Brandon Charnas tries to restrain and control his instincts, but they are not always easy to control. This can lead to him adopting a fairly ascetic lifestyle. His attitude, which denies the vital importance of the most archaic and darkest forces within him, is not entirely innocuous. If he hopes for a more harmonious development, he will do well to realize that instincts can be tamed; they do not react positively to being trampled.

You were born into a family where there was little physical or emotional warmth. This lack of nurturing, combined with the lack of examples of how to act in difficult situations, forced you to protect yourself from negative influences and find your own system in order to grow and feel secure. Although this system was quite useful to you as a child, it has now settled in to such a degree that it interferes with your evolution. Psychological defense mechanisms and crutches which were once useful now encumber your mind or inhibit your developmental efforts. As a result, in certain situations, it is difficult for you to assert yourself, and you tend to remain an awkward or passive observer. Because your authoritarian urges are mainly directed at yourself rather than others, you sometimes feel guilty about your behavior. You judge yourself severely, and sometimes punishes yourself by setting difficult tasks for yourself. Gradually, you should build up a strong inner discipline and acquire the strength to face the problems of existence in a detached and mature way.

You have mood swings, going from phases of frenzy combined with a feeling of omnipotence and exaltation to phases of apathy and inertia. During your “highs,” your behavior is vigorous and dynamic, but it is also likely to be somewhat excessive. These periods tend to be interspersed with “lows,” phases of sluggishness and inhibition, which compensate for your immense need to assert yourself as an individual. How can you find a way out of this vicious cycle which uses up so much of your energy?

We suggest that you meditate upon power, skills, mastery, challenge, desire, and need, your brothers (or brother substitutes, such as friends, cousins, or classmates) – who are key figures – and your adversaries. This should enlighten you. Of course, once you have a clear awareness of your career ambitions and profound desires, you are sure to have plenty of energy to accomplish them.

Brandon Charnas is fairly strong-willed and mindful of going about his purposes with maximum efficiency. When he relates to other people, Brandon sometimes has trouble expressing his emotions, but he does have a lively sensitivity and is capable of lasting passion. As Brandon grows older, he is quite likely to come into his own and acquire great intellectual and spiritual wisdom. His honesty, integrity, and sense of duty will win him recognition and appreciation. Brandon’s greatest accomplishment will be stability and prosperity. Although Brandon is not especially enterprising, he will move into a high career position as soon as he feels sure of his abilities.

Brandon Charnas is aware of the void and the vanity of existence. Sometimes he is disoriented and deconstructed by an unknowable, unconscious force and he tends to ignore or disparage the superficial pleasures and pains of daily life. He prefers to dive into the depths of human experience as deeply as his intellectual, emotional, and spiritual capacities permit. Grappling with his “fundamental nature,” with the deepest and most primitive part of himself, Brandon sometimes aghast at the discovery of the sheer power of the life instinct and feels an imperious need to cope with it. This special consciousness Brandon has been endowed with is somewhat beyond the bounds of conventional schools of human understanding and thought and may be a source of identity problems for him at the outset. It is not easy for Brandon to recognize himself in any social or narcissistic models or identify with any existing roles or attitudes, so he sometimes find himself forced to construct and assert his own identity on a basis which may impress others with its intensity, if not its eccentricity.

A charismatic speaker and compulsive charmer, Brandon Charnas has a powerful personal magnetism which sometimes makes him seem arrogant or smug. He cares a great deal about his reputation and will try hard to be admired and appreciated by the people around him. Fond of social events and parties, Brandon enjoys being the host, to entertain and charm a captive audience of guests. Indeed, Brandon has special dramatic and artistic talents of the caliber necessary for success in film, theater, fashion, or art in general. He enjoys displaying his generosity, but he also displays a short temper at times; he is easily offended. His partner will have to be a brilliant person, strong and sure of themselves, devoted to Brandon and capable of enhancing his reputation.

Brandon Charnas has a sensitive and imaginative mind, which can sometimes lead to difficulty distinguishing dreams from reality. Although his bubbling imagination provides an abundant source of inspiration for creative or spiritual evolution, it can be less helpful and positive when it comes to matters of self-assertion and self-sufficiency in relationships. In a relationship, Brandon is extremely romantic, seeing the other person in a way that is not always realistic.

