for
Donald Trump June 14, 1946 9:51 AM Queens, New York

YOU ARE A GEMINI/DOG

Introduction to "The New Astrology"
A Unique Blend of Western and Chinese Astrology
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        The New Astrology report blends Western signs with Chinese signs and comes up with 144 "New" signs. If you are a Sagittarius and were born in the OX year 1949, then you are a Sagittarius/Ox. Simple. Take your regular, familiar astrological sign and match it with the animal sign of the year you were born. And you have found your New astrological sign.

        Everybody has a dual nature. Some people are naturally greedy and grasping about money. But surprise! These same people can be generous to a fault in emotional ways, strewing sentiment and affection on their entourage like Santa Claus on a gift binge. People are complicated. They baffle us with their contradictory behavior. We even confuse ourselves with our own haunting ambivalences. How come you get along with Jack and care so much about him when in fact he gets on your nerves? Jack has an abrasive personality. You know that. But you can't help liking the guy. He fascinates you. Why? It's a dilemma. With a solution.

        The New Astrology attempts to help us understand human behavior within the universe through the "marriage" of occidental and oriental astrology.

        The Chinese have divided time differently from us Westerners. Whereas we have 100-year centuries, the Chinese have periods of sixty years. We divide our centuries into ten decades. The Chinese divide their sixty-year spans into "dozencades" or twelve-year periods.

        In the West, we divide our year up twelve times by its suns. Each 30 day month has its own astrological name.  Every year our cycle begins anew.  In the East, each year within the twelve-year dozencade has its own animal name. At the end of each twelve-year period the Chinese cycle begins anew.

        The twelve occidental months have celestial sign names: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. The twelve oriental years have animal sign names: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. In both cases the astrological sign name refers to the character of people born under its influence. The cycles of names always repeat in the same order.

        So, in fact, everybody in the world has not just one, but two main astrological signs: a Western "month" sign and an Oriental "year" sign. One sign is complementary to the other. Taken together, they show us more about the individual than either one can on its own. In the New Astrology, if someone is born in Aries and is also born in a Horse year, that person's New Astrology sign is Aries/Horse. Aries/Horses, as you will see, are not the same as Aries/Cats or Aries/Tigers.

        There are 144 New Astrology signs. Each is a combined East/West sign. Through the New Astrology we can learn to get along better with our friends, family and loved ones. We can find out why we tend not to harmonize with certain people. We can improve our knowledge of them, and of ourselves.




Western and Chinese Astrology Ruling Elements:

Western astrology uses four ruling elements:

Fire, Air, Earth, Water. Each Western astrological sign is ruled by one of these elements:

  Fire:
    * Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.
    * Fire signs are characterized by Movement, Obsession, Energy.

  Air :
    * Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
    * Air signs are characterized by Receptiveness, Intellect, Aspiration.

  Earth:
    * Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
    * Earth signs are characterized by Function, Practicality, Solidity.

  Water:
    * Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces;
    * Water signs are characterized by Emotion, Compassion, Perception.

Chinese astrology uses five ruling elements: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire  and Earth. The animal signs are governed by only four of these. All  five elements are used elsewhere in Chinese astrology, but for our purposes in The New Astrology we need only  know:

  Metal:
    *  Positive  Metal-Monkey,  Dog.
    *  Negative Metal-Rooster, Pig.

  Water:
    *  Positive  Water-Rat.
    *  Negative Water-Ox.

  Wood:
    *  Positive  Wood-Tiger,  Dragon
    *  Negative Wood-Cat.

  Fire:
    *  Positive  Fire-Horse;
    *  Negative Fire-Snake, Goat.

Planets:

Each sign in Western astrology is ruled by one or more of ten planets or heavenly bodies. These are the "stars" astrologers are always said to be gazing at. The planets influence a sign's character. Your position in the heavens helps to predict the future.

 Aries is ruled by Mars representing: Impulse, Action, Bravery.

 Taurus is ruled by Venus representing: Acceptance, Vanity, Love.

 Gemini is ruled by Mercury representing: the Intellect, Change, Adaptability.

