A majority of planets in Fire Signs (Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius) can make a person more self-centered. On the positive side, this is confidence, inspiration, self-assuredness. On the negative side, this can be a total lack of empathy, the inability to believe that other people are alive and have rights.

A negative example would be Henri Landru, the serial killer who married ten women, got them to take all their money out of the bank, and then made them disappear. He had Eight planets in fire signs. Six of these were in Aries (direct action) in his 12th House (psychological problems).

Now don't go thinking that everyone with several 12th House placements is a serial killer. Landru had the planet Saturn standing out by chart shape in his 8th House (death). so it focused the chart's 揺nergy?to that area. He also had Pluto the natural ruler of the 8th House powerfully placed right on his Ascendant. On top of that,  Pluto was his only planet in an Earth Sign (practicality and a concern with material resources). Even with this, there was no 揻ate?here. 揟he Stars impel, they do not compel.?Landru became a murderer by choice. Pluto and the 8th House can heal as well as kill. His horoscope also gave him the potential to become a doctor!

Pete Rose is a somewhat more positive example. His chart has five planets in fire signs, and fire gives energy and enthusiasm.?The nickname he had during his playing days was 揅harlie Hustle.? Unfortunately, the extra strength these planets gave to his ego made it difficult for him to acknowledge that he had a gambling problem.

Brynn Hartman had five planets in fire signs and no singletons to focus the chart's 揺nergy.?Little is known of her personal life, but, regrettably, she will be most remembered for two sudden impulsive acts:?shooting her husband and taking her own life.

Marlon Brando has five fire planets. His whole life was fiery, from the wild affairs and stormy marriages to running off to Tahiti. Like many people who are successful in show business, he has Jupiter (expansion, optimism, luck) in aspect to his Mid-Heaven (career).

J. P. Morgan had six fire planets. He built an empire, ruled Wall Street, and personally pulled the economy out of several financial crises. The energy and enthusiasm of his fire sign planets was funneled to accumulation of material resources because his Moon in Virgo was the only placement in an Earth Sign.

Earth Sign Majority

Air Signs (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius) specialize in ideas and communications. Strong emotions (a Water Sign specialty) tend to throw them off balance because emotions can't be figured out. They are just there.

By way of contrast, Fire Signs work by inspiration (揕et's go over that mountain; I bet there's something real interesting on the other side!) Earth Signs by practicality (I'll believe it when I see it) Water Signs by emotion (I抦 not in the mood to over that mountain today). 

An Air Sign would say:

Water Signs  (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces) emphasize feelings, emotions, and instincts over logical analysis (which is an Air Sign specialty). Marc Edmund Jones was the first to point out that while Fire Signs will ignore anything that they are not interested in at the moment, Water Signs, by contrast, want to embrace everything. What he didn't mention was that they also don't want to let go. Ever.

Arthur Miller has five planets in Water Signs. His time of birth is unknown, but that doesn't change the sign positions of the planets. Even though his Sun Sign is Air (he is a Libra) that Water Sign majority focuses his concern on emotions. His play 揟he Crucible? for instance, was about the hysterical outburst of the Salem witch trials. 揟he View From the Bridge?concerned a man's subconscious passion for his niece.

William Kunstler  had five Water planets. Mars in was his only Air Sign placement and that directed his horoscope's 揺nergy?to aggressive speech. But Gemini would just as easily represent a large corporation accused of polluting the environment. Kunstler mostly defended radicals and misfits.

Drew Barrymore has six Water Sign planets. I read once that she didn't want to take acting classes because they would interfere with her instincts. The negative side of Water Signs emerged early with her. She was in rehab for substance abuse when she was thirteen.

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