Erika Costell has a complex personality. She is astir with contradictory impulses and desires, some of them imperious. Although her rational mind is highly developed and seems to be the source of motivation for her behavior, the most significant realm of her psychology is her subconscious. Therein, a conflict between understanding and feeling is raging, between the psychological functions of thought and sensation (C.G. Jung’s terms). Until this conflict subsides, she might feel a sensation of emptiness. She is troubled by and unable to explain this feeling, which leads her to adopt an attitude of doubt and skepticism. This conflict, and its various ramifications, are the main obstacle to her individuation. Her task consists of becoming the master of the energies of her subconscious, and developing her consciousness in terms of the hidden and invisible. Her evolution will occur through a series of metamorphoses and rebirths. However, at certain points in her life, despite her caution and clear thinking, she finds herself in situations she neither desired nor planned, as a result of explosions and eruptions of the elements fermenting in her psyche. She always survives the worst physical, emotional, or intellectual tests, however, fairly unscathed, because of her ability to be reborn and start afresh.

As a partner, she might struggle to make compromises. She may appear frosty and distant at times, and she has a taste for challenging, provocative remarks. With herself, as well as with others, she is sometimes excessive and complicated. In a discussion, she will express strong, honest opinions. In crisis situations, she wishes for her efforts to be noticed. She is obsessed with the problem of death. She tends to believe it holds the secret of life – that death can be overcome.

Sometimes her anxiety about death is expressed as a search for answers – how can one learn to live with death, how can one detach oneself from the past and its flesh-curdlingly morbid realities… Decay, immobility, ultimate delivery – these images, which are all symbolically associated with death, sometimes haunt her.

Intellectually, she has powerfully developed intellectual faculties which yield the maximum effectiveness for her behavior. Deductive, analytical, prospective, she is at once a researcher, a detective, and a scientist. She is fairly introverted, and her discrimination tends to direct her toward the spheres of inner life. She is astute at drawing rational parallels between phenomena of different origins. Her love life will be subject to desire and passion. But since she is more aroused by ideas and fantasies, she may experience lulls in intensity. When she yields to her penchant for emotional upheaval and her desire for coercion and pleasure, she may find herself sailing into the teeth of a hurricane-force gale.

Erika Costell is a dreamer, sensitive and sentimental, with a lively imagination. She tends to be somewhat passive. She is extremely attached to her family, her childhood memories, her family’s past, and her ancestry are the basis of many a reverie and much of her self-image. She thrives on movement and emotional commitment. Her lack of aggressiveness makes her somewhat fearful about the unfamiliar and perhaps threatening situations. She often feels unequipped for the struggle for survival in life, but the truth is that she can draw on resources like tenacity to hang onto the islands of security she create, and her loyalty will ensure that you preserve them. She is full of solicitude, a trait usually associated with masculinity and maternity and children (or somewhat helpless and childlike adults, who need her protection) will play a major role in her life.

Erika needs movement. She is a talented communicator.

Erika Costell has a somewhat secretive personality; she is tempted if not compelled to live a somewhat withdrawn life.

At the time of your birth, Erika’s rising sign was located in Cancer (the Crab), while the sun was passing through the sign of Scorpio (the Scorpion). Both signs are ruled by the same element, which indicates that Erika’s personality is likely to be cohesive. 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:

Sensitivity – Pugnacity – Imagination – Charisma – Eccentricity – Dignity – Savings and thrift – Shrewdness – Concentration – Obstinacy – Positivism – Premonition – Common sense.

A combination of toughness and sensitivity, straightforward yet secretive, Erika’s inner life is intense and sometimes stormy. However, Erika’s inner dichotomy reassures you in your determination to succeed and strengthens your courage in overcoming the difficulties you may encounter.

Erika’s development will benefit greatly from Erika’s ability to build a secure foundation, a shelter where Erika’s sensitivity and emotions can be allowed free expression. Otherwise, Erika’s anxious side could win out.

Naturally endowed with psychic gifts, Erika has premonitions which have sharpened your sensitivity to the irrational world. Erika may be attracted to mysticism and the occult arts. If Erika works hard to control your imaginative, unconscious side, Erika should be capable of great progress in most anything Erika sets your mind to.

Born in the three and one-half days after the full moon rose, Erika Costell is said to be a “full moon” lunar type. This “soli-lunar” configuration gives her an objective, rational, and lucid character. However, since the moon is opposite the sun at the time of the full moon, her objective tendencies are balanced by a more idealistic penchant. Because the forces pull her in two different ways – one toward dreams, the other toward reality – she may be aware of some inner contradictions which are causing practical and social difficulties for her.

At times, she is too demanding of herself or others, comparing them to an ideal, whereas at others, she is too nonchalant and indulgent about life. She vacillates between two poles. One is elitist; the other is more earthy and perhaps vulgar at times. The result is a multifaceted self.

Generally speaking, her monthly energy flow is strongest at the time of the full moon. She would be wise to schedule intensive work phases at that time, as well as ambitious and demanding projects.