Th e Role of Sex

in

the Age of

Aq uarius

11

Aries
Male
Female

19
23

Taurus
Male
Female

30
36

Gemini
Ala le
Female

43
48

Can c e r
i\lale
Female

56
60

Leo
.\lale
Female

67
3

Virgo
.\!ale
Female

80
85

(illustrations appear after page 90)

Libra
1\ /ale

Female
Scorpio

Male
Fe m a le

Sagittarius

\!ale
Female
Capricorn

Male
Fenale
Aquarius

J\lale
Female
Pisces

Hale
Female
Sexual Compatibility Guide
A ries
Taurus
Ge m i n i
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorp io
Sag ittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces

113
118
125
130
137
142
149
154
161
166
173
178
185
185
187
189
191
193
195
196
198
200
202

204
205

'This is the Age of Aquarius."

Here you have the title of a song from Hair, a play w ith music
which has been a long-running, record-breaking hit. In the
production , the entire cast makes an appearance in the nude.
In

New York and the other world capitals where this play is

on

the boards .

there have been

no

outcries

from the

professional reformers nor any protests by the ministry nor

any arrests of the producers or performers.
Why, when Mae West served a thirty day sentence for
using one expression found to be obscene in her play, Sex,
only a generation ago? At about the same time, the licenses
of all burlesque theatres were revoked in

New York City.

Why is Hair run ning with no inter feren ce? The answer
is self-contained in the title of the hit song; this is the Age of
Aquarius.
With the ending of World War II, the Aquarian
Age began; it is the new cy cle of the brotherhood of man and
of en lightenmen t . What characteristics has it manifested thus
far?

Leading off with the A's, astrology has become a

world-wide craze, fad, hobby, profession, pursuit. Call it

what you will, it is dominating social life and profoundly
affecting industry. It has become the quasi-religion of the
under-thirty

generation,

and

is

the

universal

topic

of

conversation.
Formerly hounded underground by fear-not law
astrologers arc doing a thriving business; radio, television, and
the press arc gasping for time to fill the public's demands for
more and more information about the influence of the
planets.
Is astrology valid? The writer has complete belief in
it. The reader may find the pro's and con's in dozens of
dissertations on the shelves of his nearest library. This is not
the subject of this book.
This book deals with sexuality. It is a revelation of
astrology's encyclopedic analysis of sex and personality,
about love in all its natural forms and aberrations. I ts purpose
is to enable you to understand yourself and others, and to
understand the greatest driving force in life itself: sexuality.
"To know all is to understand all."
M.C.G.

New York City

January, 1 9 72

THE ROLE OF SEX IN THE AGE OF AQUARIUS

The oldest recorded astrology

is that of the Chinese. The historians' educated guess is that
astrology may be 40.000 years old, having Tibet as its
birthplace. In Chinese mythology, interwoven with astrology,
is the story of creation. According to it, God created the
earth, then man. Man wen t to God and told Him he was
lonely, that he could not live alone. So God created woman,
.

to give man a compamon.

Soon the man and woman began to quarrel. The man
went to God again. This time, he said, "I cannot live with
woman. Take her away." God took her away. Then man
became very depressed. He wen t to God and beseeched Him
to return woman to him.
God said to man, "You see, you cannot live with
woman, and you cannot live without her. This will be your
-

destin y until the end of time.'

This

is

simple

tale.

It

took

place

in

an

uncomplicated world which became complex. antagon istic,

and contradictory as soon as there were two sexes in it.

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The male principle is symbolized by the Sun in

astrology , the fe m ale by the Moon. Th is may be the first
occult knowle dge ever acquired by hu mans. It is perfectly
rational , m akes excellent sense , and it substantiates the tenets
of astrology . Withou t solar radiation there would be
absolutely no life on the plane t earth. The Moon takes a
month in the celestial calendar to transit the twelve Signs of
the zodiac; it is the time-keeper of the menstru al period or
monthly.
Leaping forward in time some unnu mbered ce nturie s ,
w e fi n d further complications in t h e love-sex situation. In
The Sy mposiu m of Plato, the dichotomy of l ove is
expounded. This reveals three (or an addition of two) kinds
of love : the love of man for woman ; the love of woman for
woman ; the love o f man for man. I t ends "and the gre atest of
these is the love o f man for man. " This was in conformity to
the mores and c ustoms of the times. It is an expression o f the
Sun-plus-Su n creative astrological principle . The product, the
creation , was the noble friendship in b attle and the
philosophy which led to the foundation and maintenance of
the first city-state.
The m an-woman love was the S u n-Moon influence or
fertility-conception principle required for reprodu ction , and
for survival o f the race . This was the e ssential of the marriage
rite in the community. The lesbian relationship was the
Moon-plus-Moon influence , barren without the solar
influence, " dead"-as the Moon is dead.
Even this Gree k civilized pattern or complex seems
simple nowadays. Let no one think that the complexities of
today's sexual perm issiveness were e ither unknown or not
practiced in other times. One would be deluded to think
there was no masturbation , narcissism , sadism, masochism,
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fetishism , cu nilingu s, pederasty. Oedipus complexes, El ectra

complexes, sibling love , incest. actual master-slave relation
ships, self-flagellation , or sexual ab stine nc e . There were
simply no names for them or other names. It took S igmu nd
Freud and his followers co create a new vocabulary to
christen practices known th ousands of years before h is time .
Some were condemned or permitted depending on the
astrological Age of Man. All are with us now .
Wh at i s sex i n the Age o f Aquari us? It i s che same act
of copulation reaching orgasm within a few minutes th at it
was thousands of ye ars ago. It is. in its climax of orgasm. an
experience affe cting sixty nerve ce nters in the human body.
It is the most talked about experience. the most sought after
experience. It is the strongest driving force of humanity.
Anatole France derided the importance hu mans place on the
sexual act because of its re petitious monotony and brevity
compared co the hours ' long h ermaphroditic . sado
masoch istic sexual thrills o f the snail !
Why , the n . all th e talk . all the discussion. al l the
words about sex in newspapers and magazine s . in movies.
plays . books, bedrooms, and courts of law? It is not all about
the same old thing. It' s ab out what ' s new about it understanding sex, finding a way to sexual happiness and to
understanding attitu des to sex in the Astra-Space Age .
All o f these matte rs concern people . And astrology is
concerned w ith people. their happiness pote ntial , and the ir
im provement through the understanding of themselve s which
astrology gives the m.
\Ve might mention animals. too, as they concern
people in several ways. First. it should be made clear that
refere nces elsewhere to man ' s animal nature or the animal
side of his nature are very libelous to animals. Sex in animals
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is far more orderly than it is in hu mans; certainly, it is up to

and probably surpasses man's moral standards. Most animals
are monogamous, m odel parents with model famil ies. Sex
plays a role as a preli minary to reproduction and the
pre serva tion of the specie s , but that role is, of cou rse , in the
nature of sensatio n . In the classification of the species of the
animal kingdom each has its astrologic al ruling plane t.
Animals arc the friends. enemies , servants, and food
of man . As pets they play a great role in human emotions. In
cases of (crim inal) bestial ity , many aspects in the in dividual's
chart must be analyzed to give a clear u nderstanding o f this con
dition whic h may be more prevalent than is commonly known.
Th is is, however, but one of the strange prac tices of
modern times. The Age o f Aquarius is filled with complexes
or "hangups" as the rising generation c alls them.
Uniquel y , the terms 'sacred' and 'profane' love are
still use d; the former is ruled by Venus, the lat ter by Pluto.
The problems of hom osexual tendencies and homosexual
panic ru n rampant through t hese times of permissive ness , and
they are ruled by various aspe cts of Mars, Neptune , and the
Moon . Personal codes individually created in opposition to
conventional codes and partially attribu table to Dr. Alfred
Adler and his school of " individual psychology" are ruled by
the Sun and Mars .
Ch anging moral stan dards throughout the world are
responsible for changing sexual habits. This is particularly
tru e in the United S tates where the changes have been more
sudden than in nation s label ed corru pt, such as Germany
where permissivenes and perversion were rampant following
Worl d War I . These changes arc under the rulership of Uranus
(upgrading) , Pluto (downgrading) , and S aturn ( ch anges due
to tim e) .
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The " generation gap" is under the rulership of

Saturn , and this slowly moving plane t , characterized as the
"celestial school-master" , has produced some unique ideas on
sex, especially pre-marital relations. Typical of Saturn's
influence , people asked in a Gallu p poll in the over-thirty age
group considere d such sex relations wrong in the majori ty of
cases. Those between twenty and thirty were divided about
evenly. College students approved pre-marital sex: two to one .
Adult whites were overwhelmingly against such relations
while adult Negroes were divided ab out evenl y . More women
were against than in favor, th is group being also under the
influence of the Moon as well as Saturn , while males are
under the influence of the Sun and Mars as well as Saturn to
a preponderant degree. The latter qualifying statement is
included, as every individual has every planet in his or her
individual horoscope.
The above opinions were collected in a Gallup poll
taken in 1969. The institute of Sex Research where Dr. Albert
Kinsey compiled his provocative Report issued the opinion
that the " now" generation has changed more in its attitude
towards sex than in its behavi or pattern .
Many women play the role of the mistress of a man,
in some cases both parties thin king that there is some form of
status in their position. Here one has an example of the
influence of Venus, Saturn , and Mars . In u pper-class society
where such a relationship may take on an air of being chic or
fashionable, an aspect o f the power of Mercury would also be
in evidence.
The sexual instinct is a very pow erful force under the
rulership of Venus for both sexe s , Mars for the male, and the
Moon for the female . Yet under Plutonian radiation it is
being attacked and evinced 111 such seeming but e ffective
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byways as the appearance of theeanti-hero, the anti-w ar

pacifist, the drug addict, and the alcoholi c - all types who are
losing expression of the sex force.
The feminization of the male, especially in America,
has

become

one of the most

serious

and widespread

characteristics of sex in the Aquarian Age . I t would ap pear

that if ever there was a " battle of the sexes" , the female sex
has won! The ascendancy is witnessed or observable in the
femin ized male, the crucial love relationships of people in life
and their reflections in films, drama, and books, the painful
sense of failure in

the people attending psychiatric or

therapeutic sessions, the doc ility of the male spouse, and the
confessed absence of sexual passion in the night people , the
hippies, the hipsters , and the yipp ies . Sexual envy plays a
great part in this picture: the women seem to be dominating
the home, the business world , the world of finance, and are
rising higher and h igher in the world of politics; the males
seem to be regressive, docile, despairing, and their sex is
increasingly turning to homosexuality and trans-sexual opera
tions. One might say a mighty switch is taking place .
One can not but agree with the greatest of modern
sexologists , Dr. Robert S . De Rop p , that "man is almost
insanely sexual . " But one might add that this is more of a
modern manifestation than an old one, or one of older times.
The

next

sec tion

of

this

book

reveals

sexu al

tenden cies by S igns. It is important to remember that every

planet is in every Sign . Hence a S ign reading is based only on
the position of the S u n at birth . There is an interpretation for
eac h sex born under eac h S ig n . These analyses are followed
by a Sex u al Compatibility G uide describing the sex potential
of the S igns to each other.

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Aries: March 21

to

April 19

THE ARIES MALE

March 21st to Apn'l 19th

The sy mb ol o f Aries is the

Ram . The ongm o f this zodiacal beast is the season of
fertility , the spring. The constellation's pat tern seemed to
form the outline of a ram in the days when shepherds in the
fields looked up to the darkening skie s. It is an apposite
symb ol, for the ram with the small "r" is a synony m for a
device which batters , crushes, drives or forces something, and
this is characteristic of the Aries male . He is a re al man. Even
the homosexual Aries male has masculine phy sical character
istics, rarely any secondary fe m inine traits.
Men born under Aries do not de ceive the astrologer.
Their exteriors may be very tough , and most likely they are ,
and they are h ard-boiled in their business dealings , but they
long for tru e , romantic love . They melt at love given to them
selflessly and generously. They m ourn_ bitter! y when the
affair is over.
The Aries m ale's sexual appetite is enormous. His
qualifications for being the love machine are righ t there , and
he is just about ever ready. In youth, sex bewilders h i m , and
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he seeks a happy attachment with someone who understands

his blind groping and is patient enough to teach him, console
him for the accidents and heartbreaks of adolescence, and
loves him until he is ready to enter the grown-up phase of sex.
Satyriasis can become his personal complex because
he is a born hunter, but one with the instincts of a ferret. He
can almost smell out his prey, and prey it is likely to
become-whether a member of the opposite sex or his own.
Having chosen the object of his sexual desires, he pursues it
relentlessly. Nor is he satisfied with a single sexual act or
orgasm.

The

first may

indeed

act only as a stimulant,

arousing his passion to an uncontrollable degree. Should he

be repulsed after the initial act, it would drive him to seek
still another partner, and he would not give up until he
succeeded in finding one.
The male of the Sign Aries tends to be well built to
go with his own aggressive nature. Unless, however, he takes
particular

pains

with

his

grooming,

his

clothing,

and

especially his skin, he will not make a successful impression.

For conquest, therefore, it is wise for him to take special care
of every detail of his appearance. He should shave daily, and
he may have to repeat this for special neatness in the evening;
his linen and suits should be fresh and pressed at all times.
This will prevent his seeming overbearing because of his
powerful sexual drive or his natural physique. Diet and
exercise

are

prescribed

to

prevent early

fleshiness and

flabbiness. Health and its glow will also subtract attention

from the eyes which are, or seem, small or beady in the Aries
male.
They
extremes,

can

carry

bodily

and the beach boys,

development

to

body builders,

foolish
and ex

hibitionists at the beach arc likely to be their Sign siblings.

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The planetary influences generally give the m over-average

height, and they develop a ruddy complexion top ped by
thick eyebrows colored to matc h som e shade of blac k hair
which usually thins in the middle years of life.
They do not separate their vocation from th eir sexual
life, seeking partners (as they do everywhere) in the offi c e , at
conve ntions, and on busi ness trips or at combined soc ial
business fun ctions. Without self-control , th ey can gamble
(and lose),

due

to allowing the

negative side of Aries

dominate. They can overindu lge in alcohol , and let their

moral censor slip to the point of engaging in unethical or
dishonest business deals .
The

views

of

the

Aries males change

as they

mature , and the liberalism of youth changes to conse rvatism

in later life . They may sigh over the lost idealism of youth,
but they e njoy the material bene fits of their conversion . The
be ne fits make it possible to induce lovelier partners to go to
bed with the m . They don't like to consid er this paying for
"it", but in their se cret hearts they k now that is what they
are doing. They should not h ide from the mselves nor think
that the c ultivation of h ighbrow interests ( natural to them)
will subtract from the powerful drive of th eir sexual desires.
Traditional astrology attributes he roism to the m in
m ilitary life, but modern astrology declares that their eyes
wander to the form and beauty and the men or wom e n with
whom they share su ch a life. Their hyp notic sexual power,
aggression, and will to succeed ca. n subdue their superior
officers or even enslave th em for the ti me be ing.
Th e

Aries male

can

make

his- mate ve ry happy

because his inclination is to be generous and thoughtful. He

can also torment his mate by being jealous, de manding,
qu estion ing and allowing no ti me for independent ac tion no
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matter how innocent. His conduct can be infantile or childish

when he feels negle cted. This is a hangover from excessive
mother love, (something he carries all t hrough life ) , and he
unconsciously seeks his mother in his mate . To sire a large
brood can be his hope , dre am or ambition , plus which the
"p ill" is anathema to h i m .
Because t h e Arie s m ale is very sen sitive beneath his
warl ike exterior, Mars being his planetary Ruler, he is subject
to psychosomatic disorders . Domestic strife c an bring on
painful sy mptoms, e .g . , headache , asth m a , c on striction of the
chest . These arc c aused by emotional stress and tensio n ,
sexual frustration , a n d c a n l e a d to heart weakne ss, especially
if he is a heavy drinker or smoker. Hyp nosis works very
effectively to stop the latter practices but is ineffectual in
sublimating sexual cravings.
"Stormy Weather" could be the theme song of the
Aries m ale's sexual and em otional life . When he is at the
zenith of happiness in a love affair, he questions his good
luck and jumps from ecstasy to despair and back again. He
fi nds it impossible to accept happiness comple tel y , and this is
the clue to his romantic misery . He must learn to enjoy it
while it last s ; it may well be the hardest lesson in his life , but
it would prove of infin ite value. He must also learn that his
passions control him, not he them , for desire c an lead him to
costly experiences, expensive to p urse , health and reputation .
The Arian has the ability to win those in the most
cul tured sectors of society and is just as happy ru tting with
an unlettere d woman. Ye t he tells himsel f he wa nts happi
ness, a kind which comes from mu tual love ! Th is will come
to him only as a reward for learning the meaning o f and the
acquisition of total, personal unselfishness. Difficult, but
worth it.
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THE ARIES FEMALE

March 21st to April 19th

The Aries female loves sex,

a11d once she has discovered it-at whatever age , and usually
an early one-she can become crazy ab out it. She develops a
craving for knowledge of the erotic. Her in terests will be
concen trated on a study of m ale and fe male anatomy , and
she is aroused to extre mes by the actual appearance and size
of her partner's sexual organs. This woman reads books on
sex, erotica, and pornography with a ke en eye. She becomes
a collector of stimuli , from tic klers to photograph s to the
instru ments used by sadists and masochists.
I n the emotions involved in sex, the Aries fe male
chooses true love and wishes above all things to be its obje c t .
H e r lover m u s t be demonstrative aove all things if he (or
she ) does not want a complaining, nagging, frustrated woman
on hand. She is ever ready, publicly or privately , to be told
she is love d , to be petted , pinched, stroked, felt, patted,
kissed, and excited.
The Aries fe male deludes herself thoroughly about
the one she loves-until disillusion sets in. She e ndows her
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lover with traits, characteristics and qualities her love never

possessed. This astrologic al type sees wonders in the com
monest partner in her sex life , she interpre ts the simplest
gesture of politeness as one of regal condescension or the
sharing of some royal and secre t compact of amorous
intrigu e . When her eyes are opened , the abyss and the fall
thereinto are all the more disastrous.
Restlessness and impatience are traits of the Aries
woman , and their roots are in her sexual desires, which seem
insatiable. They are evinced in soc ial and business condu c t ,
but they s t e m fr o m h e r extern al h e a t . T h e intellectual Aries
fe m ale sublimates this infinite energy into creative channels.
Nevertheless, when the zenith of de sire over takes the
sublimatio n , she will devour her mate or se ek experie nces by
picking one up in the nearest b ar , park , or on the corner.
O ften a cause of unhappiness to the Aries female is
the fact that men do not understand her or t ake her
seriousl y . The first impression she makes may be one of
stupidity-not necessarily a true or acc urate impression a t all !
Her appearance may exaggerate this as light coloring may
make her one of those blondes whom "gentlemen prefer" b u t m arry brune ttes (with a bow to Anita Loos). The blonde
who was imm ortalized b y that fine writer presented a naive
stupidity to her prey and profound cupidity to her mirror.
However, she seeks to please , e njoys sex, and gives as good as
she ge ts.
The Aries woman h as the aggre ssive quality just as
much as the Aries m an. She can forge ahead in social life,
society (which is quite different), the theater and movies , the
cosmetics industry , and the world where beauty itself is an
industry , fashion, con tests, and perhaps political in trigue .
This girl begins to gather prizes at an e arly age , and they may
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be admirers. lovers, helpmeets. hu sbands. partners. and in

some cases, victims. She dotes on overcoming all males and
c an act so cleverly that the number of males who make up
her list of successes or conquests is very large . If she decides
to make a conquest . nothing will re main standing in her way,
and her batting average will be .1000 !
The equipment possessed by the Arie s female makes
her an e arly starter. for her feminine attributes develop wh en
young. an d she presents a picture of voluptuous sexuality
perhaps even before she understands either her own attrac
tions or the mysteries of sex. She looks appetizing by the
time she celebrates that old-fashioned birthday. sweet
sixteen. with breasts u pstanding. a waist a man can slip h is
arm around. sensuous hips. and a walk like Marily n Monroe's.
At this age she begins to collect scalps-and proudly , too. The
upper b ody resembles an inverted pyramid, slightly like that
of the Aries athlete . As she grows older. she may tend
cowards acquiring fat. but she is the kind to fight it with
gadgets. diet, exercise. and self-control .
With Mars, that red , hot. and fiery planet as the Ruler
of Aries, the wom an born under this S ign will frequently find
herself in complicated situations. The secret and adve nturous
places, the haunts of the underground, the exotic locale s , and
dangerou s territory all lure her, nor doe s she resist th e tempta
tions that th ey offer. What she finds, she wants: what she
wants. she al so wants to rule . While relationships th u s formed
may be casual , te mporary. or one-night stands, th e physical
aspects that accompany this kind of anonymous affair can
release hidden repressions and explode into a sexu ality with
all its rare perve rsities indulged in with eith er a male or fe male
partner.
Besides the physical e ndowments of the Aries
?"
-:>

woman , her charm is enhanced by the variety of interests, the

outward-going facets of her personality, and her ability to
acquire numerous skills. She is attracted to the novel , to
activities that are really in novations, and this makes her seek
out new or you ng talent as well as to be very attractive to it.
There is nothing square about her attitudes exce pt her
acqu isitive trait, and she fairly sneers at people who retain
established ways of thinking , standards now ignored , and
outmoded moral and political codes . I n this freedom she
somehow clings to superstition , an inconsistency that is most
amusing-yet she clings to it. The lady might disclaim such a
foolish characteristic while saying, " I 'm not superstitious
knock wood!"
A troublesome part of the Aries woman 's social and
sexual life is a deep , perhaps consciously hidden , sensitivity.
This leads to misu nderstandings which are painful to her and
the other person concerned. A fault, a failure to remember
some anniversary, a seeming slight-perhaps even unknown to
the "guilty" party-can produce a display of temper that is
shocking and uncalled for . Or it will produce a pout that can
be long,

emotionally expensive , and even end in active

enmity. The Aries lady will not welcome an in vi tati on to talk

things over.

S he will either suddenly dismiss the whole

disagreement or send some elaborate and costly gift as a form

of apology .
This Aries female has a terrific sense of humor and
appreciation of wit, but not a well-developed sense of fun .
She seems almost too big for foolish fun and games, yet can
laugh

louder

than

anyone else at the p arty.

A great

story-teller , she can be the most sarcastic sneerer at people

who fail to get the point of the joke she has told.
In the biography of this lady , there is usually one
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life-long admirer somewhere in the background . Throu gh

memory , nostalgia , sen timent. maybe true love, th ere is one
man or one love in the background who is forever enamore d
with her and eternally loyal. She has the good sense as well as
the sensitivity to appreciate this, and pays some kind of
re spect to the gift and its giver. Her mo tive may not b e the
highest. for in her secre t heart she m ay selfishly be
whispering, "Who knows? Some day I may need him ."
Marriage may seem remote from the traits ascribed co
the daugh ter of Aries , but it is as though this is a separate
department, one which she can control , steer to su ccess, and
keep safely separate from all other de partments of life. She
can inspire as well as drive her mate to succe ss. She usually
bears many chil dren , so financial success is really imperative.
Her instincts as a mother are most admirable, and she c an
love husband and offspring while never being deceive d about
their faults or their weakne sses. Attractive t o the end o f a
u sually long life , the Aries woman will be a man-killer right
up to her last breath.

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Taurus: April 20

to

May 20

THE TAURUS MALE

April 20th to May 20th

A gre at deal of astrology c an

be absorbed from the symbolism of the planets and the S igns.
The symbol for the Sign of Taurus is the Bul l , one of the
beasts of the natural zodiac ( from the Gree k , zoion , animal).
It is, indeed , a curiosity , for the symbol is far more applicable
to the male of the Sign than to the fe male . It is indicative of
a very powerful sexual ab ility , a great physique , a diversified
mating-all those traits brough t to mind by the expression in
common usage , "built like a bull."
While the social conduct of the Taurus male can be
gu ite like that of the animal which sy mbolizes him , i t c an
also be very sophisticated. This is bec ause h e is a quick
learner, a man with tremendous native intelligence , and able
to absorb the culture and m anners of any environment with
ease . The veneer may be magnifice n t , but the below surface
crashing urges and violence arc th ere . It may take shoc k ,
anger, o r overp owering desire t o reve al what many coats of
lacquer conceal-but there they arc .
One of the grand games of astrology people play is
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"guessing your Sign . " Perhaps the Taurus male is the easiest
to guess, for he is rarely able to conceal his true self from one
with normal intuitive perception. He may be of humble
origins, a poor family, a city boy or a coun try boy. His aim,
whatever his natal surroundings , is succe ss. He may have
m agnetic qualities to b ring him sexual success with beautiful
partners. If he hasn ' t , he will dream of such great ac
complishments that he will gain his ideal through power or
wealth.
It is the sexual urge that drives him to seek m aterial
success, for he kn ows that with it he can control the destinies
of men, women , and childre n . Not uniquely , he m ay choose
some avenue of great artistic creativity as a way of gaining
wealth because the ruling planet of h is S ign is Venus. This
pl anetary rulership does not nece ssarily m ake him a creative
.
genius; he may be one. Should he not b e , he will align himself
with people who arc, manage them , direct the m , promote
them , use them , ab use the m , and in the end make the m
produce while he pockets the large st perce ntage o f their
earnings. This may make him a largely un savory character.
but it has some good in it. I t simultaneously-if painfully
spurs on his associates or victims to greater and greater
creative , produc tive, and profitable e fforts.
When one has identified a Taurus m ale , one will begin
to notice certain very enduring traits reveal ed in unco nscious
move ments and gestures. He seeks to provoke others to talk
0
ra ther than do the talking, wh en he has some specific aim or
gain in view. His thinking here is that the other party will talk
himself or herself into a binding situation that will cost the
Taurean less t han if he made an offer. The goods being
bargained over may be material , artistic , or scrvices
commercial or sexual. Rarely will h e say , "I o ffer you .. . .
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He can wait until the other party says , "I want . . . . " Or he
may ask , "How much ?"
One should not gather the impression that this man is
not talkative or articulate . That is his bargaining mask.
During this dialogu e , he will keep h is antagonist from
closeness, from approaching him. Between the m , the Taure an
will set up b arriers . He will hold out his cigarette, point with
his pen or pencil, re move his ey e-glasses and point the
ear-pieces at the other person. Unconsciously fighting a duel
in which only he is arme d, he chooses all these articles-all
phallic sy mbols-bec ause with any one of them he is going to
triumph over the other party .
When necessary , and other ploys h ave failed, he c an
tal k , tal k , and talk. He will try to win the contest by sheer
overbearing repetition to get the dotted line signed or the
prey into his bed. During this demonstration he plays scales
of monologues, u p , down , persu asiv e , acting all p arts in some
story , reve aling his culture in a wealth of classical allusions ,
shocking with the sudden use o f some obscene expression.
That is the Bull in him , the Bull who is kicking up the turf,
getting ready for the charge. The date or time set, now
relaxed , he becomes the great story-teller, he thinks . His
anecdotal repertory goes on and on . His boring recital is
interrupted by sudden flashes of conversational brilliance. He
will create and relate interminable fantasies giving each of
them his certified testimonial of tru th . All going back to his
symbolic beast.
The Taurus male has a disarming appearan ce, for it
conceals his extrem e em otional-sexual nature . Rarely less
than average heigh t , he maintains through nature or self
control a good figure . The face is neither broad nor narrow ,
with the l ips compressed and the hair thinned out as time
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takes its toll. With u nique vigor that seems e ternal , the eyes
alone may show signs of age . with pouches, or wrin kle s, or
small skin blemishes.
This man is a hard worker, legal or re ligiou s holidays
making no difference to his non-hour daily or week-end
schedule . The excessive energy o f the sex drive is redirected
in to superior business ability or social ambitions, but not so
inclusively as to o mit pleasure s , especially sexual e njoyment.
The driving and primary force is always to sex. Eve n his
business trips and vacations are not without the search and
the hope for a sexual conquest.
The Tauru s man wants gratification first , therefore
m arriage may have little significance for him other than as a
status symbol. The Taurean of lowly origin will happily
marry above his station in early life , b u t not necessarily make
his wife's life a happy one. Should she be unable to satisfy his
insistent demands, he will seek other partners and be most
careless of his mate' s disc overy o f his other affairs. Nor will
her jealousy or scenes upset him , for he has a built-in
insulation to such signs of temperament.
Children are in about the same relationship to the
Tauru s married man. He has a curiosity and intelle ctual
interest in his offspring, but no profou nd e motional relation
ship with the m . He will be hel p fu l , proud of their
accomplishments, interested in their liberation, and in
structive as long as they will le arn to follow in h is
footsteps. He could easily make a play for another woman
with his daughter by his side, even pushing her off on some
man to h ave a bit of fun. Unless his son followed in his
footsteps, he would consider such a child a rather stupid
chap. All this leaves the Taurus male's legal mate i n the
position of having to accept him as he is with the benefits
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which accrue to her or of having to leave him and lose her

social position.
With all his maleness and conce ntration on sexual
pleasure , the Taurus male rarely deviates by joining in sex
with another male or in other than the straight sex act with a
fe m ale. H e may try either o f these variations but hardly like
either one or become addicted to such prac tices. Uniquely
for such a domineering male , he is not critical or upset by the
unfaith fulness o f his mistress or mistresses , but can become
pathe tically jealous of one woman whom h e comes to regard
as his private property. This even though she is m arried to
some other man. She becomes a symbol of his achieve ment if
she is especially pleasing or accomplished in sex or represents
the conquest of some seemingly unat tainable "lady" with a
position in "h igh society."
The rulership o f Venus over Taurus gives rise to some
engrossing frustrations. The Venus-ruled Taurean may ear
nestly desire fame as a fiction or play writer. More likely this
would develop as an avocation. His aim: fame. For fame
brings the admiration of women . As a playwright , it would
make beau tiful stars available to him. Rather u ntalented
actors and athletes migh t fight their way to the top with the
same aim driving them on.
The early life of the Taurus male may not be very
happy. He seems to h ave some conflict between the attention
necessary to the growth of his mind and that of his body.
The tremendous impact on the sexual drive in the body is a
force most difficult to control . It m ay take precedence over
all other drives; it may cause the young " Bull" to seek sexual
gratification through young girls or female relative s , even
though acts o f aggression are required.
The object of the youthful Taurus male's search may
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be females of retarded mental development. Being conscious

of his own lack of knowledge, technique, and sophistication,
he wisely or instinctively pursues the prey he realizes is
easiest to catch!
The Taurus male looks forward to a long life and one
filled with sexual satisfaction. His sex vision is generally
20/20, and he rarely veers to any form of aberration. His
potency becoes a mental problem in later life, which in
turn

can

bring

about

psychic impotence.

