The New Astrology A Unique Blend of Western and Chinese Astrology by Suzanne White for ANGELINA JOLIE 4 June 1975 9:09 AM Los Angeles, California YOU ARE A GEMINI/CAT Calculated for: Daylight Savings Time, Time Zone 8 hours West Latitude: 34 N 03 08 Longitude: 118 W 14 34 Positions of Sun at birth is 13 deg 25 min of Gemini Prepared by Suzanne White Suzanne@Suzannewhite.com 2006 Introduction to "The New Astrology" A Unique Blend of Western and Chinese Astrology Report and Text Copyright 2005 Suzanne White The contents of this report are protected by Copyright law. By purchasing this report you agree to comply with this Copyright. The New Astrology report blends Western signs with Chinese signs and comes up with 144 "New" signs. If you are a Sagittarius and were born in the OX year 1949, then you are a Sagittarius/Ox. Simple. Take your regular, familiar astrological sign and match it with the animal sign of the year you were born. And you have found your New astrological sign. Everybody has a dual nature. Some people are naturally greedy and grasping about money. But surprise! These same people can be generous to a fault in emotional ways, strewing sentiment and affection on their entourage like Santa Claus on a gift binge. People are complicated. They baffle us with their contradictory behavior. We even confuse ourselves with our own haunting ambivalences. How come you get along with Jack and care so much about him when in fact he gets on your nerves? Jack has an abrasive personality. You know that. But you can't help liking the guy. He fascinates you. Why? It's a dilemma. With a solution. The New Astrology attempts to help us understand human behavior within the universe through the "marriage" of occidental and oriental astrology. The Chinese have divided time differently from us Westerners. Whereas we have 100-year centuries, the Chinese have periods of sixty years. We divide our centuries into ten decades. The Chinese divide their sixty-year spans into "dozencades" or twelve-year periods. In the West, we divide our year up twelve times by its suns. Each 30 day month has its own astrological name. Every year our cycle begins anew. In the East, each year within the twelve-year dozencade has its own animal name. At the end of each twelve-year period the Chinese cycle begins anew. The twelve occidental months have celestial sign names: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. The twelve oriental years have animal sign names: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. In both cases the astrological sign name refers to the character of people born under its influence. The cycles of names always repeat in the same order. So, in fact, everybody in the world has not just one, but two main astrological signs: a Western "month" sign and an Oriental "year" sign. One sign is complementary to the other. Taken together, they show us more about the individual than either one can on its own. In the New Astrology, if someone is born in Aries and is also born in a Horse year, that person's New Astrology sign is Aries/Horse. Aries/Horses, as you will see, are not the same as Aries/Cats or Aries/Tigers. There are 144 New Astrology signs. Each is a combined East/West sign. Through the New Astrology we can learn to get along better with our friends, family and loved ones. We can find out why we tend not to harmonize with certain people. We can improve our knowledge of them, and of ourselves. Western and Chinese Astrology Ruling Elements: Western astrology uses four ruling elements: Fire, Air, Earth, Water. Each Western astrological sign is ruled by one of these elements: Fire: * Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. * Fire signs are characterized by Movement, Obsession, Energy. Air : * Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. * Air signs are characterized by Receptiveness, Intellect, Aspiration. Earth: * Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. * Earth signs are characterized by Function, Practicality, Solidity. Water: * Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces; * Water signs are characterized by Emotion, Compassion, Perception. Chinese astrology uses five ruling elements: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. The animal signs are governed by only four of these. All five elements are used elsewhere in Chinese astrology, but for our purposes in The New Astrology we need only know: Metal: * Positive Metal-Monkey, Dog. * Negative Metal-Rooster, Pig. Water: * Positive Water-Rat. * Negative Water-Ox. Wood: * Positive Wood-Tiger, Dragon * Negative Wood-Cat. Fire: * Positive Fire-Horse; * Negative Fire-Snake, Goat. Planets: Each sign in Western astrology is ruled by one or more