Planetary Influences：Ruling planet:Mercury;First decan:Personal planet is Mercury. Virtues：Charismatic, focused, motivated. Vices：Controlling, intrusive, extreme. Careers：Entrepreneur, manager, company director. Skills & Aptitudes：Leadership, “can-do” attitude, pragmatism. Compatible with：February 23–26, December 26–31
Hardworking pragmatist
Your birthday shows you to be an industrious idealist with analytical skills, an active imagination, and powerful emotions. The unique combination of personal magnetism, communication skills, and determination gives you a creative flair for combining business and pleasure.
The double influence of Mercury implies clarity of vision and an ability to assimilate and analyze the smallest details. Usually articulate and discreet, you like to make up your own mind by methodical deduction. By refining and discriminating, you achieve excellence; just be careful that your pursuit for perfection does not turn into negative criticism and self- righteousness.
You have an appreciation of beauty and luxury and are likely to possess a good voice. It is through the use of your dynamic love, power, enthusiasm, and generosity that you can charm and impress others. At times you can be obstinate, withdrawn, or moody, challenging others to understand the many different facets of your personality.
Broad-minded, with a natural business sense, you communicate your values and show interest in money issues. Nevertheless, you possess an abundance of feelings and grand dreams.
A desire to transcend ordinary, mundane life may possibly manifest as an interest in metaphysical, mystical, or religious subjects. Since you can throw yourself wholeheartedly into a project if interested, you may have to be careful not to exhaust yourself by working too hard.
Your progressed Sun moves into Libra for a thirty-year period when you reach the age of twenty-two. From this time you gradually become more aware of the importance of your social relationships and partnerships. Your creative abilities and sense of harmony are enhanced and you may be drawn to develop any latent musical, artistic, or literary interests. At the age of fifty-two you reach another life turning point as your progressed Sun enters Scorpio. This brings a strong emphasis on a deeper need for emotional change, making you more self- reliant and in control.
Sun: Virgo
Decanate: Virgo/mercury
Degree: 8°-9°25’ Virgo
Mode: Mutable
Element: Earth
Star’s name:Alioth
Degree position:7°52’-8°52’ Virgo between the years 1930 and 2000
Magnitude:2
Strength:*******
Orb:2° 10’
Constellation:Epsilon Ursa Major
Applicable days:August 29, 30, 31, September 1, 2, 3
Star qualities:Mars
Description:a blue-white star located in the tail of the Great Bear
Alioth endows good judgment, a zest for life, and love of ease and comfort. Often you are broad-minded and inclined toward liberalism. This star imparts ambition to win, a competitive nature, and a constant need for activity. Alioth also imparts a talent for criticism and suggests that it should be used constructively.
Linked to your Sun’s degree, Alioth’s influence indicates an aptitude for business, sport, government posts, and dealing with the public. It can also stimulate thoroughness and the ability to exploit every situation, but warns against irritability and overconfidence.
• Positive:genuine, frank, endurance can overcome disappointment
• Negative:ruthlessness, egoism, destructiveness, obstinacy, overcritical
Your greatest potential may lie in an inner need to shine and inspire others, flowing from your natural honesty and high idealism. When developed, this asset will help you overcome everyday difficulties. If disturbed, you could become cold and lose faith, but once back on track you display a wonderful spontaneity and openness.
Since your birthday is identified with an emotional intensity, guard against using this in power tactics, especially when you are disappointed with others. There may be a conflict between your ideals and a very different reality. The key to your success lies in your compassionate understanding of people and situations. When this concern for others is combined with your enthusiasm and social skills, you can create harmony and happiness for yourself and those around you.
Your flair for people and a natural understanding of current trends can help you excel in promoting a vision in sales or media. The business world may also lure you to become an executive, entrepreneur, or philanthropist. While your analytical mind may be attracted to scientific research, editing, or education, your creative expression may prefer an outlet through writing, music, art, or the entertainment world. Many people of this birthdate are often dexterous. Being practical and exact can draw you to careers such as accountancy, working with property, or engineering. Alternatively, your idealism and sensitivity may lead you to charity work or the caring and medical professions.