However, he

responds beautifully to injections of hormones. This gives

him both psychic confidence and the physical ability to
spend the golden years of his life as he would have wished to
all his life.

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THE TA UR US FEMALE

April 20th to May 20th

I n contrast with the traits of

the male member of the Taurus famil y , the fe male , although
her Sign's zodiacal beast is also the Bull, is typically feminine .
She has the appearance of gentle and genteel fem ininit y , built
small, with large eyes in a rather compact fac e , wearing a
look of critical seriousness. She is studious about life and sex,
perusing its vagaries in an academic and scholarly manner.
The woman born under Taurus accepts motherhood
with a kind of careless grace . She c an take it or le ave it and
be equally h appy either way , but would show a pre ference
for daughters.
While she strives for personal beaut y , it is for the sake
of beauty itself rather than to make her sexually at tractive to
men. The rulership of Venus over the Sign Taurus sway s the
female more in the direction of beauty than of love . I n
choosing vocations t h e Taurus lady tends t o those which
enhance the beauty of the body . She would more likely
become a make-up expert , theatrical dre sser, or designer than
a star. Coordinated fields are career guidance, teaching, ho tel
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management, hostess work (in res taurants, clubs , on ships

and planes) . She can earn a good living through the use o f her
natural , in nate charm . In so doing. she is very helpful to
others , particularly memb ers of her own sex.
This all seems very sublimated and high-minded ,
controlled , and far from t h e overpowering force of sex. While
it is tru e , it does not exclude the force of sex. Rather the two
parts of the personality co-exist . For the Taurus female has a
tre mendous sex drive and is a potential nymphomaniac
which part of her n ature she conceals beneath her de mure
exterior and helpful actions.
In circu mstances or situations away from her conve n
tional environment, the Taurus woman reveals her true
nature-her love for sexual pleasure. The Taurus male has
neither curiosity nor interest in sexu al abberations and
deviations; not so the Taurus fe male . She has both an avid
curiosity and a profound interest in all the form s and
variations sex offers for thrills. The notoriou s "leather girl"
of New Jersey represents the extreme of this type wh o e njoy
sadistic pleasure s , beating m e n , satisfying their lusts in
torturing the m ale and forcing him in to satisfying her lusts
with all kinds o f weird and far-out acts of perversion . A t the
other end o f the Taurus scale is the sadistic female who
searches far and wide for a p artner who will force h er in to
sexual slavery , overpowering her into the lowest forms of
obnoxiou s and disgusting ac ts-which she thoroughly enjoys.
Both o f these extremes o f Tauru s personalitie s are capable of
marry ing, gradually impressing upon their spouses the roles
which will gain them the sexual gratific ation which they
crave . Both are c apable o f evolvi ng a conte mptuous attitude
towards their mates should the latter fail to respond or lose
his potency or interest. Both are capable o f seeking and
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finding other sexual partners for their perverse pleasures.

There is a lot of self-love in the Taurus female. As the
woman e m erge s from the girl , her interest in h erself increases.
G radually she comes to love her body and its image in the
m irror. S h e is willing to exerc ise , diet, ride horseback , take
dan cing le sson s , spend a lot on cosmetics and even submit to
surgery in straining for greater and greater embellishme nt.
Only a unique pattern of the planets in her c hart would ever
make the Taurus female a lover of her own sex.
The woman of Taurus likes comfort, luxury, and
elegan ce in h e r surroundings. She will intuitively furnish her
boudoir in a manner to go with her sexual tastes. In her
closets can be fou nd anything from perfumes to whips , i n her
medicine cabinet, all the k nown cosmetic aids.
To frie nds and family, the Taurus woman displays her
char m , con c e aling her pote n t sex drive. She app ears, and
really is, am iable with a deep ability to attract people with
out being oste ntatious or talkative or de monstrativ e . S he has
such a subtle q u al ity of power that people volunteer to do
her will or even to anticipate h e r wishes and fulfill them .
Th ere is a great deal o f tem perament, both nervous
and artistic , in th e Taurus woman ' s personality. The Venus
influence

in

h er

chart

c reate s a drive towards artistic

achievement and the pote ntial gains of fame and fortune . S h e

m ight strive t o become a great singer o r actre ss but succeed
only in becoming a great manage r of singers, or a great dress
or costu me designer, or wardrobe m istress. The latter success,
however , would hardly satisfy her, although few people
would ever learn of her secret frustration. Having earthy
qualitie s , she garners such success and n u rtures it while
striving in

privacy for her real aim

life. This entire

exte n sion of personality can be applied to her sex life ,

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marriage , or love life. To the world, all these (or any one)
would be presente d as a picture of exemplary happiness. I n
private s h e m ight be consorting with a m a n fr o m the toughest
background striving for perfection in sexual activity to
achieve the greatest possible physical excitement out of her
body .
The Tauru s-born woman is well aware of her
attractive traits, and she does all she can to m ake men aware
of th e m , to o. She p uts on a great show alth ough the
performance m ight be somewhat unpredictable . Woman
friends who entertain her are quite likely to say, while
awaiting her arrival , "I wonder what she'll wear tonight."
And she c an arrive and make a surprise spectacular appear
ance by sh owing up looking like th e most feminin e , dre amy,
whipped-cream-edible sweet thing in the world-or like a
severely tailore d, sophisticate d , cold, brilliant but calculating
courtesan. I n either garb , she's going to be a knockout,
alway s will p rovide a surprise or a little shock, and never be
less than stimulating. Stimulating women to a bit of e nvy ,
men to erect attention.
While the lady has great powers of analysis, and c an
understand h erself and other people , she might just make one
error in judgme nt. She m ay fail to realize that her Shirley
Temple pose will bring her men who provide greater sexual
grati fication than her Marlene Dietrich pose .
Endurance , while more difficult for the male to
m aintain , is a great trait of the Taurus female. She is the
ardor of Nabakov's Ada, able to receive_ the male for long
bouts of sexual intercourse , and retaining a high emotional
temperature throughout. This woman realizes that male
members of m ost S ign Groups do not have the stamina,
potency, or training to keep up the act as long as she can nor
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as long as she desires. For this reason , she is able to study the
art of love , to learn all about how to make a man take longer,
come back to erection after orgasm, or to slow his action to
make the contact last longer. What she really considers an
ideal lover is an East I ndian who has been instructed in youth
in the fabled method of maintaining an erection for eight
hou rs. This would be the Taurus woman 's dream man ! How
she even enjoys reading about some movie star , this prize of
sex , this paramou r steeped in the art of love. How she enjoys
the scandalous adventures he experienced, and envies the
women he drove to madness with his tantalizing proclivities.
And so she studies books on the techniques of sex and subtly
trains her partners in ways to bring her to the zenith of
ecstasy and the heights of repeated screaming orgasm .
This S ign rules the throat and the area su rroundi ng it,
and it is for this reason that S ign members are rep utedly the
greatest in nu mber to indulge in practices which bring about
pleasure

and

climax

through oral contact .

Experienced

practitioners , ( both the active and passive p artner) realize the

oral act can be prolonged and repeated w ith far greater
frequency and greater excitation than the normal act. I t
creates a k ind of sexual frenzy reaching diz zying heights, and
practiced mutually in the " notoriou s" soixan te-neuf (69)
position brings on a form of slavery from which the slaves
wish never to be freed.
With all her desires, and the will to attain them, the
Taurus woman can lead a lonely life. S he is essentially
ideal istic , really seeking her one and only true mate . But
while she is seeking , she experiments, tries living with a man,
has cycles of depression or tu rns to other outlets for her
energies. I n the end, sublimation of sex energy will not be her
cure, and back she'll go to the bed-and not alone.
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Gemini : May 21

JC

to

June 20

THE GEMINI MALE

May 2 1 s t to j11 11e 20 tl1

The sexual an alysis of the men

born u n d e r the Sign of Gemini is complicated but not
c o n fusi ng. It is so because Ge mini is a Double S ign . I n
traditi onal astrology this has been taken t o mean a du al
personal ity , or two entities b orn under the influence of a
single planet. The world has had fol k talcs and m yths , and
eve n chil dre n's rhymes, about this subject . One can read of
Castor and Poll ux, Romulus and Re mus, Cain and Abe l , even
Adam and Eve , as being associated with the twins (sic) in the
astrological symbol for Gemini, with which Sign these figures
have been associated b y astrologers. And one can recall th at,
"There was a li ttle girl/ Who had a li ttle curl/ Right in the
middle of her forehead/ And whe11 she was good/ She was
very, very good/ And when she was bad/ S he was horrid."
De spite the widely accepted idea -of Ge mini's being of
double nature significance , it has little or no bearing upon
any tendency towards being b isexual . O n the con trary , the
men born under Gemini arc probably straigh ter in their
sexual proclivities than members of most other S igns. I n fa c t ,
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they " keep their cool" to the point of being about as square
as any man can be. In regard to variations and deviations in
sexual activity, it would take a lot of persuasion and a great
deal of patient teaching to get a Gemini male to ind ulge
either actively or passively.
It is more general in the life pattern of the Gemini
m ale to find a girl and get m arried-just about as young and
as fast as he can. Should this not sound l ike the conduct of a
double personality, which would have internal strife or
conflic t , the " two" personalitie s warring with each other, it is
not actually incon siste nt with the nature of the Gemini male .
The reason is that he is very likely to blind the third or inner
eye of both his natures and rush into a situation as fast as he
c an . Why ? For a thousand reasons, depending on the
complexity of the pattern in his individual chart. Why, in
general ? Because his cold sex nature wants to change the
aloneness of, his past experience to the toge therness of the
next experience. To h i m , therefore , marriage satisfies a
number of needs ; it starts a new cycle of experience which
ends the previous one , it is the conve ntional thing to do, it is
something he can regre t at leisure , for there is som ething of
the masochist in him. It is an unconscious rushing into pain
(of regre t , repentance, punishment for h aving acted swiftly
in error ) , pain which he subsconsciously e njoys.
The influence of the planet Merc ury works upon the
Sign Ge mini in uncharacteristic way s. It is the Ruler of travel
and variety, of talk and communications . Gemini is affected
and neu tral in return. An alluring female wh o works pre t ty
hard at i t can talk a Gemini male in to going t o bed with her,
but she will have to work pretty hard at it. Especially, if she
is his peer socially, or if they are members of the same social
grou p . I n this event, he is likely to act in a prissy, puritanical
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way , and be n o e asy conqu est for her. Nor will he be

aggressive with any woman u nder th e same circumstan ces, for
convention has too strong a hold on him.
However, the Mercury influence does give him a
footloose trait, a desire to travel , to sec distant places, to fill
his senses with the sights and smells and tastes of romantic
ports of c all , of the more bohemian sectors of c itie s at a safe
distance from home. I n such environ ments , he lets himself
go . What represe nts danger at home is glamorous adventure
abroad. Any one may be sure th at adve nture includes
romance and sex. The adventures are accom panied by much
mental pleasure , for this Gemini male's mind never stops
working. He is c onstantly telling himself that this is great,
that he is living, that this number is better than the one he
had yesterday . He saves up a whole reservoir of memories,
and they pay interest in providing erotic experiences in the
future and a better understanding of sexu al techniques and
the q uirks of other people .
The outward man of this zodiacal type retains the
characteristic Gemini conservatism . He is choosy ab out his
appearanc e , and his choice is to give the impression of be ing a
right wing Republican, wearing the Brooks Brothers cut no
m atte r how far he lives from Madison Avenu e . All his tastes
are in line ; traditional food , accepted music, classical works
of art, and recognized literature . His c hoice of a lifemate ( for
however l ong) will also be conservative and conve ntional . The
lady of his choice must be able to cook and keep house just
like his m other. If she looks like his m9ther, so much the
better. If she does not appear on the scene , although he
usually finds her, he remains at home with mother.
Where then is the du ality of his nature ? He wants
physical satisfaction , eve ntually finds it or realizes he can get
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it. The but is within him . But what about all the complica
tions ? I s that release , the ac t of sexual joining worth all the
com plications he has to go through ? It can upset his mildly
l ived conve ntional existe nce. It is too much ( almost) , the
same as most thrills or sensations are too m u ch. Or cost too
much. Not in money , but in the final e ffec t . Just as smoking,
overeating and alcohol will have an ul timate effe c t , so, feels
the Gemini man , will sex have an ult imate e ffect. Costly to
his health, expensive to his peace of mind, deleterious t o the
pattern of life he h as so assiduously and carefully built u p .
For all t h e reasons , whether though t out , understood
and/or appreciated, he seeks out a m ild woman of approp
riate age . She must have and share his tastes in all things.
Moderation must be the rule in smoking and drinking,
conservatism the rule i n dress, thinking, and politics. Neither
party to the marriage , by rules, custo m , morality , or
crystallized hab i t , may display temper, extremes, or deeply
stirring sexual impulses. The reason this mild guy rushes into
marriage , m ost frequently, is the subcon scious instinctive
realization that he has so m u ch to overcome to enjoy sex
that , "Let's get to i t . " Because h e i s so b ig on plans, he feels,
m ore by intuition than self-analysis, that if he keeps b uilding
u p , it will only be to a letdown. His next stimulus is , "Let's
get i t over with . " If it is a success, it w ill become a dutiful
but not a terribly moving or thrilling habit. Ecstasy ? Rare
for Gem ini.
The dual nature is represented in the pulls to and
away from the sex experience . As Gemini is an Air S ign , this
element also has an e ffect on the personality , the hopes and
dream s, the way of life of the Gemini individual . He is
idealistic , but his hopes may be so impractical that they are
or become "up in the air . " The S ign e ndowments are of such
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a varied and versatile nature that the end results, despite a

brilliant mind, can be his doing an ordinary job , be married in
a routine family life , and become presiden t of the local
Kiwanis club .
Versatility is a gift which needs very conce ntrated
handling, or it means the person so endowed will fritter his
talents away by trying to u se all of them. The Gemini man
could be a great technician in sexuality if he would only
concentrate on sex. But he will als o be working on a h ome
study course , running a boys' club , conducting a choir, or
making travel and vacation plans.
While he knows there are such h uman diversions as
hom osexuality , masturbation and oral and anal acts, he
mentally stamps them out of existence. All that is exotic
seems to be beyond him . The general traits of the Sign do not
detract from the potential of sexu al attainment and h appi
ness, for the individual b irthday as well as the personal chart
than kfully provide Nature's variations.

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THE G EMINI FEMALE

May 21 st to June 20th

As the fem ale member o f the

Sign Gemini, the woman of the Twins also has c omplications
of personality and desire. There is her strictly mental outlook
and her highly idealistic side, but no woman can deny nature,
and so there is conflict with the demands of the body. The
Aquarian Age, which has brough t all occult matters to great
popularity, had to include the Woman's Liberation Move
ment. When the ladies took to the streets , men's bars , and
other locations previously set aside for m ales, the attack was
during the Sun's transit through Gemini.
The movement is typic al of the Gemini-born female.
I t is symbolic of the nature of the woman o f this Sign,
dem onstrating and even figh ting for some organization or
ideal which she considers to be her personal cru sade. The
power of the S un's in filtrations into Gemini gives the
resemblance of the male and fem ale in their attitudes to sex.
The innate coldness makes them matched partners for each
other . They would h ardly know the fun and joy they were
missing in their mu tual frigidity.
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I n appearance, the Ge mini-born woman is refined.

She has a q u ality of aristocracy which is a heritage of her
S ign plus the seeming withdrawal from all that pertains to sex
or is of a sensuous nature . Her looks and expre ssion may
see m somewhat autocratic , and if the onlooker gets the
impression that she has stepped out of the frame of a portrait
done prior to the French Revolution, the n the lady is
probably a true daughter of Ge mini.
Like her male counterpart, th e Gemini female has a
strong reaction of disgust to any mentio n of varietie s of the
sexual act whether with a man or another woman . She is
particularly horrified by lesbianism although he r attitude
towards women's rights is so strong that she may well give
the impression of having a man's soul in a woman's body .
This is one of the contradictions of the S ign of the Twins,
part of the duality of their nature , part of a joke nature
played on them. Another trait that m ay make her appear to
be manly is her choice , if any , of male companionshi p . She
chooses the e ffe minate type of man, not necessarily
homosexual, because her impression of him is that he
is cleaner or more ordered mentall y . She may well get a
monster wearing a delicate mask in this way , but she m ight
be really shoc k-proof by the time she learne d of her
dilemma.
I n line with her superficial dislike of sex , for the
variable aspects in the individual ch art account for differ
ences, the Gemini-born fe male take s a long time to make up
her mind about getting married . Her inclination is to
dil ly-dally on this decision. She c onsciously or 4nc onsciou sly
veers from the physical c ontact which marriage i cludes. She
steers clear of being touche d , played with , care sse d , made
love to. The thought of the physical agony of giving birth

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presents a picture of terror to her. This is one experience

she will put off as long as possible .
There are many Gemini females who have married.
They are intellectual enough to know that married life is the
conventional way of living, that it means social acceptance
for the m , that sex may be a supplementary re quirement . But
for those advantages m arriage offers, they marry. It may be
later in life than women born under other stars marry . It w ill
be late in life that they will have children , although they
delay this event as long as possible . The maternal instinct is
e
sheltered
o r suppressed. The lady of the S ign of the Twins
would certainly not volu nteer gladly to bear children . She
does n ot revere her own mother or mother-hood. Duty may
be duty , and bringing up the children is included. However ,
the Gemini-born mother a n d h e r offspring are b etter off if a
nurse or caretaker is in charge of this facet o f family li fe .
The life-long prospects o f the Gemini female may
seem discouraging to men and women b orn u nder the other
S igns. To her , however, the limitations of desire do not make
her depressed nor discouraged. Her ideals seem so high
minded to her that the sexual aspects of l ife seem depre ssing.
She m ay well look forward to an e xistence devoted to some
cause she considers lofty or just or necessary to uplifting
mankind, and more e spec ially , woman kind.
The Gemini woman may express herself b y way of
being a poet or a violinist. She would use some descriptive
phrase or adjective to distinguish herself as a member of the
female sex whether her choice of activity were those
mentioned or other areas in the arts or collecting or teaching.
It would be in character with her Sign tendenc ies to have a
calling to nursing, to being a working or teaching sister in an
order , or even to the ministry in such sects as recognize and
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ordain female m inisters or preachers. Her latter years would

bring satisfactions from gardening , caring for a collec tion of
china or painting, or for her pets, which would be substitutes
for unm issed male com panions. Any wo man born unde r any
of the other eleven S igns c ould not have a better friend wh en
in need , wheth er that need were for companionship, care ,
sympathy or cash.
In fact, the female born under Gemini may assume
the role of old maid long be fore her time. I n her flight from
sex, she may don the appearance of the spinster in m ovie
satires, pulling bac k her hair into a tight knot, wearing what
the hippies now call granny glasses, and generally u nsexing
her appearance . I n this gu ise , she not only attends the sick
and needy among her frie nds, but i s " constant visitor" at the
h ospital and

funeral parl or, c onsoling, sympathizing and

announcing m oral precepts and p h ilosoph ical aphorisms of an

"appropriate and c orrect" ty p e .
While th e dominant trait in the mental make-up of
the Gemini female is c oldness , the p hysical cannot be forever
denied, as has been stated . When aspe cts cause more he at
than

thought,

the

G e mini

female

can

get

involved.

H owever, what she is thinking while in the passionate cycle is

indicative of the tru e double -nature of the S ign . For what she
is doing is analyzing the man she has decided on. S h e is
m easuring in her mind his q u alifications as a lover and
esti mating the size of his sex o rgan so that she can make her
own predictions. She will come prett y close to be ing accurate
in her fore cast of the relationsh ip both as to intelle ctual
com panionshi p , soc ial pleasure , and m u tual se xual satisfac
tions to be derived.
One cannot say that such a cool perusal of a pote ntial
partner in these three phases of life could lead to great
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emotional happiness. And it doesn't. Making mental

comparisons is certainly n ot letting one's self go on a spree of
enjoy ment. Nor does it make the partner feel the sense of
security and self-confidence that build his ego and make him
a better m an in bed. Yet the woman who is doing this to the
man has the wisdom of Ge mini, the knowle dge of how to
arouse him, how to te ase and excite him into a state of
passion and readiness that he m ay never have experienced
with a bed p artner born u nder a ny othe r S ign . The negative
aspect of this experience is that when it is over , the Ge mini
woman may barely remember the man's name . She may have
explored and c are ssed the most secret p arts of his body with
the greate st ardor, yet after she has reache d her own zenith
of passion and passed it, ask him whether he smokes, or does
he drink, or where does he live .
This woman is very complex, and p art of this is due
to the staying p ower that she has in the sexual act. While all
women escape man ' s necessity to get ready and can out
distance the male, the Ge mini woman really complicates
matters in bed by outlasting any male partner.
With her high ideals, the Gemini fe m ale lacks m any of
the truly gre at aspirations that most lovers cherish in their
secret hearts . Expressions of fanciful romance do not come
naturally to her lips. And this is strange indeed because in the
private chamber of sex, she can use langu age to arouse her
partner that could shock a prostitute in a low-class whore
house. One must re member-that is in privacy . But a hike in
the woods, a tramp on a boardwalk, even a moon-lit night on
board a vessel-these occasions would fail to arouse any
tenderness or sweet expre ssion . I ndeed, she might react quite
severely to any suggestion of an embrace and would surely be
angered by one of anything greater. Her nervous system
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might temporarily go to pieces, and the ensuing scene would

be quite exacting.
To avoid unwanted sexual approaches to her , the
Gem i n i woman has an additio nal dodge to that of a display
of nervous hysteria. She has m o t her. I t is to mo ther tha t she
clings, not father. Mother understands her, protects her, and
gu ides her . She will, if she marries, create a monstrous
m other-in-law of her mother , who may well have started out
as a nice, plain woman. G iven a chance, her Gemini daughter
will fi nd a reason to have her mother live with her, whether
she is married or single. I t is then that she will have the
protection that she wants from the world, from what is
low-class, from her husband 's passionate approaches.
The regrettable aspect of the duali ty of the G e mini
woman is that she is getting the least out of the sadistic
masochistic make-up. She fails to see, despite her mental
brilliance, that the masochistic half of her sexual makeup
prevents her from letting go in sex , from enj oying it, from
trying t o reach an emotional and physical outlet tha t her
body was made for. On the other hand, the sadistic half
makes her in flict pain or suffering or at the least, refusal of
the m an who wants to go to bed with her. Neither of these
practices results in
em otional

kind.

sex pleasure or

Her

duality ,

which

real pleasure of an
could

do uble

her

pleasure , den ies her any ; it den ies others any.

Should she wish to ameli orate this condition , she can
split her own personality. She has the will power to play the
role of one of her two selves, and thus provide a full se x life
for herself and e ndow some man with pleasure .

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Cancer : J une 2 1

to

July 2 2

THE CANCER MALE

June 2 1 s t to Ju ly 22nd

The m ale born under the S ign

of Cancer has many joys , m any tragedies, and many
e motional ups-and-downs in betwee n . He loves love . He
requires love. He will go all out for it, and seems to live up
to the title of the Restoration comedy about Antony and
Cleopatra : A ll For Love, Or The World Well Lost. In seeking
to obtain for his own the obje ct of his love , the Cancer male
will make e fforts unparalleled by any m ale b orn under any
other Sign .
Because he is so sensitive , however, the man of
Cancer needs some encouragement. His sensitivity is quite
apparen t , and he is very easily hurt. The fe ar of being
rejected plus his innate terrific sense of pride make sexual
approaches quite a difficulty. While he is ready in his he art
and soul to give his all , he may discover physical and
emotional problems that hold him back from attainment or
satisfaction . Qualified to be really agressive m e n in bed,
the Cancer m ales in general comprise the larges t number of
men who suffer from psychic impotence . The mere idea,
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soupc;on, or suggestion that he is not as wanted as he wants

will prevent him from enjoying sexual satisfaction . The love
object m ight just as well throw a pail of ice water on him. I n
a reciprocal mati ng i n which h e does feel his partner is
e njoying herself as m u ch as he is, he will express his love ,
passion, and sexual excitement in sighs, moans, cries, grunts,
clutchings, scratc hings, and biting. Anyone who reaches a
climax or orgasm with him, who has sh own as much
excitation as he, will be literally a marked woman (or man)
for m any a day.
All this e moting is but a potential. It is a dynamo
which requires some kind of assurance that the relationship
contai ns mutual enjoyment and em otional c ontent. This is
because he is so afraid of be ing used or disdained th at he
suffers abjectly. Without flattery, encouragem ent, eternal
overt manifestations of affection , he will hide or even bury
his m ost profound desires and wind up in a tragic state of
frustration and depression.
The zodiacal symbol of the S ign Cancer illuminates
his sexual nature very brightly. It is the Crab , whose claws are
the m ost powerful parts of the entire physical makeup . When
the beady eye of the Cancer m ale (which he is wise enough to
disguise in the look he gives the object of his urge) l ights
upon what he wants , there is an arousal and readiness. The
real Crab surrounds its prey with its irre sistable pincer, and,
snap ! What can escape ? For whoever tries will o nly be
destroyed .
The Cancer male i s a natural playboy, and o n e who
plays the field. He likes sex, and he l i kes a lot of it with a lot
of different people . It can be that his vic es are many but that
he considers no sexual practice from any but an amoral point
of view. His appearance is earthy eve n though he is a Water
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Sign . He gives the impression of a man o f passion and lusts

large in physique, light in complexion, fair as to hair. An)
woman wil l see him as a big man, or he c an make any woman
feel little. Hidden beneath his overt and perhaps practiced
gen tility is an avid, pote n t , almost primordial and sexually
h ungry hunter.
When the Cancer male's claws come t ogether , the
object being squeezed will h ave a full sense of being
possessed. This is a figure of speech expressing the great and
deep-seated need of the Cancer male for sel f-realization . With

all his sensitivity , he needs to experience a sense of being

sufficient unto himself for n o w . I t is a clutc hing at this
moment of self-realization that c olors both love and sex for
him. When the momen t , the orgasm , the experience , the n o w
h as passed, it m ay turn o u t to h ave been literally or
figuratively only a m oment, in truth. It is the need to repeat
that moment in order to come alive again that can make the
Cancer m ale wreck his own and his lover's romance. The
pattern just described is a very threatening element to the
m arriage of the Cancer m ale. Besides being innately sexy all
the time, he needs the response of his wife's bodily and
sexual reactions to assure him that she is always there for
him , that she needs him, too , that she wants him, too , that
she belongs t o him. Sh ould she not be overly sensual she will
h ave to learn to be the greatest actress on the bed in all the
worl d . She m igh t receive a phone call from London to be in a
certain phone booth in Kennedy Airport in New York at a spe
cified time , and to be re ady -and already h aving taken the pill !
This is only one manifestation o f the Cancer male's
lust. He might also come h ome a little depressed from too
much drinking or having lost at c ards. Then he wil l fall upon
his spouse , all care and precaution to the winds and father
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(another) unwanted child. I f she tries to repel him , she will

need a lot of the Lord's help. And overcoming her resistance
will give him an additional little sadistic lift.
Once this literally "heavy lover" has had his own
orgasm with his w ife, he is quite unconcerned abou t whether
her unwillingly aroused passions have been satisfied .
The Cancer male is both aware of sex and eager for
experience from boyhood. He is curious abou t " th e facts of
life," and learns from others what it is about as well as how
to mas turbate alone and m utually as well as to derive
ple asure from other homosexual acts. All this conduct is,
h oweve r , very sneaky and acte d out in secre t . Publicly, he is
suc h an avid heterosexual that his whole attitude becomes
somewhat offensive . He eventually gets his woman ( fre q
uently women), and the older he gets, the younger he likes
th em . The latter passion can lead to crime , not in his eyes,
but in the eyes of the world h e feels does not understand his
" n atural" feelings.
There is an erratic emotional strain in this man which
m akes him a real Americ an defender of motherhood , home
life , children, old pe opl e , and pets. He could loose a Niagara
of tears at the death of such a one , b u t not a single one of
regret over his own acts of perversion.
The perversity and perversion in his nature are
strongly allied to the rulership of his S ign by the Moon. The
Mo on's other name is Luna, and from it c omes the word
lunatic which explains the Cancer m ale's constant or periodic
sexual madness. It is said by some that madness ve rges upon
genius, and this accounts for the brilliance of the Cancerian
in attaining success in m any fields of endeavor, in sexual
conquests , and even in c overing his trac ks after hunting for
prey when the Moon is full.
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THE CANCER FEMALE

June 2 1 s t to Ju ly 22nd

The fe male born

under the

S ign of Cancer is more womanly than one born under any

other S ign of the zodiac. This Sign has a Lum inary as its
astrological symbol : the Moon . The Moon has an influence
on the females born u nder Cancer even more potent than its
u n ique influence on the Cancer males. The explanation is
fairly obvious. The Moon's transit of the natural zodiac is a
period of 2 8 days . I n this lat ter sentence lies the explanation .
The first clue is period ; the second clue is mon th . Periodicity,
or

the monthly, is a phenomenon of nat ure limi ted to

females.

