year vigorous physical exercise is very good for the health. Good muscle tone is important. If the muscles lose their tone, the skeleton gets out of whack – the spinal vertebrae get misaligned and this can lead to hosts of other problems. A day at the gym is not only fun but will often do as much for you (if you feel under the weather) as a visit to the doctor.
With Mars, the ruler of your Horoscope, in your 6th house for the first half of the year, good health for you is not just ‘no symptoms’ or physical fitness, it also means ‘looking good’. There is a vanity component here. Good health will do more for your personal appearance than a host of beauty treatments. This vanity component can be used for healing as well. If you feel under the weather, buy a new outfit or have your hair or nails done – do something that improves your appearance, and chances are that you will feel ‘physically’ better as well.
Reflexology
Try to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, but pay extra attention to the points highlighted on the chart. When you massage, be aware of ‘sore spots’, as these need special attention. It’s also a good idea to massage the ankles and top side of the feet (see below).
Aries is always the daredevil. The more dangerous or adventurous a project or activity is, the better they like it. But this year,