The
Sagittarius Characteristics
and Traits
Sagittarius Zodiac Sign - ruled by Jupiter.
Your Sun Zodiac sign may not best describe
your sagittarius characteristics and general qualities which
you bring to life. For many people, their Ascendant or its
planetary ruler is the more obvious characteristic, or sometimes
the Moon sign. Your Sun sign, rather, says more about the
direction you should be moving in, so as to make the contribution
to humanity you were born to make, and thus achieve a degree
of personal fulfilment.
Sagittarius characteristics are witness
to the importance of deriving meaning from experience. From
experience, that is, not from books, though reading the
thoughts and searches for meaning of others can help in
the quest. Consider the symbol or glyph for Sagittarius
- a centaur. The rear half is that of a horse and the front
half that of a human. The horse symbolises animal instinct
- it isn't the rear half for nothing! The human symbolises
the search for that which lies beyond animal instinct. The
two are always together - meaning, philosophy, religion,
are divorced from instinct at their peril. Then you get
the philosophers and preachers who exhibit great powers
of mind but cannot touch the heart.
Sagittarius follows Scorpio in the zodiac,
and if there are significant planets in Scorpio in your
chart, or if Scorpio is your Rising sign, or if Pluto (the
co-ruler of Scorpio) is strongly placed, then you will know
all about the necessity to live fully at the level of experience.
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