Famous people who share your birthday include actors Richard Gere and James Coburn, educator Maria Montessori, singer/songwriter Van Morrison, violinist Itzhak Perlman, and composer Paul Winter.
Invested in the physical world, centred earth energy that is practical in application. Strong willpower, determination, and an emphasis on self-expression are indicated by the number 31 birthday. Usually you are tireless and determined, with a desire to make material progress. You may have to learn, however, to accept the limitations of life and therefore need to build a solid foundation. Good fortune and lucky opportunities also suggest that you can be successful in turning your leisure-time pursuits into profitable ventures. Having fun is crucial to you, as you are very hardworking. You may have to guard against tendencies to be selfish or overly optimistic. The subinfluence of the number 8 month indicates that you are ambitious, practical, and intelligent, with executive skills and a need to accomplish. Since you are looking for emotional satisfaction, you may have to develop ways to assert yourself rather than succumb to overindulgence in material desires. You may also need to learn how to communicate your ideas or express your feelings more clearly and openly.
• Positive:lucky, creative, original, builder, constructive, persistent, practical, good conversationalist, responsible
• Negative:insecure, impatient, suspicious, easily discouraged, lack of ambition, selfish, stubborn
With your gregarious and charming personality, you can easily win people’s hearts. Although you enjoy being social and outgoing, when you finally find your ideal partner you are loyal and make every effort to build a long-lasting relationship. Usually you marry for mental affinity and need a partner who can provide you with security and support. Encounters with people from foreign countries could bring special close friendships. By learning to overcome mental or nervous sensitivity, you can create greater balance and harmony.
Finding your ideal partner may be easier with someone born on one of the following days.
Love & friendship:Jan. 8, 11, 23, 29, Feb. 6, 9, 27, Mar. 4, 7, 19, 25, 29, Apr. 2, 5, 23, 27, May 3, 21, 25, June 1, 19, 23, July 17, 21, Aug. 15, 19, 29, Sept. 13, 17, 27, Oct. 11, 15, 25, 29, 30, Nov. 9, 13, 23, 27, 28, Dec. 7, 11, 21, 25, 26
Beneficial:Jan. 13, 30, Feb. 11, 28, Mar. 9, 26, Apr. 7, 24, 30, May 5, 22, 28, June 3, 20, 26, July 1, 18, 24, 29, Aug. 16, 22, 25, Sept. 14, 20, 25, Oct. 12, 18, 23, Nov. 10, 16, 21, Dec. 8, 14, 19
Fatal attractions:Feb. 27, 28, 29, Oct. 30, Nov. 28, Dec. 26
Challenging:Jan. 5, 19, Feb. 3, 17, Mar. 1, 15, Apr. 13, May 11, June 9, 30, July 7, 28, 30, Aug. 5, 26, 28, Sept. 3, 24, 26, Oct. 1, 22, 24, Nov. 20, 22, Dec. 18, 20
Soul mates:Jan. 7, Feb. 5, Mar. 3, Apr. 4, Sept. 30, Oct. 28, Nov. 26, Dec. 24
Others admire those born on this day for the apparently effortless way in which they carry out their endeavours with efficiency and charm. Indeed, although August 31 people are committed to achieving their professional goals, unless exasperated by inefficiency or lack of interest on the part of those with whom they are working, they typically manage to remain courteous and considerate in their dealings with colleagues. Such a balanced approach reflects both their pragmatic recognition of the benefits of making allies rather than foes and the empathy that is born of their perceptiveness (a quality that is even more pronounced if they are women). Yet their primary overall motivation is the achievement of their aims, to which they devote their independence of thought, highly developed organizational skills, technical expertise and tenacity, as well as their ability to inspire others. Friendships are also very important to these people.
The goals that fuel August 31 people’s actions are typically progressive and directed toward benefiting the social group with which they are most closely identified—their coworkers, their community, or even humanity as a whole. They are well equipped to suc- ceed in any number of professions, with the proviso that they should have influence and direct others. Yet they are also personally ambitious (not so much with regard to winning material rewards but more in terms of their individual development and fulfilment) and are, furthermore, vitally concerned with the well-be- ing and happiness of their nearest and dearest, whose actions they have a propensity to control (albeit with the best of intentions).