Brandon Charnas is a complicated relationship partner. His sensitivity and emotions are often in conflict with his instincts, which makes him a fairly complicated relationship partner. His behavior sometimes strikes others as mysterious or baffling. He is liable to switch from one attitude to the opposite. Sexuality is an important part of his life, and his relationships are most often motivated by his desires. Nevertheless, due to his unconscious inner battle, he does not often succeed in reconciling and fulfilling his emotional and sexual needs. Due to the strength of his instincts, passion may overwhelm him and drag him into situations he cannot always control, which intermingle erotic ecstasy and anguish, guilt, and aggressiveness.

Brandon Charnas enjoys captivating people with the elegance and ease of his expression. He is a witty and engaging flirt, an avid player of the game of love. As a result, the history of his affections is liable to be episodic, a long series of chapters about conquests or fleeting love affairs. He may carry on some love relationships by writing letters.

Brandon Charnas was born with 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, Brandon is imbued with an eminently subjective and personal idealism.

Brandon Charnas enjoys being dazzling and proud. He loves to act out a role and hates mediocrity. He hopes for a solid, comfortable, and lavish married life with help and encouragement from his partner and, if he chooses to have them, children to achieve their ambitions. If he sees any weakness in his partner, he won’t forgive them.

Brandon Charnas indulges in puppy love romances or allows the circumstances to decide what he wants. His personality is sometimes emotional and ambivalent. He should be careful not to rush into marriage, for he may soon long for the single life again if he hasn’t chosen a partner who’s the best fit.

Brandon Charnas is characterized by strong sensual and affectionate urges which drive him to seek pleasure. His need for romantic fulfillment may compel him to marry, because he also seeks the legal and social legitimacy the institution of marriage confers on an emotional bond. Indeed, the household is liable to be prosperous and even opulent, as if this offered further evidence that he had indeed achieved success. However, privately, he might be less committed to certain obligations and duties.

You are an ardent and amorous person, and your relationships are enlivened by intensity and passion. A charmer perpetually engaged in a quest for the ideal love, you are often more in love with the idea of love than with a partner. As a result, your love life may be subject to some instability. You are generally attracted to original people who defy norms, standards, and classifications, and expect them to amaze and fascinate you. Your greatest contradictions surface when an intimate relationship is established. Although you merge your ego entirely into the couple, you are likely to demand a total autonomy and liberty which are inimical to intimacy. If your partner charms and captivates you long enough, there is some possibility that they will form a more solid bond with you; otherwise, you are likely to yield to your need for novelty and fall under the spell of an entirely different person who exerts a new kind of charm for you.

Midlife may be a turning point for you from this point of view. Your contradictory attitude may in some ways hide a compulsion to reject and deny the bonds of dependency inherent to a love relationship. Your behavior enables you to remain aloof, to commit yourself only halfway without consciously admitting it to yourself, and to avoid feeling guilty if and when you lose interest. An insatiable appetite for novelty and exaltation sometimes keeps you from forming stable relationships. Indeed, you are tormented by the struggle between your undeniable need for affection and an equally imperious desire for personal progress and emancipation. As a result of this inner turmoil, your romantic aspirations are usually sabotaged sooner or later by your conviction that your partner has become an obstacle to your individual progress. Because you think of love as a restraint, you may even eventually consciously refuse any emotional approach to love interests. As an ascetic, you will try to deflect the love function from its natural target and use the energy and bliss it generates for other purposes, the process psychologists call sublimation. However, you are also likely to meet “the one” who inspires you to initiate a change in your behavior.

Brandon Charnas ruled powerfully with determination and vital needs. His intellectual abilities came to the forefront when he communicated his ideal and plotted his action or strategy. He could be both logical and astute, and had gifts for theorizing but may sometimes lack perspective.

Brandon Charnas tries to shun subjectivity and be as objective as possible. His thoughts are usually structured, and his reasoning, based on objective facts or experience, usually relates to practical goals.