♈︎ Zodiac sign · Fire
Aries
The first sign of the zodiac and the pure fire of beginnings, Aries charges ahead while everyone else is still deciding.
The Aries character
Aries is drive, nerve, and a hunger to be first. It runs on impulse: it catches fire and it's already moving, never waiting for the perfect moment. Direct, honest, impatient, the one you call when a wall needs breaking.
Aries in love
In love, Aries is a hunter: falling fast and hot, chasing out in the open. It needs a spark and a challenge, because flat, easy calm cools it faster than any argument.
Aries at work
Aries shines at the launch and the breakthrough: starting it, leading it, taking it by storm. The long wait and the daily grind are its weak spot.
Strengths and shadows
Strengths: courage, energy, honesty, leadership.
Weak spots: hot temper, impatience, headlong drive.
Aries's shadow is to ignite and walk away: ten things started, none finished, everyone flattened by the rush.
Your Sun sign is just one stroke of the sky. The Moon, the ascendant and the planets write the rest.
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