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, you have a powerful and forthright nature with a penchant for possessiveness, be it material, mental, or spiritual. Your own mind proceeds from a fairly skeptical, steadfast viewpoint, and though you oscillate between objectivity and subjectivity, you are curious and critical in a constructive way. You have the ability to sweet-talk people. Your intellectual resources also give you the potential to be a gifted investigator and diagnostician in any field. Your other natural resources are your rigid and unilateral determination, capacity for self-control, and the tenacity and energy with which you overcome obstacles. You should be aware of the need to channel your excess energy into structured activities, or you may become dissipated. Sports or physical exercise will also be necessary for your well-being.

Ali Thom thrives on relating to other people. He cannot live without love!

Ali Thom’s friendship and membership in groups are vital to his personal self-fulfillment.

At the time of your birth, your rising sign was located in Scorpio (the Scorpion), while the sun was passing through the sign of Virgo (the Virgin). 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.

Ali Thom was born on the three days prior to the new moon’s appearance, and is said to be of the “balsamic moon” type. This soli-lunar configuration gives her a spiritualistic character closely attached to generous humanitarian ideals. She is sometimes sorely tried to limit herself to the narrow scope of individual ambition. Indeed, she aims for a humanitarian ideal which would include the outcasts and the unfortunate. She fervently hopes the meek will inherit the earth. To bring about this ideal, she is likely to seize every resource placed at her disposal: physical effort, money (if she has it), speech, her writings, and her poetic or artistic talents. However, she should be wary of her unconscious guilt feelings. Actually, there is no reason for her to devote herself to her mission entirely; a simple daily effort should suffice to express her philosophy and free her conscience. Usually, the three days preceding the new moon will be time in the monthly lunar cycle most favorable to her activities and her general energy level.