Friday, January 25, 2008

Aries Man...

The ARIES Man

He said, "I go my ways

And when I find a mountain-nil

I set it in a blaze ..."

"So either way

I'll get into the garden,

and I don't care what happens."

That creature over there making a phone call-is it an electrically charged dynamo?
Is it a flaming torch? is it a bird, an explosion-or is it Superman? Well, practically.
It's an Aries male, which is pretty close. Let's hope you know what you're looking
for. Should it be excitement, an Aries man will provide it by the bushel, with
seldom a dull moment to blur the sparkle. But if you're looking for the security and




contentment of a soothing love, you're in the wrong telephone booth.

Aries can overwhelm you with passionate ardor one mintue, and be as icy as a polar
bear the next. Insult him or lose his interest-either or both-and that warm, impulsive
Mars nature will freeze instantly. To ignite it again may mean starting all over from
Act One, Scene One.

Aries men are fairly bursting with ideas and creative energy. Keeping up with him
may be tiring, but keep up you'd better. At least mentally. Aries has a way of
leaving the snails behind and not glancing back. He'll probably look and act younger
than springtime, which is all very delightful, but his youthful aura may carry over
into his mental and emotional attitudes until he's matured, which won't be early in
life. The Aries man is impatient with slow pokes, bold and confident, always ahead
of others, and sometimes ahead of himself as well. He can be the soul of generosity,
giving his time, money, sympathy and possessions by the carload cheerfully to
strangers. But he can also be exasperatingly intolerant, thoughtless, selfish and
demanding, when his desires are delayed, or he's forced to be around negative
people.

When it comes to love, his heedless attitude is absolutely amazing. He'll plunge into
an affair, positive that this is the only true love ever known by any two people ever
born, with the possible exception of Romeo and Juliet. When it breaks in half, hell
pick up the pieces, and try every angle he can think of to salvage the dead romance.
If it's beyond repair, hell start all over again with a new Juliet, and it will be like the
very first time. No matter how many romantic mistakes he makes, the ram is sure
his true love or soul mate is just around the next dream. Unless you're a Scorpio
female, the Aries man is as passionate as any woman could ask. There's little left to
desire. He's so idealistic and susceptible to sentiment, he'll squeeze all the tingles,
sighs, ectasies and poetry it's possible to squeeze out of a relationship. Aries isn't
capable of going halfway. He gives all of himself to the burning interest of the
moment.

You may be involved with one of the quieter sheep. Don't let him fool you. He's still
ruled by Mars. He doesn't talk much right away? He's not openly exuberant and
pushy? Yes, I know one, too. But take my word for it, if you could see inside that
hard head, you would discover that his brain is spinning at approximately two
hundred revolutions per second. Any time you meet this kind, one who doesn't at
first appear to have the typical Mars drive, check the present record of the business
he's conducting. You'll soon be convinced you're dealing with an Aries. Then ask
his ex-girl friends. They'll probably answer with a giggle. "Him? Bashful? Timid?
You must mean someone else." After a while, you should begin to get the picture.
That quiet demeanor is a mask for a fiery heart and a tough business drive.
Naturally, it's easier when you're in love with a plain, simple ram, who makes it
obvious just how enthusiastic he is about everything from potato chips to moonlight
and motor trips.

No other Sun sign can be so scrupulously faithful as Aries when he's really in love




for keeps. His honesty will usually keep him from fooling you, and his idealism will
keep him from wanting to. Promiscuity or even light flirtations are not an Arien
habit, no matter what the books tell you. Not when he's deeply involved with all his
heart. He's looking for a storybook romance, and storybook romances never include
a casual attitude toward love and sex. Those other girls were B.Y.C.A. (before you
came along). In fact, I know one Aries who frequently precedes discussions of
yesterday with his current flame with, "That wasB.U." (before us).

Of course, you must keep alert to future possibilities, because as sincere as he is in
his present devotion and promises of complete loyalty (which are undoubtedly abso-
lutely true), his need for romance is so strong that he's capable of looking elsewhere
if you don't keep his illusions alive constantly. The minute you let your mutual love
lose its storybook flavor, he may wander off .the steady path. In case you're not
sure, storybook love, to him, does not include going to dreamland at night with a
female who has Vicks salve on her chest to clear up her cough. It also does not
include watching your intimate personal toilette, such as polishing your nails,
whitening your teeth, brightening your hair with "blondes have more fun" bleach,
peeling your sunburn, filing your nails or fighting with your mother for hours on the
phone. Somehow, in his mind, this is not the way storybook princesses behave. And
goodness knows, Juliet would never have sat with her feet up, chewing taffy and
watching TV. Wear your perfume when he's around, and giggle with your girl
friends when he's not. He finds it difficult to visualize himself as Prince Charming
when he kisses you awake and you either snore, or shout unpleasantly, "For gosh
sakes, let me sleep, will you?" Now, really, is that the way Sleeping Beauty would
have acted when she woke up? Be prepared to greet him dewy-eyed and breathless
each morning, fresh from your dreams, thrilled to find his handsome face so near.
And let him know it.