It

is inevi table that

the lunar mon th and the

woman 's period coincide (in "regularit y " ) . The philosophy of

pre-dest ination is not the su bject of this analysis. S u ffice to
say that the teachings of occu lt philosophy deny that there
are any accidents (mere coincidenc.es) .
The innate temperament, the changing pat terns of
behavior of the Cancer-born woman may be attribu ted to the
phases of the Moon . I ts influence on their behavior and
responses to its vibratory power is greater because they are
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more sensitive to it. The reaction pattern of lunacy is ge neral

during the Full Moon. The Cancer fe male is constantly
reacting. For these considerations the term Moon Children
has attained large popularity in con trast to Cancer, which also
bears the stigma of being the name of a dreade d disease .
A charac teristic of the Cancer female distingu ishing her
from the Cancer male is her hom e-loving nature. Also, her
de sire and search for protec tion. What Moon p ower
makes the Cancer male a splendid success in extroverted
activities makes the fe male a success in ho me-making,
moth erhood , acting the role of the family h istorian , the
rem inder of others of ann iversaries, b irthdays, and other
sentimental occasions. In the role o f woman, the all-woman
Cancerian is very tender, requires and seeks protection, is
yearning yet timid , afraid she is u nwan ted. Ch angeable as her
nature is, for the duration of her p assion for "her" m an she
will be adoring, even from a distance if she can't ge t closer.
Love will be her all-in-all; unrequited , it c an q uite atomize
her personality.
Their re actions in such situations follow a pattern
familiar for the many analysts whose couches they arc prone
to occupy . They take out their frus trations in eating and
drinking, turning from e scapism into fat depressive s. They
become su bjec t to tearful drunks, sloppily sentimen tal crying
jags, and evolve into tedious bore s . Perhaps the greatest harm
they do is to themselves, their showering gifts on their love
object and their stupid self-indulgence can make them
financially and emotionally bankrupt.
The Cancer girl is home-loving, -strongly attached to
her pare nts especially her father. She likes older people , and
tends to bring herself to the older male 's attention even
be fore she has a full realiz ation of how she migh t be
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provoking him nor what the eventual outcome might be.

Nevertheless this can work out very beautifully . What started
as an unconscious leaning towards an older man can have
outcomes very beneficial to both of them . The young Moon
maiden seeks the protection of an older man . He in tu rn is
flattered , enjoys showing off to her

little , likes teaching her,

and may well fall in love with this nymph and even marry
her . She brings joy to his latter years ; she can also fully enjoy
merry widowhood in well-fixed financial circumstances in
return for the pleasure she has given . Should this fairly ideal
situat:on be interruped by her attachment or marriage to a
younger man,

she will maintain some

kind of friendly

relationship with her mentor or benefactor , and keep her life

that much more replete with satisfactions .
I ntrigued by sex early in life, the Cancer girl may
experiment.

However , her sensitivity plus the individual

aspects in her personal horoscope may equally influence her

to retain her virginity until she is married . Rebelliou s if she
feels she is an unwanted child , or suffering from sibling envy,
she will throw herself into the bed of the first man she can ,
saying, "Take me. " Her resentment against one or both of
her parents can make her repeat this until she becomes a
fully-experienced , sophisticated woman-at a girl's age. This
pattern of behavior has been very common among Cancer
girls

brought up

in too conservative or strict Catholic

families. The same is true of rebellious J ewish girls born

under Cancer, except that recent manifestations have been
their turning hippie and choosing blacks to be their lovers.
These Cancer females give off an aura of sexuality in
large measures . The breasts tend to be big and inviting . They
are also "a truck driver's idea of a good time " because they
give a first impression of being easily available. Blonde or
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red-h eaded , more by nature 's grace than the hairdre sser's
artistry , they have a co me-hither look , nor do they turn off a
man who offers them a drink . Friendly types, they know just
how to ingratiate themselves with males o f all age s.
Their type is really the father image , but when feeling
high , they are not averse to a good healthy encounter with a
young stud. Eventually the Cancer female becomes promis
cuous like the Cancer male . There is a distinction , however.
The male will take or make every possible opportunity to
have sex. The fe m ale is e clectic. She will not fornicate just
for the sake of a party ; she like s to know who the male is,
talk to him and get to understand him, know his station in
life , and above all , feel safe with him . This can be any male
from a bellhop to her best friend's husband. But she h as
certain rules she has made u p , and she sticks to those rules.
Cancer females develop lines that are good opening
shortcuts, and also good closings. A rather well-known
red-head who is a true daughter of Cancer has cultivated this
meth odically . She is frequently approached by men in bars
with their cliche in troductio_n. " How about letting me buy a
drink for a real red-head ? " They don' t know when they he ar
the answer that she is giving it for the thousandth time , "Yes,
of course. Thank you . And the c ollar and cuffs match . "
These ladies also develop an en ticing sh owgirl wal k , a chic
way of dressing, and a manner of making men know that at
last they have met someone wh o really u nderstands the m .
The life horoscope a n d outlook for t h e Cancer fem ale
can be very tragic, unless she learns from experience. It is hard
for her to believe Ben Franklin 's old-fashioned aphorism that
experience keeps a dear school, bu t a fool will learn in no
other. When young, attractive, and pursued, the girl assumes
this kind of life will go on forever. When married , she thinks
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she's got a gu y for life. When her husband p uts his foot down
because of her sexual demands which exhaust him, whe n she
drinks too much, or when it becomes obvious she is having
extra- marital affairs, she gets shocked, outraged, and thrown
out. What a blow ! She gets a job , plays arou nd , finds another
husband , gets another divorc e .
Then panic sets in . S h e drinks and i s promiscuous to
get over the panic . I f she is lucky , she will revive some old
m an's potency with her sexual know-how , and be set again
for a while. All else lost if her old john goes , she may become
a lush, a whore , or turn lesbian. All in the game to her , she
says, as long as she's swinging.
The Cancer-born female who does not express the
u ltimate potential of her S ign ch aracteristics settles down to
one husband and many childre n . Her innate de sire is to ful fill
nature's only purp ose-to reproduce itsel f. I t is mainly when
she is thwarted in this that the negative influences of her Sign
become fully expressed. Married to an erotic m ale who
thinks she is the zenith of gre at sex , she will be happy.
M arried to a rational m ale of her own Sign , she can find full
satisfaction in their mutu al de sire for fun in and out of bed.
Unfortu nately, her coloring will do a l ot to undo her.
She'll be called a dumb blonde or a hot red-he ad. Basically,
she has a generous nature , and has the potential of becoming
a friend in need. She loves antiques, clothes, fu rs, showy
jewelry , cooking and dec orating. She is a pal to gay boys and
lesbians, and not averse to seeing how you make it with
the m. Directed by a strong and loving male , she becomes a
strong and loving mate or lover. Left to the tide-moving
powers of the Moon , she leads a te mp estuous and wavy life.
For she is truly a child of the inconstant Moon .

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Leo : Jul y 2 3

co

August 2 2

TH E LEO MALE

Ju ly 23rd to A ugu st 22nd

Leo is the Sign of the theatre,

of roy al k ings and of horse-racing. Som e understanding of the
m ale born under this Sign leaps to m ind from the associations
one has. The L eo male considers himself a star, hence desired
by everyone. He fe els himself a k ing , and so going to bed
with him

( if he desires) is a requirement with which he

bestows a royal favor upon his partner. And in life ' s sexual
race. the Leo male fu lly expects to be the winner.
Fair of complexion . ruddy in later years . big and
inclined to fat. blue-ey ed if typical , the L eo male is a sexually
attractive creature.

L ike

male birds,

without their beautiful plumage,

he preens himsel(

he bedecks him self in

colorful attire in styles a little in advance of the times. He

also wears his most alluring sm ile at all times because he
needs people to be attracted to him . _to think that he is
charm ing. and he feeds on their soc1ety. gestures of friend
ship, adm iration and complim ents .
The astrological sy mbol of L eo is the K i ng of the
zodiacal beasts . the L ion . This sy mbology is an illum inating

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clue to the sexual nature of the Leo male. I t denotes the regal
na ture of his wooing , and it reveals the way he can be made
available h imself, by bei ng wooed through flattering him as
though he really were a royal personage. He assumes the
dominan t role in sexual relations. I n associations of long
standing and in marriage he main tains and acts this part
regardless of all the other elements in the partnership. He can
be his part ner 's mental , social and economic inferior , but he
is going to wear his Leo crown even in bed if he has to to
prove his sexual superiority.
While fine feathers are said to make fine birds, the
ou tward appearance of the Leo male and the high opinion in
which he holds himself do not necessarily make hi m as
poten t as he would like others to thi n k . He extends himself,
in fact, to live up to his claims of sexual prowess. As time
goes on , he is likely to overextend h imself in this direction
and go on to impotence early in life . Debauchery which thus
destroys him may turn him on to substit u te sexual activities,
to variations of debauchery ,

to perversions, masochism ,

sadism , or the need for you t h , for innocent b oys and girls to
stimulate his fading powers t hough he is not really old in
years h imself.
When he is still at the zenith of his po tency , the Leo
male still requires the adulat ion which is t he outstanding
characteristic of h is sexual life . While men of other S igns are
more than satisfied to make a sexual con quest or be happy in
the mere physical and emotional release of sexuality, the Leo
man needs to be told he is marvelous, superb, a stallion ,
greater than Casanova . There is nothing wrong with this
except that he is not aware of the fact that this need reveals
some psychic inadequacy . Surely it fails to conceal some
minor or major internal stri fe or emotional unhappiness. The
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Freudian

school

considers

the

Casanova

or

Don

J u an

complex a symp tom of suppressed homosexuality. In other

words, this Leo male has to keep on repeat ing sexual acts
with women-not to prove to them what a great lover he
is- bu t to prove to himself that he is not a homosexual.
Many stars have been born under the S ign Leo. But
many Leo men are actors wi thou t ever having been on the
stage before the public. Their scene is the drawing room or
the bedroom ; their stage is the bed . The Leo male can talk his
way into the hear t of his prospect with brilliance and elan.
He can charm , play it cool, play it hot , and if necessary,
hypnotize his prospect . What he really wants, and he would
be much happier if he knew and understood i t , is his prospect
to persuade him . But the act goes on , year after year , decade
after decade. This glamor boy will be wearing you th's styles
when his once athletic form has taken on the shape of middle
age ; the magnetic smile of you th will hover over wrinkled lips
and artificial dentures. Bu t the show must go on.
The S un , the center of the universe, is the astrological
Ruler of the Sign Leo. The sons born while the S u n is in i ts
home Sign also like to be the center of this world , and their
world is far more likely to be a big one than a lit tle one . The
Leo man is happ iest , too , when the S un returns to his S ign
each year . This is the cycle preordained for his personal
welfare, for gaining ever greater pop ulari ty among women
lovers and men friends, for harvesting gifts on his birthday,
and for expanding his horizons with his sunny disposition . I t
is a t this time, too , that love blooms and he plucks the
prett iest flower from the garden . He ill try to keep love
fresh , for to his credit , he can love deeply. He will also be a
real master , for mastery means ownership , and wha t he wants
is to possess the one he loves.
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As the S u n remains steadfast in its eter nally held

central position, so the Leo male is constant. But in h is case,
he will remain so only if he has security from his sex ual
partner, wife . or lover. He ma kes every effort to establish a
plan

of life,

precisely

divided

into accurately timed cycles, with

planned goals.

I n his head the life cycle is a

time-table. The plans, the goals, and the time-table include

his love life and his sex life . I n his youth , his school ing is a
successful period because he applies himself, and his applica
tion extends to after-hours play with girls, leading from
fumbling advances to some degree of perfection in the
techniques of sex. Those years contain some training in
m ime, acting, or dancing in amateur performances and lead
to a professional career if he has talent which is recognized.
He displays a lot of originality , but if he is diverted from an
artistic public career , he will apply his talents to some other
vocation successfully . Versatility will be both a help and a
hindrance, as design, decorating, dressmaking , and other
artistic vocations are open to him. He may dabble in several
of them , yet eventually turn to an ordinary business to gain
the advantage of a steady and reliable income.
There is a typical priggish ness attendant upon his
early years . Among his siblings and his school friends h is set
pattern of behavior and his k nown goals seem a little too
much . H is choice of sports seems freakish to them , for he
l ikes the no-touch , no-contact type ; tennis over football,
pingpong over wrestling. It may be th is, too, which restrains
h im from homosexual practices ; masturbation over sodomy .
As a fully developed youth , the L eo male will have
many opportu n ities to have sexual experiences. Now, a good
looking fellow with a flair for fashion , women and society, he
will be sought after. And that is exactly what he likes. He will
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be sought after by hom osexuals, too , and soon learn to turn

them off and still maintain their friendsh ip and admiration
-all he wants from them . A ffairs stimulate him but leave no
bru ises when they come to an end. Because he has such an
innate dislike of what is tawdry , he will choose sexual
partners who have grace, charm , and intel lect e nough to
know how to handle the less attractive features of a love
affair, its physical aspects, and its end . He is inclined to
ignore the " dirty details," and respects a woman who does
not impose dates of her monthlies or precautions on him.
While adoring stardom in the world of entertainment,
sports , or society , and ac cepting the adulation of the mob ,
the Leo m ale really desires what he considers an ideal
m arriage. His c hoice of a wife is going to be a plain woman
because he does not want two stars in the same household ;
the com petition for attention would be devastating to his
ego . The woman he wants as his lifemate must conform to his
own basic principles and personal standards. She should have
a plain face, b ut not be homel y , and h ave good taste in
clothes. While he likes to sh ow o ff his ability as a bartender ,
he wants his wife to be able to produce excellent meals made
by her or under her expert supervision . I f motherhood is
possible, he wants her to h ave that attribute as well. In bed
he wants her to respond in conventional and normal sexual
activity with n o imaginative or exotic by-play , side-lines, or
freaky novelties.
The Leo male wants children to maintain the family
line, to carry on his bu siness, to give_ status to his social
position , and to dem on strate to the rest of the world th at he
is a potent and normal man . He is also q ualified to abide by
the rules of the rhyth m system approved by the Catholic
Church if he is not ready to become a fath er. It wou ld be
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n e i t h e r a hards h i p nor a pain fu l se l f-de nial for h i m to h ave

i n t e r c o u rse w i t h h i s wife on t h e appointed nights when she
was wi t h i n the " s a fe " period c y c l e . His se l f-re straint a nd l ove
of r u l e s and t i m e-tab l e s w o u l d m a k e h i m rather prou d of h i s
a b i l i t y to c o n trol n a t u ral des ire a n d b u i l d u p to t h e night
when h e would j o i n his w i fe i n old-fas h i o n e d sex u a l i t y by
appointment.

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THE LEO FEM ALE

J u ly

2 3 rd

Although

to .-1 ugust

th e

Sign

22nd

Leo

is

under the astrological rulership of the great Luminary. the

S un . wh ich is the symbol of the male principle. the Leo
female is the

sexiest fe mme

of the women o f all Signs . One

migh t justi fiably t wirl the heavenly circ le, the z odiac. and put
Leo at the zen it h to proclaim the female of that Sign as the
l iving sex sy mbol.
The Sun 's rulersh ip of the Sign does not subtract one
iota of femin in ty from t h e L eo femal e . Rather t he mascul ine

princi ple which

m y stery

to

it

h er

symbolizes adds the subtle touch of

p erson al ity

w h ich

men n ever seem

to

underst <nd : that she is subj ugat ing th em through her sexual
charms- and t h ey never seem to get wise t o it !
The lioness, this queen of t h e sexual jungl e . with all
her magn etism . h o t and searc h ing eyes . ..exuding t h e aura and
scen t of sex. is a cold and calculating sovereign . H er ch arms
make men become infatuated with h er on sight and she is
wel l

qualified

to

lead

t h em

frequent!y in to t h e pot t ing shed .

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up

t h e garden

pat h .

and

Being b orn while the Sun was in transit through Leo

has special significance for the members of this Sign , but
especially for the female . She seems to assume a certain
luminosity when the Sun returns to the Sign it was in at the
time of her birth. Whereas, with a tendency to pale skin and
ligh t hair, she may have to avoid exposure or sunburn , she
nevertheless develops a summer glow that gives her a look of
youthful innocenc e , no matter what her chronological age.
Cleop atra must have had i t ; she even had Leo as the part of
the first syllable o f her name .
The subtle mystique o f t he Leo female is assoc iated
with her ability to tell hypnotic tale s-lies, in actuality . No
other woman is as c apable o f c atching a male like the spider
weaving its web as the Leo female we aving a web to catch a
m an and make him stoop to folly . N or is it hyperbole that
does it nor any other figure of speech. It is pure e nchant
ment. It is a reincarnation of Scheherezade . And how me n
fall for it f
One trait the worl d can be sure o f in the character of
the Leo female is the high price she puts upon herself. This
need not be a price tag on a sable coat , diamond ring or
anything else on the m aterial p lane becau se she migh t give
herself for kicks in an impulsive m oment. But she demands
pay ment in loyalty. Having sex with a Leo woman en tails an
oath of fealty similar to taking clerical orders or being
admitted to the round table . This fe male may never ask for a
glass of water, but she is not incapable of asking one o f her
lovers to commit m urder for her.
I n regard to this trait, traditional astrology has always
ascribed to her the demand of marriage in exch ange for her
virginity . Forge t it-that may have been the case before the
discovery o f Pluto in 1 9 30 and the ensuing sexu al liberation.
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Ask a Leo female under fi fty if she was a virgin when she w as
married. You'll probable get a y e s answer. Ask one over
fi fty . and you'll get a laugh for an answer. These were the
originators of Women's Lib long b e fore the ir daugh ters
thought up the idea or the name.
Closely re lated to the requ ire ment of loyalty as a
swap for sex is the Leo fem ale's trait o f possessiveness. She
has to own her men, if only one at a time . However, she
prefers to hold on to the m in some way , eve n after the sex
role is played ou t, or the partner h as go tten married , or
they're geographically se parated. To the Leo fe male every
m an she has conquered is like a jewel in her regal necklace.
She would feel it was incomple te with any single one missing,
lost, strayed or stolen. Her tenacity is great. And, strangely ,
the partner believes he's on the wrong ch ain all the re st of his
life n o matter h ow good the re st turns out to b e .
While s h e m a y develop into a sexual firebrand upon
maturity , the Leo fe male does not have any great curiosity in
her girlhood days . She may be ambitious i f she is interested
in having a career, and devo te h erself to personal progre ss.
But youth means the c onventional activities to her of games,
school , parties, but not m any sport s. Born with creat ive
talents, she would rather devote her time to cultivating the m
than to girl friends or kiddy social life .
The L e o girl develops into a sophisticated you ng
woman through a naturally endowed process of evolu tion.
Because nature is usually generous to her, she has beauty of
features, a high ly colored complexion, gqod hair . and a figure
that is concave and convex in all the righ t places with a lit tle
extra convex in those places that it counts.
One of her most helpful traits in man-baiting is her
wonderful sense of self-adornmen t . The Leo female c an
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embellish what nature gave her with great style . The cosmetic
art is inborn , and the Leo woman can be daring in dress, but
more important, she has a dramatic sense about the way she
looks. She can make an entrance that will make every man in
the room want to possess her and make every woman hate
her because of jealousy .
Beneath

this

chic ,

dramatic,

and

sophisticated

exterior there is an impulsiveness already briefly noted , but

important enough to be expanded upon for a complete
understanding of the Leo female . She has great self-control
when she has a specific goal in mind in her dealings with a
man.

This may range from business to marriage. Where

neither is involved , she gladly abandons that control , or the

internal combustion just sets her on fire and she can let go
and have great sexual pleasure because she has to have that
sensation ri ght at that minute. Gone are her conventional
controls.

Gone is the psychological censor. She, too, is

gone-gone on a male because he has big muscles or

big

bu ild , or big genitals. Then the haystack is as good as the

Ritz , the self-service elevator is Eden , or the back of a hack is
her swan bed .
Outside of these impulsive-compulsive sexual adven
tures, one might get the impression that the Leo female is an
over-serious type. This is the wrong impression , for the lady
is funny and fun to be with as well as fun in bed. Leo rules
the theatre, and this female goes for laughs as well as for
dramatic

entrances.

She

has

wit,

originality , and such

powerful self-confidence that she exudes an air of untroubled

lack of concern about the usual petty worries that upset
individuals and harry the world .
An unexpected trait in this gal is a hidden sentimental
streak. She aspires to practically a royal marriage , but the
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male she was intimate with holds an u n forgettab le place in

her computer mind. The inform ation re trieval center of her
memory is full . and she can contin ue an association with a
former bedmate u ntil her dying day. Th e fealty and loyalty
she demands of every sex mate she , too , has for him . Called
on for help from an old love r, she resp onds . A nd with her
penchant for the royal way , she is likely to say , Noblesse
oblige as she re aches for her check book to help out some
partner she m ay have made it with years ago in her past.
Sex is also a way of receiving homage, flattery,
affection, and satisfaction for their innate exhibitionism and
p u ffed-up egos. It is the applause some Leo females get only
in the bedroom , as so many other Leo gals get it on the stage
(plus in the bedroom ) . These seemingly extroverted ladies
also su ffer b adly from rejection or blighted romances.
However, all being actresses, professional or non, they hide
the ir e motional burdens.
The Leo fe male will never let go of sex or her hold on
me n through sex . The scintillating fe males we aring wigs and
diamonds in jet set cafes are old Leo girls-never letting go of
their concept of themselves as stars. And why not? They are
stars, every last one of the m , u ntil th e last glimmer goes out.

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Virgo : Aug ust 2 3 to September 2 2

np

THE VI RGO MALE

A ugust 23rd to Sep tem ber 22nd

To avoid con fusion about the

rulersh ip of both Gemini and Virgo by the same Planet,
Mercury , some clarification is made. Ge mini is an Air Sign.
V irgo is an Earth S ign. As the ruler of eac h , Mercury displays
a differe nt temperamen t and influence acc ording to the
nature of the Sign. As the ruler of Gemini, its influence is
fluffy rather than solid. Its subject, the Geminian, is intellec
tual, but his interests are not profound topics or areas of
discussion or study. As the ruler of Virgo , its influence is
earthy in the Earth Sign . I ts power makes its astrological
subject more " down-to-earth" with , although simil arly intel
lectual, a deeper interest in achievements on the mate rial plane.
The symbol of the Sign Virgo is not one of the zodiacal
be asts. It is the Virgin, and the symb ol , of course , applies to
both the males and females born while the Sun is transiting
Virgo. Here the symbology applies to the nature of the Virgo
male-no matter how exciting his sex life may be. His
at titude and mental approach to sex are virginal. His original
state is virginal. To him the religious concept of having been
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born in or of original sin is a farce. His mental set or simplex

is his original virginity. How he soils this purity may give him
thrills an d kicks, even the pain-pleasure syndrome of sado
masochistic perversion, but to him all these are accidents, for
there he is a virgin forever.
The Virgo male presen ts a picture of utter respe cta
bility to his world, and because of his intellectuality and
prosperity , frequently to the larger world. The emphasis he
places upon old-fashioned morality nat urally makes him call
attention to himself in a permissive world, one which has
generally lost its moral standards to the extent of legalizing
abortion and homosexuality . His ability to concen trate can
lead him to attaining fame in any number of areas of
scholarly endeavor, research , and original invention and
com position.
The Virgo male is an even greater connoisseur and
critic than those Ge mini males also ruled by Mercury . He
may be a gre ater research scholar or investigator and critic
than original creator because he has a special talent for
obse rvation . Let it be said in his favor, he will be equally
efficient at finding items to praise as well as to condemn.
This proclivity extends to his sexual ac tivity. Once in bed
with a partner, he may analyze her (or him ) righ t to his inner
core . It may be that this analy tical trend is al so a subcon
scious transfer of guilt. By this process, he can re ally subtract
all self-analy sis from his cerebral processes and trans fer the
entire sexual mating to the ac tivity of his partner. The
re mainder in this lit tle arithme tical game will be his own
virtu e . Conclusio n : he h as regained his virginity as a member
of the Sign Virgo.
The extension of the influence of the mind over his
sexual ac tivities may be so long and strong that the typical
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Virgo male , direc ted by the solar energy in his chart , may
re stric t his associations with girls to men tal or mere social
relationships. The word girl is used inten tionally because the
Virgo male is far more attracted to people younger than he is ,
especially females. His incisive mind finds too much to
criticize adversely in people his age or older. While he is a
stickler for convention, he may not rec ognize this trait within
himself and deplore it in others. The fresh loveliness of youth
appeal s to him. It also gives him the opportunity to display
his own eru dition; he is pedan tic , and loves to show off his
own knowledge as well as to take the young under his
tutelage and teach them. That middle-aged professor who
marrie d one of his students, hal f his age , was doubtless a
Virgo. And the child bride be came a fine scholar, but
probably not in bed, for there the husband may h ave h ad the
same innocence as the bride.
The whole attitude of the Virgo male towards
marriage is unique. He has no innate physical cause for
re fraining from a full and joyous sex life. He simply thinks
that to give in to the demands of the body shows lack of
con trol of it. And con trol of the body through the mind is
one of the standards and ideals that the Virgo man insists
upon maintaining. This man is indeed unfortunate if he fails
to analyze his bride-to-be wi th his usual acumen, for he may
become tied to a sensual young fe male. Then hell would
sure ly re place the expected he ave nly bliss. What a tragic
discovery it would also be for a young girl hoping to be
deflowered and thrilled by an older, experienced man.
Should the man be promine nt and the marriage the object of
newsp aper stories, the pre dic tions that "it won't last" might
soon come true. If a compromise is made to satisfy the young
woman , psychic impotence may ensue because that censor
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the Virgo's head will not stop working. He will make

himself impotent to avoid doing something that will dirty
even his legal marriage.
The rulership of Virgo by Mercury fails to endow this
zodiacal ty pe with great masculinity or good looks. Yet he
chooses attractive women because he is intellectually eclec
tic , b ut is equally satisfied if he fails in this pursuit, with a
plainer J ane. It is n ot statistically inevitable that more Virgo
males remain unmarried , b ut it is likely . The simpler women ,
chosen by a Virgo not overly intereste d in sex , will be glad to
have a mate, to learn from him, to sh are in his reflected
(inte llectu al) light.
The ability to analyze others leads the Virgo male to
the trait of over-developed curiosity , normal curiosity being a
human trait shared by all Signs and both sexes . Fair judgment
may not always be the outcome of a bigoted mind, and the
Virgo mind, while clever , especially at finding flaws , may
pronounce se ntence in a highly prejudicial fashion. It is in
se xual matters that this becomes an issue. It can lead but to
the grave of sentiment, of true feeling, of empathy , and
se xual virility .
It is the negative nature of the analytical side of the
Virgo male that is pathetic. If all the efforts were the
satisfaction of his curiosity and result in a deep-seated
emotional satisfaction, one might cheer him on. But when it
is co be observed that so much misdirected force fails to
stimulate, to arouse, to progress to a never-to-be forgotten
ro mance, good ! But to find out what is under a woman's
skirt by lifting it and then dropping it c an- only be considered
a fru strating exercise in futility . And one would have to get
inside the chambers of this Virgo male's mind to learn
definitely whether he knows it is frustrating !
in

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On the positive side of his analytical nature, the Virgo

male is qualified to pick a lover, mate , or spouse with whom
he

can

share affection and sexual intercourse.

