Holistic Path

• You are very positive about life and great at giving others confidence in themselves
• Quick to jump to conclusions about people, find it hard to keep emotions in check
• You can be bold, rebellious, impudent and physical
• You rush where angels fear to tread, and find yourself in inadvisable situations
• Make decisions too quickly for the liking of your close ones, who might be trying to slow down your impatient impulses
• Do not always think of the consequences of your actions and later may regret them
• Often the mouthpiece for others, saying what everyone else is thinking
• You will achieve a lot in life because you have the edge over many others
• Not afraid to ask from promotion/ payrise
• Gut instinct can be relied on
• You lack patience, you need a partner who can keep up with your fast-paced lifestyle.
• Be careful not to allow this assertiveness to turn into aggression or you could find yourself in unncessary physical disputes.
• You need action and excitement and have a quick temper
• You tend to put yourself first and some friends may regard you as selfish
• Passionate and fervent, your love life is often spontaneous and most definitely at its best when unplanned
• Prone to Aries ailments, problems linked to head, eg migraines, headaches.
• Clumsy and prone to knocks and bruises, you are too busy 'doing' to remember about 'thinking'.
• Think more before you speak

Aries
THE RAM
Ruling planet: Mars, roman god of war
Triplicity/element: fire
Quadruplicity/mode: Cardinal -> good at starting new things, initiating action, eager, impatient of delays
Keywords: headstrong, opinionated, action initiator, leader, loyal to a cause, egotistical, passionate

• Always reinventing themselves and finding new ways to encourage their friends and family into new undertakings.
• Action is the keyword. Always on the go, planning the next move.
• Need to prove to themselves that they are truly alive, without new beginnings they can feel suffocated
• Change is an essential part of their lives
• Make sure you listen when they talk. No matter how boring some of their precious info may seem. To them the latest goings on in a soap opera may seem crucial.
• Continuity can sometimes be a problem, may not sustain the enthusiasm they start out with
• Red is their colour, often see this colour when they plan to go to war. They love to be noticed but they are not sly.
• Straightforward and will not lie to you.
• Have the ability to set their mind on something and to go for it with all the energy of a superjet on its way to war
• Fire: hot and explosive, you can upset them and not even know they are angry with you, it builds up and all of a sudden they explode. But don't worry, they have a split personality and once they have shouted and let the pressure out they will be right back to normal
• If Aries is an object, it would be a rocket waiting to take off, and astounding everyone by its abilities once it does
• Biggest problem is nerves, esp in high power jobs. You think they are doing fine but underneath their cool smile they are agonizing that they could be doing better.
• Often accused of being selfish, indeed they believe they must put themselves first if they are ever to be of help to others.
• Forceful, feeling and full of bright ideas and strong ambitions
• For the ram to be the best they can, they must find someone who can keep them going and support them in their ideas and dreams.
• Aries careers: Lecturer- Telling people what they need to know and being admired for it- ideal!
• Aries rule the head, brain, face. Prone to stress in these parts of the body.
• Eyestrain a potential problem, weak eyesight
• Try to avoid undue stress, because you are subject to nervous strain
• Mars is a fighter, you can pull yourself out of the worst of illnesses by sheer willpower.
• At work you ask someone to do the job, and being impatient, you interfere and end up doing it yourself

Cures and Counsel

• Don't bottle up your feelings. Learn to let off steam
• Get regular eye tests
• Headaches: fresh air rather than reach for pill bottle. Aries headache is a sign of stress, whether physical or psychological. Relaxation exercises, massage, camomile or lavender oil in bath water-> relax blood vessels, alleviate tension
  Gently massage temples with five drops of juniper essential oil diluted with 2tbsp olive oil
• Headaches due to stress/tiredness best cured by rest
• Aries needs regular exercise
• Juniper berries
  1 dozen juniper berries
  900ml boiling water
  honey
  (crush berries, put in pot, cover with boiling water, steep for 10 mins, strain and drink)

Aries Food

• deficient in potassium phosphate, cause nervous problems -> best source is tomatoes
• lemons and celery;
  lemons are cleansing and healing and good for brain, making you feel alert and alive. contain phosphorus, nourishment for brain and nerve cells;
  Celery is rich in potassium, fantastic system cleanser. Good against gout, rheumatism
• grapefruit, parsnips, apples
• fire sign: metabolic rate high, burn off food they gobble down very quickly
  need extra protein to keep energy high, to help build muscles

Health checklist

• For headaches, take feverfew, magnesium, B complex, esp B2 and B3, evening primrose
• For nervous problmes take vit B1, B6 or better still B complex
• Stomach problems, peppermint
• B1 found in brown rice, peas, beans, breakfast cereals, marmite
• B6 found in wholemeal bread, wholegrains, liver, fish, bananas, wheatbran, yeast extract, promote healthy skin, nerves, help hormone production

Top Tomatoes
Ingredients:

• 4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
• 150g button mushrooms, chopped
• 75g cheddar cheese, finely grated
• 75g fresh granary breadcrumbs
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• good pinch of mixed herbs
• 40g butter, plus extra for greasing

Method

• To skin tomatoes, simply drop in pan of boiling water for a minute and take out carefully with slotted spoon. Place under running cold water and skin comes off easily
• preheat oven to 220deg
• Grease ovenproof dish with butter
• layer the tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese and breakcrumbs until all ingredients used up, finisheing off with a layer of breadcrumbs, remembering to season as you go.
• Dot with butter and bake till crisp and golden - abt 25 mins
• If garlic lover, add to breadcrumbs