Chapter 6: Drive and Ambition: How You Achieve Your Goals

You are very socially oriented and work well in cooperation with others. You may be active in community affairs or unite with others of similar ideals and intentions to work toward a common goal. Progressive and democratic, you are not concerned with hoarding personal power or having authority over others. You are a team player. New, unconventional methods appeal to you, especially ideas that involve bringing people together or creating fairer working conditions - such as networking, profit sharing, job sharing, etc. New technologies also interest you. Your energy level is high but somewhat erratic. You can be impatient, rebellious, and inconstant in pursuing your aims. You meet numerous challenges and possibly defeats in pursuit of your goals and desires, and your setbacks often occur because you've been too rash or intent on working your own will regardless of the impact on others. You are intense and passionate, and simply don't know when to stop sometimes! Recklessness with others can be a problem for you. Your self-expression tends to be limited and you feel that you have to learn everything the hard way. You may find it difficult to relate to people and feel isolated and alone. You want to break out of your seclusion, but feel that some barrier is holding you back. You may find it difficult to communicate with others and have a tendency to quarrel. It is hard for you to express yourself and your ideas and opinions may often be challenged by others. Because of frequent disagreements, you are likely to feel incompatible. Maybe the most important factor in your choice of career and your success or lack of it is having a strong home base. Family support is crucial to you, and you would not sacrifice your family for any sort of advantage or achievement in the outside world. If you have a solid foundation and healthy relationships with your parents, you are likely to fulfill any aspirations you have for accomplishment. In order to achieve your ambitions in life you may well feel that you must make a significant break from your personal past, especially the influences of your childhood environment, your family, or familial traditions. You're apt to be the black sheep, or the one who left home and never really returned. What you want to do in life may seem "off the wall" or "way out in left field" to some people. Deep, compelling drives which you do not entirely understand are apt to be the source of your rather extraordinary ambitions. You may find that a drive for dominance, power, and control arises out of the rather problematic and intense relationship you had with one or both of your parents. If you are willing to delve deeply into your own fears and inner life, clearing away much of the conditioning of your earliest years, you will indeed discover tremendous inner resources which can be used to fuel your rise in the world. To achieve your long-range goals and ambitions, the process must be interesting and mentally stimulating, as you get bored with work that isn't challenging intellectually. You need variety and social stimulation as well. One problem you may have is saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, or to the wrong person. You need to watch your words. Your tongue or even your sense of humor can get you in trouble with superiors at times. You have a spiritual gift or vocation which colors your personal ambitions and drive for achievement. Helping people or serving the Whole is part of your role in life. Music, the arts, entertainment, and/or using imagery, visualization, or imagination can be aspects of your work in the world, also. You have a self-assured and self-confident manner and feel the need to project your personality. Others can't help noticing you and because you have great integrity, you are likely to attain esteem and respect. Your emotional life is likely to be strained and you have a tendency to be a loner. Your outlook could be a bit one-sided and you may find it hard to compromise. It is difficult for you to maintain a good give-and-take relationship. You are happy to share your insights with others and your interchange with people is likely to be expansive, both for you and the people you meet. You are tolerant of the opinions of others, and may even welcome them because they enlarge your perspective. You are quite restless and indefatigable in the pursuit of your objectives. Only satisfied with maximum results, you fight to the last moment. Some of your endeavors could be a bit daring though, and your aims a bit high. Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 6: Mars in Aquarius Mars in 8th house Mars Conjunct Sun/Saturn Mars Conjunct Mercury/Saturn Moon Opposition MC Uranus Opposition MC Pluto Opposition MC Mercury Square MC Neptune Trine MC MC Conjunct Sun/Asc. MC Opposition Moon/Pluto MC Conjunct Mercury/Asc. MC Opposition Uranus/Pluto