Aries males whose sweethearts neglect romance are heartbroken at first. Then they
become angry. Then they go looking for a princess who doesn't snore and things
like that. This isn't dishonest as far as he's concerned. He didn't break a promise.
You did. You made him think you were a lovely nightingale, singing in the
moonlight, like it says in his favorite song. Now he finds out you're a chattering
squirrel or a nagging blue jay and the jolt rouses " him from his heavenly world of
angelic choirs and bells ringing every time he touches your hand. How can bells
ring when your hands are always full of dirty ashtrays, and how can he hear choirs
when you're screaming at him that he stayed out until after midnight for two nights
in a row? (Which he did, of course, but who are you to think you can dictate his
every move? Marriage is not a prison, and you are not his warden-that's his
attitude.)

If you leam how to open your eyes and look at him mistily and all the rest of it, he'll
stay with you happily, and ignore every female on earth for you. The ram is highly
unlikely to commit himself physically to more than one woman at a time (unless
there's a Gemini ascendant or some Venus affliction in his natal chart). It just
wouldn't fit his image of one true and lasting love. The decision to break off the old
will always be made before becoming too deeply involved with the new. You'll




have plenty of warning. An Aries man can rarely pretend a passion he doesn't feel.
This alone prevents any undue amount of deception. Besides, now you know how to
keep him inside the pages of that storybook.

Just don't be dull, negative or overly timid. To hold him, you'll have to be a
combination of Grace Kelly, Ursula Andress, Marie Dressier, Madame Curie and
Queen Victoria, with a little bit of Clare Boothe Luce thrown in. No one princess
will ever satisfy his image of the ideal. It's quite a trick to convince him you're
superior to all other females, but it will keep him spotlessly faithful, if you can
swing it. It's really worth a try, because, if the Aries plunge into romance is
headlong, his race out of it is equally reckless. He's both an idealist and an egotist,
which means he hates to admit he's wrong, or that the love he chose could die. Still,
always remember that he's capable of finding situations unbearable that others
would consider par for the course. After a separation, if you catch him in the right
mood, you can fire his romance all over again, if you act as if there had never been
any previous intimacy. You'll have to play hard to get, because he loves a challenge.
To make it easier to forgive him, if trouble ever arises, remember that any straying
was due to a sudden impulse after his nightingale stopped singing in the moonlight,
not to a deliberate seeking of casual variety. Adultery is actually distasteful to his
honest nature. Don't fret about the future. You have the magic key to his heart. Lock
it.

If you have any ideas about playing games with him by flirting-drop them. Your
first indiscretion will probably be your last. You can lose him with just a whisper or
an intimate look at another man, let alone any actual infidelity.

He insists on being first in everything, and you can bet your old pressed gardenia
this includes being first in your heart. Aries is possessive and jealous in the extreme.
Only a Leo male can get wilder at the thought of a transgression on the part of his
beloved. To make it worse, the ram will never give you the blind faith he expects
you to give him in such matters. You’ll simply have to understand that his animated
conversations with other women are innocent, because he'll demand all the freedom
of social contact he denies to you, and then some. Your Mars lover will glue you to
a pedestal, and expect you to stay there. Don't move a single toe. Don't even look as
if you want to.

The Aries male is a natural rebel. He loves to defy authority and he thinks he was
born smarter than anyone else. Perhaps he was, but most people don't relish being
told so. Thanks to his rash way of pushing his superiority, he's liable to fall flat on
his face more than once. Because of his need to lead and refusal to follow, those in
more powerful positions will teach him frequent lessons in humility. At these times,
you're way ahead, because he'll run to you for comfort and assurance when his ego
is bruised. Then you'll leam that, beneath his self-confident, aggressive front, lies an
inferiority complex he'd rather die than admit having. The woman who handles his
shattered confidence with gentle and total devotion has the best chance of keeping
his heart permanently. Never make the mistake of agreeing with his momentary
enemy, or trying to be fair and seeing the other side of the controversy. You must




love what he loves and hate what he hates. He demands the same fierce and
unquestioning loyalty that he gives, in both love and friendship. It's his code. Unless
you honor it, find another man.

There are no subtle tricks in the Aries nature. It's not at all hard to recognize when a
Mars man is finished with a relationship. The ice and boredom in his voice and
manner will be unmistakable, and will usually be accompanied by a frank statement
that makes it crystal clear. On the other hand, an explosive flame of scorching anger
is less serious, signifying that his displeasure is probably just a passing mood, and
the romance can be saved. You have more reason to fear his ice than his fire.