 Cancer is ruled by the Moon representing: Receptivity, Emotion, Viscera.

 Leo is ruled by the Sun representing: Assertiveness, Will, Majesty.

 Virgo is ruled by Mercury representing: Analysis, Absorption, Logic.

 Libra is ruled by Venus representing: Sociability, Persuasion, Luxury.

 Scorpio is ruled by Mars and Pluto representing Courage, Creation, Passion.

 Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter representing: Expansion, Vision, Justice.

 Capricorn is ruled by Saturn representing: Solitude, Rigidity, Ambition.

 Aquarius is ruled by Saturn and Uranus representing: Individuality, Cosmic Consciousness, Obligation.

 Pisces is ruled by Neptune and Jupiter representing: Enigma, Inspiration, Compassion.

Chinese astrology does not concern itself with celestial bodies. If Chinese astrologers look to nature for influence, they consult the climatic changes on Earth, the seasons or the moon's effects on the Earth.

Qualities:

Western astrology uses three different qualities: Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable.

 CARDINAL: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn-Dynamic, Authoritative, Active, Energetic.

 FIXED: Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, Aquarius-Concrete, Limited, Purposeful, Conscientious.

 MUTABLE: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces-Moving, Adaptable, Harmonizing, Versatile.

Are the Yin and the Yang Qualities Too?

        Yes. In Chinese astrology, yin and yang are qualities. But yin and yang are far more powerful than our qualities because yin and yang are the two major and only forces in the Chinese philosophical universe. For them, everything present in the universe is either yin or else it is yang. Everything. Tables, chairs, light bulbs, cousins, aunts, uncles and kitchen sinks!

        In a way, yin and yang can be compared, in Western culture, to the application in certain languages of the qualities of "masculine" or "feminine" to inanimate objects or intangible nouns. Though it does not seem to make sense, in French a table is feminine. A log is feminine. A shoe is also feminine. Parks are masculine. Lakes too. Feet are masculine. So are eyes and foreheads. But mouths and even teeth are feminine. Worry is masculine. So are gossip and lipstick and panty hose.

        Though we may want to look for sexual significance in the application of gender to nouns, there is none. That's what makes it so difficult to remember from one language to the next whether a noun is considered masculine or feminine. Is the application of gender to nouns then perfectly arbitrary? Well, it must have come from somewhere. But nobody knows exactly how, when or why.

        There are no genders in the Chinese language. But, without saying how, when or why, Chinese philosophers can feel whether a thing or a person or an idea is yin or yang. It's just there. A known fact. Yin is rooted in the sun. Its goal is darkness. Yang is rooted In the Earth. Its goal is light.

Like everything else, each Chinese animal sign is either yin or yang.

  YIN: Rat, Ox, Monkey, Cat, Dog, Pig.

  YANG: Horse, Goat, Tiger, Rooster, Dragon, Snake

What is Yin and What is Yang?

Yin:

        The Chinese say that yin people are mainly interested in what happens in groups. They are frequently preoccupied with the organization of collective or communal events. They are attracted to politics.  They are self-confident. They trust nobody. They need success to survive. They worship efficiency. They are always questing after well-being for themselves and for those they love or like. They have good health and long life but may be prone to accidents. They don't smile a lot. They dress conservatively. They are not spiritual. They love their families. They are material.

        The way I see it, yin is open, civilized, interested in the good of others. Yin likes parties, feasts, holidays, sex and anything else that provides it with intense company. Yin is not feminine. But it is sometimes said to be subjective. Yin is active in the world. Other-directed. Public. It is different from and equal to yang.

Yang:

        The Chinese say that yang people are loners. They are individualistic. They are meditative. They are spiritual. They smile a lot. They have no sense of groups or family. They have delicate health. They like to dress for show. They avoid chains of command. They love nature. They are nonmaterial. Their only goal in life is personal development. They are objective. They keep their own counsel.

        The way I see it, yang is closed, unsociable, private. Yang likes books, music, gardening, long walks or anything that brings him closer to himself and nature. Yang is solitary. Self-directed. Yang's equilibrium comes from within.