He h as

sufficient passion where trust is mutual, to morn than muddle

through, and this is honestly intensified by his loyalty and
her willingness to cooperate in bed as well as to be a real
helpmate in the attainment of his personal aim in life.
Divorce is not uncommon in the Virgo male's life. He
is easily discouraged by his wi fe's illnesses or pregnancy and
flees to the courts for relief. This in no way, however,
subtracts from his loyalty to his children if any. He is also
moody, and during the few cycles in his life when romantic
ally aroused, he will really do something direct and positive.
Because he is a warm soul, being left will not alter his
essential nature nor his equanimity.
There are outlets for his nature that surpass sex, and
he will go to some lengths to reach them. He can be a big
spender, but also be one on borrowed money. As a host, he
can be more generous than his pocket actually can afford.
Yet in some way , the guest will pay a price for the hospitality
he has received.
This man can be witty and magnetic when he wants
to put himself out. Yet with old friends, and those with
whom he shares confidences, he can be dour and depressing .
Later life may well find him wondering where his youth has
gone and whether he has not wasted i t .

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THE V I RGO FEMALE

A ugus t 23rd to September 22nd

The rulership of the planet

Mercury over the fe male born under the Sign of Virgo is a
more congenial factor in her life than it is ever likely to be in
the life of the Virgo male . The fe minine nature attunes more
easily to the changeable nature of Mercury 's influence, and
the mercurial nature of the plane t is in deeper c oordination
with the influence of the Moon which rules the fe male than it
is wi th the Sun which rules the male.
The Moon 's influence un iversally makes the fe male
what she is; a physical being re sponsive to its na tural cycles.
Mercury enhances or at least increases the ch angeable nature
of the fe male born under its reign. Mercury makes the Virgo
woman more talkative , more flighty, more temperamental ,
more taciturn. I t also gives her more magnetism and greater elo
quence than the Virgo mal e , and tak!!S away none of the intel
lectual power it endows upon him. One might say that Mercury
gives the daugh ters a be tter break than it does the sons of Virgo.
The versatility of the Virgo woman manifests itself in
a variety of ac tivitie s. I n the first place , her love of learning
makes her more or less a perpetual stude n t . She also loves to
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display her erudition. This female sh ares the outstanding trait

of curiosity with the Virgo male. In her reaching for
knowle dge , she will attract and use men for her own end, and
rare ly for their bene fit. She can have an encyclopedic
knowle dge of sex in its every aspe c t . Whether this knowledge
ever le ads to sex, better sex, or more sex will depe nd upon
the moment of her birth and the aspects in the heavens at the
time . A typical daugh ter of Virgo, however , will h ave such
affinity for the sy mbol of her Sign , the Virgin , that it would
take far more than knowledge-even of the joy s of sex-to
persuade her to lose the security her virginity give s her.
Security is not the only factor in the situation. Pride
plays a gre at part in the conduct of her life . She takes
inordinate pride in her parents, and remains a little girl in
many way s for many years. She calls her parents by the
endearing names of her childhood until both she and her
pare nts are old people. Momsy and Popsy can be her gre at
loves un til she is long past becoming a mother herself.
The earthy quality of the Sign Virgo has much to do
with the formation of her character alth ough less of its sexual
side than is normal , satisfactory , or rewarding. Aside from
the sexual side , the Virgo female is generally healthy , big, a
good eater, and inclined to be a big drinker once she
discovers that alcohol (te mporarily) kills her inhibitio ns. Being
intelligent, she will cope with the e ffects of overe ating and over
drinking, diet , visit psychiatrists, conquer, and then fall back.
The overdoing due to the earthy influence of her Sign
will eventually make her a l iberated female, but not
ne cessarily a happy one. She is venge ful , and will turn on a
loved one for some imagined sligh t , jealousy , or because her
emotions have been poisoned by a vicious so-called friend.
These motives can lead to breaking a relationship, divorce ,
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and becoming a lesbian or allowing a lesbian to dominate her

life , her career, and her total sexual expression.
With her notions of virgi nity , the Virgo female does
not strive to be the plate of fashion . Her imagination fails to
stimulate her to enhance such sex ap peal as she might have
because predominant in her psyche is the presentation to the
worl d of the virgin image. Painters have portrayed the Virgin
for centuries as a beautiful but sexless woman. The classic
portraits make one won der how they could bear a child or even
experience the virgin birth . This is the limitation of the V irgo
woman in her own mind. Because she is a fe male , however, th e
in 11,1te endowments of wo manhood. grace, and charm are th ere .
A clever man. one with personal magnetism and a
special kind of sex appeal , could make a real woman of the
Virgo female. With one exception : that man could never be a
Virgo male. A marriage between a Virgo male and a Virgo
fe male leaves no roo m for the necessary negative-positive
elements that make for magnetic attraction. How can a
high-minded person be made more high-minded ? Only
emotional . intellectual and sexu al sterility could result.
Wh'e n the Virgo female marries a male born under
another Sign , many ty pes of rel ationships are possible . With
all eleven potentials, she has a natural tendenc y to choose the
weakest specimens. Her search for a man means a search for a
man she can domin ate. Forever uplifting, she will seek a male
she can feel she is raising to a higher me ntal , moral , and
spiritu al plane. If she ever gets to have sex with him, and it is
:i possibility , she will devour him in all these th ree senses like
the insect which devours the male imme-diately after copula
tion. After all, hasn't he served his only purpose? Then,
too, with a penc hant for younger men she rationalizes
her feelings as motherly. Here there is dange r, too, for
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she might then be like the animal that eats its y oung.
I t is difficult for the Virgo female to maintain
ordin ary relationships with other people. In sex , she wan ts to
dominate. In friendship she finds it difficult to refrain from
criticiz ing. In business, her ambition and exec utive ability
make her hard to work wit h , harder to work for. None of this
de trac ts from her innate ability .
The influence of Mercury predominates the life of the
Virgo fe male. In addition to illuminating her mind and
critical capacities , it gives her eloquence which aids her in
persu ading the men in her life to do her will . These efforts
are typic ally to uplift them in some way , and atypically to do
her bidding in sexual acts. Alth ough her inclinations towards
sex are repressed, she has cy cles and emotional stresses that
do requ ire physical expression , and then she can talk any
man she wants into-her ! This talkability can work in reverse,
too , for she can produce such a Niagara of words , manifest
su ch a c ase of logorrhea that she can also talk hersel f ou t of
any thing. She tends to hyperbole when stimul ated by
alcohol, a man , or an audience-or the combination of any
two or all three. Here is where she meets her downfall in
sexual play . The mouth will go on and on, but not where it is
going to arouse any erogenous zone in the male. His mind
may have begun by being stimulated , but soon all sy mptoms
of male stimulation have been talked down.
Theory and experience are two differen t th ings,
and in the life -span of the Virgo fem ale they may be
far apart . The Virgo girl finds out a lot abou t sex be
cause she asks questions. She goes on asking them un til
she has a vast storehouse of knowledge . Because all in
formation becomes a part of her mental retrieval system ,
she does not shock easily . However, she is not one to rush
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into a man's arms or bed to try out what she knows.

The only time she combines theory and knowledge is
when she has sex with her husband. By the time the Virgo
female marries, she knows it all. She dec ides to have a child,
and she certainly will not have one by accide nt. Then all the
biological in formation she has gathered comes into play.
Timing, position , etc . , will go into the mating that is to result
in conception. This will be followed by die t and exercise .
This kind of sexuality may impress one as terribly calculated.
so much so that it would see m there could be little excie tment,
no i magination, and hardly any passion in the act. And that's
just about how it would be-a cold, calculated intimacy.
The Mercury influence has another e ffect on the
Virgo fe male. It makes her restless. When transiting the Fifth
House of her chart, Capricorn, the lady will pack her bag,
pick herself u p . and travel to almost anyplace that comes to
mind. She may announce it's for a re st, recuperation, or study.
It's really an answer to the call to satisfy her curiosity ab out
some new place and the men and women she can find there .
Many are the fa cets of the nature of this changeable
fe male. Depending on the aspects in their birth charts, of
all Virgoans, one will find the m flirtatious, driving men mad
by never giving in. Others will give the impression th ey are
leading to the bed by asking questions. In fact, they only
want to know the answers. Rare , but arou nd, is the eccentric
one . She will insist that every th ing about her and arou nd her
be unconven tional . S hock is her we'apon of subduing. Liquor
is the outlet for another variety in th <: Virgo garde n. This
fe male will drink herself in to bed 01 talk herself out of it.
Lastly is the Virgo fe male who wants her brother or her
father or a woman . This is the one to beware o f. She is the
original " more deadly than the male . "
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Libra : Septem ber 2 3 to October 2 3

THE LI BRA MALE

Sep tember 23rd to October 23rd

The Libra male is a sex-ridden

love-mad man as the planetary ruler of his S ign is Venus, as it
is for Taurus. The difference between the influence of Venus
on Tauru s and Venus on Libra is the position of "the
morning and the evening star," in the natural zodiac . The
Libra male has an intuitive awareness of absolutely every
thing relate d to sex : its physiologic al, e motional, and
psychological contents. He has a profoun dly intuitive under
standing of normal and abnormal sexuality, and he increases
this knowle dge with information culled from study,
observation, and experimentation . Almost the antithesis of
his zodiacal next door neigh bor, Virgo, he sees nothing b ut
the joy of living in hot, raging, u nthinking copulation . While
the Virgo male is busy re forming {in the worst sense ), the
Libra male is busy converting. He is tryi ng to get the whole
worl d to see, feel, taste, smell, and endure the heat of the
contact of two bodies joined and convulsed in the act of love .
Nor would he mind if that whole world were a populace of
his lovers-all his.
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The variance in the effect of Venus on Taurus and

Libra is also the outcome of the nature of each S ign. Taurus
is an Earth S ign , and makes the Bull such an approp riate
symbol for it. Libra is an Air S ign, and we therefore find
Venus floating rather than earth-bound. The effect of this
difference on the L ibra male is to make him light-hearted ,
mobile , airy (although subtle) in his sexual relations, and
hap py-go-lucky in contrast w ith the similarly Venus-ruled
Tau rus.
Venus is the goddess of beauty ; the planet named
after her ru les not only over beauty of the body, but beauty
of the mind and its most artistic and ravishing creations. I n
this case , creations refe r to all the products of the creative
mind: poetry , painting , sculpture-the l ively arts , in other
words. Bringing this figurative language down to the material
plane gives us the interp retation of the L ibra male's love o f
beauty , in all forms. B u t primarily in the form o f a beautiful ,
sexy , luscious, delicious, stimulating , alm ost (and sometimes)
edible sexual partner- boy or girl .
The symbol of the S ign Libra is the S cales . This is the
only Sign of the zodiac which has neither a beast nor a
human as its symbol, another indication of the unique
character

of the

characte ristics,

S ign.

some

The symbol

of the

n oblest

stands for human

o nes that can be

attributed to mankind. They are in fact ideals, such as j ustice ,

symbolized

by

balance,

plus the n oble qual ities which

accompany it. The balance is represented in the male in

his integrity and sense of fai r pl ay ; in his creative efforts in
the correspondences of his art ; in his philosophy in the ying
and the yang.
F ortu nate is the woman who captures a Libra male.
Fortu nate is the Libra male, for destiny endows upon him
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the physical qualities of good looks , a magnetic personality , a

shining pair of eyes, height above average , a swinging gait,
an d m agnificent presence. Truly he is at le ast a minor hero,
a movie hero , and a hero to his own world. Nor does fortune
frown upon him nor despoil his looks until a very advanced
age , where upon he learns that the personality traits garner
for him as many hearts as once his physique alone did. N or
are the members of his sex fan club his chronological peers
nor opposite sex , for girls and boys, and men and women find
him magnetic right up to the end.
The sy mbolic Scales of his S ign give the Libra man a
great sense of balance in the world where he condu cts his life
including the sexual side . This lover might h ave a dozen
mistre sses, but he manages to keep everyth ing cool. I t would
be rare for him to be involve d in a scandal because he knows
how to conduct himself, his business, his family affairs in
the conventional world. Realizing the pitfalls beneath the
cliff, he m anages to hold on to his equilibriu m , m aintaining
alm ost magically all the burdens he must balance in any
precarious position.
Love is a prime requisite to the happiness of the Libra
male . A s easy as he finds sexual conquest, he feels it a rath er
hollow experience unless accompanied by a deeper emotion
than mere orgasm arou ses. While deeply moved at the
moment of joining, he subsequently experie nces a kind of
letdown . He might question its value , its truth , its honor, its
effect. There might be an element of gratitude , b ut what he is
being grate ful for is more for having be n love d for a glorious
moment th an merely for the sexual experience. This is part
of th e complexity of th e Libra male's makeup. I t is his
heritage to cause others to fall in love with him, but
conscious as he is of his own profound and moving charm s ,
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somewhere deeper within him is a need for reassurance. The

sex partner who hands o u t the biggest dose of at ten t ion, who
lays on flat tery with a trowel , is the one who will be
rewarded in turn by passio nate love making.
With all his idealism and romantic nature, the Libra
male has a physical side which bec omes more evident as he
grows with experience. The seeming eternal you th may go on
maki ng the faade almost beautiful and seem ingly naive
year after year. But the sexual nature does bec ome a little
jaded.

No

one can

really live on a diet of rich foods

exclusively . So the beautiful boy meets girl and they have

beautiful sex; this c an develop into a sophisticated boy meets
girl and suggests little experiments that will bring variety into
the beau tiful sex. And variety is widely known to be the
spice of life.
S u c h attractive men can generally suc ceed in intro
ducing variations in their love-making. It adds not only to the
sensual pleasure of the sex performan ces, but bolsters the ego
of the L ibra m ale to have his partner ac cede to performing
acts that might be just a little ( or more than ) bizarre. J udged
by his entire performance in sex, the Libra male might be
found just a little wanting. His ego can be so exaggerated by
su ccesses that he concentrates only on his own satisfaction.
While this m ight leave some of his partners unfulfilled, some
might be so enthralled at having him at all in the flesh that
they learn a new kind of kick- a m asochistic pleasure in the
service of an idol. I t should be said that if the Women's Lib
movement is ever put down , it will be put down by a group
of organ ized Libra m ales. They would know just what to do
to make the liberated women cringe, give up, and finally
plead to be allowed to be real women-men's women-again.
The Libra male's sexual growth starts early in his life.
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His looks and/or his magnetic sweetness combined with his

sexual aura make him the object of the pursuit of his school
mate s, young wome n , older wome n , and sybaritic homo
sexuals. He soon learns the joys of intercourse, and excess
may become his success. With a person who is not held back
by moral or religious scruples or repressions , he has a gre at
time and becomes a master of scientific sexology .
Marriage can be a splendid experience for the Libra
male provided his spouse is free-wheeling. It is doubtful th at
marriage with any other kind of women would last. She
would have to love him deeply, tell him so, and show him by
be ing everything he could want her to be.
The marriage with the chosen and lucky lady is
usually a little later in his life than the age other S ign members
marry . He wisely waits until his wild oats h ave been
sown- and sow them he must. Having left despoiled virgins,
willing older partners, and a lot of broke n hearts behind, he
marries a grand woman , and goe s on having wome n fall in love
with him. Then he goes on his amoral way unless his mate is
keeping him at home with the practice of her art of love.
Here is a male who has a wonderful destiny . Fortune
has favored him by designing his birth while the Sun is in
Libra. He is a man ' s man in business, social , athletic life. He is
a woman's man, almost every wo man's man, in the bedroom.

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THE L I BRA FEMALE

Sep tember 23rd to October 23rd

Venus rules Libra just as it

doe s Taurus. What applies to the Libra m ale applies to the
Libra fe male , i.e. , the effe c t of Venus on Libra is different
from its influe nce on Taurus. In the Libra female , an Air S ign
woman, Venus's influence can be seen in her innate grace and
charm, in her tru thfulness, sense of honor , and the symmetry
or rational balance she seeks in life-to live up to the ideal
expressed in the sy mb ol of her Sign , the Scales .
While Venus is the goddess of love in mythology , the
in ference extends to the influence of the plane t Venus which
is the astrological ruler of love. This is reputed to be a symbol
of good lu c k , although there are dozens of cynical de finitions
of that emotion. However , in astrology , Venus is known as
" the Lesser Fortune "-bringer of life's good things , Jupiter
being " the Gre ater Fortune. " Venus's gifts are not , as
Jupiter's are , on the material plane . Venus brings to the A ir
Sign Libra fe male love, idealism in her emotional relation
ships and outlook, and a love of all things beautiful- those of
mind, the arts, and the heart .
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The Libra female makes an idol of the person she

loves. In her lover she finds the stim ulus to try her best to do
all she does perfectly . The idol is her inspiration and the
object of her adoration. I f "love makes the world go 'round , "
it puts the Libra fe male into orbit. There is nothing o n earth
or in heaven she will not do for her bel oved. She is born with
great personal magnetism , but the words and actions th at
come from her when she first sees the object of her love can
bec ome almost hypnotic. And "wh oever loved that loved not
at first sight? "
The Libra female is a real woman. I n today 's world
that is a rare human being. One would hardly find her in a
Woman's Lib movement or parade, for what she wants . at
most is equality , not superiority . She does not crave the use
of men's bars , nor men's toilets . The typical Libra Lady , as
Bird fe ather, the young generation's leading astrol oger is
known , is good to gaze upon , well-formed , taller than most,
thin but with magnificent arms , hands and legs . Everything is
in its proper p lace, well proportioned , and all the parts move
with grace. Her gait is exy and attracts attention. S he is born
to public life as much as is the child of Leo , and usually finds
her way into the spotlight in a vocation con nected with or in
the theatre, modeling , television , or public office.
Early in life, the Libra fe male learns all about sex .
She has a fine mind, and those secrets that arc kept by her
parents and teachers soon become simple facts of life to her.
While she has great acumen , he knowledge of life is so
intimate that she will not find fault with th ose wh ose tastes
differ from hers , even in sexual matters. The young Libra
female learns not only from friends and books , but from life
itself. Because she sccs nothing denigrating in any form of
sex, she neither criticizes others nor finds it impossible within
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herself to experime nt. She may well be sleeping around even

in her teens, with boys or girls . fe eling he r way to some final
decision as to what she really wants out of the sexual
experience . I t is to be doubted that these experiences lack
emotional content. That would be atypical of the Libra
Lady . Tenderness would surely b e present whatever else
might be absent from the mating.
The springboard

for sex

in the Libra female is ,

inde ed. in the romantic ideals with which she is born. Women
of Scorpio and Pisces , for example, among other S igns , start
with sex and find love. Not so the Libra female. The Libra
lady seeks love and then le arns to love sex . Another trait,
though not as evident, is the ability of the L ibra female to
view

and judge her sex drive and experiences very in

tellectually. With her innate sense of b alance ( the Scales) ,

she is a woman who can control the drive with her will
power.
The taste of the Libra female runs to men of her own
nature. S he prefers a man who is all male in appearance as she
is all woman in appearance. Self-confidence and a liking to
show off without conceit are also traits in the sex partners
that attract her. The man who exhib its his masculinity and
has a dash of exhibitionism appeals to her . S he is like that
herself and finds these characteristics admirable. For this
reason she can find the best of lovers or a m ate among the
males of her own S ign , Libra. I ndeed such a marriage would
be ideal, for therein lies the per fect match and the precise
b alance of the Scales.
Her good taste extends to her surroundings. With the
Venus in fluence so strong in her horoscope, she is qu ali fied
to create beauty in her aura. She can find the best clothing, if
necessary, at the best price, and she has a knack o f decorating
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her home economically but in a way that conceals e conomy

and is most im pressive.
Venus endows loveliness upon the Libra female. More
than any other Sign members, she seems to be the living
example of Shakespeare' s description of Cleopatra , "Age
cannot wither, nor custom stale, her infinite variety." She
passes from decade to decade of her life cycle seemingly
unchanged. With th is preserved youth , so skilfully aided by
charm and chic , she retains her sex appeal into the late years.
She might well recall her lovers in old age as did the greatest
of French courtesans, Mme. de Mainteno n , " I was barely
seventy then . "
One of her greatest charms is the spell she seems to
cast because of the mystery she makes of love. This lady c an
perform the most erotic sexual acts without a blush . I n
apparently the greatest of dignity, there would b e neither
shame nor hesitation. It would seem rather that she was
performing some sacred ritual, so profou nd, so arcane that it
must never be mentioned !
I n such matings there must be an equal understanding
that all the rites o f love arc holy. There mu st be a safe and
congenial temple of romance. It must be sterilized clean , but
mirrors, candles , hangings of love scenes , and incense would
be splendid and erotic additions. Then after the cooings and
murmurings, the whispered avowals , the high priestess of love
commences her sacerdotal mass.
I f the partner in this ritual lacks imagination, stamina,
or potency, there will be great disappointment in store for
both . The Libra Lady will soon dismi ss her partner and an
acolyte will be found, for she cannot live with out love.
Perhaps less without love than with out sex. Should this entire
process be delayed by negative aspects in the personal
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horoscope of the Libra female, one must not think it is either

hopeless nor that it leads to dep ressing frustration. She's a
smart female. S he will wait, plan, campaign, and win. This
patience is evin ced as a very strong trait. It shows not only in
love affairs, but in other important ways in the conduct of
her life ; at home , in business, and in the general course of
events, in marriage. Tolerance is a partner to her patience.
Only if either or both are stretched too far will the elastic
break . But an elastic makes no explosion , and neither will the
Libra female. She will quietly vanish into the effluvia where
her own peace of mind and self-control remai n in complete
charge of the conduct of her l ife.
To the L ibra female love and sex act as a dynamo of
unleashed power. These elements are like the forces of a
raging river ; in their natural state they are an awesome and
magnificent sight. Leashed by a brilliant mind , they store up
electrical energy that creates the type, the L ibra female, who
can easily become the queen of her own world.

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Scorpio: October 2 4 to November 2 2

THE SCORPIO MALE

Oc to ber 24 tlz to November 23rd

The Scorpio male is one of the

strangest, most magne tic , and sex-mad of humans. He is
born under the S ign of a unique "beast " of the z odiac , the
Scorpion . This creature of nature is symbolic of wisdom and
power , both traits of the Scorpio male . He is a passionate and
potent man , always interested in sex, constantly on the
prowl, and very su ccessful in ge tting what he wants.
There is a charismatic quality to the Scorpio male 's
personality which makes him the love object of people of
both sexes . This quality is also in evide nce in his business and
social life. He seems to make other people feel better, have
more confidence in the mselves. This mystique can become a
nuisance to him because the weaklings of the world seek him
and want to lean on him, to use his stre ngth. The same
applies to th ose who want to experience sex with him. They ,
too , will try to lean on him , drain his stamin a , live off him
physically, spiri tually , and financially .
The Sc orpio male learns abou t sex at such an early
age that one migh t be led to think he was born kn owing all
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about i t . He has early homosexual experiences, for in many

cases his father will find him irre sistible and his brothers will
be in love with him. He has ancient wisdom , and is , as the
occultists say , an old sou l . There is some dream-like state he
attains in childhood while having ac tual adult sex experi
ences . He seems to understand the en tire procedure , and to
ac cept it wordlessly . Later in life , he looks back upon these
childhood experiences with understanding and sympath y .
There is nothing fo r h i m to forgive because h e has never
considered what he or the others did wrong in any sense of
the word. I t is as though he knew it had to happen because it
was meant to happen . Actually this is a part of the ancient
wisdom which is also a part of his natal heritage as a son of
Scorp io .
Because of his high native intelligence, the S corpio
male is a leader in the ac tivities in whic h he participates,
including the sexual experience . He h as a great deal of will
power and more sel f-control than is visible on the surface.
Be cause h e loves fu n and games and the sport of sex , he
seems to be so frivol ous that there might not be any strength
beneath the gay exterior . F ar from i t ! He has control , can
resist temp tation if he wants t o , and is a dynamo of power
wh e n he is enjoying the sexu al experience.
Scorpio is a Water S ign , and the male of the clan is a
potential alcoholic , only provided he enjoys drinking, and
with the realization that he has sufficient strength of will and
sel f-c ontrol to quit whenever he wants to. This trait may
easily give the appearance of stubb orness, and one must not
be misled by the sweet impression he give s. He can be
stubborn, and persuasion will be useless. Only his own inner
motives ever sway the Scorpio male .
The Scorpio male is a gre at attraction to women and
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to hom ose xual men . His allure . his ga it, his loo ks, all act as
magn ets . He hi mse lf. with all the se lf-control described
above. shows littl e e motion, and th e secret is that h e is really
more concerned wi th hi mself than with anyone
else . I n truth
I
and in fact oth er people are not nece ssary to him . He can
always and easily find someone to have sex with . He docs it
as one plays a ga m e . The release leaves him perfec tly
conte nted, and he can part from his lover 's bed with no
emotion , rom antic illusions, or se ntimental hangovers.
On th e other hand. no one can really hurt the Scorpio
male but himse lf. He may make enemies . not th rough useful
acts really , but through negligence or acts of omission . But
withi n himself there lies a hidden e nemy . It is the de sire for
sen sation. He can co ntrol himself. it has been said. b u t wh en
he desires an experience he will go all out to have it, with his
eyes ope n . And with no regre ts or guilt following it; this he
knows in advance . Wh at, th e n , can happe n? Overi ndulgence.
He c an go all out for alcoh ol or for stimu lants in the
mood-ch angi ng drug family , or hard drugs, and he has the
potential of becoming a devote e of the psychedelic drugs.
There is a tre mendous affin ity with the world of the
occult. To open the doors of it. the Scorpio male is willing to
try any thing . Pot. mescaline . LSD. all the se and their kindred
varieties do not frighte n him. He will try th em on for size ,
fearlessly. I f the re sults bring the de sired effects. or if he
enjoy s the m . he will repe at the experie nce . I f the sensation
docs not bring satisfactio ns . he wiH add it up to the list of
life's nothings. forge t it, and never retu rn to it.
The e ffe ct of the Scorpio male on his se xual prey can
be emotionally fa tal . The symbol of the S ign. thco Sc orpion .
represe nts the de ath-dea ling sting o f this unu sual "beast."
The Scorpio male can in flict such a sting on his sexual victi m
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in a way to render the partner nu mbed with conflic ts, strife s,

internal wars, and suic idal depre ssion . It is doub tful that a
member of any other Sign group has such tremendous power
and influe nc e . The strange thing about it is that it is an
unconscious natural force . It is like ligh tning in that it does
not know its own strength, ye t it is a strength which can kill
with one strike . A partner in sex of the Scorpio male will
never forge t him, and forever afte r make comparisons, mostly
odious.
The reason is that the S corpio male develops tech
niques of love that can drive his partner to sensual insanity .
He has no sense o f shame . On the other hand, he is conscious
of his body at all tim e s . He uses it in the whole and in all its
parts like a wonderful bow , with his partner the violin . The
music he evokes is like a threnody , for he calls forth every
possible vibration until the two p artners reach such a state of
ecs tasy that they m ay well be hearing " the music of the
spheres."
This man will leave no cell unknown or untouched.
He can start at the feet, for like Pisceans he has a love of
the m , worshiping from the toes up and the head down . He
will evoke unnerving, shat tering , and unforge ttable sensa
tions. And the en tire act will affe c t him like some powerful
narcotic . He will also have sensations that take him into a
realm like never-never land !
Classical good looks are not typical of the Scorpio
male . He looks rather unfinishe d in some way-a statue that
the sculptor has not smoothed but whose e ffects are greater
and sexier for that reason . He dresses in an attractively
carele ss way , and this informality only add s to the ch arm he
already exudes.
The woman who marries a Scorpio male can expect
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m u c h p hi l andering. H e w i l l avoid b e c o m ing a fa t h e r if he

can . But h e will take h is b e l oved dog out for long w a l k s , and
wh ile h e is gone , h e will be b u sy , l o o k i n g and fl ir t i n g , and i f
successfu l , sneaking i n a short affa ir on t h e side .
Pro m i sc u i t y is a way o f l i fe , not an i m m o ral way to
his m in d . The more ( se x ) , t h e m e rrie r. F o r this reaso n , he
carri e s on for t h e e xperience , t h e se n sation , and this leads
him t o e nj oy se x w i t h b o t h m e n and women i n every possible
way , any "degenera t e " act being not on l y ac ceptable b u t
de e p l y enj oy a b l e . T h e exclu sive l y h o m o sexual Scorpio male
is t h e m o s t p r o m i s c u o u s o f a l l S igns , for there are h ar d l y
eno ugh partners aro und to keep h i m h a p p i l y o c c u p ied . H e
also l i k e s a dash of b i t te rs : i f h i s trade h as some disfigurement h e would say o f h i m , "That i s sensual . "

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T H E SCORPIO FEMALE

Oc tober 24 th to No vember 22nd

I ntense and permanent desire

for sex characterizes the true Scorpio female. Her Sign is
under the astrological rulership of Pluto, the most mysterious
and distant of the known planets. Not as much is known
about the influence of Pluto as about other planets because it
was discovered only comparatively recently. I ts existence was
known ; its discovery revealed the reasons for many unac
counted for past events. This is brought out because there is
some similarity to the strange behavior of the Scorpio female.
She is always ready for sex , yet she does not indulge herself
in the satisfaction of her desires.

