Element: Fire

Ruler: Mars

Symbol: The Ram

Motto: I am

Colors: All shades of red

Stones & Uses: Diamond: enhances self confidence; Ruby: raises fighting spirit; Emerald: helps communication; Amethyst: relieves headaches

Body areas: Head, face, upper jaw, cerebrum, cerebrospinal system

Plants: Poppy, thistle, fern

Attractions: Gemini, Leo, Libra, Scorpio

Aries March 21-April 20 Aries people will resist disagreement, analysis, or attempts to explaination. Rather than understand things through objective comparison, they believe everything just is. Ruled by Mars, they represent the ego and the will. The Ram is fiery, amazing, and continuous and productive in activity. Aries may have bad tempers, but they overcome anger quickly and don't hold grudges. People born under the sign of Aries don't like being misunderstood, but has trouble explaining themselves. They tend to be open, spontainious, and frank, but also self centered and willful. Aries would much rather lead than follow, but lack necessary leadership skills. So they often find themselves fustrated and prone to self-pity. And they believe so strongly through their own ideas, that they cannot see things from other points of view. When problems arrive, the Ram's best way to handle the situation is to take care of it promptly. But sometimes their actions are delayed and for this reason they withdraw from life periodically in order to look at the problem from a distance. At their best, Aries can be idealistic and truly original.