of ten planets or heavenly bodies. These are the "stars" astrologers are always said to be gazing at. The planets influence a sign's character. Your position in the heavens helps to predict the future. Aries is ruled by Mars representing: Impulse, Action, Bravery. Taurus is ruled by Venus representing: Acceptance, Vanity, Love. Gemini is ruled by Mercury representing: the Intellect, Change, Adaptability. Cancer is ruled by the Moon representing: Receptivity, Emotion, Viscera. Leo is ruled by the Sun representing: Assertiveness, Will, Majesty. Virgo is ruled by Mercury representing: Analysis, Absorption, Logic. Libra is ruled by Venus representing: Sociability, Persuasion, Luxury. Scorpio is ruled by Mars and Pluto representing Courage, Creation, Passion. Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter representing: Expansion, Vision, Justice. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn representing: Solitude, Rigidity, Ambition. Aquarius is ruled by Saturn and Uranus representing: Individuality, Cosmic Consciousness, Obligation. Pisces is ruled by Neptune and Jupiter representing: Enigma, Inspiration, Compassion. Chinese astrology does not concern itself with celestial bodies. If Chinese astrologers look to nature for influence, they consult the climatic changes on Earth, the seasons or the moon's effects on the Earth. Qualities: Western astrology uses three different qualities: Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable. CARDINAL: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn-Dynamic, Authoritative, Active, Energetic. FIXED: Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, Aquarius-Concrete, Limited, Purposeful, Conscientious. MUTABLE: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces-Moving, Adaptable, Harmonizing, Versatile. Are the Yin and the Yang Qualities Too? Yes. In Chinese astrology, yin and yang are qualities. But yin and yang are far more powerful than our qualities because yin and yang are the two major and only forces in the Chinese philosophical universe. For them, everything present in the universe is either yin or else it is yang. Everything. Tables, chairs, light bulbs, cousins, aunts, uncles and kitchen sinks! In a way, yin and yang can be compared, in Western culture, to the application in certain languages of the qualities of "masculine" or "feminine" to inanimate objects or intangible nouns. Though it does not seem to make sense, in French a table is feminine. A log is feminine. A shoe is also feminine. Parks are masculine. Lakes too. Feet are masculine. So are eyes and foreheads. But mouths and even teeth are feminine. Worry is masculine. So are gossip and lipstick and panty hose. Though we may want to look for sexual significance in the application of gender to nouns, there is none. That's what makes it so difficult to remember from one language to the next whether a noun is considered masculine or feminine. Is the application of gender to nouns then perfectly arbitrary? Well, it must have come from somewhere. But nobody knows exactly how, when or why. There are no genders in the Chinese language. But, without saying how, when or why, Chinese philosophers can feel whether a thing or a person or an idea is yin or yang. It's just there. A known fact. Yin is rooted in the sun. Its goal is darkness. Yang is rooted In the Earth. Its goal is light. Like everything else, each Chinese animal sign is either yin or yang. YIN: Rat, Ox, Monkey, Cat, Dog, Pig. YANG: Horse, Goat, Tiger, Rooster, Dragon, Snake What is Yin and What is Yang? Yin: The Chinese say that yin people are mainly interested in what happens in groups. They are frequently preoccupied with the organization of collective or communal events. They are attracted to politics. They are self-confident. They trust nobody. They need success to survive. They worship efficiency. They are always questing after well-being for themselves and for those they love or like. They have good health and long life but may be prone to accidents. They don't smile a lot. They dress conservatively. They are not spiritual. They love their families. They are material. The way I see it, yin is open, civilized, interested in the good of others. Yin likes parties, feasts, holidays, sex and anything else that provides it with intense company. Yin is not feminine. But it is sometimes said to be subjective. Yin is active in the world. Other-directed. Public. It is different from and equal to yang. Yang: The Chinese say that yang people are loners. They are individualistic. They are meditative. They are spiritual. They smile a lot. They have no sense of groups or family. They have delicate health. They like to dress for show. They avoid chains of