Her motives are the

mystery ; she may not even be able to analyze them herself.

Yet the "mystery" q uality of the nature of the
Scorpio female is what gives her her unpredictable magnet
ism . Men seem to flock around her "like moths around a
flame . " What's more, femme fatale that she is, she enjoys
every minute of the admiration and flattery that she gets
from her many adoring fans. Her appearance , regardless of
her features, has the appeal of the strange loveliness of the
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enigmatic women of the Far E as t . S h e s e e m s veritably made

for love , i f her pursuer could but bre a k t h rough the m y s t i c
and sile nt au ra t h a t i s arou n d h e r . To a d d to h e r allure , s h e
uses her s e n se o f w h a t t o wear , and w i l l o ften be fou nd
ou t-of-s tyle b u t magn i fi c e n t ly d i ffere n t in some dra m a t i c
ou t fi t .
T h e i n t e nse nature o f t h i s woman begins t o develop
early in l i fe . She may n o t h ave many of her peers as fr i e n d s ,
b u t m o s t l i k e l y has one girl fr i e n d w h o sh ares h e r c o n fi
d e n c e s . Towards such a p al she may h ave fe e l ings of love or
what sh e thi n k s i s l ove . A n o t h e r ph ase of h e r t e e n y e ars is
having a n i n t e n se crush o n a female teacher. T h i s obj e c t of
her adoration or idolatry m ay be the a t h l e t i c type o f gy m
ins tru c t or or h e r opposite , t h e m o s t fe m i nine , b u t sexie s t , of
the w o m e n teachers i n h e r school . T h i s m ay not b e an
exclu sively S c orpio fe m ale trai t excep t that its i n t e nsity
exceeds t h a t o f girl s of o t h e r S igns who share t h i s fairly
normal p h ase o f growing up. The i n t e n sity o f her e m o t i o n s
m a y t a k e the form o f s u ffering v e r y profou ndly . I t i s i n this
that t h e real Scorpio n a t u re shows i t se l f, for t h i s su ffering i s a
really dee p-seated m asoc h i s t i c sexual pleasure . N o a c t of
pe rve rsion need b e performe d , yet t h e whole set-up is as
queer as i t c a n b e .
O n e of t h e mo st impre ssive trait s of t h e Scorpio
fe m a le is her secret ive ness. She k n ow s well h ow to live to
herse l f (as the New Englanders say ) , for h erse l f, and by
herse l f. She soon drops the h ab i t o f c o n fiding in anyone , for
she learns as she m a t u re s t h a t it is e asy for h e r to be come
depressed

by

both

m a t erial

trivia

and

d e l icate

human

rel a t i o n s h i p s . A coroll ary to t h i s lesson is t h a t depression

spreads easily and swiftly . Rather than be avoided b y t h ose
who c a n n o t take , and certainly not share h er depressed
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moods, she learns to rely on herself and her own compan y .

A major reason the Scorpio female learns self-reliance
is that she is the least forgiving of the women of the ent ire
zodiac.

She is a grudge-bearer and an eternal inj ustice

collector. Her sensitivity makes her vulne rable to the slightest

hurt, real or imagined. Once a friend or lover or co-worker has
trod on her emotional toes, woe unto him. She turns all
Scorpion, stings to kill, and never forgets or forgives. She can
alienate her whole world through her irrational reactions.
Thereafter you may see her walking her dog, tal king to
strangers, picking up one-night stands , thinking her indepen
dence is worth her loneliness.
There is a strange contradiction in the nat ure of the
Scorpio female in that she loves home and also loves strange
places. As Scorpio is a Water S ign , many of the women born
under it find employment at sea or connected with travel .
They are crui e directors, nurses, or stewardesses on ocean

goi ng ships, and love the life of going from one unusual port

to another . They are not averse to having, like the sailors in

an aiding saying, a sweetheart in every port . Yet there is a
stron g tie to home. S he likes one spot, be it only a small
one-room apartment, to be the place that she calls home.
Perhaps she is there only a few days in a whole year , but i t is
where she stores those things she is fond of, and where she
feels she always can go. I n later years, her wanderlust
satisfied, she can settle down to being a fine housekeeper
with a selective list of " gentlemen callers. "
None of these traits of the Scorpio female bar her
from getting married. Her innate radiance and charm bring
many

proposals. If the man she chooses is lusty, sex y,

full-blooded, and able to quench the fires of her passionate

nature,

she

can

be a good wife, a real helpmate,

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an

imaginative cook, a chic dresser, a clever home decorator , and

an intellectual adviser in business matters. She is also q ualified
to keep her man enchained in a glorious slavery of sexual
variations, going slowly, stre tching out the sensuous joy ,
teasing, deiaying, building up until the ac tual orgasm
becomes an ex plosive release from pent-up sexual cli ff
hanging .
I n the garde n of Sc orpio there are many fl owers. I n
the zoo of S corpio the re are many varie ties of t h e Scorpio n .
T h e females of c h i s S ign are n o t all alike because o f the
wh imsical and mystic nature o f the influence of Pluto on the
Sign . The ou tstanding trait of all these is sex appeal . All , too,
have consuming innate curiosity about the human body . Few
are ever prude s , and most will find some sexu al fu nc tion for
every part of their partner's bodie s. The suppleness of her
ow n physique will enable the curious S corpio female to
assume any position in the sexual ac t , and such positions are
more likely to be aimed at exci ting her partner to dizzying
sexual and emotional heights than at satisfaction of her own
cravings . Hers can wait until she has driven her partner
half-craz y , for it is the incitemen t and its consequent arousal
of the knowledge of her own powers that evoke the thrill in
the S corpio female.
Wh en she has attained a kind of me ntal madness and
a physical frenz y , then the Scorpio female takes ascendanc y.
Now, with her partner in the grip of her symb olic stinger, she
reach es heights of sensuous deliriu m . She can experience a
whole series of climaxes, unbelievable in number to anyone
who has not ac tually been to bed- with one of these
Cleopatra's of the orgasm . At such time s , any th ing goes , any
number can play the game , and either sex or a comb ination
of bo th can join in i t .
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A n i m p ortan t fac t or in the l i fe of t h e S c orpio fe m ale

is h e r ambition . It is a trait that becomes interwove n i n her
sex l i fe and a strong i n fluence on the way she conducts her
whole c areer and existen c e . For one thing, co nve ntion m e ans
n o t h i ng to h e r . For another , she will never accept a male as
anyth ing m ore t h a n h e r own equal on any plane of being.
The tri u m p h of t h e S c orpio fe male is well illustrated
i n the l i fe and career of Mary Ann Eva n s , better known to
the world as G e orge Elio t . Born i n obscuri t y , she broke every
moral and social pre c e p t o f h e r t ime s to become one o f the
gre at figures in n in e t e e n t h c e n t ury English literature . S he
assumed a m a n ' s n am e . S h e lived " i n sin" with a man without
benefit of clergy . S h e was an intellect ual and a crea tive artist
in an age when w om a n ' s place was i n the home , prote c t e d ,
ignoran t , complian t , and the property o f h e r h usband . Y e t
s h e lived to b e c o m e a leading writer and reformer in h e r own
tim e , a prop h e t in her own land , and the hostess t o royalty
on home gro u n ds , e ntertaining Vic toria he rse lf, the reigning
Queen and prec e p tor o f Englan d ' s mo s t rigid morality .
What greater triu m p h ? What does it leave to be said
of the grea t p o t e n tial o f the S c orpio fe male except that every
man should know o n e .

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Sagittarius : November 2 3 to December 2 1

T H E S A G I TTA R I U S MA L E

Novem ber 23rd t o Decem ber 2 1 st

Th e Sagi t t arian male makes a

stri king appe aranc e . He is an i m p osing and drama t i c figu re in
any surrou ndings, and most eyes will b e o n him w h e t h er he is
act ive or passive i n the situation . This is a m a n who is
decep tive

but

n o t dece ivi ng ,

for while he seems t o be

quiescen t or totally at ease or at re s t , his alert mind is taking

in eve rything arou n d . In h i s secret mind , he is magn e tizing
some individual to turn h i s or h e r gaze u p o n h i m becau se he
has already chosen a partner to share his bed for t h e n igh t
and for the fu ture . Nor sh ou l d anyone t h i n k he lacks t h e
powe r to h y p n o tize h i s p re y . He h a s d e p t h s of attraction n o t
fre quen tly visible nor ge nerally ascribed to h i s S ign . W h a t
used to be c a l l e d "animal magne tism" is n o t to be taken as a
syn o n y m for sex-appeal ; i t is a far subtler q u al i t y .
An o u t standing trai t of the Sagi t t arius male which
dominates

his personality is h i s sel f-c o n fi d e n c e w h i c h is

all p rvading. I t i s a t tributable to success. S u ccess leads

to havi n g mone y . I n the case o f the S agittari u s ma l e , money
leads to the devel o p m e n t of another h e l p fu l trai t . generosity .
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This should not lead one to bel ieve that the Sagi t tarius mal e ' s
sexual conquests are b u ying sex i n a disguised for m . I t i s
merely a fac t o f nat ure t h a t people w ar m u p more e asily to
generous fol k s than to pe nurious o ne s . T h u s , step two in the
pursuit is l i ke a n e nabling clause i n a con trac t .
With

some

kind

o f m y s t i c foreknowledge o f his

future sexual c o n q u e st s , the S agittarian begins e a rly in life to

e njoy

sex

by himself. This may b e c o me so obse ssive a

practice that he c o n t i n u e s i t in ad u l t l i fe , se eking only to give

ple asure to others while attaining his own through mastur
batio n . This is particularly true o f the S agittarian h o m o
sexu a l . H e se e k s o u t v e r y m a s c u l i n e active partners or rough
trade , on whom he practices

fellatio

or other p e rversions

which bring a n orgasm while h e is the passive party .

Th e sel f-ab use of t h e y o u t h is no distinguishing trait
o f the S agit tarian male a s i t i s accepted a s o n e o f n a ture ' s
phases i n t h e process o f growth or maturing. I t s distinction
among Sagit tarian males is the poten tial o f its becoming a
l i fe t i m e addiction . I t may also lead to a for m of love o f self
that alie n a t e s the individual from soc i e t y , from affe c tionate
relationships , from homo- or hetero-se x u al love rel ationships
and m arriage . T h e typically attractive Sagi t t arian male needs
a gre a t deal of i n t u i t ion p l u s experience t o realize h e h as two
pitfalls to eliminate b e fore achieving some k i n d o f satisfac
tion and s e l f-un derstanding and settling into a ma ture pattern
of life of too much admiration and the danger o f falling i n
l ove with himself. The former creates comp lex situations i n
his e x t e r n al wor l d ; t h e l a t t e r , in h i s i nternal worl d . T h e
" persuasion" to the passive r o l e is n o t too diffi c u l t to re cogn i z e ,
even w i t h o u t fe mi n i n e secondary c h arac teris tics. F e m ales w i t h
any sophistication a r e t u r n e d o ff b y the e x c lusively homo
sexual S agi t tarian , who is also very likely a misogy n ist.
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S h ou l d these facts presen t any morbid p i c t u re o f t h e

Sagi c t arian m al e , b e a r i n m i n d t h a t t h i s i s b u t one face t o f h i s
nature . I n tru t h . t h e re is n o t h i ng morbid in h i s nature , for he
i s sy mbolized by the Arch e r . a true sportsman and

real

sport . This is the fe l l ow who happily ta k e s a chance , be ts on

long odds . l e nds mon e y , buys the be s t , e n te r t a i n s lavish l y .
dre sses

m ag n i fice n t l y .

and

l ive s

luxurious l y .

H e has an

acquisit ive nature and in the best se nse o f the word . for what
he acqu ire s i s of value . He can acqu ire informa tion . k n o w
l edge and skills w h i c h assure h i m a splended incom e , even i f
his l i fe , you t h or herit age h ave not provide d h i m w i t h any or
a prolonged formal education . Eve n t ually , h e will acqu ire a
c u l t u ral background by b e i ng an a t t e n t ive l istener ( t o both
people and m u sic ) even if h e rarely reads or re tains the con
t e n t s of a good b o o k . F i nally , h e wi l l acq u i re m u c h o f the
wo rl d ' s good s ; and his caste ru ns to gol d and to prominence
in his vo catio n .
There is n o doub t o n e c a n have a l o t of fu n w i t h the
Sagittarius ma l e . With one excep tion , when a serious crisis
arises in h i s l i fe , h e will go to pieces faster than a ma le o f any
other S ign . The manliest male of his own S ign gro up will
become

a s hy sterical as a woman . This m a n l y guy will

immediately man i fe s t his l a t e n t fe m i n i n i t y b y imp ortuning

all the gods , seeresses and witches to ge t him o u t o f h i s
dile mma . The s a m e manifestati on takes p l a c e when h e has h i s
h e a r t se t on s o m e l o v e i d o l and d o c s n o t ge t i t . H e doesn ' t
kneel t o propose , h e k n e e l s down t o imp lore - and so m e t i m e s
to p l a y s o m e variation of a s e x u a l t h e m e .
The plane t J u p i t e r r u l e s the S i grr Sagi t tari u s , and t h e
sport sman ship of the m a l e s o n of t h e S ign leads h i m to p l a c e s
wh ere one aspec t of it occurs -gamb l i n g . T h i s is a gre a t
te mptation to the S a- g i ttarian m al e . H e h as connec tions, n o t
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necessarily close o n e s , with the u nderworl d , and m ay

we l l be on amicable or fa m iliar terms with t o u t s , p i m p s , and
pandere r s . H i s business may well b e more involved with sex
t h a n with gamb l i n g , for of the two pastime s , he prefers the
former. N or does this big (or little) shot dicker ab o u t the
price . H e is pe r fe c t l y willing t o pay t h e going price for his
fun. This kind o f ac t ivity i s one h e really should avoid
b e c au se J u p i t e r may bring him l u c k and e ve n t u al l y ge t h i m
o u t o f a scrape , b u t even J u p i ter d o e s n o t preve n t i t . I t is his
one vital karmic lesson , and one h e l e arns a t gre a t e x p e nse .
He m u s t avoi d o p e n illegal ity in his gambling and all j ail-bait
in h i s sex u al affair s .
On t h e n e ga t ive side of t h e o therwise charming and
e n c h a n t ing S agittari u s male i s a powerful tendency tow ards
e x aggeration and m e ndacity . To make h i s p o i n t or h i s sex u al
pre y , he will say any t h i n g . He will swear that h i s glass ring is
a priceless diamond , or t h a t today is S un d ay even i f i t is
Friday . One can trust h i m with a l o an o f any a m o u n t of
money , but not with t h e truth o f any statem e n t that he
makes when he t h i n ks it is to h i s advan t age t o misreprese n t .
T h e r ac e trac k t o u t o r bookma k e r type portrayed i n
plays ,

m ovies

a n d books

is t h e

S agittarian

m al e

type ,

especial l y since the symbol of the S ign is p ar t h orse . He was

de scrib e d as so flashily dre sse d as to be a c aricature o f t h e
way-ou t s t y l e of the 2 0 ' s i n A m e r i c a and a fe a ture o f
rac etracks in

England .

S i n c e w h a t w a s way-ou t t h e n i s

old-fash ioned n ow , one m a y e x p e c t anyth ing i n the w a y o f

sel f-ado r n m e n t fr o m the S agittarius m a l e today , especially
the

homosexual

m e mb e r . These

are

the

clien t s

of t h e

p u rveyors of t h e most e xaggerated m e n ' s c l o t h i n g shop s , the

caterers t o e mb e l l ish m e n ts in t h e lines of me n ' s cosmetics,
hair-dye p arlors , m a s sages , Turkish baths ( i n c l u ding notorious
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ones) , and jewelers who deal in t h e bigge st of e v e r y t h i n g :

l i n k s , chains , ri ngs , tie-ta c s , bands. watche s , bu t b i g . s h i n y .
and real i f h e can afford t h e m . All t h e se arc tools o f pre e n i n g ,
fo r h e must draw a t t e n t ion with t h e outer m a n i fe station o f
w e a l t h if n o t with wit .
Marriage i s a real problem for the S agi ttarius male .
His prob l e ms and p i t falls have b e e n delineate d , and i f h e
overcomes the m , h e marri e s rather l a t e in l i fe . S o m e h ab i t s
h a v e become so ingrained that re al s h aring of a l i fe h as
become al most impossibl e . Besides , he d o c s n o t want to give
u p the habits that h ave b e c o m e his way of life , so life for his
mate can be diffic ul t . S h e w il l requ ire superhuman tolerance
and patience , be willing t o ove rl o o k o u tburst and tantru m s ,
a n d b e de nied m a n y of t h e prac t i c e s he permits h i ms e l f. The
latter

m a n i festations

are

rat ionalized

by

the

S agittarian

husband , and he trie s despe rately i n m o m e n t s of conscience

stricken con tri tion to m a k e up by an e xp e n sive gift , an
outpriccd evening o n the tow n , and gloriou sly h y p erbolic
expression s of love and devo tion .
The zodiacal sy mbol of the S ig n Sagittarius sh ould be
c arefully studi e d . It i s revealing. I t is h a l f horse , and the
half-man is a h u n t e r with his arrow eternal l y aimed a t its
pre y .

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THE SAG ITTARIUS FEMA L E

Novem ber 23rd t o December 2lst

The Sagi t t arius fe m ale has a

fe m i n i n e

and

delicate

a p p e aranc e ,

looking j u s t

e n ough

out-o f-this-world t o ap peal sexually to most m e n . S h e seems

to arouse t h e prote c tive i n s t i n c t in the male although she
may be very de ceptive and misleading in this respe c t , th ough
not i n t e n t ionally so. Dece p t ive b e c ause she i s really n o t
see king protec t ion , for she h a s too much p r i d e and self-love
to fe e l t he ne e d . Her sel f-love is not exhibited in the e x c e ssive
masturbation freque n t with the Sagi t t arian boy who is the
prime example o f "the hand-reared boy . " But she loves
herse l f as only an e x h i b i t ion ist doe s , desiring to adorn herself
in t h e m o s t luxurious wrap p ings , l ive a t t h e best address in
the fine st apart m e n t , and be seen a t the smartest p l ac e s . Her
t al k i s g irl talk which she pre fers to intellec tual conversations
wit h men. And if the t al k s leads to a little fooling around i n
b e d , s h e is n o t averse t o i t .
J u p i t e r , " t h e G reater Fortune , " astrological R u l e r o f
Sagit t ariu s , is also know n , less fa m iliarl y , a s the eleventh-hour
frie n d . This rulership makes the S agittarius fe m ale lucky , as it
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does the male of the Sign . B u t the fe m a l e , with h e r sharper

intui tion , tends to re l y more on this aspe c t of J u p i ter's
infl u e nc e . S h e marries l a t e in l i fe , not because she h as had no
earlier oppor t u n i ties , b u t because she t e n d s to d i l l y -dal l y , and
she is s e l f-satisfie d . Then t h e righ t male comes along j u st as
her fa m il y and friends h ave given up all hope of her ever
wa l ki ng to t h e al tar . A t the last m o me n t when she has b e e n
judged a con firmed old-mai d , s h e b e c o m e s a bride and wife .
This

is

fairly

overwhe l m i ng experie n ce . The

loss of

independence she finds re gre ttabl e . The newne ss, the novel t y .
a n d t h e gl itter o f marriage c a n reve rse h e r w h o l e p h i l osophy
and way of t h i n king a n d acting. T h e perfe c t wife may
e m erge , at least a t t h e beginning.
The Sagi t t arian fe male is a bundle o f faggo ts , tin der
ready to be ligh t e d , e a sily set on fire . With h e r , sex i s n o t
all-consuming as i t is with other S i gn s , b u t s h e is ever-ready
to be c o n su m e d , and i t takes but a partner's pale fl ame to
start the blaze within h e r . S h e love s h e r inde pendence so
much that she h as little o f the p assion that drive s other
wo m e n to p ursue sexu al mates. Yet she loves sex , wh e n it
c o m e s her way , and m u c h o f her l i fe is s p e n t making up h e r
mind which activity will be al lowed to take precede n c e , h e r
wi l l fu l sol i tary wandering or h e r ab negation to the one who
wants h e r .
S h e i s gre at at cru ising aro u n d , fi nding t h e r i g h t spots
where her type o f man c a n be discovered and made .

Yc t

there is a conservative and c o n v e n t i o n a l s t r e a k in her m a k e u p

that h o l d s h e r back from totallyI unconven tional cond u c t .
De spite her in nate independe n c e , it is

diffi c u l t for h e r to

throw o ff the fe ar of consequences which migh t be e x p e nsive

socially or fi nanc i al l y . She i s also subj e c t to the still sma l l
voice o f a ble sse d l y h i g h degree of psychic power w h i c h e m i t s
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bleeps of warning signs. Conscious of the latter , she actually

feels safer in the type of hideaway mentioned , for she can
assume any identity she chooses , or be anonymous . or j ust
clown around and vanish if her intuition tells her there is
some danger in what is evolving in the situation.
It

is not uniq ue for Saggittarius, both male and

female . to stay pretty much near home base . Families seem

to encroach upon them , ma ke demands, need support (moral
and financial ) and grip them in a vise of conscience. Yet the
mature Sagittarian female eventually learns the freedom and
joy that new , romantic . strange and foreign scenes can give
her. It is away from that home and home-bound atmos
phere that she really blooms. Feeling safe from possible
prying eyes of friend or relatives , she will really become a
great swinger. S uddenly she is capable of p icking up men
(or women ) and lett ing go-a Roman candle, lighting up the
sky.
The early days of the Sagittarius female do not reveal
very much of the woman into which she will evolve. Her
childhood and teen-age years are governed by family rules and
a sympathy and belief in conventional conduct. She takes
part in sports, wears girly clothes, is a fair student, is not
much of a joiner . But even in the fairly usual way with girls
her age , she has special friends, or even a girl friend on which
she has a crush. This might be stretched to being "mad
about " some woman teacher , especially if it's a kind of
.
masculine gym instructor. Active lesbianism is a potential ,
sometimes practiced , often j ust potential .
Marriage in the late years can be placid enough . but
her mate must be physically and mentally domineering to
provide any degree of happiness or even satisfaction . She
keeps it cool, even as a mother, having a kind of animal
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att itude t owards kids, a more or less ' ' l e t t h e m fe nd for

the mselves" way of regarding or ignoring the m .
One must beware o f the S agittarian fe m a l e . as she can
be very cage y . In the social intercourse which is i n tended to
wind up in sexual in tercourse . she i s well qual i fie d to give the
impre ssion of being almost saccharine in nature , just a l i t t l e
i n n o c e n t b u t very interested fe m a l e - in terested in the m a l e or
female who is on the make for h e r . Bu t , one fa lse remar k or
one dri nk too many , ( and she needs l i t t l e to ge t dru n k and
cares less about ge tting so) and that male or fe m a l e is in for

remarkabl y sur pri sing ge y s e r o f abuse . S h e will work h e rse l f

up fr o m see ming w e a k n e ss or d e fe n se l e ssness i n t o

melo

dra matic rage . It is then that h i dden w e l l s of strength arc

sudde n l y revealed . A n d it is n o t going to be amu sing for
anyone wh o happ e n s to be aro u n d . There is much concealed
conflict i n her nature which sh e su ffe rs with alon e . A s a
resul t

colds,

c h e st

pai n s , and n e rvou s disorders are

not

uncom m o n . All are manifestations o f repre sse d em otional

c o n fl i c t s . W h ile she docs not know it, t h is tra i t i n h e r n a ture
can e asily be quieted by any s t u de n t of astro logy . For in
tru th .

anyone

with

the

ne rve , courage ,

or

daring who

ve rbally slaps h e r down will e m e rge the instan t winner.

Oppone n t s , or friends sudde nly turned upon who k n ow and
re m e mb e r this, will take n o nonse n se from the Sagittarius
femal e . S h e ' l l give i n on the fi rst c h a l l e nge . I f her i n te nded
vic tim remains al oof. she will probably ge t down on her
knees and beg forgive n e s s . or offer 'to do a n y t h i n g e l se that
that p osition makes conve nie n t .
A n o t h e r tri c k y and de c e p tive trait i n the S agittarius
female wi th her deep perce ption into human nature is her
fa l l -guy reaction to wrong doers.

It has some e m otional

connection to the gambling instinc t o f all Sagittaria n s . She

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wi l t recognize a wrong m al e for what h e is, be he gangster,

mafioso , or c roo k . B u t whe n her heart takes the place o f her
h e a d , s h e can convince hersel f that this ch arac ter loves and
wants h e r so m u c h t h a t h e ' l l never take h e r over. The
hone ymoo n (legal or illegal ) will be absol u t e l y ecstat i c . Then
the l oans begin , or t h e n e e d for a car, or a grea t b u siness
opportu n i t y , a chance to triple

her

m o ne y . Then the t i l l is

e m p t y , as is her b e d . B e a tings may c o m m e nc e , and the n she

wil l give him anything she h as l e ft just t o ge t rid o f him . She
will rec over , and if n o t bruised b adly e n ou gh , she will fall i n
l o v e w i t h another wrongo - one w h o h as some thing b igger to
offe r , anything, but bigge r .
I t is diffi c u l t for the S agittarian fe male to c o m p l e te
any t ask , rarely on time i f at al l . This i s t r u e o f her se xual ,
l ove , or romantic relationships. S h e is tardy at maturing,
absen t wh e n requ ire d . S h e finds the most nebulous excuses
for h e r vagu e n e ss , all o f which she takes very seriously and
b e l ieves i n pr ofou ndl y . S h e assum e s a little too m u c h to grow
i n t o a probing t h i n k e r , and c an rare ly part w i t h the inner
chambers of h e r heart ' s true l ove . They are too d i ffi c u l t for
her to fin d .

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Cap ricorn : December 2 2 to J an uary 1 9

THE CAPRICORN MALE

Decem ber 22nd to Janu ary l9tlz

Un ique in the fam il y o f zod ia

cal S ign s is Capricor n . The m a l e o f the S ign may be the most
difficult to fathom . He is much l i k e the sy mbol o f h i s S ign ,
the

Sea-G o a t ,

although

the

familiar

and more c o m m o n

refere n c e to h i m is s i m p l y a s the G o a t . I n fact , there is

gre ater revelation i n the S e a-G oat symbol , for this male h as
the fi shy quality of being s u b m e rge d by reality as wel l as the
lofty quality o f the m o u n tain-climbing goa t . The discre p
a n c i e s in h i s character a n d b e havior arc indeed d i fficu l t to
understand , more diffi c u l t to j u stify .
Tradi tionally , t h e Capricorn male h as b e e n portrayed
as cold and calculating. H e is de scribed , using t h e Goat
symbol , as i n te rested o n l y i n reaching h e ights of attain m e n t
a n d a s b e i n g heartless as to w h o m he s t e p s o n on the way u p .
But t h i s is far from t h e t r u t h . U n d e r a uperior fac;ade , h e i s
o n e of t h e war mest-hearted romantics i n the worl d . While
slaying with a gl a nc e , wounding with a word , stul tify i n g by
ign oring someone , h e may b e burning with desire in his secret
he art . For he has a h e art , a gre a t big re d bleeding hear t .
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Why

the

cl ash between the inner and t h e o u ter

Capricorn male ? It i s to be attributed to t h e rulership o f h is

Sign by the plane t S a t u rn . T h i s h e ave n l y orb gave rise to the
descript ive a dj e c t ive , saturnine - dour , d ar k , foreboding. He
fe e l s that j o y has a price . S aturn . as t h e c e l e st i al school
m a s t e r . insists that one do his h o m ework or h e will be
pu nishe d . This is all a part o f a n i n n a t e l y cl ever mind's w or k .
While h e is a t a p art y , h i s m i n d a n d conscience wil l be t e l l i n g
h i m how he c o u l d b e t ter or more profitably s p e n d h i s tim e .
B u t h i s body i s t e l ling h i m t o try a conquest , t o ge t t h e best
looking fe male at the party in to h i s apartm e n t and i n t o his
bed. A n d soon thereafter i n t o h i s he art because he is a real
l over under that a m b i t ious fro n t , and a real sucker fo r the
one who k nows how to make h i m fe e l love d .
Capricorn is a n Earth S ign , a n d i t cannot b e taken
away from t h e Capricorn male that he is an e ar t h y being. H e
is righ t down in t h e dir t , has n o inh ib ition s , w i l l l i s t e n t o
anything, and e nj oy w al l owing. Once agai n , t h i s is a h i d d e n
tra i t , b u t h i d d e n o n l y from t h o s e h e does n o t tru s t . The
l a t t e r will k n o w h i m as a most dignifie d , moral , conve n tional
m a n . H i s cronies w i l l know h im as a b l o c kb u s ter with the
strength and m oral fiber o f a t an k and a vocab u l ary that
wou l d p u t t h e h eavy p ornography writers to shame . His
reper toire of anecdotes and stories is so vast t h a t h e has one
to expatiate on every situation. It takes a l o t t o warm him
up, b u t once h e is r u n n i n g , t h e r e s t o f t h e crowd h a d better
sit u p and pay a t t e n t i o n .
Th e e ar t h y Capricorn m a l e discovers his ge nitalia at a
very early age . H i s wonder and i m agination are stirre d , and so
is h i s curiosi t y . Then n o e n d o f ple asure seems to be h i s . He
eve n t u a l l y e n gage s in sexual play with other young boy s.
In

due

cou rse h e l e arn5 that girls arc physically

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d i ffe re n t , a n d they b e c o m e an obj e c t of h i s interest and

desire . No one ever play e d doctor with as de e p a seriousness
as the Capricorn ma l e . Tag, post-office . spor t s , arc soon
ab andon e d . This l ad wants to play doctor, and with as many
patie nts as his schedule perm i t s .
A serious probl e m i n t h e s e x drive o f t h e Capricorn
male is the strong tendency to h o m o s e x u al attac h m e n t s . It is
int ere sting to note that this is one o f t h e pre ce p t s o f H indu
astrology

also.

