Chapter XI. Thb Individual and Personal Character of the Sign Scorpio（续 1）

restless and inclined to,be .over-active, yecy highly strung and nervous, with a tendency to become petulant and irritable. The personal Sagittarian is a blunt, brusque,, and outspoken character, and he may become very exacting and somewhat domineering. When perverted their nature is exceedingly rebellious, never willing to submit to the lea^t restraint, and when angered they know just where to hiurt their victim, which arises from their ability to sense the weakest spots in others ; then, with the arrow, fully charged with hurtful speech, they know ju§t how and where to wound.

There are. very few at our present stage who can express all that lies concealed in this sign. This being the ninth sign of the zodiac, the house of guru or teacher, we may foresee what humanity is to become by a knowledge of this sign. It represents, first, science, then philosophy, and finally the true religion ; and we find the Sagittarians leading to one^r other of these three attributes.

The scientist may remain experimenting in the regions of science, quite unconscious of the philosophy and religion that are ever close to him ; and the philosopher may go on philosophising without attempting to turn his energies into devotion. As the third of the mutable signs, we may at our present stage find many indecisive characters born in this sign, who are quite uninteresting and often very indolent persons. We may .again find a great majority led on by teachers whom they are content to allow to shoot their arrows for them ; but the awakened Sagittarian is the true marksman who shoots his own arrows from his own bow and marks out in thought the ideal that he himself VkiU seek to climb to. The Sagittarians have nearly always clear mental pictiires, and they are able to image that which they wish to see. It is the sign of the future, the promise of a coming humanity, whose thoughts will no longer ,be scattered, but directed . to the goal . which all must reach.

Sagittarius being a mutable s|gn, and having sympathy with Gemini, its opposite, the lungs would be the first part of the system to show signs of weakness ; but this would be produced by the overactivity of the Sagittarian, who would sqatter his forces and thus deplete the vitality. Walking exercise will always be the best for those born in this sign, they would then be able to recuperate and draw into themselves the vitality needed, but in this they should be

careful not to over-exert themselves. Beinor naturally fond of sports and all outdoor exercises, they usually live healthy lives, but they are more liable to accidents than the other signs, and more often suffer in this way than from disease.

Born in the fiery triplicity, in common with the fiery signs, they make good military men ; we might think of the Aries as the common soldier, Leo as the captain, and Sagittarius as the general or commaAder. The common soldier would rush headlong into the fight with the impulse and impetuosity characteristic of his nature; the Leo captain, with, his determination and decision and practical thoroughness, would be able to lead and direct with perfect control ; while the Sagittarian commander, with his foresight and prevision,, could command, knowing just where to direct the energies of his forces. The Sagittarians make good teachers, clergymen, lawyers, astronomers, photographers, designers, inspectors, equestrians, horse-dealers, sportsmen (professional and amateur), and advanceagents.

To sum up the character of the Sagittarian individual, we may consider him as an introspective, impressionable, active and enterprising person, always frank, honest, generous and sincere ; loyal to whomsoever he becomes attached, and generally wise in his love expressions. Although not so demonstrative as the Aries, or as steady and fixed as the Leo, still the Sagittarian is expressive in his feelings. The Sagittarians make splendid characters when allowed perfect freedom. Being lovers of liberty, they can recognise the law of order and harmony ; but when bound or placed under any restraint, they become fretful, irritable and rebellious, and it is then difficult to restrain or pacify them. They will never willingly hurt, but when pushed to extremes are inclined to say much more than they mean. They always like to do one tiling at a time, and are in this quite different to their opposite sign, which seems to desire to leave things unfinished ; but not so the Sagittarian, who, being of one thought and one mind, likes to accomplish that which is in his mind. The persons born in this sign may reach to a great height of prophecy, and they may make great attainments in the world on spiritual lines.