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My pleasant manner and desire to relate harmoniously with others combines with my idealism, receptivity, and impressionability (as discussed below) to make me very self-sacrificing and willing to go the extra mile for someone's benefit. I tend to lack discrimination in my charity, to try to help someone who is incorrigible, and to avoid confrontations. I am inclined to hide my thoughts and feelings, make excuses and even lie, often just to avoid someone or some issue. I should strive to be honest in my communications; it will also help me be honest with myself. If I channel my energies well, I can be a great help to others, perhaps in a professional role as a counselor, teacher, or consultant or perhaps just my daily life and affairs.

At heart I am very gentle, impressionable, and receptive -a dreamer. The world of my imagination, feelings and intuition is as real to me as anything in the outer world, though I may have trouble verbalizing or interpreting my inner experiences in a way others can understand. Mystical, artistic, musical, emotional and imaginative, I have a rich inner life, though I may seem rather unobtrusive and quiet outwardly. I usually keep to myself.

I have great sensitivity and empathy with others, and I often sense things psychically or intuitively which prove to be correct. I am tolerant, forgiving and nonjudgmental, accepting people unconditionally regardless of their flaws, mistakes or outward appearance. I have deep compassion for the suffering of any fellow creature and often feel others' pain as if it were my own. I sympathize with the needy, the disadvantaged, the misfits of society. I am capable of giving selflessly, living a life of devoted and compassionate service to others, as a healer, physician, social worker, or minister. However, I tend to give indiscriminately, to let others take advantage of my kindness, and to encourage the weak to remain so by becoming dependent upon me. I have little sense of boundaries, of limits, of knowing when to say "no". Moderation and self-discipline are not my strong points.

I am a lover and a peacemaker rather than a fighter, and I try to avoid open conflict. I will patiently ignore or "tune out" problems and hope they will go away by themselves, rather than directly confronting them, and I tend to lack the positive fighting spirit that is sometimes necessary to overcome challenges. I am fluid, open, nonresistant and somewhat passive. I do things in a subtle, often covert, manner.

My gifts may also lie in the realm of the creative, artistic, or musical, for I have a great sensitivity, inspiration and limitless imagination. I respond very strongly to beauty and to love.

My faults include a tendency to be lazy and negligent, and to wallow in self-pity rather than taking strong, definite action to change my life for the better. I also tend to become so detached from my immediate environment that I live in a disorderly, chaotic sort of hodgepodge, though this probably bothers those around me more than it bothers me.

I have a very dramatic, creative, expressive nature and I love to perform. I enjoy being the center of attention and I seek to shine, to excel and to be outstanding in some unique way. I am very involved in my own creativity and self-expression, and take great pleasure in developing and using my special talents, whether these are artistic, athletic, or intellectual. I have a strong sense of pride.

I am positive, vital, energetic, active, a go-getter. I enjoy competition, and my initiative and self-confidence make me a winner.

Oh, but that's if I'm a Pisces. According to this, I'm really an Aquarius.

I am also neither a naval commander, nor a letter carrier, nor do I own a construction company.