Friday, July 25, 2025

Aries in Astrology

 

After a couple of month break from writing about astrology it is time to get back to the topic and write about signs. There are a lot of information about signs due to prevalence of zodiac columns in various newspapers and such. Some of it is somewhat accurate, some not so much. the biggest issue however is that it is oversimplified. Not only it only covers Sun placements, but even these it reduces to a few tongue in cheek stereotypes. Here I will give more detailed information and put it in the context of other components that make up astrological analysis. I will begin with the first sign of the zodiac, Aries.


Sun is in Aries from around 22 of March to 22 of April. Aries begins from the time of spring (autumn in southern hemisphere) equinox and lasts for 1/12 of the year. In older calendars, such as Babylonian, Egyptian or Persian new year begun after spring equinox. This was not only time for celebrations but also time to start new agricultural season. Winter was over and it was possible to start growing crops again. It was time to break the earth, plow to soften it and prepare it for planting. This gives us the idea of what kind of person someone with Aries placements is.

Aries is a beginner of new things. There are other signs who prefer predictable routine and follow stable rules. Aries is not one of them. Aries likes to chart their own way, make their own rules. They are easily bored with a routine. On the other hand, they have a lot of energy and creativity to work on something they are interested in.

Broadly speaking, Aries is doer and achiever. Qualities that are often valued in business. However Aries experience in a society can be mixed bag. A lot of aspects of life are fully routinised and regulated, there is no room to improvise and invent. Something that will make average Aries feel stiffened. On the other hand, in a startup or an industry that rewards originality and independent thinking, Aries can strive.

Aries does need room for manoeuvre, resources and authority to achieve great things. Without these things Aries natives will sulk, brood and will eventually manifest worst of their qualities. They will become combative and disagreeable as they will seek way to assert their will and authority. They are normally energetic but can become lazy if their ambitions remain unfulfilled. 

Aries have leadership aspirations too. Going for too long without promotion can get them restless and bring some of their worst qualities. They are goal orientated leaders to pursue objectives and just expect everyone else to follow after them. They are not per se indifferent to problems or hardships among their subordinates, but rather ignorant of it. They can offer help or rest if asked for it.

Aries is competitive too. Real life rams are unwilling to share females with other males of their species. They fight until one of them wins and drives all his rivals away, monopolizing all the females. It is unsure what a single ram will do with all these ewes, but they sure do not let any male rivals get any close to them.

It is likely a person with Aries placements, that coined the phrase: "born too late to explore the earth and too early to explore planets". Aries have desire to explore new things. Just visiting places already discovered by other explorers is not as exiting. It is more interesting to discover a new continent like Columbus and name it after themselves. Aries definitely has enough ego to name a continent or a galaxy after himself or his girlfriend. 

Aries do like to put their name of mark on things, similar to how Donald Trump writes his surname in large letters.


Good example of Aries energy is Richie Blackmore, a former guitarist of Deep Purple who later went to form other bands and play different kinds of music. As time went on, fellow members of Deep Purple found it hard to work with him and felt relieved when he quit the band. However, Blackmore had reasons to quit as he was not content with just Deep Purple level of popularity and wished to become even bigger and more popular. He wanted to eclipse all other musicians, not be just one of them.

In his pursuit of this ambition, he created Blackmore's Night and created wonderful music that much eclipsed his work with Deep Purple even if it did not make him more popular than Michal Jackson or Britney Spears. This unwillingness to be anything other than first is the most Aries trait out there. Blackmore is still out there, aiming for the pinnacle while his former colleagues occasionally reunite to play old songs for old fans.


Aries is one of the more normal or typical signs when it comes to personality traits. Most fiction protagonists are de-facto Aries (exhibit many of Aries qualities). Aries is a very protagonist like personality.

Women love them and men want to be like them, that is about Aries. A male Aries will typically have no problem attracting women. If you ask them how to "ask girl out" they will answer open the door and say, "get out, you are bothering me". Other signs have problems with women, not Aries. Despite their popularity with women, some male Aries can manage to no be an asshole and have male friends too. Yet others will instead be lone wolf players. 

Female Aries are not so lucky, however. This sign is very masculine, making it hard for Aries females to attract men. They however can have a lot of respect from fellow females, who would gravitate towards their masculine energy.


All these qualities are particularly strong in Sun in Aries natives. However certain other placements in this sign, such as Jupiter, Mercury or Mars, can give you some of these qualities without many drawbacks.

Moon in Aries can mean desire to partner or be friends with someone with Aries quality or just a wanderlust and love for extreme and wild things.

Mercury in Aries talks straight to the point without any concern for sensitivities and feelings.

Venus in Aries may prefer comfortable and practical, but flashy and standoffish clothes. They will want something that shows others they are big deal and important.

Mars in Aries prefers action to words and would like sports or some physical activity. They may make good soldiers or butchers.

Jupiter in Aries is like Sun in Aries light. I myself have this placement. 

Saturn in Aries can lead towards taking ambition very seriously and be hellbent on getting ahead. 


Broadly speaking Aries is one of the more normal signs, weirder ones come closer to an end of the zodiac. Aries are energetic go-getters who can get things done and, with opportunity and luck on their side, achieve big things. It is a very masculine sign, making male Aries lives much easier than those of female ones.

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