Terry Marlowe - Astrologically Incorrect: Unlock the Secrets of the Signs to Get What You Want, When You Want

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Its easy to find books on how to take charge of your own life. But where do you find advice on how to take charge of other peoples lives? Astrologys here to help.

Everyones heard of sun signsthats the sign under which you were born. Its what people are referring to when they say, Im a Libra or Im a Scorpio. Sun signs are an important part of your horoscope. But they are not the only part. Only a complete horoscope will give a psychological profile and expose every one of an individuals fetishes, neuroses, and hang-ups.

Usually its not possible to get the information you need to run a full astrological chart. Also, unless youre an astrologer, you wouldnt know how to read it anyway. Even if you could, whats it got to do with compelling your boss to give you a raise, getting your spouse to screw the cap on the toothpaste, or enticing your lover to submit to your sultry charms? Youve tried the direct approach. Youve tried one-on-one, sensitive New Age conversations.

Now try manipulation.

Pretend youre blackmailing your neighbor for $20,000. Would you expect to get paid if you didnt know his secrets? Of course not! Then why do you think you can manage someone in even the most mundane matter if you dont know how his or her mind works?

Manipulation virgins fail because they dont know enough about their targets. The artful strategist dissects her subjects personality to expose his vulnerable spots. Some practitioners rely on psychology. Or intuition. But astrology is the easiest way to find out how another persons mind worksand how to get it to work in your best interest.

Of all the parts of a horoscope, the sun sign and rising sign are the most revealing and the easiest to figure out. Imagine that each part of your horoscope represents a different kind of party. The sun sign is a come as you are party. The rising signs a come as you wish you were party.

Just as the sun is the center of the solar system, the sun sign is the center of your personality. It tells what makes you tick. The rising sign is also an integral part of any horoscope and a key to understanding yourself and others. The rising sign is your personality and your self-protective public mask. Its what you hide behind; the behavioral rabbit you pull out of the hat when youre cornered. The rising sign is what you appear to be and what you think you ought to be.

In a society thats determined to plumb the depths of superficiality, the compulsion to live up to our image is overwhelming. And while were preening in the rearview mirror, were just asking to get rear-ended.

When you want to handle someone in a cunning way, look up both the sun sign and the rising sign. The combination will tell you everything you need to know about the personand the best way to get what you want.

If youre like most people, youll check out your own sun and rising signs first, just to test the techniques before using them on someone else. (Or to protect yourself from being manipulated.) You may think the description doesnt fit, and that astrologys a bunch of crap. But ask your boss to read it. Or your best friend. Then watch them collapse with laughter at how well it fits you. Lets face it: Unless youre very introspective or have spent lots of cash on therapy, you wont acknowledge your weak spots. After all, if you knew what manipulated you, you wouldnt be manipulated by it.

As you look up a persons sun and rising signs, remember one or the other will be more obvious to certain people at certain times or in particular situations. For instance, a Capricorn rising steadily climbs his way into influence and the Social Register. But if he has an Aries sun, hell piss off a lot of people on the way.

Or maybe your coworkers rely on your practical, budget-conscious Taurus rising qualities at the office. But your family knows theres a Pisces sun underneath who takes in strays and spends all her weekly paycheck on hallucinogens in the first three days.

If these traits sound contradictory, they are. People are. Its why retrograde hippies say, Hey, live and let live, and why the rest of us, who live in the real world, get to play dirty.

Heres how.

Successful manipulation is a tactical dance. It means protecting your flank, pulling your own strings, and pushing other peoples buttons. Discover your own powers and vulnerabilities as described by the sun and rising signs. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of your partner in the manipulation dance. Then use your knowledge to protect yourself while taking advantage of the other person.

The first part of this chapter gives an overview of how to get what you want from others by using knowledge of their sun and rising signs. The second part tells you how to calculate the rising sign and ends with a list of sun sign dates.

The rest of the book devotes a chapter to each of the twelve astrological signs. Every chapter hands you the ammunition you need to take charge of each sign as well as to devise innovative strategies of your own.

First, start with the sun sign. Look up your own at the end of this chapter. Then look up the sun sign of somebody youd like to handle in a cunning way. All you need to know is a birth date.

For example, lets say theres friction in your love life. You look up your sun sign and find out youre a Virgo. Then you look up your lovers sun sign and discover hes an Aquarius. You dont want to be picky, but your avant-garde Aquarius lover wont do the dishes. Youve lectured and lectured, but each time it gets worse instead of better. Now what?

Read on Virgo. This reminds you that youre intelligent, that you like order and schedules, and that you have the kind of loving relationship with your day-planner that other people have with their pets.

Then you read and realize youre living with a rebellious Aquarius, whose idea of hell is hearing the buzz of an alarm clock and having to do anything or be anywhere on someone elses schedule.

Your penchant for routine and propensity for lecturing clashes with your Aquarian lovers disdain for schedules and authority figures. You tried the direct approach and it didnt work. Now be cagey.

Play on Aquarius need to be cutting-edge and different. Housework is ordinary, so youll have to hide its bourgeois nature by making it seem radical to Aquarius. For example, put a CD player in the kitchen and surround it with trendy alternative-music CDs. Then do the dishes yourself a few times: at three oclock in the morning. Aquarius may not say anything, but hell notice. Youll wake up one day, and the sink will not only be empty but gleaming. Who cares what time he did the dishes? Theyre done.

You came out on top in that skirmish with your lover just by knowing about sun signs. Now refine your knowledge and twist it to your tactical advantage by using the rising sign as extra leverage. This time, lets use a different sun sign and another situation as an example.