What do I want to be when I grow up? This childhood question is now being considered by people from fifteen to fifty. The number of jobs available is not the main problem. The difficulties come from two areas: first, the vocational possibilities are rapidly changing. Second, many of us are considering our second or even third career because our original choice is becoming obsolete, or makes demands upon us that we could not have anticipated, or is losing prestige, or no longer pays well enough, or has become so mechanized as to bore us to automated tears. In short, we want more.

This report describes your vocational aptitudes from the astrological perspective so that they can be matched in the career marketplace. While the jobs themselves are ever changing, personality is founded on a solid base upon which to pivot. Self-understanding can supply the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual clues to your best line of work. Then you can determine how to apply your strongest capabilities to the career field you find most attractive.

The best career is one that allows you to use your natural talents and skills. Astrologers use a number of considerations to determine the energies that are strongest and most beneficial in your chart, identifying the type of activities that will be most likely to achieve career success. Sometimes your latent abilities will require training to develop into appropriate occupational skills. Also, you may have talents that serve your avocation - your hobby - better than your career. In this report we will consider a number of possibilities so you can get a sense of which talents are most beneficial in terms of career, and how to develop and use them.

Your Ascendant or Rising Sign

Let's begin with a description of your Ascendant or rising sign. Here you find your natural expression in the world - the way you present yourself to the world and the way others see you.
You enjoy the everyday nature of your work and would thrive in a retail sales atmosphere or food service because of the foundation of daily routine from which interesting changes can emerge. You can develop a felt sense for the cycles of businesses like these, and thus are able to predict trends and manage inventory. You like being around large numbers of people. You can be moody, as you feel the emotional currents around you. At the same time, it is this sensitivity that gives you a certain magnetic charm. You always seem to get the lay of the land early in the game, and that gives you an edge. You would also do well in fishing, sea-going industries or nurturing careers. Water is your element. You understand the currents and eddies of all life and can get the most from it by following the flow. This is just as true of gathering your nets as it is of guiding the path of others. You may incorporate music into your work. Here again is an endeavor in which an understanding of the flow of the medium is demanded. Even if you are not the musician, you have an appreciation of the importance of sound and can apply it to your particular career.
Now take these initial impressions forward with you as you read the rest of this report. You will come to see if and how these general characteristics fit into the overall picture of your vocational possibilities. As you read, you may find apparent contradictions. This happens because we are complex beings with many interests and abilities. This report presents some of your many choices along the path to vocational success and satisfaction.

 

Your Creative Touch

Human creativity falls into three principal arenas: creation (the making of things), recreation (the entertaining side of life), and procreation (the creation of the future). Everyone actively engages in all three creative processes, and we often confuse the feelings of one for another. The term "recreational sex" captures the sense of confusion. Some of us work really hard to get "good sex". Some of us feel sex serves only one purpose, that of procreation. Some of us find the deepest spiritual meaning of life in sexual union. To confuse such deeply meaningful matters with mere recreation can be a problem. In terms of career, creativity plays a big role, but typically sexual involvement in the workplace only serves to establish barriers to the free flow of ideas. To gain better understanding of the inner creative urge in its multiplicity of expression is to gain a leg up on the career issues that can lead us to money and fame without also finding inner satisfaction in the work itself.

You are often at your creative best when others cannot see anywhere to go. You have a somewhat ruthless ability to hang on and survive, and in fact you thrive on crises. You understand the cycle of birth and death, and can see past the end of a cycle. Your creative work demands steady attention to achieve a complete transformation. Your greatest pleasure is found in work that achieves the birth of something new and wonderful out of something old and dead. Your feelings are always an integral part of your creative process.
You may find that at some point your creative focus is modified to include a somewhat different mode of expression that has the following characteristics:

Creativity for you involves the spiritual side of life. You find pleasure in being inspired and in inspiring others to fulfill their greatest potential. Yours is a quiet creativity, immersed in thought. You seek to blend your experience of the physical world, your educational process and your intuition into a creative admixture where nature and art co-mingle to produce something spiritually pleasing. You are the individual who can see beyond the initial idea, through the building process, and yes, past the completion of a project. You are able to envision the effect of your work on the world and to transform creative energy into a spiritual tool.

Many people find that the creative urge seeks to apply itself in a particular area of life that may have very little to do with career. By the same token, the creative voice can dictate the path of vocation, if it is either strong enough or consistent with the overall vocational choices. It helps to understand what part of the creative process most pleases you, what feelings and activities you consider to be most creative.

While the approval of others is nice, it is self-approval that you ultimately need. You are able to carry off the dignity required in stressful situations. Your fearlessness can get you into tight situations, but is a valuable career asset most of the time.
It also helps to be aware of how you can use your creativity to the best advantage.

You require a comfortable setting in which to work if your creativity is to be maximized. However, what is comfortable for you may include unusual settings where you must roll up the shirtsleeves and dig into the work.