This

i s a serious prob l e m , even i f the

Capricorn male never so m u c h as touches another man ,

becau se the l a t e n t de sire is there . I t is an innate c h aracter
istic . He may experi m e n t , h e may be the passive party to the
act , he m ay become a flagrant deviate . B u t these are not
chara cteristic , for S a t u rn , R u l e r o f h i s S ign , i s alway s there ,
l i k e the Freudian unconscious censor, say ing, "reme mber t h e
price you wil l h a v e to pay i f you do what y o u would like t o
do . " The stifling e ffe c t s of repression l e ad t o o t h e r ou t l c t s ,
just a s t o t al s e x u a l repression c an be c onverted i n t o Freudian
sublima t i o n . The same e n e rgy can make h i m a Don Juan , a
heroic wo manize r , or

p u b l ic figure who leads in gre at

re form move me n t s . S t i l l , he may also sneak looks a t another

male in the u rinal at his c l ub .
Whether his prey b e male o r fe male , t h e ma ture
Capricorn man i s a lover anyone would fi nd d e sirou s to
please . ful fil l i n g , and terri b l y te nder al though he docs not
restrain

his

pote n t

love-making

in

any

way .

Tlz c L o 1 1c

Mach ine is n o t a television set . no ma tter what the au t h or of

that book say s ; it i s a h e a l th y . sensual C <pricorn male .

Pro fo u n d understanding of h u m a n nature and an
innate sense of how to arouse a woman or

man make h i m

de sirabl e . sough t aft e r . and almost n e v e r h appy . H e is k i n d .

ge nerou s . a n d though t fu l . H e b u y s gifts for h i s b e d m a t e s .
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sends novel and origin al letters or poems to th e m , and fe e l s

n o t h i n g h e d o e s i s rewardi n g e nough for all the e ffort h e p u t s
forth .

He

h as

internal

and

i n te stinal

comb ustion

fr o m

thwarte d rom antic no tions t h a t d a t e b a c k i n t o a see m ing

infinity of past incarnations. T h e Man o f So rrows was born
wh ile the S u n was i n Capricorn .
Wh e n the Capricorn man e m e rge s from the Capricorn
youth ,

he

de finitely

is

fu lly

retains

e xperien c e d ,

has

certain

ide a l s ,

and

the i mage o f perfe c t true love in the

romantic sense . He is ready for marriage , but picky and

choosy . Poetic love stories h av e fil l e d his m i n d , and he wan ts
to b e h alf of one o f the gre at l ove a ffairs of h i story -Paolo to
Franc e s c a , Romeo to J u l ie t , Pinkerton to Butterfl y , maybe
Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas or Lord Alfre d to Oscar.
As h e b e c o m e s an even gre ater lover with maturity . he
maintains h i s appe al and even finds that i t is e n h anced as he
grows older, for Capri c ornians are the h appiest geriatrics in
the w or l d . Their luck increases as they grow olde r . Marriage is
more

c o m mon

h u sband

is

after
gre a t

thirty
stud

than b e fore . The Capricorn

in

bed.

He

may

b e jealous,

de manding, venge fu l , o u t of bed. T h e se are the outbursts o f

h i s frustrations w h e n h e imagin e s he i s rejected or u nl ove d .
for b e n e a t h h i s orderly a n d conven tional e x terior is the
callow y o u t h who wants to be told every m i n u te that h is
lover loves h i m .
T h i s portrait m u s t n o t detract fro m t h e o u te r m a n ' s
impre ssive person al i t y . H e dresses w el l , speaks eloq u e n t l y ,
and c an b e a real m e rry m a k e r . Long l ive d , he appears to
improve in looks as time goes on . T h i s is a great h e l p to his
changing fan c i e s , for whereas he likes them older when he is
y o u n g , h e likes th e m y o u nge r when he is ol d .
Th e wandering e y e o f t h i s perpe tual lover may light
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upon a part ner from any socio-e c o n o m i c - e t h n i c gro u p , and

catch an answe ring a ffirmat ion . S nob that h e i s in soc i e t y . he
e nj o y s e normously s e x u a l expe rie n c e s with a c o m m o n lout or
anony m o u s fe m a l e in a roadside m o t e l and i s capab l e o f
c arry ing on such an al l iance through t he y e ar s , w h e t h e r he i s
m a r r i e d o r singl e .
I t i s no easy m a t t e r t o l o v e t h e Capricorn m a l e . He i s
j e a l o u s , ve nge ful , a n d cleve r . But allie d t o t h e righ t m a t e , he
is the be st , swee t e s t , k i ndest c h e a t in t h e w h o l e world .

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THE CAPRICORN FEMALE

December 22nd to January 19th

Th e Capricorn fe male sex l i fe

is more in conformity with the sy mbol of t h e S ign than is t h e
Capri corn male ' s sex life . The S e a-G oat is c a p a b l e o f l e ad ing a
double life as i t h as t h e body of

land a n i m a l and t h e tail of

a fish . The Capri corn fem a l e is q u a l i fied to e njoy sex with

males and fe male s . The word " e nj o y " i s used because every
fe male i s qualifi e d t o partake o f interc ourse with both sexes,
but i t is the Capricorn L ady who is both

enjoys

qualified

and

it.
This q u al i fic ation o r tendency i s n o t i n t e n d e d to

stigma t i ze the Capricorn fe male as an i 1 1 1 1 a t e l e sbian . S h e is

rarely an aggre ssive masculine-l i k e p u rsuer of o t h e r wo m e n .
On t h e o t h e r h a n d , h e r l i k e s m a k e h e r bisexual . S h e prefers
to

be

passive ,

l e tting

the

lesbian

do

the

p ursuing and

indul ging in h e r p e rsonal for m o f sexual perversio n . The

Capricorn fe m a l e e njoys the p e riph eral activities such a s . the
ide a of havi ng a "best friend" or "my closest frie n d . ' ' She
l i k e s t h e e m o t i onal content of t h e relation sh i p , rece iving
fl owers and gift s , sneaking o ff to secre t l u n c h e s , t e l e p h o n ing
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her girl friend from a party to which she h as gone with a

m a n , perhaps her fia n c e or h usband.
S h e also like s to ge t a b i t dru n k with her b u tc h l over,
but rare l y "goe s all the w ay " herse l f in the se x act un less she
has b e e n well-oiled by her favori te drinks which lets her
guard

dow n .

She

can

evade , excuse

or

rational ize

her

instinctive guil t t he n e x t day b y bl aming h e r conduct on

having been

dru nk

or

else going through

a conve n i e n t

alcoholic amnesia.
The Capricorn fe m a l e is a tower of strengt h s . S h e h as
physical e ndurance e x c e p t for a n i n c l ination towards forms
o f ar thritis and rheumatis m . Her strength is also spiri tual and
will-powered . The lady is a c o m m ander of wom e n , me n ,
a t t e n t i o n , respe c t , adulation and n u m e rous weaklings who
attach the m selves t o her as sel f-adop t e d childr e n , lovers,
learners , pleaders, and e mo t i o n al beggars .
The Capricorn fe male wh o is typical o f h e r S ign gives
the impression of b e i n g a born ari stocrat , as indeed she is.
Capricorn is at t h e z e n ith o f the natural zodiac . It h as always
b e e n there , even through c h an ge s in the cale ndar m ade by
man in his perverting ( n o t converting) the clock in t h e sky
wh ich never needs winding. The techn ical e x p l anation o f this
unique p h e n o m e n o n is accurately delineated in t h e 1 9 7 1
ti 1n e rican A s tro logy Diges t.

haugh ty b e aring and an overb e aring haugh tiness arc

actually sexu al characteristics of the Capric orn female as well

as the Capricorn m al e . S h e is a slav e driver in h e r bedroom ,
and the use of the wh ip n e e d n o t be though t disgusting to
her. I n appearance , howeve r , n o such tr a"'i t is i n evide n c e , for
she h as an autocratic and l i the gait , and gives t h e i m p re ssion
of being tall and thin eve n i f she is not. S h e has the h o t t e s t
come-hither look w h i c h she can turn into one o f freezing
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disdain at a m o m e n t ' s not ice . Wh atever h e r mood , she is

impressive ,
ab le

se x u a l l y attract ive . masterfu l , tantalizing, and

to retain

h e r appeal u n t il a ripe old age . To the

Capricorn fe m a l e , i t i s one of l i fe ' s charms that she retains

h e r y o u t h fu l looks and sexual a t trac tion . Her golde n years
may bring even greater sex u al satisfac tion than those of h e r
salad days . I t w as to Cleopatra t h a t t h i s re ference was made ,
for h e r judgm e n t " t he n was gre e n . " This may well be applied
to t h e Capricorn female . In youth she i s less discriminating i n
her c h o i c e of sex partners . I n m a t u r i t y h e r j udgm e n t becomes
far more

eclectic.

Also,

ike

C l e opatra,

she

re tains h e r

magn e t i s m for m e n and wo m e n of au thori ty , i n fl u e n c e , a n d

powe r far past the a g e whe n wo m e n of other Signs are
re sign e d t o mo therhood or spinsterhood or kee p ing a cat for
c o m p a n y . Tru l y ,

the Capricorn woman has more to be

gra tefu l for t h a n she ever adm i t s . She some times even re se n t s
h e r o w n glorious gift s .
I t t a k e s a crisis or a cat astrophe to u nderstand t h e

Capricorn female fu l l y . S he is at her best w h e n a l l h e l l breaks

loose . She is j e al o u s beyond wome n of any other S ign , and
this trait is suffi c i e n t t o make h e r h ave a very low boiling
point . Discovery of any ac t of disloyalty , cheating, going
behind her bac k , gossiping, hurting her reputation . being
niggard l y , chicanery , p en u ry or adul tery w i l l bring on a scene
almost unbel ievab l e i n its viole n c e - certainly u npredictable in
a woman with such a calm a n d control l e d exterior.
Ye t , wh e n h e r beloved i s in trouble , sic k , in financial
ne e d , d e l i nq u e n t in some duty , fal sely accused , u nj u stly
fire d , she is a bastion of prote ctive ne s s , a t igre ss against the
en e m y ,

b al m

to

m e l anchol y .

As

a re storer

of sc l f

con fidence . as a c om for t e r , as a solace , as a complete sy mbol

o f motherhood , she is all-e m b racing, all-smothering, all l ove !
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L u c k y is the individual i n t rou b l e who has a Capricorn lady

l over !
Early in life the Capric orn fe m ale give s in to her
intense

curiosity

about

sex.

She

i s remarkable

in

her

innoc e n c e , for she fails to know righ t from wrong, so young

is she w h e n the stirrings o f sex arouse her. This girl asks
questions that may emb arrass or amu se her pare n t s , depend
ing on

their

own

socio-e c o n o m i c

bac kgro u n d .

S h e will

"d iscover" words and pictures in the diction ary that arou se
se xual fantasie s , and t h e p e t s and rel atives she can have
contact with h e l p to do l i t t l e to assu age h e r early h e a t s and
ignorant frustratio n s .
Experime n t a t i o n

becomes

a very

time-consuming

ac t ivity , and she i s game for anything, but inclined to be very

secre tive . S h e i s fairly succe ssful at naive conquests and ge ts
che m to swe ar to secrecy . At this stage , she i s a hoarde r , i n
the s e n se that s h e w i l l k e e p a diary , c o u n t up h ow m a n y
experie n c e s s h e h as h ad b e fore she falls aslee p , and look
forward to e n l arging the number of whatever she is after.
N u mbers m e a n a lot , and she intends to h ave th e m .
O n e o f t h e emo tional problems o f t h e Capricorn
female is discovering a mate -b u t c h or stud - who is always as
highly keyed and ready for sex a s she is. Despite the superior
attitude and impre ssion she makes be cause o f the traits
endowed upon h e r by h e r S ign ' s being a t the top o f the
zodiac , she is real l y a h o t -bloode d cre ature . That stan d-away
air sh e exhibits on first m e e t i n g is a 'protec tive psych ologi cal
devic e . It is an armor . Under it all , sh is avid for se x u al
expertence s .
S h e is a hidde n vol cano , a n d w h e n she e r u p t s , her
lover knows she has been love d , and so doe s she . She is ready
and available all the time . Where does she fi nd a partner who
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can perform as she can ? Th is is the prob l e m we began wi t h .

O n e of t h e answers i s indeed u n i qu e . S h e fi n d s , i f she is
willing, g u i t e a n u m b e r , not too intel l ige n t , not too rich ,
maybe eve n poor, are available . H e knows or t h e y k n o w wh at
to do and she can surre p t i tiously carry on with a type l i k e
t h i s for y e ar s . Such a c o n c e a l e d and secre t a ffair c a n m a k e
for gre a t se xual and e m o t ional satisfaction be cause o f its
secre c y an d because she can really l e t go a l l her inhibitions
and act o u t all her fa ntasies.
The Capricorn fe male has gre a t virtues in addition to
the complexity of the comb ination o f all her other traits . She
m a ke s a wonderfu l sile n t partner in affairs , other than se xual ,
of those, or the one , she l ove s. The subtle way she has of
i nj e c t i n g ambition and i n spiration are a wonder to b e h o l d .
Her p a t i e n c e with

a l o v e d one is i n finite , e spec ial l y in

comp arison with h e r disdain for the stupidity of ordinary

mortal s . She see k s to raise her lover to her own position : the
top o f the zodiac , where her birth has placed her and where
she de se rve s to be .

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t
Aquar i us : J an uary 20

ro

February 1 8

T H E AQUAR I U S M A L E

Jan u a ry 2 0 th to Fe b ru a ry 1 8 th

Probably

the

most

fa m o u s

Aq uariu s male i n t h e history of the wo rld was F r a n k lin D .

Roosevelt . T h is i s n o t a n a n al y sis o f h i s pers o n a l life , b u t h e
i s given a s an e x a m p l e o f the c o m plexity o f t h e n a t u re .
m a ke u p a n d c h arac ter o f the ty pe o f m a n born u nde r the
Sign of A q u ariu s . One c a n u nder stand some o f t his c o m p le x
ity i f he a p p reciates the vast

almost i n finite , c h anges th at

h ave taken p l ac e in recen t year s . I f one p o n ders and m u ses on

w h at ' T his is the Age of A q u ariu s' mea n s , on the revol u tion
that has taken p l ace in dres s , m a n ners . m o r ality . religio n ,
warfare , and livi n g , o n e gets some ide a o f the p ower i n t h e
w o r d A q u a riu s .
I f a slogan were t o b e c h o s e n t o b e p u t u p o n a b a n n e r
dec l aring the sex u al attitude , o u t l oo k , and philosop h y o f the
Aq uaria n , th ere is an old L a tin o n e that fits to perfe c tio n :

qu id arnabo n isi

est

Q11od ae n igma

est

..

Et

W h at s h all I l ove

u n less it be the enigma ? "

T h e A q u a rian is a lover o f m y ste ry . I n this ma tter we
respectfully cite the l ate F . D . R . ' s l ove o f m y s tery storie s . He
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had Alexander Wool l c o t t at t h e White House fre q u e n t l y durin g

World War I I as a c o n n oisse ur to choose books to go to b e d
wi t h . Sexually t h e A q uarius male is a constant experimenter
i n se x - n o t a " c onstant reade r . " To probe into the e n igma of
the personality and sex l i fe of every one is his ai m . H i s i n nate
curiosity knows n o b o u n ds , and he is like a brilliant district
a t t orney

or

prosec u tor i n

his questioning, his se arching

queries, his psychic ability to g e t t o the root o f the matter. I n

t h i s respec t , h e may b e called a radical , for the origin o f this
word is root-getting to t h e root

is

radical . His profound

interest in e veryb ody ' s sex l i fe is catholi c , that is to say ,

u n iversa l . One may be amazed at t h e scope and startling
powe r of his interests and i n t errogation s, a n d then may
discover h i m self a s the obj e c t of his curiosity or of h i s sexual
a t t ac k .
Th e Aquari u s male does n o t n e c e ssarily appear t o
h ave m u c h sexual drive . H e looks frequen tly like t h e most
convent ion al type or even more l ike a weakling than a stu d .
The appe arance i s d e c e iving, for b e n e a t h i t l i e s a male with
potency sufficie n t to take care of a good-sized h are m . It is an
asse t to his making conquests that he se ems t o be so n e u tral
or non-aggressive , for the obj e c t of his desires is p u t o ff guard
by his a p pare n t affab il i t y .
So sel fl ess doe s h e see m t h a t it t a k e s a rare psy c h i c
perce p t ion to pie rce the armor of h i s o u tward personal i t y .
Th e Piscean ty pe migh t s e e t h rough this m o r e readily t h a n
m e m b e r s of t h e o t h e r S ign gro u p s . B u t le t it be c l e arly
u n de rstood that the Aqu ari u s male i n n a t e l y produces more
prote i n , calciu m , and t e s toste rone within his body than the
surface can sh o w , and n aturally this leads to potency a n d
;
virility which m a ke h i m t h e Casanova
of h is worl d . Like
Casanova. too, h e regret s the waning of h is sex energy no
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matter
place .

what

age

this

inevi tab l e

ch ange

begins

to

take

The s y m b o l of the S ign is the Water-Beare r , depicted

pouring water o u t of a vesse l . The spiritual
interpre tation of this is t h a t he is pouring o u t the water of t h e
as

a male

sou l . This sy mbolizes his zodiacal rol e ; the h u m an itari a n .

A l s o , occul tly , h e rec e ives in r e t u rn favors from for t u n e .
dowries from destin y , and fame from p h i l anthrop y . Ph ysic
ally interpre ted , the sy mbol indicates that his se xual prowess
gives p l e asure which is re turned by his wife , mistre sse s ,
l ove r s , and strangers in the nigh t .
The Aquarius male i s also the re ceiver o f admiratio n ,
wh i c h i s duly dese rved on al l leve l s , physica l , sexual , spiritual ,
moral , and social . The negat ive asp e c t of this p art of h i s l i fe is
that h e is also the receiver o f flattery , and his innate goodness
can make h i m a victim o f this fine trait . This also ap plies to
his sex life . H is sincere admirers , his flatterers, and the purely
sel fish who faw n upon him soon l e arn that this is an origin al
guy who c a n n o t say no. So the onslau gh t takes place , and he
b e c o m e s the vi ctim of those who re ally only wan t to use him
to satisfy t h e ir own cravings and de sire s . Fortunatel y , h e is
we l l e nough endowed to fulfill t h e demands m ade upon h i m .
I n y o u t h , the Aquarius m a l e h a s m o r e of a s e n se o f
conscience than me mbers of o t h e r S igns . H e is obe d i e n t a n d
dutifu l , a n d a joy to his pare n t s and rel atives as h e e v i n c e s t h e
se n se o f responsibility which i s an inborn at trib u t e . T h e
a t t e n t i o n he p a y s to t h e y o u ng girls. and little o l d ladies in h i s
social group s e e m s m o s t admirable to h i s teachers and o t h e r
elders . Bu t i t is the s a m e trait which- he later u se s in h i s
pu rsu i t

o f his s e x u a l pre y . The s a m e a t t e n tiven e ss a n d

gal lantry b e c o m e t h e a m m u n i t i o n with w h i c h h e bo mbards

those whom he wishes t o take to be d . This change is i m m oral
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if one takes the point of view of T . S . Eliot in Mu rde r

in

the

Ca thedr<1l- the good acts based on bad m o t ives are i m m oral .

Marri age is the high point in the sex l i fe o f the

Aquarius

male .

Bound in public by all the conventions

regardless of h i s sexual propensitie s , this m a n wants a wife

who wi l l , i f anything, improve his own soc ial status. He is a
club m a n , and would n o t bring into his world a woman who
is less than his equal . For this re aso n , he is choosy about the
woman whom h e gives his name . H e wants some one o f w h o m
to be prou d , for her b irth , b u t particularly for her c u l tural
attai n m e n t s . This may delay marriage u ntil l ate in life , b u t
s u c c e s s i n finding such a m a t e w i l l double h i s pleasure . I t
m e a n s a higher r u n g on the soc i al ladder plus e n h an c e d sexual
pleasure as h i s excitation is incre ased by a woman whom h is
world con siders so " h igh cl ass" as to be al most above having
sexual i ntercourse .
While passion plays the greatest role in h i s single and
married l i fe , the Aquarius male is n o t consume d by it. The
reason i s that h e actually lives for the mome n t - the here and
now . H e c an a dj u st himself t o any situation , to any place .
Were

a plane

to

set

him

down alone

in some unique

comm unity, he would feel little or no regr e t . H e would take

inven tory of his situation , settle h i mself within it, and soon
camp aign for ways in which to amel iorate h is own circu m
stanc e s a n d the e n tire e nviro n m e n t . This adds u p to the
Aquarius m a l e ' s ability to find a new love after marriage . get
a divor c e , and start a new married life w i t h o u t a regre t or a
backw ard glan c e . He de mands and gets the cooperation of his
spouse or lov er , in b e d and o u t of it.
It must always b e borne i n m in d that the A q u arius
male is a l aw u n t o himself, o t h e rw ise r e al u n derstanding o f
h i m will n e v e r be accomp lishe d . E v e n so , u nderstanding h i m
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is very diffic u l t because he is so com p l e x . T h e com p l e xity of

his w hole pe rson a l ity is inv ol ved with h i s se x life . H e is t h e
standard bearer of morality i n h i s h o m e and com m u nity , b u t
eve ry t hing h e doe s in b e d i s n a t u r a l to him , a n d h e can thin k
u p so me c u riou s de viation s .
T h e m a n i s a bor n a n a l y s t . N o h u m a n r e l a tion sh i p is
too invol ved or too com p l e x for him to tac k l e and to sol v e .
I n h i s sexual p artne rsh i p s h e i s j u s t as p e r c e p tive a s he is at
seeing t h rough ot h e r s . H e is inc lined to be secre tive abou t his
fe e l ings tow ards the one he love s , but if body l an g u age and
mental te l e p a t h y re a l ly wor k , his l ov e r w i l l k n ow j u st w h at
his

fe e l ings

are

without

words .

This

c h aracter is really
'

wor t h w hi l e because h e wil l a l w ay s give more t h a n h e ge t s .

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THE AQUAR IUS FEMALE

January 2 0 th to F'e bruary 1 8 th

The Aquarius female may be

the biggest surprise package you ever open when you try to
analyze her character . I n going into depth in studying her sex
life , you may discover that the package is either a Pandora's
box or that i t contains a bomb.
The element of surp rise l ies in the fact that the S ign
Aquarius is noted for its bestowing such ideal istic traits upon
its sons and daughters. They are known for their idealism ,
humanitarian ism , and for a universal love which is their
deep - seated rel igion , far more than is any orthodox belief.
These individuals , especially the females of the S ign ,
do good withou t

being object ionable or obnoxious do

gooders. The A qu arius female is innately desirous of helping

others-all others , not merely those close to her . as family or
friends,

but

everyone.

She has

been

characterized

by

astrology as being so akin to all mankind that her love for

those near to her can be no greater than her love for the
world. I n one sense this traditional description is unfair ; her
love for family and friends is not diminished because she
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loves the world , it is, in fact, more inte nse . The Aquarius
female wants to be the mother of h e r own mother and father ,
brothers and sisters. Rather than being impersonal about
the m, she tends to smothe r them with attention, gifts , and
concern . S tressed as this trait is, she can become a burden to
those she loves, although she is never conscious of it.
All this ma kes it unique that the Aquarius fe m ale is
the

most

sexually li berated

of women .

She

needs no

organized group to show her the way to obta ining liberation

because she was born with it. The Women 's Lib movement
stri kes the Aquarius female as an unnecessary joke on her
own sex . Unmarried and pregnant, she must have the biggest
laugh in the world watching the gals go by bearing banners
with their demands. It is difficult to realize the two A quarius
females who have borne illegitimate children, M i a Farrow and
Vanessa Redgrave , demanding their rights or joining Women 's
Lib. They were, and are bearing children and letting the
whole world know about it. They did not consider their
unmarried status nor the marital status of the men who are
the fathers of their children.
Heat

is not the basis of the Aquarius female's

conduct , such as that of the two stars mentioned. She is not

solely motivated by the desire to mate or rut. Rather docs
she mate because of the ideal love that she has found . Dryden
titled his play about Cleopatra " All For Love, or the World
well Lost . " There is an affinity with this title and the slogan
of the Aq uari u s female- with an . exception . I t is that her
slogan is truly "All For Love," bu t there will be no world
lost. This woman will have love and hold the world in her
palm

as

her personal possession . She has been far ahead of

her times thr oughout the ages.

