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104 mind is sharp, cool and collected, therefore Scorpio men make good army officers and excel in surgery. The Scorpio woman has a large family.

The Sun in Scorpio accentuates the good traits, and gives a love of mysticism; but Mars, the ruler, brings out the worldly side of the sign, it makes scoffers and sceptics.

People born with Sagittarius rising are even taller than those born under the opposite sign, Gemini, the men in particular have large hands and feet. The size and weight of the bony frame is often too much for the ligaments of the spine to support, and so these people develop a decided stoop in later years The face is long and well formed, the nose well proportioned, dark kindly eyes, with dark chestnut hair, The body is very active, but requires much rest, as the recuperative powers are below the requisite.

The symbol of this sign shows that there are two widely different classes born therein. One, designated by the animal body of the Centaur, is frankly in for ”a good time,” they are sporty, soldiers of fortune, of roving proclivities, fond of games of chance, and ready to risk their all on the turn of a card, the speed of a horse, or a game of ball, while Aries or Scorpio people may become Pugilists, and Taurus people take up wrestling as a profession. The sports of Sagittarius have no element of cruelty in them; sometimes when afflicted they may be criminals, their