rt, broad-shouldered subjects are
much more fortunate in making money than are the tall ones. They have
intellectual eyes, a ruddy complexion. Their foreheads are broad at the
eyebrows. The eyes are generally deep set. They are more than willing to
work for what they want to secure.
The success of an Aries subject depends upon the way in which he uses his
splendid energy, action, systematic endeavor, and finally upon his
determination to stick at the work in hand and push it to completion.
Faults Are Impatience and Anger.
The chief faults of the Aries people are impatience, anger, selfishness,
and fickleness, together with a tendency to extreme aggressiveness. The
physical temperament of the subject will be nervous-sanguine if born in a
southern climate, and bilious-sanguine if born in a northern latitude.
When Aries and Sagittarius people are united, astrologists declare that a
happy domestic life is certain. The children will be physically fine,
their nature still finer, and their intellect of the highest order.
Aries children should be very carefully and tenderly brought up. They can
be readily managed only through kindness and love. In fact, Aries children
seem to demand a constant expression of love. They crave a just
appreciation of any little task they may perform.
It is most important that an Aries child be not overpraised, for in so
doing his higher development is certain to be arrested.
The ruling planets of the month are Mars and Neptune, and the gems are
sapphire, turquoise, and diamond. The astral colors are blue, white, and
pink. An old rhyme says:
Those who in April date their years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow.
Traditions of the Month.
For Aries people, Tuesday is the most fortunate day of the week, and June
and July the most favorable months in which to bring any business
transactions to a successful issue. It is well for an Aries subject to
endeavor to carry out the most important business interests during these
months.
The flower emblematic of Aries is the amaryllis, signifying unbending
pride. The ancient Hebraic tribe over which the sign has ruled is that of
Gad, and the ruling angel of the sign is Machidial.
In the old Roman reckoning, April was the second month, but it is counted
in the Julian calendar as the fourth. The traditional derivation of the
name is _omnia aperit_--"it opens everything." Among the Romans, this
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