Your Sun Sign (Western Astrology)
Your Sun sign is Gemini.

        Month:  Approximately  May 22 to June 21.
        Ruler:  Mercury.
        Element:  Air.
        Quality:  Mutable.

Gemini is the third sign of the occidental zodiac.

Characteristics of Gemini:

QUICK-WITTEDNESS, VERSATILITY, PERSPICACITY, PERFORMANCE, FLEXIBILITY, DEXTERITY.

Gemini sins may include: IMPATIENCE, SELF-DECEPTION, GLIBNESS, SUPERFICIALITY, INCONSTANCY, INDECISIVENESS.

        Gemini people are brought to you by the famous ruling planet Mercury. In astrology, Mercury represents the intellect, the mind, perception. Nobody thinks more quickly or perceives more rapidly than the Gemini. Endowed with an uncanny ability to relate to others, the Gemini person is always "on".

        Geminis are active in the extreme. You love a joke and enjoy silliness. Ordinarily, you want to be smack in the center of all the folly there is to be had. Geminis are always comfortable performing skits or dancing on the tables or recounting your latest monologue. Born actors and actresses, Geminis may not always invent your own stories, but you sure know how to tell them.

        Because yours is a twin sign, many Geminis suffer from the inability to make life-altering decisions and stick to them. You are so open to change and so adore newness that sometimes you get distracted and won't stick to routine long enough to succeed. What every Gemini needs is a strong-minded parent or mate to literally force you to complete projects before going on to other ones.

        Because you are attractive and exude a special form of magnetism, you are not infrequently drawn to politics. As a candidate, with your eloquence and that tinge of childlike charm, you can hardly miss - that is, if you can decide which political party you belong to and whether or not you will care enough to adhere to its tenets tomorrow.

        I suppose the word is restless. Geminis have difficulty sitting still. You need change  and are impatient with stodgy people who never appear to vacillate. Trouble is, the stodges are very often those who have succeeded through perseverance. You are not perseverant. You don't need to belong to any group where rules and ideals are imposed and clung to. You hanker after the luxury of change and want the independence to say "Ciao!" to anyone who threatens to tie you down. You are not  a loner.  You need people, but not dull people.

        Emotionally, too, you are a performer. On certain mornings you are a moody Hamlet and by afternoon you're an optimistic Ulysses forging through the high seas on your way to literary stardom. Whatever you do, you're bound to be the star of the show. When the evening comes around and the lights go up, you may stun the audience with your seriousness, your ability to interpret lines, to touch most sensitive heartstrings and raise goose bumps with your eloquence.

        Because you are so adaptable, you are extremely versatile. You can excel at almost any career as long as it offers a chance to perform - anything from a top drawer brain surgeon to an operatic garbage man.


Your Chinese Astrology Sign
Your Chinese animal sign is DOG.

Dog is Yin. Dog is the eleventh sign of the Chinese horoscope.

Dogs have the following characteristics:

CONSTANCY DUTY HEROISM INTELLIGENCE RESPECTABILITY MORALITY.

Dog sins may include: UNEASINESS CYNICISM CRITICISM UNSOCIABILITY SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS TACTLESSNESS.

        People born in Dog years spend much of their time in an advanced state of suspicious outrage. You think the evil world is plotting against you, that the world is a dreadful place to live in, and that it's up to you to put things to rights. Dogs are crusaders.  Give a you a cause to campaign for and you'll unearth every bone you've buried for the last ten years in order to see that justice is done. Thorough, diligent, faithful, honest, loyal and devoted - all of the above apply to you.

        Even at your grumpiest, you are a lovable, if somewhat intractable, beast. You cannot be bothered with trifles because you are intensely involved in constructing an airtight case for some lawsuit.

        Poor Doggie, you drag yourself away from your desk, and you need to be loved. You seek comfort and understanding. You sit down at the knee of your favorite companion and lay your furry head in a welcoming lap. Your big liquid eyes stare beseechingly upward.

