Planetary Influences：Ruling planets:Sun and Mercury;Third decan:Personal planet is Mars;Second cusp:Leo with Virgo tendencies. Virtues：Dynamic, focused, organized. Vices：Delusional, overconfident, manipulative. Careers：Careers advisor, publicist, advertising executive. Skills & Aptitudes：Generosity, organizational skills, project-management skills. Compatible with：May 17–20
Shining star
Dynamic and bright, with a gregarious personality, you need to shine and be noticed. As a Leo, you are also proud and self-confident, with a creative mind and a desire for self-expression.
The subinfluence of your decanate ruler, Aries, provides an added boost to your already energetic nature and suggests that you act with great assurance. Usually you seek a central role in situations and often take the lead. Mars’s influence implies that you are enterprising and spontaneous, with an inclination to speculate, but should avoid get-rich-quick schemes. Since you like to have things your own way, you may need to develop a less dominant or egoistic character.
Although you are quick at assessing situations, you may need to overcome a tendency to overreact, become frustrated, or worry too much about money. Clever and shrewd, with a good mental potential, you like to keep yourself occupied and well informed. A mixture of cynicism and innocence indicates that you need to take responsibility for developing your fine mind and intuition. You are likely to possess a youthful quality, although work usually plays a prominent role in your life, especially as you get older. No matter what difficult situations you encounter in life, deep down you know that you possess the power to triumph over adversity.
When you are at the early age of three, your progressed Sun enters Virgo for a thirty-year period. This emphasizes the growing importance of creating a practical and orderly framework for yourself and accents the importance of service and paying attention to detail. When your progressed Sun moves into Libra, as you reach the age of thirty-three, there is a turning point in your life. At this time your relationships start to become more important and you may develop new diplomatic, social, or creative skills. At the age of sixty-three, when your progressed Sun moves into Scorpio, you may desire more emotional depth, intensity, and transformation.
Sun: Leo
Decanate: Aries/mars
Degree: 26°45’-28° Leo
Mode: Fixed
Element: Fire
Alphard; Adhafera, also called Al-Serpha; Al Jabhah, also called the Forehead
Star’s name:Alphard
Degree position:26° 17’-27°8’ Leo, between the years 1930-2000
Magnitude:2
Strength:********
Orb:2°10’
Constellation:Alpha Hydrae
Applicable days:August 19, 20, 21, 22
Star qualities:varied interpretations: Saturn/Venus and Sun/Jupiter
Description:a giant orange star located in the neck of the Hydra
Alphard’s influence bestows natural wisdom and a deep understanding of human nature. You appreciate the arts and have keen ambitions and a sensitive nature. Alphard warns against overindulgence, intemperance, and lack of self-control. This star suggests turbulence and at times upheaval. Alphard also warns against all forms of poisoning and infections.
Linked to your Sun’s degree, this star bestows executive abilities, positions of authority and great opportunities for advancement. You tend to seek prominent positions and to be in the limelight. Nevertheless, you must always be fair and just, otherwise others will push you out. This applies also to work and relationships, where jealousy can creep in, although often you attempt to hide it.
• Positive:confidence, can make a name for yourself, fame
• Negative:legal entanglement and disputes, loss of self-control, jealousy
Inspired by knowledge and wisdom, you need to stay positive and develop patience and tolerance. This helps you to keep your restless and active mind occupied and constructive. Quick and assertive, you have the ability to present new ideas to others and influence them with your thinking. Since you are a good evaluator, you are likely to work extremely hard in order to make a project you believe in a reality.
Strong willpower and determination help you accomplish in the material world, but to achieve total fulfillment, it is necessary to balance these forces with your intuitive insight. This indicates that you need to learn how to listen to the wisdom of your inner voice. When you combine your fine mind, courage, and originality, you can receive brilliant inspiration.
Highly ambitious, you can present a friendly and confident front. You possess a mental vitality that is good for debates and can win you arguments. This usually can help you prosper in law or politics. Similarly, you may prefer a career in sales or as an agent. As well as being analytical, you possibly possess technical skills that can aid you in your career. Your strong dramatic sense may attract you to the theater or entertainment world, but whatever you do, you will probably want to be in charge or direct the action. Alternatively, being so determined and businesslike, you may decide to work for yourself.
Famous people who share your birthday include President Bill Clinton, fashion designer Coco Chanel, philosopher P. D. Ouspensky, tycoon Malcolm Forbes, inventor Orville Wright, drummer Ginger Baker, and actress Jill St. John.
