Aries

Aries

Each sign of this group shall now be considered separately in the light of the remarks made above. The sign Aries is ruled by Mars and is also his Multrikona sign who, though considered to be an evil planet, is, first of all, a male and positive planet, secondly he is hot, fiery and electric and thirdly he is a  Kshatriya planet. So that he is naturally energizing and vitalizing. He gives vital heat and good circulation and for this reason, is able to throw off diseases. The sign is also the Sign of the Sun’s exaltation. The Sun is known in Indian astrology to be the Jiva or Prana or life and the Satva or the essence of the universe. He is to the solar system, what the heart is to the physical body, and the mainspring to the clock or watch. He Is vital heat and Vital energy. He Is the great vitalizing center, force, and power throughout nature and the universe, always, vivifying, nurturing, supporting and life-giving He is the fountainhead, source, and root of all life, energy strength, stamina, vitality, light, and heat" The Sun, like Mars, is a male, positive and also a kshatriya planet The exaltation of the Sun, in tins Sign, coupled with his natural friendship with Mars, its ruler, naturally tends to further vitalize it. The result of the combination of these elements is that it makes this sign a really vital one Indeed, full of vigour, vitality,

and stamina, able to resist disease and death and fight against them with a surprising tenacity

Defects

The main defects of this sign, however, are, (I) that Saturn, who 13 the natural enemy of both Mars and Sun and who is a cold, dry, contracting obstructive and devitalizing planet, has his fall in this sign with the result that Its vitality and stamina suffer, to a certain, thought to a small and negligible extent, and again (2) that this sign is cardinal or moveable so that its peculiar characteristic is to be continuously on the go, always moving, rushing and gushing, and thus its Vitality, stamina and energy are often wasted to no purpose and uselessly spent away on this account this sign, though a strong and vital one, robust and full of vigour and stamina, is not and cannot be the strongest sign in the zodiac, but next to Leo and Sagittarius in this particular respect .