SAGITTARIUS
November 21st to December 21st.
Ruled by Jupiter.
I perceive.
Teacher or Preacher.
Mutable Fire. Inventiveness, creativity,
enthusiasm, and courage, all characteristics of fire, sport in Sagittarius,
trying on a variety of costumes and personae. Sagittarius is the 'indoor summer,'
the holiday season, the entertainment of winter warmth and hearth. Sagittarius
takes the adventurous nature of fire to extremes, pushing limits on every
plane, from physical activity to intellectual summits. Sagittarius influences
in the chart (Ninth house, or planets in Sagittarius) create an emphasis on
expanded horizons. This can manifest as heights of wisdom, and a wide
spectrum of experience.
Sagittarius is discussion, argument,
linguistics, extended travel, and 'cross-pollination' of the human experience.
Sagittarius, when active in the
chart, is dynamic, creative, versatile, unpredictable, inventive, inspired,
optimistic, philosophical, cheerful, idealistic, unrestrained, honest, sincere,
a counselor, grateful, direct, energetic, noble, charitable, enjoys learning,
original, unselfish, articulate, visionary, artistic, sensuous, attentive
to opportunities, managerial, brave, humorous, influential, cultured, dependable,
loves spreading knowledge, charming, unpretentious, wise, fortunate, progressive,
just, respectful, good with languages, strategic, resourceful, and happy.
Unfavorable Sagittarius can be
a dilettante, a know-it-all, inconsistent, flaky, shallow, ponderous, pompous,
arrogant, prone to excess, spoiled, overoptimistic, thoughtless in speech,
irresponsible, bad with time-money, pointlessly argumentative, insubordinate,
disrespectful, superiority complex, exaggerating, wasteful, misses opportunities,
superficial, pretentious, brutish, rude, flamboyant, too easily impressed,
trivial, gets discouraged without immediate results, overstimulated, unscrupulous,
reckless, without honor, corrupt, spiritually empty, or glib.
The fire of Aries bursts forth
like the volcano; Leo's fire burns like the sun, and Sagittarius flickers
like the candle or incense fire.
Prone to excess, Sagittarius influences
usually "Take it to the Limit."
"You never
know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough."
William Blake
Sagittarius has both a knack for
putting its foot in its mouth, and for wearing its heart on its sleeve. Sadge's
naíve enthusiasm and exuberance is embarrassing to more reserved types, whose
resulting scorn crushes Sadge's hopes - for the moment. Sagittarian optimism
usually prevails, though.
Centaurs and Lapiths
Source:
Dr. Vollmer's Wörterbuch der Mythologie aller Völker. Stuttgart: Hoffmann'sche
Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1874.
Pronounced Sagittarius influences
in the birthchart suggest personalities who can set their biorhythms to Jupiter.
Sagittarian cycles usually run about 12 to 15 months, or 12 years. (Jupiter
takes 12 years to complete its orbit around the Sun. A "Year" on Jupiter is
12 of our years.) Sadges often find themselves going through life changes
just when Jupiter moves from one sign into another, every 12 to 15 months.
Thirst for knowledge and breakthrough into new levels - Sagittarius
Sagittarians often have more than
one goal in mind at a time, which can be a problem, with energy being diffused.
They relish the quest for knowledge, like to spread knowledge, and dislike
restrictions of any kind. The tendency to be outspoken and tactless is tempered
by time and embarrassment.
Sagittarius seizes every opportunity
to propagate knowledge.
Sagittarius is symbolized by a
centaur with a bow and arrow. A beast from the waist down, Sagittarius is
all human from there up. With an arrow and bow, Sagittarius targets distant
goals, and often achieves them.
Domains of Sagittarius are education,
sports, travel, administration, mysticism, religion, philosphy, art, music,
dance, theater, higher learning, libraries, the edge.
Lessons for Sagittarius include
discipline, moderation, conservation of energy, clarification of goals, commitment,
and completion.
Sagittarius rules the hips and
thighs. It is the contained fire of Prometheus, flying sparks, a campfire,
or lightning (Jupiter's thunderbolts).
For Sagittarius, the Shadow
takes the form of Other's ineptness, irrelevance, bad taste, or hesitant,
worrisome nature. This is really your own fear of doubt, or
of not being as smart or hip as you style yourself. Work with your shadow,
and the people you project it onto, by realizing that their "inferiority"
is an example of the common touch, and would enhance your ability to see the
bigger picture, when you finally blend with it. Being more honest about your
self-doubts will put others more at ease. The more you deny your Shadow, the
more it will manifest itself and attract what you will interpret as disruption
or pain.
Sagittarian carelessness can bring
a tendency to "burn bridges," or leave a "trail of destruction."
Fire sign arrogance must be refined, as in Leo, to be even remotely palatable
to everyone else. Unfavorable Sagittarius has a reputation for "flakyness,"
insincerity, selfishness, and arrogance. The real problem is not really what
it appears - the actual source of the problem is the Sagittarian scattered-ness
and absent minded-ness. By itself, Sagittarius is childlike in loyalty and
sincerity - but like all signs and all charts, no one sign exists in
a person without a complex of other influences. Sagittiarian betrayal is painful
because of this initial innocence, coldly dismissed.
The Ninth house has the character
of Sagittarius: planets in this house are concerned with Learning;
the realm of the higher mind, higher education, long journeys, and team spirit,
expansion of horizons both mental and spiritual, planetary consciousness.
The ninth house begins the utopian trend in the last four signs.
The fire triplicity is Sagittarius
(mutable), followed by Aries (cardinal),
and then Leo (fixed).
In the natural order of the signs,
Sagittarius is fire, preceded by Scorpio
(water), and followed by Capricorn (earth).
The opposite axis, or antidote
to Sagittarius, is Gemini.