A powerful entity and results-oriented force, all about initiating action and getting things done. Sunny, ambitious, and humanitarian are some of the ways people describe those with the number 19 birthday. Decisive and resourceful, you possess depth of vision, but the dreamer side of your nature is compassionate, idealistic, and creative. Although you are sensitive, the need to be someone may be the very thing that pushes you to be dramatic and claim center stage. Often there is a strong desire to establish an individual identity. To do so, you may first need to overcome the influence of peer group pressure. To others you may appear confident, resilient, and resourceful, but inner tensions may cause emotional ups and downs. Artistic and charismatic, you will find that the world is there for you to explore. The subinfluence of the number 8 month indicates that you possess stamina and vitality. Astute and determined, you rise to positions of authority and influence. Alternatively, your business and executive skills lead you to the world of commerce.
• Positive:dynamic, centered, creative, leader, lucky, progressive, optimistic, strong convictions, competitive, independent, gregarious
• Negative:self-centered, depressive, worry, fear of rejection, ups and downs, materialistic, egotistical, impatient
Assured and self-motivated, you can be understanding and considerate. Socially inclined, you have an ability to attract others that means you can always find friends and admirers. You are liable to be particularly interested in hardworking and intellectually stimulating people. Highly intuitive, you can sense what others are thinking or feeling; however, you need time to develop and build a trusting long-term relationship. Once committed, you can be a generous and kind partner.
You may be more likely to make a serious commitment with someone born on one of the following dates.
Love & friendship: Jan. 11, 21, 28, 31, Feb. 9, 19, 26, 29, Mar. 17, 24, 27, Apr. 5, 15, 22, 25, May 13, 20, 23, June 1, 11, 18, 21, July 9, 16, 19, Aug. 7, 14, 17, 31, Sept. 5, 12, 15, 29, Oct. 3, 10, 13, 27, 29, 31, Nov. 1, 8, 11, 25, 27, 29, Dec. 6, 9, 23, 25, 27
Beneficial:Jan. 9, 12, 18, 24, 29, Feb. 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, Mar. 5, 8, 14, 20, 25, Apr. 3, 6, 12, 18, 23, May 1, 10, 16, 21, 31, June 2, 8, 14, 19, 29, July 6, 12, 17, 27, Aug. 4, 10, 15, 25, Sept. 2, 8, 13, 23, Oct. 6, 11, 21., Nov. 4, 9, 19, Dec. 2, 7, 17
Fatal attractions:Jan. 3, Feb. 1, 15, 16, 17, Apr. 30, May 28, June 26, July 24, Aug. 22, Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 16, Dec. 14
Challenging:Jan. 7, 8, 19, 28, Feb. 5, 6, 17, 26, Mar. 4, 3, 15, 24, Apr. 1, 2, 13, 22, May 11, 20, June 9, 18, July 7, 16, Aug. 5, 14, Sept. 3, 12, Oct. 1, 10, Nov. 8, Dec. 6
Soul mates:Jan. 3, 19, Feb. 1, 17, Mar. 15, Apr. 13, May 11, June 9, July 7, Aug. 5, Sept. 3, Oct. 1
Behind the deceptively easy and open façade that an
August 19 person typically presents is an altogether more serious persona—one that has a definite agenda and will press ahead until this has been achieved. The visions that inspire them will often have been identified early—a desire to change society, for example, or a gap in the commercial market—but although these indi- viduals will typically adhere to their convictions and ambitions, they are also realistic types, who recognize that innovation and change cannot be effected with- out careful preparation. Once their game plan has been set, they will devote their energies toward amassing an armory of information, expertise and contacts, and not until they feel that they are properly equipped and that the circumstances are right will they launch themselves on their mission. Such dedication, resourcefulness and fixity of purpose augurs well for their success in any pro- fession that particularly holds their interest, provided, that is, that they can act without undue restriction.
Indeed, such is their outgoing nature, personal charm and talent for inspiring enthusiasm that others tend to follow wherever August 19 people lead. And in turn these individuals generally manifest great affection and concern for the well-being of those who place their trust in them. There is a risk, however, that the acclaim that they engender may go to their heads, and that they may become prey to delusions of invincibility; thus while they may be magnanimous to those who admire them, they may display enmity to those who—despite their efforts to enlist their support—nevertheless con- tinue to express dissent. It is important that they do not lose sight of their core values, and that their close relationships are honest.
