Benny the Butcher searches for stability. He wants to find a firm, unchanging structure for his life. But his efforts to achieve this ideal are often vain, because unconsciously, he is also inhabited by the opposite desire. Every time he reaches what he believes to be a good balance, he realizes he wants something entirely different. He should become aware that the concepts of stability and balance are difficult to apply to life. By definition, life is movement, change, and perpetual instability.

Benny the Butcher’s personality and behavior are liable to be disrupted by a contradiction between the masculine and feminine archetypes ruling his psyche. Because his sensitivity is in conflict with his determination, his attitude and performance may sometimes be moody, fluctuating, and uncertain. Usually, he has the feeling he has to make superhuman efforts to succeed in assuaging his yearnings and fulfilling his ambitions. His unconscious, sensitive side often disapproves of his conscious endeavors and stealthily works to defeat them, causing crucial omissions, mistakes, and gaps which effectively sabotage his plans. In his relationships, the images he builds up and projects on the other are contradictory. As a result, any bond, even if it is pleasant and positive, might also annoy him. He could find it dissatisfying and irritating at the same time.

You are sober and reserved, but you have a strong spirit and are self-sufficient. At work, you are skillful, meticulous, and efficient, but you lack confidence and assurance. Although you would deserve a prominent executive position, you might refuse any that are offered because you are afraid of the limelight. You are aware that early success is often short-lived and fragile, and that time rewards those who are patient. The psychological mechanisms described above are probably the result of a paternal complex. In childhood, your identity may have been too strongly attached to that of your father or a father figure, for one of the following reasons: the bond with your father was too close, your father was absent or idealized, or your father was too strict. In any case, this psychological particularity can act either as a handicap or as an opportunity for the individual to overcome yourself. It will result in two groups of opposite but complementary reactions which will rule your behavior all your life: hypersensitivity or insensitivity, intense life wish or discomfort with life, obsession or renunciation, skepticism or fanaticism, asceticism or lust, jealousy or indifference, effort or laziness. The so-called “Saturnian” phases (at age 7, 14, 21, 28, or 29, and 35 years) will be transitional periods that give you an opportunity to resolve this complex in real life.

Benny the Butcher resents having to impose limitations on himself, and he may sometimes try to dodge obligations and commitments. The obstacles and hindrances reality places on his path to personal and social development tend to depress him. He sometimes broods bitterly about the frustrations to his self-fulfillment and might have a fairly pessimistic vision of society and its possibilities.

Benny the Butcher thinks that because your personality is ruled by your mind, you need intellectual stimulation in order to feel fulfilled. He is always on the move, in search of new contacts. Curious about all sorts of different subjects, he takes care to inform himself about many things. He enjoys conversation and communication and hopes to be admired for his talent and wit. Due to his having such a wide variety of interests, however, he can be something of a dilettante, and his thinking may sometimes lack discipline.

Benny the Butcher’s intellect is lively, agile, and sensitive. However, he does not always avail himself of it and may be confused or irrational in some situations. Although he enjoys playing with words, ideas, and concepts, his thought sometimes lacks discipline and structure. He is fairly preoccupied with details and may tend to waste his nervous and mental energy in futile verbal outpourings. Moreover, his feelings sometimes blur his objective vision of phenomena and people, which may cause him to make errors in judgment.

Benny the Butcher is a cheerful, expansive, pleasant associate to have. He is extremely generous (sometimes to a fault!) and gives of himself and his belongings unstintingly. This positive psychological outlook is the result of a happy childhood and especially an extremely beneficial maternal influence in infancy. By old age, his good reputation and prominence may have earned him fame.

Although you maintain a cool and distant demeanor, you are extremely sensitive. In some cases, your rather austere and rigid behavior and your refusal to yield too readily to sentimentality discourage others from being too demonstrative of their tenderness and affection. You have spells of melancholy in which you do not feel worthy of being loved and tend to forbid yourself any emotional fulfillment whatsoever. An austere or somewhat traumatic childhood experience may be the source of this behavior. It is difficult for your inner self to be detached from this past life, and you sometimes have trouble reconciling the image you have of yourself as an adult with the one you acquired back then. The idea you have of yourself as an individual is related to the image your parents projected onto you as a child. Nevertheless, the past is history, and you are now an adult. Through self-work, you can rid yourself of these phantoms. You have the ability to overcome your mistakes, as well as great endurance and will power to achieve your goals. Nevertheless, you must not repress your sensitivity in order to succeed.

Benny the Butcher adapts to life and surroundings somewhat complicatedly. Certain inhibitions may sometimes inhibit his intellectual activity.

Benny the Butcher is a fairly complicated relationship partner. His sensitivity and emotions are often in conflict with his instincts, which makes him a fairly complicated person to be around. His behavior can strike others as mysterious or baffling, as he can switch from one attitude to the opposite. His sexuality is an important part of his life, and his relationships are most often motivated by his desires, but he often fails to reconcile and fulfill his emotional and sexual needs. This is due to the strength of his instincts, which can override his passion and drag him into situations he cannot always control. This can mix erotic ecstasy and anguish, guilt, and aggressiveness into one complex mix.

Benny the Butcher’s attractions are usually immediate and intense. They rise quickly to fever pitch. The story of these passions is often dramatic to excess, combining all the plot elements of a classic love tragedy: jealousy, possessiveness, agony as an erotic stimulant, etc.

Benny the Butcher’s birth chart indicates that he has an emotional function that is expressed in a direct and fairly impulsive way. He enjoys reaching out to other people and making discoveries. An eternal teenager with his gaze riveted on the future, Benny is imbued with an eminently subjective and personal idealism.

Benny the Butcher frowned at the thought of being tied down. It was the last thing he wanted, to be pinned down by someone. He liked to live life on the edge, to be in control. He would much rather be single and free, than be stuck with someone who would restrict him.

When it comes to romance, Benny the Butcher is always decisive. His behavior baffles his partners; a hesitation waltz in which he yields to affection and then suddenly bolts. Unfortunately, his timing is usually a little bit right – he may pass up or spoil a relationship which would have been extremely fulfilling. He tends to be especially attracted to people with a strong sexual aura; however, they are the type who could torment him or take advantage of his weaknesses.

Benny the Butcher was studying philosophy and law at a prestigious university. He was attracted to the wide open spaces and distant horizons that these studies offered, but he also found an affinity for foreign languages and contacts abroad.

Benny the Butcher does not express his thoughts and ideas smoothly or easily. He tends to be subjective, seeking to know himself better through a process of introversion.

Benny the Butcher tended to be oriented inward, rarely trying to communicate with others for the simple pleasure of doing so. Indeed, he sometimes felt misunderstood. Moreover, it seemed difficult for him to express the complexity of his inner perceptions.