Courageous enough to have fought fo r her rights in
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the p a s t , to h ave b e e n an ide alistic reformer b u t n o t a

blue-nose , t h e Aquarius fe male ' s m o tives are p u re . I n the
same way , so i s her love becau se t h e drive towards sex u ality
is gre atly sublimated towards lov e , rom a nc e , friendship with
h e r mate, and a h e l p fu l n e s s beyond comp are . These latter
traits fre q u e n t l y

ar c

the c au se o f fri c t i o n and misu nder

standing, as men in terpre t all this warmth as an u rge to ge t

t h e m i n to b e d . W h a t t h e Aquarius fe male ' s c o n d u c t really
means i s , " L e t ' s ge t toge ther and h e l p somebody . " No t
' L e t ' s ge t toge ther and make love . "
T h e A q u ar i u s fe m ale ' s aim i n s e x i s t o experience i t i n
the t e nder w ay s remotely described i n V ic torian n ovels . S h e
l i k e s to be courted w i t h p o e t r y , i n r o m a n tic s e t t i n g s , i n
ge n t l e and v e i l e d t e r m s , and n e v e r with gross vulgarities,
h aste ,

or

any

circ u m s t ances

or

si tuation that migh t b e

describ e d a s sordid. Never r e p e l l e d by sex i t s e l f, t h e phy sical

mating w i th o u t t h e aura o f love and glamor o f romance
leaves the Aquarius female c ol d .
T o generate heat for

valid a n d e njoyable sexual

experience . the sex partner o f the Aquarius fe m al e m u st

u n derstand h er basic reac tions . S h e is n o t generally p u t i n to
the mood by pe t t i n g , n e c k i n g , t o u c h i n g , or a n y of t h e
possible e r o t i c perversions w h i c h so o ft e n precede c o i t u s .
R a t h e r wi l l s h e respond t o poe tic and roman tic whisperings
of l ove and a ge n t l e show of a ffe c t ion , with desire as t h e
symbol of the ex pression o f l ove r a t h e r than as a separated
act ivi t y . For th ese reason s . she b u il ds up slowly in the sexual
u n i o n . Wh i l e t h e partner is se e k i n g satisfaction , or possibly
the greatest th rills in variety and numb e r , the A q u ar i u s
fe m a l e i s i n a l anguorous d r e a m mood , taking all the passion

be i n g ge nerated as body langu age o f l ove . Thus she will have

her orgasm on c e , then l inger in the arms of love , which may
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hold more sign i ficance and ple asure for h e r than the orgasm
heigh ts she has j u s t experi e n c e d .
Besides h e r

charm a n d fr ie ndliness, t h e A q u arius

fe m a l e h as natural c h arms i n her physical make u p . They are

rarely over normal height and t e n d to b e shorter and smaller
than the distaff side of o t h e r S igns. The hair and c o m p l e xion
are freq u e n t l y shades of brown or true blac k , i n freq u e n t l y .
natural b l o n de although the e y e s can make

for u n u su al

combinations such as b l u e or violet with b l ac k hair. I t is the

expression o f t h e e y e s which distinguish e s t h e A q u arian , for
it re flects h e r innate idealism and therefore give s ( a corre c t )
impr ssion of drea m i n e s s . of b e i n g far away in spiri t . or
see ing obj e c t s , p e op l e , or e v e n t s that are happening on t h e
astral plane b u t n o t y e t u p o n the e art h . The stare or t h e
pene trating l o o k o n e ge ts whe n she i s c o n c e n trating o n
so m e o n e is accompanied b y a downward gl a n c e or turning
h e r h e a d to o n e side . It is provocative i n de e d , but it also
invariab l y succeeds i n ge t t ing the a n swer or t h e i n formation
she is a fter. S h e should never be l a ssoe d - n ever can b e
because h e r m i n d i s o n that distant p l a c e o n l y s h e c a n see ,
and which she will never share , certainly n o t with a n y o n e she
is sexually i n t im ate w it h .
The

de t ai l s

of t h e

p i c t ur e

so

far drawn o f the

Aqu ariu s female se e m t o fail t o m ak e her qualified for

marriage in t h e ordinary or norm al way . This should be
e n ough to p u t o ff a n y m a n who w a n t s torrid sex every night
in the wee k and som e t i m e s at lunch or a m a t i n e e . I n divi d u al
Aquarius fe m a l e s , b u t n o t the typical o n e s , m a y b e very
sensual . These are the exceptions whose-Moon a n d Ve n u s are
in se nsitive z o n e s o f their personal horoscope s . The traits of
the Aquarius fe male do n o t , h owever , bar her from being an
excel len t wife i n all other respe c t s . She is not one to nag or
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i n t e r fere with h e r husband ' s i n terests. S h e is n o t one to

suspe c t him of other l i aison s , and is herself above su spicio n .
T h e reason i s n o t h e r ove rpowering n e e d for h e r mate , b u t
the vari e t y o f h e r o w n interests a n d the resp e c t s h e has for
him and his. S h e h a s all the social grac e s , makes a re fined
appearance , and i s a n ador n m e n t to her home , husband and
social group .
T h e symb ol o f t h e S ign Aquarius i s t h e Water-Bearer.
The infl u e n c e o f t h i s symb olism is the same fo r the Aquarius
female as fo r the A q u arius male . It is represen tat ive o f the
Aquari a n ' s pouring ou t t h e waters of the sou l , t h e c l eansing
of the i ndividual and t h e worl d , t h e spiritual i l l u m i n ation o f
mankind . This a l o n e woul d preclude any clandestine relation
sh i p . It e x p l ai n s the two movie stars o p e n l y h aving their
c h i l dr e n - a n event for all t o se e , regar d l e ss of t h e worl d ' s
op11110n .
T h e S ig n ' s planetary ruler is Uran u s . The re ign of this
h e ave nly body i s l igh t ni ng-l i ke and ele ctrical . It heralded and
was

re sponsible

fo r

e l e ctricity

and

the

c hanges i t

has

wrough t . T h e l adies born under its rulership are t h e heralds

of t h e fu ture . T h e coming trends in sexuality and i t s c h anging
c u s t o m s and more s are all here for you to see ; just keep your
eye o n t h e A q u arius fe m a l e .

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P isces : February 1 9

co

March 2 0

Feb n 1 < 1 ry

1 9 rh ro

.\ larch 20th

As tro l ogy is a branch o f oc

c u l t i s m . r h e study o f r h e m y s teries behind rhe v e i l . Pisces is
the asrrolog1 c al ru ler o f occ u l t ism and the people born w h il e
the S u n transi t s t h i s S ign a r e se n si t i v e s . psyc h i c s . mediu m s :
they are perceptive . p rophe tic . i n t u i t ive . A l l t h e se traits are
i n c e rw o ve n

with

t h e i r sex l i ve s . and t h ose who fal l for

Pisce ans w il l l e ar n r h a r r h.e y e x pe r i e n c e r h e gre atest vicissi

tudes of a l l l ivi ng h u m a n s .
I n de aling wi t h t h e Pisces ma l e . one m u s t r e al i z e t h a t
regardless of age . race . cree d . or p h y sical ap p e ara nc e . h e is
l oade d wi t h se x appe a l . He may b e bald and c h u b b y Ze ro
Maste l . or H arry Belafon t e . r a l e n r e d Nureyev or warped
N 1j insky .
sce n t .
In

that

addi tion

potenc y .
se x .

bur

le

the

he will

re e k

i n e ffab l e

and

co rhe

pote n t

o f se nsu al i ty . rhar b e droom

overpowering
q u al i t y

exudation,

and

Pisces m al e is p a t h o l ogical l y

t h e q u ality

se x .
of

involved with

pervades his m e n t a l i t y and his physical organ si m .

I t i s the basic m o t ivating force i n h i s highest ide a l s . i n h i s

gre atest achieve m e n t s . in his e c herealized love , in all c h a r
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the flesh e x perie n c e s and in all that t h e flesh transcends.

With uch an obse ssion , can the Pisces male l e ad what
the wor l d calls a normal life ? N o t only can he , b u t h e h a s the
p o t e n t ial of surpassing normal success in every depart m e n t of
l i fe .

This

is

so

even

tho ugh

he

may be

heterose x u al ,

h o mosexu al , or o n e of se x ' s freaks . H e is a pursuer of sexual

pre y , b u t fill e d with romantic dre a m s at the same t i m e . He is
filled with the su rgi ng impulses of poetic and ch ivalric l ove
wh ile simultaneou sly the r h y t h m of se x is beating in his heart
and the blood i s coursing t hrough h i s veins.
T h e Pisces m a l e is the m o s t i ntroverted one i n the
e n t ire zodiac al family of t h e S igns. The mystic element and
his inborn (eve n i f i t i s u n c onscious) mediumship make him
terribly e m p at h e t i c . He may n o t eve n k now why this is his
conditio n , b u t i t i s one very diffi c u l t to cope w it h . The Pisces
male can t ake on all the troubles of the people in h is worl d .
He

is really l i k e a y o u n g m a n

studying

medicine

and

contracting e ac h n e w disease as h e studies i t in h i s i m agi

nation. In the c ase of the Pisces male , this condition is very
real , not imagi nary . H e genuine l y suffers-so magn e t i c is he
to t h e s u ffering of others.
S trange l y , for t h i s reason it is m ore d i fficult for h i m to
attract gay or h appy conditions. There i s a whole segm e n t of
the wor l d wearing c l ow n mask s - t h e men o f Pisc e s . The man
at t h e p arty flattering some old unattractive woman , smiling
at h e r , l igh t i ng h e r cigare tte , h aving another drink himself,
and saying "Marve lous party " i s the Pisces m a l e . He is playing
his rol e , his game . And h e is so good at i t that h e bel ieves he
is e nj oy ing himself.
Alcohol is one of his prob l e m s . The Pisces male at the
party will drink more t h a n anyone else. After all, his drea m s
are n o t c o ming true ; they a r e too , t o o big to be real ized .
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Drink makes the world seem rosier ; it releases the frustra

tions ; it puts a veil over the failures ; it gives him a real
hangover in the morning . And the only cure is a hai r from the
dog that bit hi m. The cycle starts agai n . Addiction of any
kind is a problem for the Pisces male because he has a very
hard time with reality. Whether it starts with the codeine in
cough medicine or a shot for pai n , he must completely avoid
any and all kinds of mood pills , n arcotics , and alcohol . Those
Pisces men who are hooked , hab itual drunks, or sick , soon
discover their sex powers have van ished . This becomes j ust
another excuse to the weak ones to further indulge in the
bottle , the needle , or the weed . Doctors and astrologers should
be on the alert to save the beauti ful Pisces male for sex .
A movie star o f great age who attempted to portray a
young woman in a sex movie was described by one critic as
"looking like something that was pasted together. " This
phrase could be applied to the emotional b ody (an occult
Hindu term) of the Pisces male. He seems to be unstrung, or
at lo ose emotional ends , when it comes to h is love l! fe .
G enerous to a fault , he expects as much from the one he
loves . His giving has no end , materially and romantically.
Should he have chosen some coarse or u ndeveloped lover, he
will

be deeply

wounded ,

for

few

have

the depth of

understanding to realize how much the Pisces male needs to

be loved in return , how sensitive he is, how big a human
being he is, how kind he is, how unselfish he is. Perceiving
finally that his sex partner or lover docs not have the
capacity to attain the emotional and spiritual heights he
reaches , the Pisces male moves down- into a slough of
despo ndency . He learns he might have been better off with
someone above him , or at least able to dominate him . Alas ,
he learns too late .
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The sexual act is a subtle ritual for the Pisces male .

Th ere

is

always

the

necessity

for

the

b ig

b u ild-u p .

T h i s i s n o t a m a t t e r o f t im e , b u t o f e m otional a n d intellectual
ti m i ng. The u n derstanding might take place sim u l taneously
between him and t h e chosen and accepting partne r , but there

will b e no hasty m ating. This m u s t be preceded by the acting

out of h i s own fantasies and some kind of schedule or
program

that he has worked out i n his head or which

becomes a habit th rough re p e t i t i o n . It m ay start with question

and answe r . I t m a y go on with a friendly dr i n k . It can diverge
to likes and dislikes . Then comes ide n t i ficat ion . Note : n o t
b e fore ! T h e n another dri nk o r some small tal k . A n d t h e n i t
begin s a n d e n d s i n silence . B u t be tween t h e beginning a n d the
ending t h e re c a n occur every kind of murmur, gru n t , noise ,
b u t n o word s . A n d t h e ac ts-name any th ing in the dictionary
of perversion s , and they are there . Nor is one to t h i n k this
lac ks te nderness, nor that th ere i s anything that does n o t
" c o m e nat urally . " All is part of the a c t of love . Whether t h i s
mating is b e t w e e n t h e Pisce s m ale and a p i c k - u p or be tween
him and a lover with a regular status, every thing i n the act is
an act o f love . A s long as i t l ast s .
Be cause i t i s e asy to t a k e advantage o f the Pisces
male , many people do so. This brings a strange reversal of the
sensitive reaction of the Pisces m al e . H e is so sy mpathetic to
others that wh e n t h e y suffer p h y sically or e m otionally or
wound him , you will see a re al trage dian e m erge from this
dual p e rso nali t y . H e will weep , bleed, and scre a m i n h i s
ago ny o f having h a d his feel ings h u r t or his t r u s t broke n .
There i s only one way t o reac t t o this-ignore the whole
thing.
The Piscean male has so much innate knowledge of
life that h e makes a d i ffic u l t stude n t . He has l ived through so
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m any incarnations, is such an old soul , that he takes direction

badly . Maturity in the worldly sense is difficult for him to
attain . Facing reality is the same proble m . Facing the realities
of sexual union may also be too much of a practical problem
for h i m .
Perhaps i n t h e w inter of h i s discontent t h e Pisces
m ale will discover his one true l ove - himsel f.

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T H E PISCES FEMALE

February 1 9 th to March 2 0 th

The female born

S ign

under the

Pisces develops a makeup, a totality of character ,

completely in keeping with the symbol of her S ign, the Two

Fish.

In

the symbol, one fish is going upstream, one,

downstream. Like Gemini, this is a Double S ign, but the

Twins of Gemini are side by side . The Fish in Pisces are going
in opposite directions. There is strong duality in the nature of
the Pisces female. She is the noblest idealist of the females of
the human race, she has also been dub bed the whore of the
zodiac.

Upstream she goes, struggling valiantly like the

salmon against the tide, then downstream, into the effluvia of

degradation, perhaps hitting the muddy bottom of disgrace
and social banishment.
Were there ever a model of saintly humanitarianism,
it would be the Pisces female. Were there ever one of the
femme fatale, of the Circe who turned men into swine, of the
vam p ire who destroyed her l overs , it would be the Pisces
female .
How can such a split personality exist in a world
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where

soph istication

re aches

down

to

even

the

lowest

socio-economic leve l s , where kids are as wise as the ir pare n t s ,

wh e n all the obscene words a n d a l l the perversions are
commonplace to the unwashed and the u n l e t t e re d ? Easi l y .
S h e can exis t ; she c a n su rvive ; s h e c a n surpass her sisters in
every compe t i t ive activity - the arts , b u s i n e s s , home l i fe , and
in love . H e r d u a l i t y is accompanied by d u p l i c i t y . I n t h e art of
acting

ou t her

rol e , no

Bernhard t ,

no Bette Davi s , no

Katherine Corne l l could give as realistic nor as stirring a

perform a n ce .
How does she do i t ? The Piscean fe m ale is a mistress
of

il lusion .

Because

her

Sign

is

under

the

astrologi c al

rulership of N e p t u n e , plane t of i m agery , of conversion , of

change , of changelings . The deception s of Nature herse l f arc
ruled by N e p tune : the rainb ow i n t h e sky , t h e m i rage in the
deser t . The deceptions of progre ss are also under N e p t u n e ' s
rulership : the l i fe l ik e i m a ge s on the m o t i o n pic t u re screen ,
the conjurer's art . Th u s the Piscean fem ale h as n o d i ffi c u l ty in
cre a t i n g the illusion , t h e p i c ture or vision o f h erself, as
she wants her world to see her. Devel o p e d in m e d iu mship ,
she will be a great m e d iu m . Beneath h e r art and artifice
may

dwe l l

gre a t

courte san ,

an

adulteress,

lesbian,

a necrophiliac. Her obsession may t a k e her o n v i s i t s t o

h e l l i t s e l f, b u t there w i l l be n o e x p e r i e n c e that she w ill
deny herse l f.
Th ere

is

lit tle

for

her

to

de ny

herse l f because

prac tically every man i s ready and w i l l i n g to give the Pisces

fe m a l e j u s t about anything h e r hea t desire s . While the Pisces
female

tends

to

be dark and

shin ing ,

there

are

those

(depending o n their Rising S ign) who arc ligh t comp l e xioned

with gre e n eyes. I t docs not seem to matter to the men
wh ether the Pisce s female i s typical o f h e r S ign traits or n o t ;
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all t h e m e n know is that she exudes sex appeal and to h ave

her is their fondest w ish .
The bes t-se lling b o o k ,

Fem inine Mys tique,

might well

h ave been dedicated to t h e Pisce s fe m ale , for the two words

in the title are t he b e st possible description o f her distinc tion.
S h e is well aware o f t h i s q uality . If she were ever h onestly
modest , t h e praise she ge ts would soon remove t h i s . The n ,
too , s h e h a s a natural d esire to show off h e r beau ty and
charm - nat ural because it is inborn . She is t h e p re e n ing bird
o f paradise displaying all her e n dowm e n t s to get a m a l e , as
n a t ure demands , for h u m a n s cannot yet reproduce w i t h o u t a
con tribu tion from each of t h e sex e s .
The e n t ire s p a n o f t h e se x l i fe of t h e Pisces fe male i s
strongly i n fl u e n c e d by h e r relationship with her fa t h e r . T h e
early y e ars o f this w om a n ' s p s y c h e a r e m o l d e d and sculpted
by t h e male pare n t , and t h e subsequ e n t y e ars are a re flec tion
of it . H e r sex u al habits will relate to t h e happiness or the
misery of childh ood and girlhood , al t h ough t here are all
kinds o f v ari ations and degre e s o f e m o tional living between
the extre m e s o f love or hate t h a t existe d . This fre quently
re sults i n a search fo r l ove i n a fath e r i mage, cliche th ough
this description may see m to be. I t brings ab o u t m u l tiple
marri ages, but t h e best is always t h e m asterful m a n , who can
and wan t s to dominate the woman.
S t a l i n ' s daugh t e r is alleged to h ave b e e n m arrie d twice
in Russia. She fo u n d and lost h e r gre at romantic love in
I ndia ,

and

settled

down

in

America

to

wifehood

and

m o t h e r h oo d . From her reve lation s, it appears h e r search was

for se curi t y , ob viously be cause of the terror she experie nced
wi t h h e r fath e r . One of t h e worl d ' s most glittering m ovie
stars has b e e n married many t i m e s . This Piscean beauty has
had two successful m arriage s , one which e nded in the death
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of her h u sband , the prese n t one being one of t h e gre atest

rom ances of today ' s worl d . The lasting ones h ave been with
m e n of tre m endous stre ngth of ch arac t e r , and i t se e m s as
though Liz and Dick Burton will b e married a long, long ti m e .
T h e m a n ' s dominance

over

the

Pisce s

fe m ale

is

necessary bec ause her moods are al most unpredictable . S h e is

the most tempera m e n t al woman of any of t h e Signs of the
zodiac. S h e c an go from shy to brash in t h e wink o f an e y e .
S h e can h ide herse l f away fr o m t h e world or give s u c h a
display of fou l t e m p e r and language chat che auditor may
we ll t re mble . She can be the most ge nteel lady at the Court
of S t . J ames or swear like a longshore ma n if she doesn ' t get
her way .
The storm and strife of h e r moods and emotional
turmoil

may

lead

to

various

forms

of very

dangerous

attempts t o escape from fru stration s , real or imaginary . T h e

most frequ e n t e s c a p e the P i s c e s fe male turns to i s alcoh o l ,
and chis g a l c an really drink l i k e t h e fish w h i c h is t h e sy mbol
of her S ign . I n some cases, she turns to mood pills, e q u ally
dangerous if this becomes habitual. N arcotics may b e an
outle t , begun perhaps i n desperation or a s an e xperim e n t , and
ending b y her being trapped in the l iving death .
Needing to be love d , wan t e d , and possesse d , the
Pisces fe male is e q u ally ge nerous in the love she give s her man
and childr e n . S h e is capable o f fooling people , howeve r , for
she o ft e n pulls a very tough a c t . Qual ified as a fine actre s s ,
s h e c a n p lay the r o l e o f t h e sop. histicated w o m a n o f t h e
world - a real wit , cynic , o r a h ard-boiled woman . A l l this i s a
cover for t h e essential t e nderne ss too o fte n hidden under that
veneer o f sel f-con fidence and tough n e s s . Ob served with h e r
brood , one can se the profo u n d l o v e she lavis h e s o n t h e ugly
duckling.
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The Pisces fe male is sensual , with the ability to u se

h e r l o o k s , char m , and sex appeal profe ssionally as an actress ,
mode l , hoste ss , r e c e p t ionist , or p u b l i c re l a t i o n s execu tive .
The same qualities that appeal to h e r m e n ma ke her popular
with t h e p u b l i c . S h e t a k e s deep satisfac tion i n the apprecia
tion o f her personal ity , and when the physical asp e c t s o f her
char m begin to fade , she puts u p a p re t ty good figh t to
re s tore or preserv e the m . This gal doesn ' t want to l o se , and
she w ill n e ve r throw her towel i n the ring. She will u se i t to
wipe up the cosme t i c s , p a i n t s , powder s , and whatever artifice
she c an discover t o hide or disgu ise h e r vanishing l u m i nosity .
S h e will succee d , too , for she is r u l e d by N e p t u n e , the planet
o f illusion .
Su m m i n g h e r u p , illusion m ay be t h e one real t h i ng
ab o u t t h e Pisces fe m a l e . Grasp h e r i n y o u r ar m s , and you
may fin d all you are holding is a m i r age .

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S EX U AL COMPAT I B I L I T Y G U ID E

Since the sexual act normally

involves two people, the gui dance given in this section will
not separate the sexes in the readings given . Each Sign
heading applies to both males and females, and exposes the
potential relationsh i p between them whether i t be compat
ible or hostile .
To deri ve the greatest be nefit from th is section . read
the guide given for your own Sign ; then read the gu ide for
the Sign of the person you w ish to know about -whether
lover , potential lover, or possible choice of mate .

A R I ES

Men and -women born un der

Ar ies are all achievers. They have more up-an d-go th an
mem bers of

almost all other

S igns, perhaps even

more

a m b ition tha n al l the other S igns put together . Th is same

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push, enthusiasm,
Ar ies-born
emotions,

people

and

ardor

have

applies to their love lives.

enormous

drive ,

overpowering

and tremendous physical desires. Sex is their

ou tstanding experience, and they cannot seem to conceive of

a life tha t consists of supp ression, repression . or lack of
love- to them the greatest of all human feelings.
Love between people born under Aries and another
S ign may not survive the potency of the Arians' emot ions.
They are so volatile that the slightest tremor , change, or
facial

expression

can

put

them

far

off

intellectually,

sentimentally, and even geographically . A slight, a forgotten

b irthday on the part of the loved one, and love may very
easily fly out of the window! On to the next love; forget the
ol d and on with the new- that is the cry of Aries no matter
how much they su ffer, and suffer they do, indeed .
The fact that Aries is the first S i gn of the zodiac
makes all those born under it natural leaders. Therefore they
have

every

endeavor :

qu alification

for

success,

in every

field of

in business, social life, home life, and in the

bedroom . They are practical people, even where their own

emotions are involved. When it comes to ex periencing sex,
they will never take the promise for the deed. With them it is
put out or get out !
A person born under Leo would make the best sex
partner and mate for the Aries group . Beca use sex is so great
a part of their lives, Aries peop le will find an outlet , a
bal ance, and a constancy in the Sun-ruled Leo family. A rdor
is also typ ic a l of the Leo-born, so there would be no problem
of having to bear up under the objections or rep ressions
possible with members of other S ign groups. I f the Aries
person is faithful, loving, and attentive, the mate he or
she has chosen from the Leo family will make for a happ y
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a n d lon g-lived marriage or e x tra-m arital t y p e rel ationshi p .

Anothe r S ign grou p whi ch can help the Aries grou p i n
sex a n d i n all l i fe's aspects i s Taurus. T h e slower pace at
wh ich Taurus travels will lessen the rush , the hustle and
bustle of the Aries way of l iving. The sexu al impetuosity of
Aries c a n be toned down by Taurus, and the Aries partner
could develop

even

greate r sexu al prowess through this

emotional partn ersh ip.

I t must be emphasized that each in dividual has many
more in fluen ces in his or her chart than just the Sun's, which
dete rmines t h e Sign . Where marriage is concerned , certai n ly
the two parties should have comp arative horoscopes made up
by a spe cialist in astrology .
Th e impe tuous n ature of Aries will be cooled b y
people

born

u n der

the

Air

S igns :

G emi n i ,

Libra

and

Aquarius. The Water S igns would be too del icate for them.
As

for

the

E arth S igns:

they should

stay

away

from

Aries-the y would be bored to infinity.

TA U R U S

The

powerful

rulership

of

Venu s, pla net of love and be auty , ver people born under the
S i gn Ta urus is the influence whi ch ma kes them so fil led with
desire and so desi rable. M ating

or

marriage and Taurus could

by sy nonyms ( for Taurus ) . These nati ves of the S ign are

i n n ately

marriage-minded , so much so that they usually

m arry at a much you n ger age than do natives of othe r S igns.

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Taurean folks love their homes, want a lot of children , and

seek to establish beauty and harmony all around them .
Sons and daughters of the S ign Taurus have very
profo und senti mental and sexual feelings which they do not
find easy to express despite their depth , or because they are
not on the su rface. However , though they may not be
eloqu ent, vocal, or articula te , they have persistence. This
makes their pursu it of love and sex subtle and su ccessful, for
they can win out through a lengthy and patient courtship ,
whereas less durable competitors , although more bombast ic,
will lose out.
The honesty ,

sincerity , and straighforwardness of

Taurean people makes their love pu re-for the majority. They

can be taken advantage of because of these traits , but as they
are very intelligent, experience soon teaches them how to
guard and protect themselves against love vultures. Sexu al
virility is another advantage that helps them , for Tau reans
( S ign of the Bull) retain sexual youthfulness until old age .
M ating with a member of the Aquarius S ign group is
the best choice for Taureans. There is a wonderful balance
established

in

such

a combination . The virility of the

Taurus-born combined with the thou ghtfulness and logic of

the Aqu arian ma kes for a lasting union.
People born under Earth S igns will form a different
kind of u n ion with Taurus people. Virgo and Capricorn will
understand the m aterial outlook that Taurus people have.
The combination makes for ambition and success even if it is
not crowned with great emotional ecstasy.
The more emotional Water Sign people will lean on
the Taureans for strength , support, and will be partners of a
union in which they take more than they give.
To the Taureans, Air S ign people other than Aquarius
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are an enigma. The Taurus person will be bewildered by the

dreamy character of those born under Gemini and L ibra .
Sex and marriage with people born unde r the F ire
Signs could fail because this type of combination can wear
each partner out physical ly and emotionally . I t is too intense
to last very long.
In all cases , the Taurus person has a stead fastness that
makes for sticking with a bargain, even if there is a certa in
amount of cheating on the side !

G EM I N I

The

du al

nature of people

born under the S ign of the Twins; Gem ini , makes for m any
complications in love, sex, and marriage. They are interested
in at least twice as m any pursu its in life as people born u nder
independent

(non-dou ble)

S i gns. These

interests

include

mating, of course . They are the seekers and searchers for

stim u l ation , excitement, change , and variety. Their need for
many ty pes of experiences ex tends to their emotional lives,
their mental activities , their hobbies, and their social lives.
For this reason , they do not have an e asy time in d iscovering
a perfect mate or lover, and withou t continual stimu lation in
all these branches of living , boredo soon sets in.
Under the ru lership of the planet Mercury , Geminians
are more intellectually incl ined than passionately so . They
prefer activities a.nd pursu its that sti mu late the mind to
extensions of thought and logic, reasoning removed from the
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area of the e m otion s . A s well as in other way s , chis makes

the m m o s t e c l e c t ic in their choice o f a mate or bedmate .
They are deep anal y s t s , so that they arc n o t easily please d .
They se e m to be forever t e sting al though t h e candidate for
the feel ings m i gh t never b e aware o f this. They can be as
devious as they arc clever.
These sons and daugh ters of Gemini can be very cold .
with over-e m ot ional people , they are distan t . With argu m e n t
ative type s , they m e r e l y re move themselve s from t h e scene .
Th ose who do n o t h ave deep instinc t s for u nderstanding
the m will fi nd that j u s t one demon stration of temper will
drive t h e G e m i n ian away permane n t l y .
The elu sive personality of the G e mi nians make t h e m
see k a variety of sex partners. They can dissipate their
energies in a n u mb e r of experiences rather than re se rvin g
the m fo r t h e " o ne and o n l y " that i s t h e d r e a m of m e m b e rs o f
other S ign groups . T h e y have great personal magn e t ism a n d
a t t r a c t m e mbers o f both sexe s who would like to have t h e
thrill of conquering, i f o n l y sexu ally or for a single time , o n e
of t h e se brillian t and c h ar m i ng pe rson alities.
G e mini people do best in marry ing or mating with a
member of the Virgo grou p . The tradi tion is otherwise in
astrology ,

but

rese arch

by

the

au thor shows th at

the

similarity of their n a t u r e s m a k e s for a good begin ning in

sh aring m e n tal e xercise which can evolve into d e ligh tfu l
sexual

concourse .

Even tually

all

m e n tal a n d e m otional

re stri c tion s are dissolve d , and a " m ore perfec t union " could
h ardly b e beheld .
The other Air Sign s , Libra and Aquari u s , are also
compatible b e c ause they can work o u t the same or similar
destinie s . Toge t her they m a ke w h a t is k n o w n as a brilliant
couple.
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A Gemini mating with Pisces is to be avoided because

of the demanding nature of the people born u n d e r t h e S ign

of the Fish . The Piscean is far too e mo t ional for t h e cerebral
G e m i n i . The same i s true of G e mini-S c orpio combinations.
This

m igh t

be

e njoy able

and

sexually

satisfy ing,

even

thrilling, b u t there is not much hope for such a combination

to have a n y permane n c e . Since Taurus and Capricorn would
h ave l i t tle appeal to G e m i n i , there is little likelih ood of
mating or

marri age e x c e p t under spe c ial conditions and

asp e c t s in the individual h orosc op e s .