command. They love nature. They are nonmaterial. Their only goal in life is personal development. They are objective. They keep their own counsel. The way I see it, yang is closed, unsociable, private. Yang likes books, music, gardening, long walks or anything that brings him closer to himself and nature. Yang is solitary. Self-directed. Yang's equilibrium comes from within. Your Sun Sign (Western Astrology) Your Sun sign is Gemini. Month: Approximately May 22 to June 21. Ruler: Mercury. Element: Air. Quality: Mutable. Gemini is the third sign of the occidental zodiac. Characteristics of Gemini: QUICK-WITTEDNESS, VERSATILITY, PERSPICACITY, PERFORMANCE, FLEXIBILITY, DEXTERITY. Gemini sins may include: IMPATIENCE, SELF-DECEPTION, GLIBNESS, SUPERFICIALITY, INCONSTANCY, INDECISIVENESS. Gemini people are brought to you by the famous ruling planet Mercury. In astrology, Mercury represents the intellect, the mind, perception. Nobody thinks more quickly or perceives more rapidly than the Gemini. Endowed with an uncanny ability to relate to others, the Gemini person is always "on". Geminis are active in the extreme. You love a joke and enjoy silliness. Ordinarily, you want to be smack in the center of all the folly there is to be had. Geminis are always comfortable performing skits or dancing on the tables or recounting your latest monologue. Born actors and actresses, Geminis may not always invent your own stories, but you sure know how to tell them. Because yours is a twin sign, many Geminis suffer from the inability to make life-altering decisions and stick to them. You are so open to change and so adore newness that sometimes you get distracted and won't stick to routine long enough to succeed. What every Gemini needs is a strong-minded parent or mate to literally force you to complete projects before going on to other ones. Because you are attractive and exude a special form of magnetism, you are not infrequently drawn to politics. As a candidate, with your eloquence and that tinge of childlike charm, you can hardly miss - that is, if you can decide which political party you belong to and whether or not you will care enough to adhere to its tenets tomorrow. I suppose the word is restless. Geminis have difficulty sitting still. You need change and are impatient with stodgy people who never appear to vacillate. Trouble is, the stodges are very often those who have succeeded through perseverance. You are not perseverant. You don't need to belong to any group where rules and ideals are imposed and clung to. You hanker after the luxury of change and want the independence to say "Ciao!" to anyone who threatens to tie you down. You are not a loner. You need people, but not dull people. Emotionally, too, you are a performer. On certain mornings you are a moody Hamlet and by afternoon you're an optimistic Ulysses forging through the high seas on your way to literary stardom. Whatever you do, you're bound to be the star of the show. When the evening comes around and the lights go up, you may stun the audience with your seriousness, your ability to interpret lines, to touch most sensitive heartstrings and raise goose bumps with your eloquence. Because you are so adaptable, you are extremely versatile. You can excel at almost any career as long as it offers a chance to perform - anything from a top drawer brain surgeon to an operatic garbage man. Your Chinese Astrology Sign Your Chinese animal sign is CAT. Cat is Yin. Cat is the fourth sign of the Chinese horoscope. Cats have the following characteristics: TACT PRUDENCE FINESSE LONGEVITY VIRTUE AMBITION. Cat sins may include: SECRETIVENESS DILETTANTISM SQUEAMISHNESS HYPOCHONDRIA PEDANTRY COMPLEXITY. Since first I began to be identified with Chinese astrology, people have written, phoned and practically threatened my life because I call the third Chinese sign Cat instead of what they know as the traditional Rabbit or Hare. You may call it Hippopotamus if you want, but I learned Asian Astrology from the Vietnamese who, like some other Asians call this sign Cat. The Cat person is immediately identifiable by his air of refinement. You don't favor ostentation. Be you a lumber-jacketed colossus or a peasant woman in Burgundy, the president of a bank or a ballerina, you bespeak good taste and chic. You are drawn to the classical and tend toward clothing and furnishings, cars and even mates of the low-key variety. Cat interiors reek comfort and elegance. Velvets and earth colors and beiges. Deep armchairs and buttery leather couches. You are never boring. You are sincerely interested in history, art, music, the theater, dance, cuisine and so on, and never tire of companionable discussion. Although this curiosity about the