Who do you most like to play with when you are being creative? You may think this an odd question where career is concerned, but it strikes at the heart of the career game. If you surround yourself with people who share your creative interests, you will fulfill your inner urge more directly and completely. Just as children work hard at their games, you can play hard at work and thus enjoy this part of your life that takes up the bulk of your waking hours.

You have great creative potential. You are able to express creatively because of your understanding of harmony and your ability to refine an idea into a beautiful result. You inspire love in others because of a warm heart and charming, magnetic personality. Clothing manufacturers, art dealers, artists, composers, cosmeticians, anyone whose work involves elegance and beauty will appeal to your creative side. Women may be more likely to get your juices flowing. You could provide services for florists, musicians, or even be a bridal consultant. The idea is that you need a sense of the artistic to pervade your work if your creativity is to develop fully. The justice system, particularly judges and juries, could be part of your creative scene. You are loyal to a fault, and perhaps beyond. Generally reliable, you can come up with creative responses to situations and you are diplomatic at the same time. You consider education of the younger generation to be a priority and may use your creative talents well in this area. You are most creative in structured situations, so you will do well around accountants, vocational counselors, chemists, civil engineers or government workers - anyone whose work depends on organization and structure. You manage responsibility creatively. You can find the creative elements in the work of efficiency experts, economists, landlords and masons. It's the structure of things that attracts your attention and holds it.

You can develop a sense of the importance of creativity to your work, and also what factors affect your creative expression, by considering how you seek creative interplay with others and with the world.

Sudden changes bring new circumstances into your life. You have a curious mind which can respond to people openly. You tend to meet obstacles head-on. You are far more sensitive to your environment than most people. Sometimes this comes across as weakness; sometimes it is an indication of increased psychic awareness. The typical results of your creative forays have the following characteristics:
Emotional agitation places you at a disadvantage with women. Use your innate artistic talent and recognition of beauty to relieve the stress and you will even the balance. You experience passionate relationships and you can use the physical tension to moderate between Self and Other. Irritability is reflected in tactless communication. Your sensuality gets you into relationships; other qualities will sustain them. You gain popularity quickly and easily. You may experience the challenge of appropriate behavior in the work environment, as you are totally lovable and may give out overly personal vibes. Your love life will go through inhibited periods. Your sober, sensible side will emerge at such times. Even temporary separations can cause you pain. Jealousy can be a problem. Your mission in life may center on the development of self-control. Clear thinking and careful effort is needed to work through anxiety caused by family. Sometimes you feel very isolated from others. You experience harmful energy from time to time, yet your endurance gets you through it. You are more effective when you throw your energy into tasks without also throwing your ego along with it. You are often happiest when you are involved in secluded activities. Your patience, diplomacy, and sense of duty are exemplary. Your life is filled with challenges successfully met. You may struggle to attain success and can be proud of your accomplishments. You have the potential to grow in spiritual awareness if you can avoid purely egoistic aims.

It is important for you to recognize the inner tensions which sometimes cause you to speak too quickly. Your own eagerness can be a detriment to your health unless you support your nervous system with proper nutrition and rest. You sometimes appear to have superhuman power. You also solve problems by applying excessive amounts of force. Control cruel urges and you will get further. You have a pervasive desire for power; this desire focuses, for the most part, on the spiritual or mental sphere. However, you can attain leadership positions. It is possible for you to lose everything. You are a highly sensitive person and can develop your psychic gifts steadily throughout your life. You are aware of events before they occur.

Current shifts in your creative pattern may be indications of a refinement of your activities to suit the daemon or inner voice. Your awareness of that voice is subject to changes that can have sweeping effects on your career path.

Recent Influences

You are especially able to influence others through the written word just now, so write your ideas out clearly.
Be definite. Be firm. Determination can get you through a slow period. You find yourself involved in some romantic adventure. There is strong tension and you feel strange urges. You face difficult situations and can overcome them with a persevering attitude. It's not easy, but you can get through this period. Your own self-assessment is difficult at this time. Yet you are able to make some changes in your personal goals.

Current and Future Trends for the Coming Year

Get a firm grip on yourself and try to control your forcefulness. It is not only not appreciated; it can cause great harm.
Family worries take your attention away from career and work, leaving you feeling depressed and isolated from others.

Creativity and Career

You may be wondering how creativity affects your career. Perhaps you don't feel that the work you do is very creative, or perhaps you have creative pursuits that are not part of how you earn money. Creativity is the expression of an ideal that we each find within ourselves. We each have a unique inner essence that deserves to be polished and re-fined in our individual ways. This essence can be expressed through vocation, and indeed it is a force that pushes us toward the most fulfilling career fields. Many factors combine to produce the best vocational choice. Multiple abilities may combine in a profession not usually associated with the individual qualities you possess.