        Because of the crusader side to your character, you are often found in jobs where helping others makes up a large part of your responsibility.  You are a nurse or doctor or lawyer or architect - or poet. But you are usually not a politician or gangster. Dogs don't take to crime. You are not after easy gain. You just want a quiet life with a nice family where you will be left undisturbed by the roiling world of scandal and scum.

        Trouble is, Dogs are so busy rescuing others and caring about causes, they forget to take care of Number One. You don't look out for your own interests and are surprised and hurt when you realize you've been double-crossed or taken to the cleaners by ruthless characters. You even get a look of hurt on your face, a perplexed near frown that says, "Don't hit me again, I'm sorry. I'll be quiet. I won't chew up slippers anymore." It's adorably touching.

        This air of the beaten Dog is endearing. People are attracted to you. You are a nice, friendly, loving soul. Only thing though, you have frequent attacks of snappishness. The most placid peace-loving Dog person may suddenly blurt, "Why do you wear you hair like that?!" Dogs must play a lot of "catch-up" because they simply can't keep their yaps shut.

        You are basically too nice to be really nasty. But you are critical and very cutting. You reason too much, take things to pieces instead of looking at them globally, and avoid fancy because you fear it. You are not mean though. Basically, you are afraid of your own shadow. You lack confidence and are terminally restless.

        Dogs might be said to blame others for your own shortcomings. We all know that our failings are always partially our own fault. Not Dogs. You frequently cry victim and must be made to cop to your mistakes. You have tons of charm and masses of ability. You are noble, upstanding, moral and generous. You make a terrific mate for those who have a mission or want to spend all their time creating.

Your Chinese and Western Astrology Sign
You are a Gemini/Dog. The description below applies to you.

The Attributes of Gemini are:

QUICK-WITTEDNESS IMPATIENCE PERSPICACITY GLIBNESS FLEXIBILITY INCONSTANCY VERSATILITY SELF-DECEPTION PERFORMANCE SUPERFICIALITY DEXTERITY INDECISIVENESS. "I think" Air, Mercury, Mutable.

The Attributes of Dog are:

CONSTANCY UNEASINESS UNSOCIABILITY CRITICISM RESPECTABILITY DUTY SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS CYNICISM INTELLIGENCE HEROISM TASTELESSNESS MORALITY. "I worry" Positive Metal, Yin.

        This is the one Dog subject who escapes the knitted brow and ready bark of many Dog characters. The Gemini's sociability lends exactly the right amount of levity to the unsettled Dog's nature. The Gemini/Dog is a bouncy person with many talents and aptitudes who needs, above everything, to adhere faithfully to the rules. Otherwise, if you swerve off course, test authority, try to get by with less than true hard work and grit, or try to cheat your way to success, disaster will ensue.

GEMINI/DOG:

        Altruism is the Dog's special quarter. We know that people born in Dog years are forever taking up causes and joining crusades for the sake of their fellow human beings. Dogs are good people. The addition of lighthearted Gemini, with his talent for the verbal and ability to amuse and even show off, to the steady, hard-working and worried Dog person's life is a mixed godsend. Either you will spend too much of yourself on the woes of the world and of others, or if, alas, you have allowed the Gemini superficiality to run away with you, you may not give a pig's whistle about others.

        If the latter is true, you will be impossible, lumbering, pushy, fast-talking, self-involved, self-pitying and most of all heartbreakingly adorable. More commonly, if you have had a fine upstanding education and been sent to schools where you have had to toe the line and also been loved by solid-citizen parents, you are both amusing and noble, a show-off and a sweetheart, a worker and a dear who will spend your last dime to see someone you love smile through a mist of tears.

        Activity is essential to the Gemini/Dog. You practically never stay home and knit by the fire. Rather, you'll go to a movie and then get a little dinner together for some intimates, then perhaps you'll play cards, and after that you'll take everyone on a midnight walk down by the river so you can watch the fish jump in the moonlight. Meanwhile, you recount endless funny experiences and offer opinion after opinion about this, that, and the other. You make fabulous traveling companions. You remember every detail, getting the tickets, bringing the thermos and tipping the waiter.