finer things in life is very real, you are not likely to appear in a long red sequined gown at the premiere of Aida at the Met. You prefer to steer clear of crowds. Instead of attending the premiere, you will usually stay at home in a sumptuously understated decor and listen to a perfect recording. You avoid almost all conflict. You prefer peace and quiet to noise and hubbub and you refuse involvement in situations or relationships that threaten to be stormy. When teased, you rarely offer much of a reaction. You will lift your head, shiver your whiskers, slip away, and go lie by the fire - alone. Tradition and custom are important to you. Celebrations in Cat families are usually in honor of real holidays. Picture a home where everyone is dressed to the nines. Papa is carving the turkey. Momma sets the plum pudding alight and the children sit up straight in their chairs with wonder shining forth from their well-behaved stares. Some people think Cats are snooty. You aren't. You are, however, a bit on the distant side. You do a lot of "slip-sliding away," and for this reason you sometimes seem a bit distant. But really you are shy of strangers and do not value novelty. Cats are very generous. You make money and very often keep it. You are careful about spending and never waste funds. Moreover, if you loan money, you definitely expect to get it back. You are meticulously careful about such things as interest and deadlines. Cats are wise. You give good advice and will follow up your own counsel with action. You may seem a bit prissy and too well-dressed to pitch in and do your part. But you can tie an apron over your designer clothes and dig into a pile of dirty dishes. You are healthy and an all-around good person. You might go a bit pale at the hint of a clash or the sight of blood. But never mind. When you get back on your paws, in your gentle, strong way you prove to be among the best leaders and organizers in all of humankind. Your Chinese and Western Astrology Sign You are a Gemini/Cat. The description below applies to you. The Attributes of Gemini are: QUICK-WITTEDNESS IMPATIENCE PERSPICACITY GLIBNESS FLEXIBILITY INCONSTANCY VERSATILITY SELF-DECEPTION PERFORMANCE SUPERFICIALITY DEXTERITY INDECISIVENESS. "I think" Air, Mercury, Mutable. The Attributes of Cat are: TACT SECRETIVENESS FINESSE SQUEAMISHNESS VIRTUE PEDANTRY PRUDENCE DILETTANTISM LONGEVITY HYPOCHONDRIA AMBITION COMPLEXITY. "I retreat" Negative Wood, Yin. GEMINI-CAT: Cat and Gemini make strange bedfellows. The discreet, prudent, careful Cat character infused with Gemini's mercurial pizzazz - how in the world can such a person achieve self-knowledge and control? I mean, look at the problem. Geminis are all sizzle and snap. Cats, on the other hand, tend to gentility, caution, comfort. Superficially you will give the impression of flitting gaily from flower to flower, of a certain lack of seriousness and of odd off-center disorganization. But the surface portrait is all wrong. Underneath, you are steady, you watch every move of those around you, and you have a more perfectly ordered inner life than Einstein at the height of his intellectual powers. Agility is the weapon, flexibility is the ammunition, brains the soldier. Gemini/Cat is his own personal army of sinew and muscle camouflaged under cuddly purrs and fur. Yours is an unflinching territorial imperialism: You will invite people to your home, open up your guest room, and even offer them lots to drink. But you will never give them the key to your private cupboard where you keep the microfilm. People will never get beyond the door of the study where you operate your personal business. In you, the Gemini indecisiveness is just about canceled out by the Cat's careful consideration. Once you have given due thought to a project, you no longer hesitate or dawdle in its execution. When you want something, you are efficient and know how to zero in on the target. Where performance is concerned, you are right up there with the stars. Geminis are attracted to all aspects of theater. But for the most part Geminis like to act! You are born performers whose greatest kick in life comes from interpreting roles and inducing thrills or applause from your audiences. The Gemini/Cat is no exception. You take great pains to please your public, amuse the gallery and remain in character while on stage. You keep your guests smiling, nodding, and listening attentively to your gripping tales and adventures. You are nervous as a cat. Complexity blesses both Cats and Geminis from birth. You are not a simple person whose pleasures roll in as uncomplicatedly as the waves on a beach. Oh no. You have a Byzantine set of senses. The choices you make, from foods to clothing