CANCER

The

people

born

under the

S ign of Cancer are under the rulersh ip of the Moon , one of

the two L u m i nari e s , and thus have rath e r different or unique
ch arac ters. The most well known and m o s t ou tstanding of
the ir traits is their c h ange ab ility . S h akespe are r e ferred to this
by calling the situation "as i n c o n s t a n t as the moon . " They
have i n t e n se sensitive n e s s , are more e mntional than intel
lectual , and t h e y c rave love and affe c tion rather than phy sical
sexuali t y . Love ' s madness rare l y afflicts the m , for their ideal
is really the comfort o f a s e t t l e d ,h o m e l i fe . Envy does n o t
afflict t h e m because t h e y cling i n s p i t e of every thing. They
blind t h e m se lve s to u n fai t h fulness i n t he ir tenacious holding
on to what they consider t h e ir establish m e n t .
Th e other Water S ign s , S c orpio a n d Pis c e s , could
rarely if ever join in a happy ma ting with Cancer. The latter
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two Signs arc p e o p l e with gre a t e r passio n s , j e a l ousy . h a tre d ,

d e p t h o f perception t h a t secs eve n w h a t i s not there . S t ill one
shou l d not c o n s i de r the Moon c h i l dren to be p l acid or
eve n - t e m p e r e d . They are moody , a n d they respond most
p ro fo u ndly to the phases o f their Ruler . the M oo n . The
viscissi tudes of their lives can cause alternating ec stasy and
manic depre ssio n . These people bear a heavy burde n , for in
the ir e asy

going way

they

can

become

the

v i c t i m s of

sch e m i n g types who plot i ntrigues and selfish de e d s . They

have a craving for adve n ture of which they might be u n aware ,
and t h e i r k ar m i c lesson is to try to estab lish some balance i n
the ir e m o t ional and s e x u a l live s .
Cancer fo l k s really discover their se x u al p o t e n t i al
after fifty . By that time , they h ave had e xperience and
acquired knowledge . It is best for them to wait for m arriage
u n t il after the half-c e n t u ry b irthday - always depending on
the aspe c t s i n t h e n a t ive ' s char t , w e repe a t .
Th e ide al partner is a me mber o f t h e Capricorn S ign
gro u p . The Capricor n i a n sexuali t y , which i s both idealistic in
its love asp e c t s and deep i n its e m o tional aspec t s , combined
wi t h the clinging vine ( male or fe male ) Cancerian t y p e makes
for a vivid and romantic a t tach me n t . It may n o t l ast , but
what a t i m e these two will have ! If t h i s comb ination decides
to stick toge t h e r , t h e y will h ave h eaven o n e art h . Even i f they
sep arate there will alway s be some k i n d o f c o n n e c tion i f only
a frie ndly relations i p , but i t will be for l i fe .
A Cancer woman m i gh t find a G e m i n i m a n compat
ibl e . He would find i t agreeable to h ave h i s home taken care
of, have a bedmat e , and be free to go ab ou t his other affairs .
A Cancer male would n o t fi nd a G e m i n i w i fe too agre eab l e .
a s s h e i s inclined to b e a ru n-aro u n d , socially o r i n h e r own
b u s i n e s s . Aries and S agittarius group members would h ard l y
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be stimulated by Canc e r peopl e , and t h i s combination wou ld

become tiresome for both partie s . With Leo peop l e , Cancer
ians could come to a successfu l working agre e m e n t , for here
would be a relationsh i p of those ruled by the Moon and by
the S u n .

LEO

People born under the S ign o f

L e o a r e ruled by the S u n , h a v e su n n y disposition s . and are
filled with both sex appeal and l ove . Love i s also a n e l e m e n t
t h e y req u i re in their o w n lives. Leo i s t h e astrological ru l e r of
the

theatre .

and its ch ildren desire p o p u l ari ty . There is

n o t h i ng that delights them more than app lause -whether they

are on the stage or n o t . They h ave gre a t glitter and m agne tis m ,
tre mendous sex ap peal , a n d longevity i n l i fe and se x u al i t y .
L e o also ru l e s kingsh i p , as the S i g n of royalty and
rac i n g . Th us it is e asy to understand why Sun c h ildre n . if
they do n o t want to be l u m i naries i n t h e t h e atre , must always
be fi rst as king or q u e e n in the fa mily or winner in life ' s race
for success. I t make s them somewhat d i ffi c u l t to live with .
but at the same t i m e it makes t h e m wonde rfu l c o m p a n y and
e x c i t i ng mates becau se of their pcn:i anen tly daz z l i n g nature s .
T h e y arc , whe n in t h e i r good m oo d s , ge ne ro u s , se nsitive ,
affe c t ionate , and sympat h e t i c l overs . I n their negat ive mood s ,
t h e y c a n be venge ful . spite fu l . jealou s . a n d re crimina tive.
I n one are a of love , Leos h ave little understanding.
Since

they

fe e l a se n se o f be ing royal . they can never

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compre h e n d that t h e i r sex partne r , l over , or mate is n o t

alway s i n t h e s a m e m o o d t h e y are , i .e . , ready for love
m a k i n g . In this area , t h e y arc u nsympathe tic and can ve nt
t h e i r anger in a vic ious way .
Exciteme n t and vol canic e m o t i o n s are i n t e gral parts
o f L e o ' s sexual side , and they need to keep control over their
fe e l i ngs . Dange r could accompany l a c k of c o n t ro l , so they
must le arn t o avo i d the i ntrigue and the c o m p l icated gam e s
t h e y love t o p l a y .
M e m b e r s o f the S i g n group S c orpio make the b e s t
mates

for

Leo.

There

is

a se xu al compatibility in this

combination th at sat isfies the un ique craving they both have

for sensuous experie n c e s , and gre at m u t u a l b e n e fi t s arise
fro m their m a t i n g . There is an e x c i t e m e n t these two can
share t h a t i s u n e q u a l l e d in any other c o m b i n a t i o n . It is
brought ou t c l e arly in the b e asts o f the zodiac which are t h e ir
symbol s .

Leo's

is

the

l io n ,

S c o rp i o ' s

is

the

scorpio n .

Visuali z e d , o n e sees i n t h e mind ' s e y e two death -dealing

cre atures

of n at ure . One can readi l y i m agine t h e se two

powerfu l and l e t h al forces in the struggle for dominatio n ,

mastery , a n d se xual eroticis m .
F o r vitality a n d e n t h u siasm , me mb ers of the F ire S ign
grou p s (which include L e o ) are also comp atible as there is
m u t u a l respe c t and u n derstanding in the combinatio n . The
Leo person can also succeed w i t h a Cancerian as the latter
would be eternally gratefu l and devoted for t h e atten tion of
such

a glittering c o n q u e st .

G e mi n i ,

L ibra and A q u ar i u s

partners w o u l d b e t o o col d to g i v e r e a l happiness to L e o

peop l e . While Pisces p e o p l e a r c very sexy , they could n o t
m a t c h t h e vitality o f L e o s . Taur u s , V irgo and Capricorn
pe ople would be too e arthy and material as m a t e s , and Leos
sh o u l d avoid such combination s .
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V I RG O

The s y m b o l of the S ign V irgo

is the Virgi n . one o f the rare non-best ial figu re s in nat ure ' s
zodiac . I t applies, or course , to both m a l e s a n d fe m a l e s . T h i s
symbol ism srands for a virginal ch arac ter make-up , b u t t h e se
people arc by no means averse to :Sexual intercourse . T h e
s y m b o l i s m repre sents the ir men tal a t t i tude s to phy sical acts.
In actualit y , Virgo people arc so alert that boredo m ,
and coping with i t . arc their main prob l e m s . For this reaso n .
they leap ab o u t b o t h i n t e l l e c t u ally and sexually . They are
e x c i t abl e , e asily arou se d , and experi m e n tal . As Mercury is t h e
Ruler o f t h e i r S ign . t h e best adj e c tive for V irgos is mercurial ,
synonym for changeab l e . They pursue many proj e c t s , many
members of the opp osite sex. or their ow n i f h o m o sexu al ,
and have difficu l t y in settling dow n and fi nding happiness.
The sex life o f V irgo s is m ore cyclic than m os t S igns.
They have periods o f depression and joy alternatel y , and are
e m o t ionally either up or do w n . Maturing seems to be a long
process, but the ir brilliant minds fin ally bring them to at le ast
a compromise in their e m o tional live s ; at mo s t , a very sane
and rational sat isfactio n .
Marriage a n d h o m e l i fe l e ave s some thing to b e de sired
i f the mate is not of the same fu ssy t y p e . They like order in
their p h y sical s u rrou ndings, a r; d are w illing to a c c e p t
re sponsibil ity . They are loud comp lainers when c o n d i t i o n s do
not please th e m .
Virgoans make the best o f ma rriage s with me mbers of
the L e o S ign grou p . They make a comp atible couple mainly
because the Virgoans have such a ch ivalrous and kindly
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nature that they unde rstand the Leos' need for constant
attention. Also . Leos will be very stimulating sexually to
Vi rgoans, an d the latter can use such titillation and excite
ment as the y have cy cles in wh ich they experience se xual
sluggishness. The com bination can play most erotic se xual
games as the one , Leo, is the hunter . and the other . Virgo , is
the prey .
Vi rgo is an Earth S ign. The oth er two Earth S igns,
Taurus and Capricorn, also provide compati ble sex mates and
spouses . The q ualities of the members of these S i gns are
similar b ut astrologically not qu ite as strong .
People born under the Water S i gns b ring a warmth
and h umanity to V irgoans . thus making for a better and more
real istic sex life . Thus, V i rgo can benefit from mating with
Cancer. Scorpio or Pisces.
The other F ire S igns would be too hot for V irgoans
to handle, therefore, mating with A ries or Sagittarius shou l d
b e avoided , o r even better , prevented.

L IBRA

Librans love lov e . They are

less interested in the physical sensations and passions of sex
than the y are in the romantic idea and ideal of what is cal led
"true love . " In the deeply emotional sense that Cancer loves.
or Scorpio loves . they are lacking profundity of feeling. This
statement does not exclude the tact , cooperation , willingness
and amiab ility of the wonde rful b ut l imi ted Libra family .
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They al so are m 1 ss111g t h e down-to-earth m a terialism o f the

Capricorn type . so that introversi on is a ge neral ch aracter
ist i c . T h i s doe s

not

me an

t h a t they arc going to miss

happiness, because they c a n be very much i n l ove with

themselve s !

S e c re t habits can easily victi m i ze the m u n t il

they bcc o1n c addicts of some occult or hidden vi c e .

To the

L i bran , love i s some k i n d of s y m b o l or

re prese n t a t io n . I t is a drama they arc i n and observing at one

and t h e sarne t i m e . To the

L ibrans l ove is an idealistic

intellectual adv e n ture ra t h e r than a deep-seated and moving

passion ; i t is something unto itsel f which consists more of
soft lights and music than hot fee l i ngs and irresistible p h y sical
cravi ng. T h e fig h t s between l overs that arc so gre a t when they
m a ke u p could never be tolerate d by L ibra n s . They would
move from the sce ne , never vi ndictive , never j e a l o u s , j u s t ice
cold and distan t .
When the

situat ion i s u nder perfe c t c o n trol , the

Librans make the be st married mates or perma n e n t l overs o f

all t h e S igns . T h e ir k i n d n e s s , ge n t l e n e s s , and c o u r t e s y are
beyond compare .
Librans are very eclectic i n t h e ir tastes in sex partners
just as t h e y arc in all their pursuits i n l i fe . T h e y mature earl y ,
evolve slowly i n t h e p h y s i c al aspe c t s of m a t i n g , a n d really
e njoy sex to the u t m o s t the older t h e y grow . A gre at thing
abou t their grow th i s t h a t it is not a matter of which they arc
very conscious nor to which t h e y pay m u c h atte n tion . The
sons and daugh ters of Libra arc q u a l i fied to give a l o t of
affe c t i o n to others, and t h e y are' n o t de e p l y troubled (as so
many people born u n der other S igns)_ by cravings o f a se x u al
nat ure . Sex deve lops slowly b u t sure l y .
Librans fi n d t h e m o s t sui table a n d compatible m a t e s
in the A ir Si gn A q u a r i u s p l u s ( o n a l esser scal e ) t h e o t h e r Air
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Sign : G e m i n i . With a n Aq uarian mate . the Librans will h ave a

re a l l y e x c i t i n g time b o th se xu al l y and social l y . They s t i m u
l a t e e a c h o t h e r . lo ve exce ssive ! y and sati sfy e ach o th e r fu lly .
T h e Libra-G e m i n i c o m b i n ation give s e ach partner a sense of
c o l l u s i o n in l o ve and se x p l u s a u n ique se n se of liberty ,
fre e d o m . and i n d e p e n d e n c e w h i c h is also a gre at source o f
satisfa c t i o n .
T h e h e a t o f the F ire S ig n s c a n also be u se d for
ma k i n g a good m a t i n g with a l l L i bran s . T h ose born u nder
Ari e s . L e o and S a gi t tar i u s combine well with Librans b e c a u se
t h a t vital se xual heat bri ngs war m t h to the Librans and
balance to the others m e n t ion e d . L ibrans sh ould avoid the
Water S i g n s : C a n c e r . S c orpio and P i sce s , for fe ar o f being
e n d l e ssl y

annoyed

by

t h e ir e m o t i o n a l

h angu p s .

F i n al l y ,

Capricorn sh ou l d b e sh u n n e d as t h e L ibran s would disappear

i n t h e ir a m b i t i o u s plans and gre e d .

SCORPIO

I n t h e i r sexual l i fe and/or i n
t h e i r se arch for a m arriage part n e r , males a n d fe m a l e s born
under the S i gn of Scorpio con t i n u e t o grow e motionally all
the t i m e . They arc born with t r e m e n d o u s sex appeal . and
u s u a l l y ha ve expe rie n c e s at an e ar l y age . At t h e very least ,
t h e y arc m u c h sought after by adm irers when t h e y are very
y o u n g . T h e y are such un usual t y p e s , so u n ique i n p h y sical
appea l and b o d i l y at trac tion that even me mbers of their own
fa m i l ies h a ve been known to be a threa t .
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S c orp ios b e c o m e very sop histicated in se x u al m a t t e rs

as an outc ome of t h i s magne ti s m . By t h e i r middle years , they
arc like l y to " k now i t all . " B u t this does n o t make t h e m cold
or d o m i neering because i t i s t h e i r n a ture to mellow w i t h t h e
years . B y the time they a r c se nior citize n s , t h e glamor o f sex
see ms to wear o ff, and they adopt an attitude t h a t seems to
ask , " W h a t ' s ' a l l the fu ss abou t ? " T h e y a r e i n d e e d very
loveable people !
T h e sex p o t e n tial , e n ormous vital i t y and vi rility of
the S corpio-born lead them to experime n t in many sexual
areas be fore t h e whole experiences jades th e m . They h ave a
sensit ive

perception

and

arc grea t game p l a y e r s , fo o l i ng

others i n t o t h i n ki n g t h e y are serious or very concerned about

conq u e s t . This is t h e favorite of t h e sexual gam e s . S c orp ios
play.
The b e s t mate for a S c orpio p e r s o n i s o n e b o rn u nder
the S ign o f Virgo . T h i s i s a situation , or c o m b i n a t i o n , which
is unique because the S c orpios n e e d som e th i n g so d i ffere nt
t h a t it will last . B e c o m i n g l overs fo r t h e se two S igns will be
another game for t h e S c orpion to p l ay . T h e V irguans w i l l
find t h e m fasci n a t i n g , a n d this can b e c o m e a ga me t h a t l a s t s
for l i fe because o f a l l t h e d i ffere n t p o t e n tials and the varie ty
it o ffers . There would be m a n y surprise s for the S c orp ion s ,
so m e t h ing

they

l ove , w h i c h

arises fr o m

the p e a c e and

sy m p a t h y that t h e Virgo a n s see m to wear as a n aura - one

wh ich c an fi nal l y or eve n t u a l l y e n shroud the S c orpion .
The other Water S igns , Cancer and Pisce s , also m a ke
compatible mates for Scorpion s . ' Th e y sh are so many tra i t s :
u n sel fishne ss, e m o tional pro fu n d i ty , nd a sy m p a t h y for t h e
oc c u l t w h i c h m a k e s t h e m so aw are o f e a c h o t h e r ' s wish e s ,
desire s , and sr:cre t s . The o t h e r E a r t h S ign group members are
also splendid ma tes for the S c orpions because they (T aurus
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and Capri c or n , besides Vi rgo) balance t h e se nsi tivity of the

S c orpios with their e arthy , practical ou tlook o n l i fe .
T h e A i r S i gn s , G e m i n i , Libra a n d Aquarius would not
fit i n t o the lives of t he S c orpions very we l l because t h e latter

arc e i t h e r too for c e fu l , too concerned with se x , or too

de m a n d i n g . I n try i n g to mate with a m e m b e r of t h e F ire S i gn
gro u p s , the S c orpios could never come to peacefu l terms with
Arie s , Leo or S agi ttarius b e c au se l i fe b e t w e e n them wou ld be
n o t h i n g less than a fi e l d of c o m p e t i t ion , rather t h an a fie l d of
cooperative giving or pleasan t m u t ua l agre e m e n t .

SAGITI ARIUS

Sagittarian s , m a l e and fe m a l e .
h ave a l onger period o f sexual incubation than me mbers of
other S igns . They su ffer e m o ti o n al disappoin t m e n t s i n t h e ir
early ye ars bec ause t h e y are n o t awar e , nor ma de aware , of
t h e ir i n nate at tract ion s . Great satisfac t i o n s and p l e asures
u s u a l l y come after the age of t h i rt y . During this awake ning
c y c l e , t h e y stall at ge t ting married . These p e o p l e are i n n o
rush

to

attain

the

m atrimonial

sta te .

They a r e fu rther

hampered by too m u c h re ason i n g , too m u c h rational analysis

o f marriage or having a lover , and too l i t t l e of the esse n tial
sen t i m e n t s

and

fee l i n gs

that

e s t ab l ish

m a trimony

as a

p l e asant a n d n or ma l experien ce . T h e se ( m a le and fe m a l e )

H a m l e t s t h i n k too m u c h instead of a c t i n g .
Havi ng carefu l l y and reasonabl y ( u s i ng their re aso ning
powers) chosen a mate or perma n e n t l ove r , t h e y use t h e same
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powers of re asoning and a n a l y sis to fi n d fau l t . T h i s can easily

mess up a situation t h a t would h ave worked itse l f o u t i n
time - had t i m e been al lowed to d o its work . For t h i s reaso n .
m u l t i ple marriage s a s a re su l t o f divorce arc very c o m mon i n
t h e S agittarius S ign group .
I nd e p e n de nc e is a very i m port;i n t fac t or in the livL s
of Sagittari a n s .

They

like

to

be

both inde p e n d e n t a n d

sec re t ive , a n d res e n t any q u e s t i o n s or inte rference in t h e i r

a c t ivi tie s . Th is is a n o t h e r t h o r n i n the s i d e o f a n y m arriage or
love affa i r . They i n t e n d , no m a t ter w h a t t h e i r vow s . to
c o n t i n u e their own way of l i fe both i n side and ou tside t h e
home .
Th e de lineation given o f the S agitt ari u s character
leads to a si ngle conclu sion , that the best m a te for S agit
tarians i s a person born u nder the S ign Pisc e s . Comb i ning t h e
t r a i t s o f the se t w o S i gn s . there e volve s a lessening o f t h e
se l f-c e n tered q u a l i ty o f t h e Sagittarian and a b l o o m i n g o f the
selfless or u n se l fi sh Piscean . In a m u t uality o f intere s t s , t h e
Sagittarian s c a n grow away from t h e i r e xh ibi tionist tenden
c ie s . their secre t i n terests or even v i ce s , the ir fl a u n t i n g of
their unique nature s . At the same t i me , the Pisceans can
evolve , wh e n married to this Sign, a won d e r fu l spiri t u a l i t y
a n d pro fo u n d understanding o f a l l l i v i n g t h ings besides t h e
individual l i fe o f the mate .
T h e F ire S igns also provide compa tible m a t e s for t h e
Sagittarians fo r t h e y are a l s o gre a t e n t h u siast s . h ave m a n y
diversified intere s t s , a n d a r e e x t re m e ly talented in m a n y are as
especially those of a c u l t ural nature . These people o f Aries
and Leo, ( F ire Signs l ike S agittari u s ) . w1derstand the d e p th
of the natures of The Arch e r ' s c h i l dre n , t h e bow a n d arrow
being the symbol of the Sagi t ta ri a n s .
Air S i gn fo l k s a r e also c o m p a t i b l e to t h e e x t e n t tha t
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they have wide horizons intellectuall y , and are also able to

share the Archers' many interests. Cancer and Scorpio , Water
Signs like Pisces, lack the Pisces' profound comprehension of
the

Sagittarians' need for occasional solitude ; they

over-e motional

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the

wrong

direction

and

are

possessive.

Members of the Earth Sign groups are better as b usiness

partners for Sagittarius th an as mates.

CAPRICORN

One of the names of the Sign

Capricorn is, " the Celestial Schoolmaster. " Capricornians are
innately teachers , and in the field of sex , they are great
teachers , loving the young , loving to rear them , and enjoying
the company of you th to the very end of their days.
Although they su ffer greatly from emotional frustrations ,
they give great joy all their lives to b ot h y oung and old .
Their appearance and the impression they make are
both deceptive , for they seem cold and distant. In actuality ,
they crave love and a permanent attachment and/or marriage.
Capricorn is an Earth Sign , and those born under it are
earth y ,

indeed .

They

are sexually

greedy ,

sentimental,

generous, analy tical , practical , foolhardy, and just a little

vengeful -all at the same time . This mixture of traits ma kes it
difficult for people to make friends or lovers of them , for
others delude themselves abou t romance while Capricorn is
totall y realistic in these areas of their emotional lives.
Capricornians will ponder long and deep before they
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take that major step u p to t h e altar. They will walk aro u n d

the topic , talk aro u nd t h e topic , talk a b o u t the topic , a n d
discuss it at great l e ngth to the very prospe c t they have in
mind . In t h e e nd , t h e y w i l l avoid ma trimo n y or se ttle for
some prac tical reason s u c h as bu sine ss or social advan c e m e n t ,
money o r security . I n t h e ir heart s , they re a l l y wan t t o b e taken
by storm - an e m o t ional s t orm o f such gre at upheaval that they
experie nce the p ro fo u n d e c stasy t h e y so deeply year n for .
T h e Capri corn person alitie s should marry o r mate
with me mbers of the S ign of the Moon , Canc e r . Love and
passion evolve from this combin ation o f the e arthly and the
eth ereal . A m y stic quality i s fate ' s gift to their mating, and
each w i l l fi n d that the emotional l i fe they lead toge ther
grows i n inte nsity as time goe s on . Wh ile so d i fferent from
each other, there is a deep and innate mutual u nderstanding
that glues t h e m toge th e r rather th an separates t he m .
Capricorn c a n also ge t along wi t h members o f t h e other
Earth S ign s, Taurus and V irgo . These p o t e n tial combi nations
can

su c c e e d b ec ause of the trait s t h e y sh ar e . They are

ambitious to gai n wordly good s , resp e c t hard wor k , an d e njoy

the rewards o f b u s i n e ss and t h e status they attain social l y .
T h e Water S ign s , b e sides Can c e r , S c orpio and Pisces
are also compatible to Capricorn ians becau se they bring o u t
t h e softer and more ge n t l e trai t s o f t h e hardb oiled a n d earthy
Sign o f the G o a t .
G e mi n i , L ibra a n d Aquarius do n o t mi x well with
Capricorn. These S ign m e m b e rs are too ephemeral , being Air
Sign s . for the down-to-earth Capri cornian s.
There c ou l d be l i t t l e commu nication between Capri
cornians and me mbers of the Fire Sign s . Arie s . L e o and
Sagittarius

could

meet

only

on

c o m m e rcial

fi elds

of

e n deavo r . There w o u l d be n o c h a n c e o f a s u c c e ss in roma n c e .

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AQUA R I U S

The

members

of

the

Sign

group Aquarius might be considered born lucky. They arc

ruled by the planet Uranus which is the heavenly del iverer of
good things , the star which governs improvements and
amel ioration on every level throughout life . Having Uranus as
the ruling planet , the Uranus-born have a love insurance
policy

which

guarantees sexual pleasure ,

happiness and

satisfaction. They suffer no hangups, no frustrations , no

repressions, and rarely any tendency to indulge in any but
normal sexual intercourse.
When nature endows so much on the people born
under the S ign of th e Waterbearer , and they have nothing to
complain about , happiness stil l eludes many of them . They
seem not to want what destiny has so ri chly endowed upon
them ! Dreams seem to mean more to them than real ity ,
espec ially where romance is concerned. They talk about love
a great deal , and are the most marvelous writers of love
letters in the poetic way that they express the emotions they
think they are experienc ing. Getting all this sentiment into
action seems to be quite another-and remote -matter .
I deal ism is beautiful , b ut the Aquarians can stretch a
good thing too far. ln their searc h (or waiting for) an ideal
romanti c lover , they may be passed by. They arc far more
prepared in this Aquarian A ge to put more emph asis on its
target , universal love , than upon ind ividual love. Nobody gets
married that way !
The universality of love of the Aquarians bar them
from a successful mating with members of the Water S igns,
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Cancer. S c orpio and Pisces. They are too profou n d l y fil l e d

with feel ings a n d e m o t i on s , t o o e asily h u r t , t o o jealous to ge t
along with t h e easy going Aq uari ans who never give u p trying
to better the worl d around them and the people i n i t .
The Earth Sign s , Tauru s , Virgo a n d Capricorn . would
add prac tical i ty to the combinatio n , but i t would be more
sui table to a business partnership than to the lega l one known
as marriage . T h e h igh fligh t s of fa n c y o f the A q u arians would
upset the material ideals and ambitions o f t h e se people as
being too i m practical to l ive with or go to bed with .
Members of t h e Fire S ign grou p s , Arie s , L e o and
Sagittarius could make fairly compatible mates or lovers for
Aquari a n s , since t h e y would be qualified to bring s o m e o f
t h e i r h e a t to the Waterbearer S ign grou p .
Aquarians

should fi nd t h e ir greatest happiness

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mating with people born under L i b r a . This combination

would express a j o i n t eroticism, a blending o f the balancing
powe r o f Libra with the prowess in sex of t h e A q uarian .

P I SCES

To the people born under the

S ign of Pisce s love is

very gre a t . almost a rul ing factor, in

their lives. They are ex tre mely se 1; si tive . In fact , t h e worl d ' s
a

gre atest m e d i u m s and others e n dowed with p s y c h i c power

arc the astrologi c al children of this S ign gove rned b y the
mysterious planet N e p tu ne . They need tigh t relationships.
must be close to others. and especially have one part i c u l ar
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individual to adore , to share their lives with , and to lean upon

in the spiritual sense . Sometimes they also become learners in
the material sense , but this is insignificant to them as they arc
more other-worldly than worldly in the usual sense of the
word.
Ful ly developed or evolved as mature personal ities ,
the P isceans can be very sexy. But this takes time , for their
minds concentrate on cultural and moral issues while growing
up. They neglect their ph ysical and sexual developm ent.
Rel igion also plays a strong role in retarding them from
sexual expression even in t h is age of perm issiveness. It is an
innate trait that ignores the new liberation the Aquarian Age
has brought.
The P isceans are hard to handle by mem bers
of every S ign group . This is the cause of their losing their
lovers and mates in so many instances ; the lover finds a new
love, the mate a distracting affair. The Pisceans make trouble
for themselves , too ,

for in their sensitivity they create

untenable situations , then make false accusations based upon

them-then seek undeserved consolation in the arms or bed
of another . Psychology calls this rationalization.
Growth is the secret to a successfu l love life and
marriage as far as Pisceans are concerned. S ince their natural
development is slow , the best partner for them is the one
who helps them to evolve .
Pisces , greatest success in this department of l i fe
comes from mating with someone born under the S ign of the
Archer ,

Sagittarius.

The

l atter

can

be dazzled by the

magnetism and charm , the ineffable appeal of the Piscean .

The materialism of the Sagittarians is wonder-struck at the
spirituality and otherworldliness of the P isccans. In the game
of sex , the P iscean seems to say , "Catch me if you can . " And
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Sagi t tarius , t he A rc h e r , reach e s for the q u iver to draw an

arrow , fi t i t i n t o the bow , and aim for the targe t !
C a n c e r and Scorpio , also Water S ign s . as is Pisce s , are
S igns c o m p a t i b l e with P i sce s. They u nderstand each o t h e r ,
share t h e i r se n s i t i v i t i e s , a n d give each o t h e r strength .
The Earth S ign people , born u nder Tauru s , V i rgo and
Capricorn can give viri l i ty or fe r t i l i t y or power to t h e dreamy
Pisce a n s . A c o m b i n a t i o n of any Ear t h S ign with Pisces will b e
of m o r e bene fi t to P i sc e s t h a n vice versa.
C o m b i n e d with any o f the A i r S ign s , G e m in i , L ib ra or
Aquari u s . Pisces would fi nd t h at o n l y a cold wind blows. O n
the o t h e r hand , fro m t h e o t h er F i re S i gn s , Aries and Le o ,
Pisces w o u l d fi nd too m u c h h e a t me l t i ng t he m . S o , S agit
tarius it sh o u l d be .

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