Water

CELESTIAL SOULPRINTS

Water
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

You are likely to have great difficulty in relating to others at an emotional level and you find it hard to get in touch with your own feelings. You tend to deny both your own feelings and those of other people, which can make you appear to be quite insensitive though the real problem is that you tend to dismiss feelings as unwelcome and unimportant annoyances. You are likely to be particularly scared of emotional pain, and will make every attempt to deny your feelings, either by rationalization or by displacing them into actions or material concerns with which you feel more comfortable. Although it is certainly useful to be able to behave without emotion sometimes, you need to develop at least some ability to relate to others emotionally, or you will feel lonely and miserable. Another problem is that cramping your emotions may lead to a wide variety of so-called psychosomatic problems. You are likely to have some difficulty in relating to others at an emotional level, and you also prefer to avoid getting too much in touch with your own feelings.

You are not necessarily insensitive, but you may appear to be so, since you prefer to dismiss feelings both in yourself and in others as being unimportant annoyances. While your ability to show a stiff upper lip may be useful on occasion, in the long run, you are likely to feel emotionally isolated unless you make some conscious effort to face both your own feelings and those of other people as having special importance. If you continue to avoid your fear of emotional pain, defending yourself by involving yourself in practical concerns or attempts to rationalize or deny your feelings, you are at risk not only of a feeling of emptiness, but this may readily disguise itself as a wide range of physical symptoms, forcing you to become dependent. You are likely to be in touch with your feelings, and to be able to empathize with the feelings of other people, provided that you have not been taught to dismiss feelings as unimportant in comparison with practical considerations or with maintaining strong boundaries between your inner sense of self and the outside world.

You are also aware that intangible factors play a more important part in human behavior than is generally recognized, and are not likely to deny the importance of your feelings or those of others. However, you are also able to keep the importance of feelings in perspective, using your judgment as to when to become involved emotionally, and when to allow more practical or theoretical considerations to take precedence, or when to decide that action in self-interest is indicated irrespective of the feelings of other people. However people are unlikely to see you as insensitive.

You are really quite a sensitive person, being keenly involved with your feeling states, and you are likely to be introspective, and rather hard to fathom out. You are motivated by forces which are often unconscious, and which probably indicate deep yearnings and insecurities, of which you are only dimly aware. This sensitivity may manifest in either of two ways, or perhaps both at different times. At best you may develop an inner sense of trust in your own feelings, and be able to share a rich emotional life with other people; certainly you will want to be involved with them. However, your sensitivity could manifest as considerable insecurity, where you feel at the mercy of your feelings, and unable to achieve emotional peace. You may than look to other people to lean on, but you need to learn that your sensitivity can become a tremendous strength rather than weakness.

You are a highly emotional person, and being so impressionable you often feel at the mercy of emotional patterns over which you have no control. This is likely to lead to excessive emotional reactions which are not easy to predict, since your early conditioning affects the type of responses you make in the present so strongly. Your behavior is likely to range from inappropriate timidity to equally inappropriate tantrums. You are likely to be highly introspective, and with maturity you will hopefully come to trust your feelings, even if your strong intuition leads you into situations which others find difficult to understand. At best you can provide an abundance of emotional encouragement both for yourself and for others, but to make the most of your talents you need to develop at least some ability to channel your energies constructively.