You have an ideal of which you are only partially conscious, but it has a great influence on your psychology. You are determined to preserve your integrity and purity. Even though you may not be aware of it, you are often preoccupied by this predicament. How can you live in this world and remain true to yourself? How can you succeed in life without sacrificing your ideals? It’s the eternal philosophical dilemma. You have developed a solution, however; you elaborate a fairly strict code of behavior and try to obey it as much as possible. The path that you walk in life is straight and narrow. You yearn for a life that would reflect the ideal you have set for yourself, as free as possible from irrational mysteries and human failings. In fact, although you may sometimes seem a bit rigid, a bit lacking in perspective, it is because your mind understands the macrocosm through the microcosm, and you must observe the completed system before you will form your opinion. You are especially good at sorting and choosing, because your mind is like a filter. It rejects the impurities and only accepts the pure and useful. Analysis, deductive reasoning, and a sense of experimentation are your qualities. You possess great meticulousness and precision which make you a quick and efficient worker. However, you may rely too strongly on your analytical faculties, to the detriment of an overall perception of reality. You like purity and therefore justice. Thus, you are sensitive to human suffering, especially as a result of social injustice, and you will try to remedy the situation according to what you have learned. Once again, the overriding themes of your personality emerge. You want to preserve an ideal, avoid deterioration, change, adulteration. You are offended by imperfection and try to find ways to correct it. You are eager to help, to be useful, to serve a great cause, but you sometimes do not know whom or what you seek to serve. Whatever purpose you adopt, you must learn to help without surrendering yourself entirely; you tend to try to disappear into the background of a hierarchy. You are sometimes attracted by readymade systems, which soothe a certain anxiety you have. You wouldn’t mind devoting yourself to a state, a big corporation, or a dogma. It would be reasonable and satisfying. But you sometimes forget to rebel a bit – to evaluate whether the end justifies the means. You are reassured by predictability. When you commit yourself, you want to know exactly where you are bound and how. This may be a bit of

Due to the influence of Scorpio rising, Ben Ricciardi has a powerful, forthright nature with a penchant for possessiveness, be it material, mental, or spiritual. His own mind proceeds from a fairly skeptical, steadfast viewpoint, and though he oscillates between objectivity and subjectivity, he is curious and critical in a constructive way. He has the ability to sweet-talk people. His intellectual resources also give him the potential to be a gifted investigator and diagnostician in any field. His other natural resources are his rigid and unilateral determination, capacity for self-control, and the tenacity and energy with which he overcomes obstacles. He should be aware of the need to channel his excess energy into structured activities, or he may become dissipated. Sports or physical exercise will also be necessary for his well-being.

Ben Ricciardi thrives on relating to other people. He cannot live without love!

Ben Ricciardi regards friendships and membership in groups as essential to his personal fulfillment.

At the time of your birth, the sun was passing through the sign of Virgo (the Virgin), located in the zodiac sign of Scorpio (the Scorpion). A summary of the various clues mentioned above provide your personality profile. The following key words capture the essence of your character and indicate certain contradictions which may be sources of tension:

Pugnacity – Modesty – Charisma – Analytical thought – Dignity – Strict logic – Shrewdness – Attention to detail – Concentration – Perfectionism – Optimism – Worry and anxiety – Common sense – Nervousness.

Endowed with an acrobatic mind and discerning intelligence and understanding, you display great abilities for analysis, discrimination, and investigation which are your passport to social and personal success. You are aggressively competitive, and are armed for the combat with a sharp wit which immediately penetrates the weaknesses of your rivals. As a result, you are likely to earn yourself a spot high in the pecking order, and will not shrink from the harsh realities of life. Your intellect, skeptical by instinct, is supremely rational and realistic.

You were born seven to ten days after the rising of the new moon, a “soli-lunar” configuration that means your character is strong-willed and sometimes proud, always determined to buck convention and innovate. Monotony is unbearable to you, and you chafe under the yoke of routine. As a result, you often run into trouble with authority figures. When overwhelmed by your conscience, you rave about how destructive it is to long for the past, how ridiculous it is to be old-fashioned, and how obsolete the old values are. Generally speaking, your monthly energy flow crests about seven to ten-and-a-half days after the full moon. You would be wise to schedule intensive work phases at that time, as well as ambitious and demanding projects. At that time, your initiatives will be most successful, especially if you are trying to create something new, original, and cutting-edge!

Ben Ricciardi, you

This relationship could yield a high degree of psychological compatibility and powerful mutual attraction. The physical and psychological reality of your personality will exert a magnetic pull over the sensitivity, receptivity, tenderness, and other key qualities of your partner.

The moon is located at 22° Capricorn. Ben Ricciardi’s ideal match is a partner with the sun at 16/28° Capricorn or CANCER.

Ben Ricciardi would be particularly well-matched to someone who mirrors his underlying psychic and unconscious aspirations. The secret ideal he cherishes of the perfect partner would be aroused; it would harmonize beautifully with his ideal imaginary lover. This great psychic compatibility is the result of a harmonious relationship between the Moon of the masculine chart and the sun of the feminine one. It is propitious to a rich flow of energies between the most hidden and secret parts of both people. They are linked by an emotional bond.

Ben Ricciardi’s Venus is located at 12° Leo. His ideal match is a partner with Mars at 6/18° Leo or AQUARIUS.

Ben Ricciardi thinks that this type of partner would be perfect for him in emotional and sentimental terms. This person would reflect and fulfill his ideal of sensuality to the greatest degree. Moreover, his ideal partner would resonate lastingly with his own psychic projections of his ideal. This positive relationship between the unconscious sexual yearnings of both partners would be likely to yield sensual relations of a tantalizingly mysterious and secret nature.

Ben Ricciardi has lofty amorous ideals and only falls under the spell of brilliant, worldly, artistic types. He is especially proud and displeased by any sign of a lack of respect or loyalty. He would be especially wise to choose this type. This person is demonstrative, brilliant, warm, and generous. Although his type tends to be somewhat emphatic and dramatic, their frankness and righteousness make them irresistible to him.

Ben Ricciardi’s planet Mars is located at 14° SCORPIO. His ideal match is a partner with Venus at 8/20° SCORPIO or TAURUS.