The Aries Zodiac Sign

If you are born on a birthday ranging from March 21 to April 20 then you are an Aries. The zodiac belt begins on the Spring equinox or Aries cusp.  Spring is associated with new beginnings and rebirth of a new cycle.  A time where new lives are learning to explore and discover who they are.  This kind of young and childish energy is what the Aries sign is all about.

Aries is a Cardinal Fire sign.  Cardinal is one of the three qualities that the 12 zodiac signs can fall under.  Cardinal means initiative—Starting things, ambition, and aspiring to goals.  Cardinal signs have a tendency to start things and not finish them, for there is so much excitement and energy within, that it can be hard to direct it into a single project.  Cardinal houses, in astrology,  which are the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th house, are the most prominent and powerful houses in astrology.  This indicates that Cardinal energy is forceful and strong.

There are four elements in astrology, Fire, earth, air, and water.  Fire, represents passion, emphasis and zest for life.  Life itself can be represented by fire.  As this element is all about the experience and joy life has offer.  It radiates warmth and light for living things.   The fire signs are, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, which have a “larger than life” attitude and expect a great deal from it.

So if you combine a Cardinal and Fire you get an Aries.  The Aries Motto is, I Am.  Everything an Aries does will ultimately have to do with them.  For they are always learning and developing themselves.  Aries governs the head of the body.  A symbol of the self and the most prominent characteristic of a body.  Injuries to the head or face are common to those born under this energy.

The Aries energy is symbolized by the Ram.  A confident animal that goes head first into pretty much anything without a second thought.  A ram by definition is a uncastrated sheep.  Which I think is supposed to emphasize masculinity, competitiveness and aggression found in Aries energy.

The planet that rules Aries is Mars.  Mars is often times associated as the God of War—a fiery planet that aims for martian survival.  Themes that go along with Mars, are passion, anger, aggression, will, and dominance.  Once again, this clearly shows that an Aries is physical or even violent in nature.  

Now I hope you don’t get offended by this, but when I think of an Aries I think of a caveman—some random person jumping into things.  Aries tend to enjoy the action and journey rather than the actual achievement.  It’s almost as though these people are seeking some kind of adrenaline rush or intense stimulation everywhere they go.

Leadership comes very easy these people.  They like to dictate and control what goes on.  It doesn’t matter if they are bad leaders, they will lead at any cost.

Common traits associated with Aries are: INDEPENDENT, DOMINEERING, SWIFT, CHILDLIKE, COURAGEOUS, ENTHUSIASTIC, DYNAMIC, BOLD, WARM, IMPULSIVE, ADVENTUROUS, WARLIKE, COMPETITIVE, SELF-CENTERED, INTOLERANT, IMPATIENT, AUTHORITATIVE, THOUGHTLESS, QUICK-TEMPERED, and SELF-CONFIDENT

One thing I’ve noticed with these people is the need for stimulation and a need for individuality, as I’ve mentioned before. Everything they do has to do with themselves. If they cannot express a, “This is Me” vibe they will simply disagree or oppose you so that they can get this individuality back.  They will not stop to contemplate the effect they have on other people. The need for stimulation and interaction from the world is what makes them happy.  

If they don’t get this individual vibe, an Aries will go great lengths to get what they want.  They can be quite loud, obnoxious, and annoying.  Having Aries parents myself, I’ve experienced this first hand.  They are known as the “rude” zodiac sign and are opposite of diplomatic and fair Libra.  It helps to learn from libra.  Dominating and controlling people isn’t always the best thing.

Like I said before, they are Cardinal.  They can move from place to place and not finish much of anything.  However, once they choose to truly invest their time in something it’s quite powerful and awe inspiring. It’s very easy for an Aries to become the best at something because of their ambition and need for competition.  It’s just, you don’t normally see an Aries spending time on a particular field or one thing for too long.

Aries are also rather quick moving.  They cannot stand slow, unmotivated, stagnant energy.  They are always on the go.  It’s like they have this rhythm of movement.  When I am doing work with my dad for example, he quickly and efficiently gets work done, and gets frustrated when I am unable to keep up with his speed. 

Aries have quite a temper.  Especially when they are driving.  For some reason they think they are in a race and almost at war with themselves and everything else.  I strongly advise Arian people to step back and observe their anger, quite often, from a almost spiritual perspective rather than simply allowing themselves to indulge in anger.  Their anger can lead to a constantly guilty and regretful feeling later on.

Generally, Arian men tend to have bad temper.  Arian women energy is more concealed.  Which can be neither good nor bad.  Woman are just naturally less dominant then men.  You can still see the Aries quality in women however.  For example, Arian women wear hardly makeup, and if they wear makeup it looks as though they don’t need it.  Arian women tend to be sporty or butch, but there are definitely some feminine Arian women out there.  This sign is passionate and exuberant above all and not always masculine.

Being born under the sign of Aries, means your Sun is exalted.  An exaltation makes it easy for the planet to express what it wishes.  In this case, the Sun or ego is easily expressed in whatever way the Aries chooses to express it.  This is why Aries are so self-confident and quick to make brash decisions.  They almost already know deep inside of them that they are going to do amazing things.  And it’s true, these people have a true inner spirit and passion.