Aries males don't like games. Hell be direct in all his approaches. And that means in
romance, as well as in business. He won't waste a second, once the love has been
recognized, but be sure to let him be the one to recognize it. Don't chase him, phone
him frequently, get starry-eyed or declare your feelings until you're absolutely sure
the passion is mutual. The quickest way to lose him is to make the first advance. He
must be the leader here, as elsewhere. If you don't allow him to be, he can lose
interest so fast it can astonish you and crush you at the same time. Once you're each
firmly committed, however, don't be too cool and casual, or he'll seek attention
somewhere else. Love with an Aries man is like walking a tightrope between warm
interest and aloof detachment. You practically have to be a trapeze artist. Don't run
after him. Don't run away from him, either. Stick a penny in your shoe, carry a four-
leaf clover and wish on a star. That will get you as far as any normal, methodical
strategy. Maybe farther. You have to keep him guessing, even after you're his. At
the same time, he needs the assurance that your love is always there. Learn to live
with it-or learn to live without an Aries.

On the plus side, although your Aries lover will insist on being first in the
relationship, he'll also be the first to say he's sorry after a quarrel, and the first to be
there when you need him. He'll be right by your side when you're ill or unhappy.
He'll spend money on you freely and willingly (if he's a typical son of Mars). He'll
compliment your appearance, appreciate your talents and be a stimulating mental
companion. Although he can be bossy and lose his temper over a trifle, he'll seldom
let the sun go down on his anger before making up. You may be the most important
thing in his life, but he'll expect you to know that, and wait for affection and
attention when he's all excited by some new idea which is consuming his interest.
He wants to be your whole world, but unlike other men, he'll let you share his
world, if you're his equal.

The Aries male will expect his lady fair to be ultra-feminine and a tomboy at the
same time. He wants you to be completely independent, yet willing to stay a few
paces behind him. He'll expect you to praise him and be devoted to him, but never
play the role of humble slavey. Are you still with me? Good. Brave girl. There's
more to come. He's capable of saying bitterly cruel and sarcastic things to you when
his ego has been wounded, things he won't mean at all, but which may break your
heart if you don't understand him. Then he'll expect you to forgive and forget as
readily as he does. You'll have to like all his friends, while he reserves the right to




be bored by yours. Well, you wanted a man, didn't you? You've sure got one in your
Aries mate. If you're a real woman, your love affair can be the envy of everyone in
town, just like Romeo and Juliet (without the tragedy, of course).

Once you've married him, the Aries male will dominate the home or leave it. He
won't stand for being nagged in public or private, especially about bow he spends
his lettuce. He earned it, didn't he? It's his money, isn't it? (Sometimes that
possessive pronoun can stretch to include the money you earn, too.) He may not
balance the budget too well-and I'm being kind to put it so tactfully-but don't take it
over yourself, even if you made straight A's in math. Never question his financial
affairs. It's essential that he control the purse-strings all the way. He'll be generous
with his cash, if he's a typical Arien, and give you whatever you need. You can have
that cobra skin handbag after he's bought that alligator brief case, if there's anything
left over. (He may be a little selfish, but he's never stingy.)

Though the ram may change jobs frequently until he becomes his own boss, he
won't let you starve. He'll find a way to keep the dollars flowing in, even though
they may flow out again just as fast. Better save a few quarters in the blue china pig
and surprise him with it when he needs it most, because he's not likely to salt away
much of his earnings himself (unless he has a hidden asset, like the Moon in
Capricorn or Cancer, or an ascendant which dictates economy).

Each new baby will find him behaving like the devoted, proud papa of your dreams.
Later, he may be a little bossy with the children, and try to dictate their careers. He'll
be a warm and wonderful fun daddy, but he might have to be reminded that the
youngsters need independence as much as he does. Fatherhood is definitely a role
he'll enjoy. Baseball, talks about the birds and bees, football, father-daughter
dinners, the whole works. Just don't let him think little Herman or Henrietta is more
important to you than he is, however, or his enjoyment of the role may cool
considerably.

Go ahead and continue your career after marriage if you like. He probably won't
resent it, as long as you don't outshine him. It's easier for him to forgive instant
suppers or quick-frozen kumquats than to forgive your lack of faith in his ideas.
That's important to remember.

Encourage his independence, but try to curb his impulsiveness-tactfully. He must
lead or life is worth little to him. His great and bubbly enthusiasm can die a sad
death if you douse it with wet blankets or short circuit his positive energy with
negative thinking. The minute he loses authority on the job or in the home, his
refreshing optimism will turn to moody discontent and finally, complete disinterest.
It's not his nature to submit. He's a man's man. Never destroy his masculinity, but
never lose your own individuality. Don't try to push him around, and don't let him
push you around. An Aries husband won't put up with a wife who runs around to
club meetings every night. Neither will he tolerate a wife who sits home and
crochets bedspreads and tablecloths all day. You'll have to aim somewhere in the
middle. If you're successful, just think- you'll be the only white-haired Juliet in your




crowd some-day, with a husband who's still sentimental on your golden wedding
anniversary. That's quite a challenge if you're a romantic, and of course you are, or
you wouldn't be in-; volved with an Aries man in the first place.

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