        Unusual things attract the Gemini/Dog. You're always seeking some weirdo bedroom set that used to belong to Greta Garbo when she played in Grand Hotel, or searching through heaps of junk for that one rhinestone clip to polish up and take to your sister for a present.

        You are shocked by any sort of force or vulgarity. You may have fought bravely in a war but as a civilian you don't want anything to do with power or strength for its own sake. You won't be found front row center at a prize fight. More likely you are fascinated by art and beauty, animals, nature and traditional paintings, music and literature.

        You are usually very efficient and like things kept neat around you. You work best in orderly surroundings and dislike finding that the tool you keep in a certain spot has been moved. You are the jolly jump-up kind. Even your occasional scowls don't mean much. In the long run, you're faithful and lovable, cheerful and optimistic. You are also spendthrift and wasteful. Why? Because you are horribly, stupidly generous.

LOVE:

        "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." A Gemini/Dog in love is a poet, a minstrel, a swain and a bit of a fool as well. When you fall for someone, bells ring, lights flash and cherubs are requested to tune up too. You are very romantic, believe implicitly in your love object's purity of soul and will stop at nothing to entice said object into your kennel.

        As a mate, you need someone solid. You are airy and will fly in impractical directions or be influenced by nefarious people. A stable and plain-thinking, slightly cynical mate is in order. If you love tradition, enjoy being led around by your companion, helped over stiles and lifted across rills, choose a Gemini/Dog. You folk are not merely mannerly and gallant either. You often find great solutions to complex technical problems and maintain a very lofty conversational level. But you do talk far too much and have to be told firmly, "Get down, Spot!" from time to time.

COMPATIBILITIES:

        Aries, Leo and Aquarius/Horses will cheer you up and know how to love you properly. Leo and Libra/Cats are fine as well. Or why not take up with a nice Libra or Aquarius/Tiger person, or Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Pisces/Goats and Dragons. You need real, deep, loyal love, not virtuosity.

HOME AND FAMILY:

        You are more likely to be found living permanently in the country than in any roiling metropolis of this world. You tire quickly of the metallic polluting rat race of the town. You like activity and are a good spectator and even performer, but you need calm, a bit of greenery, and contact with the rhythms of nature in order to cool out and find your own natural pace again. Your home will, in any case, be full of beautiful objects, and is well designed for comfort and convenience.

        Children? Well, for Gemini/Dogs the parent/child authority figure vs. victim is a tough one. Gemini/Dogs are performing circus animals. You want to amuse and please and can only love people by adoring them. Clamping down on a kid's privileges is not exactly your favorite sport. You'd rather not have to hurt anybody's feelings - ever. So parenting is difficult for you. If the other parent is willing to do all the shouting and reminding, then you are capable certainly of being, in name at least, a parent. But you won't get involved in the heavy discipline.

PROFESSION:

        Artistic professions suit you. You can be a film director or a successful antique dealer, a fine interior decorator or a heartbreakingly emotional performer. You see, there is this quality about you that I'll call appeal. It's a kind of halo of attractiveness that is irresistible to sentimental people. Even at your worst and most repetitively verbose and invasive, you can make a grown man weep with your sob stories, or cause his heart to go pitty-pat with compassion with your mere expression.

        So show business, if you can take the heat of dealing with sharks and ruthlessness, is a natural niche. By the same token, you would make a fabulous trial lawyer or fund raiser for a charity. Truth is, you must be inspired in order to carry on with any given job. You don't mind slogging and drudgery in an office so long as it's for a reason in which you believe. Providing you have this belief in your work, you will make a cheerful and malleable employee.

        The Gemini/Dog will have pronounced difficulty being boss. You don't like force, remember? Nor can you accept being hated or even mildly disliked by others. You should choose an independent career or else accept being hired on by someone more asbestos-hearted than you are.

Some of our more well-known Gemini/Dogs:

        Judy Garland, Rainer Fassbinder, Gilda Radner, Anne Sylvestre, Artie Shaw, Chantal Goya, E.G. Marshall, Guy Bedos, Jacques Cousteau, Joseph Fiennes, Naomi Campbell, Robert Cummings, Scatman Crothers.

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