to habitat to friends to jobs, are never the obvious ones. You stalk your options, circle them and test them, walk away and reflect, come back and test again. Then you may deign to make a firm choice. In Gemini/Cats there can be a certain false sense of assurance. You are given to imagining yourself a cut above everyone else. You tend to snobbishness and may be accused of name-dropping, too. You are conservative. Sometimes, your reactions may strike people as puritanical or Spartan. But one must remember that Cats, no matter when they are born, are not naturally quarrelsome. You avoid conflict. The Gemini is a good talker, but when you've born a Cat, that talent can only be used for communication - never for battle. The most important goals in your life are comfort and freedom from confrontation. You will do anything to insure those ends. LOVE: Love is never just a game for you. You hate anxiety. A broken heart or home can so upset your fragile nervous structure that you may never rise from your coiled-up shadow in front of the blazing hearth. Single Gemini/Cats are always looking for the partner who will be willing to dare where you cannot, to lash out when you won't, and to confront where you are incapable. In exchange for the services of a loving, protecting partner, you provide charm, comforts, coziness, reason and culture. You are a traditional soul. You will prefer tall windows with curtains to naked picture-sized panes. You're private and warmhearted. But the Gemini side is not exactly compassionate. Your understanding of others is limited to polite nods and even an occasional "tsk." You do not make a good mate for the troubled and tortured soul. You feel that you are complicated enough yourself and will shy away from hitching up with someone who might possibly turn up the heat under an already sizzling network of frayed nerve endings. You can definitely take care of yourself. But your equilibrium can be abetted by coupling with another, less jumpy and more optimistic person than yourself. COMPATIBILITIES: Aries and Libra/Goat, Dog or Pig subjects will enhance your existence with their ready sensitivities attuned to yours. You'll also have crushes on Leo/Dogs and Pigs and Aquarius/Goats and Pigs. No Virgo/Rats or Roosters for you. Nor do I suggest Sagittarius/Tigers or Pisces/Dragons or Roosters. Too cocky and pushy for you. HOME AND FAMILY: You aren't the type to pop out seven kids in seven years and enjoy hanging out in the laundry room for the rest of your life. You are anything but hardy. Of course you can marry and make a good home and even have one or two children. But the need for repose and calm is great here. The turbulent household is not prescribed for your family life. Rather, a large dose of refinement, plenty of genteel celebrations for observing birthdays and holidays, and well-behaved children are sure to appeal to you. For you a family is a place to find calm and to escape from the hard-edged world outside. You hardly want a daughter or son who brings in five teenage friends every afternoon to practice rock music in the living room. Not on your nine lives! PROFESSION: You are not the average run-of-the-mill hard-nosed businessman. You know how to engineer schemes and attend to the inner workings of plans. You even manage very well executing the plottings of others and usually get positive results from same. But what you don't particularly know how to do is invent devious plots for yourself. In this way you are truly handicapped in commerce. As we all know, negotiation requires a certain degree of ruse and guile. It's not that you don't possess large quantities of both. It's more that you would rather not have to use your talent for deviousness. Negotiation can lead to conflict and we know how you feel about conflict. Career opportunities for Gemini/Cat will be found in these fields: So not being a businessman or merchant type, you will do well to choose careers requiring contemplative behavior, performing, persuasion and execution. You should choose to do business without the business. You can sell things, draw up documents, or stage-manage a theater or become a movie director. You make excellent lawyers or real estate agents, researchers and scientists. As long as you don't choose a branch of any of the above professions that requires head-on collision with coworkers, you will be safe and secure. In fact, the marriage of Cat and Gemini gives us a sign gifted in security, talented in performance and adept at all variety of refinement. Some famous Gemini/Cats: Bob Hope, Marguerite Yourcenar, Margaret Drabble, Queen Victoria, Angelina Jolie, Allen Iverson, Joe Piscopo, Johnny Depp, Lauryn Hill, Richard Thomas, Sally Ride.