Celebrity profile:
Madonna
Birth place:Bay City, Michigan, USA
Section 1: General Characteristics
You have two strong impulses that are somewhat at odds with one another but when blended can be highly creative and productive. On the one hand, there is the dreamer, the gambler, the idealist, the optimist who is full of hopeful confidence, spark and creative energy. This is the side of you that believes in magic and extraordinary possibilities. Equally strong, however, is the conservative, practical, adult side that seeks security and stability and that needs to be productive in a concrete way.
Having both of these urges can lead to some internal predicaments, such as whether or not to take the safe, well-travelled path that offers security or the one that's unpredictable but that offers more freedom and adventure. Questions are raised such as: is there a way in which to live out dreams rather than simply wish, hope and fantasise about them? Can dreams come to fruition without compromising too much for the sake of the marketplace? Is there a way in which to express oneself freely as an individual, whilst also being responsible and taking care of practical obligations and necessities? Should you be generous or careful and conservative? Should you play, and be more of a child, or work?
If you give up one side of the equation (for instance, opting for security at the expense of your creativity or your ideals, or choosing to spend most of your time enjoying your own creative pursuits without making any tangible contribution to the world), you will feel unbalanced and unhappy.
Your challenge is to learn somehow to have the best of both worlds - to have an inspiration or ideal to aim for and to do something tangible with it - or, put another way, to bring play and creativity and passion into your work. Your initiative, confidence and faith combined with your practicality would make you quite successful in business, especially one of your own.
You tend to lack the ability to analyse yourself or your life in an objective way. You feel and experience but do not necessarily understand or reflect upon your experience and thus find it hard to communicate it. Taking in what someone else has to say can be hard for you -- you do not readily adapt to new ideas or people and as a result may become inflexible. Exposure to different cultures and types of people is very beneficial to you. Otherwise you are apt to be rigid and even prejudiced against those outside your own circle.
You also tend to distrust people who are free with words or to feel inferior to those who are more articulate and intellectual than yourself. You learn much more readily by watching or doing than by reading or by being told about something.
You have difficulty dealing with your own and others' emotions. Feelings and the emotional reality of a situation are often ignored or discounted by you and you may thus seem insensitive or uncaring to others. Deep emotional rapport, empathy, compassion and sensitivity to the feelings of others is something that you need to develop; this will be more in evidence later in life than in your youth.
Though you may appear emotionally self-sufficient or 'above it all,' your denied feelings can result in physical problems, so it is important for you to learn to acknowledge and express all of your emotions. You may also find that you crave a great deal of liquid, or to live near bodies of water, as a way to gain balance.
Section 2: How you approach life and how you appear to others
Modest, unobtrusive and often rather quiet or shy, you are a person who is content to be in the background or to serve as an assistant, in the supporting role rather than in the lead. You are quite humble in your own assessment of yourself; you seek perfection, with a tendency to be overly self-critical. No matter how well you do something, you always see the flaws in it and how it could be improved. Often you will simply refuse to attempt something because you feel you cannot meet your own high standards.
You have an eye for detail and get upset when something is not done just so, usually something others consider rather inconsequential or trivial. You are hard to please and your relationships with others may suffer because of this. You also have refined sensitivities and are very discriminating and particular in your choice of foods, clothes, friends, artwork, etc. Order in your environment is very important to you.
You step into situations rather cautiously after realistically assessing all of the risks and potential advantages involved. You tend to underestimate your own capacities and to lack confidence and trust in life, which inhibits your spontaneity. Worrying is a bad habit of yours. On the other hand, you rarely fall flat on your face; what you do, you do very well.
Others see you as a self-sufficient and rather self-contained person. You have a strong sense of propriety. Politeness, good manners and correct behaviour are important to you. Your clear, cool, objective and unemotional attitude is apparent to others first and, though you are really quite helpful and caring, you do not radiate much sympathy. Others may not see your helpful side as readily. You may seem more businesslike and factual, and also more conservative, than you really are at heart. You are the person others might go to for technical advice or an unbiased opinion, but not for emotional support.
You are keenly observant, intelligent and have a great desire for learning and for self-improvement. You often find yourself in the role of supportive caretaker, assistant, helper or midwife to others' creative efforts and projects. Though seeming unemotional and poised, you care deeply and have a very strong nurturing urge, which you express in tangible ways such as baking bread for your loved ones, running errands for a sick friend or nursing them back to health, etc.
You are mentally active and restless and you like to talk, communicate and exchange ideas with others. You express yourself well and are suited to activities that involve presenting ideas to other people, such as teaching, sales, etc.
Your intellect and your emotions are well-balanced. You have the ability to manage your feelings superbly; you have a cautious, adaptable and open way about you. You like to associate with the public and have an understanding for just about anyone you encounter.
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