This is the point of energy and invincible determination. These natives learn equally by means of books and by absorption. They are sometimes re-markable mitaitors, and having been properly trained are graceful in manner and agreeable in speech. The conscience of Sagittarius often has a hard tussle with the easier moral principles of Scorpio, but the former influence generally conquers. When a man or woman on this cusp prefers a dissipated or impure life the descent to Avernus is most rapid. They are afraid of nothing. The men make good soldiers, and the best of lawyers and surgeons. The word of the woman is law in her household, and disobedience is apt to be severely punished. The love of approbation is very strong with these people, and the failure to receive what is considered their due of praise and consideration has a marked effect upon their happiness. They are natural reservoirs of strength. If this were not the case, it would be impossible to endure the strain which they voluntarily put upon themselves. Patience and passivity are the hardest lessons for these brilliant and capable people to learn, and notwith-standing their grand natural equipment they often work and fret themselves into the grave. This peculiar blending of water and fire sometimes produces a conflict of forces which ultimates in the most disagreeable pessimism. They are apt to be very agreeable or exceedingly disagreeable.

For gems, colors, and planets see page 180.