The element fire—represented in astrology by the signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius—represents inspiration, intuition, yang energy, joie de vivre, the energy of the spirit and the spiritual side of our nature, ardor, impulsivity, enthusiasm, will, activity, dominance, and the principle of self-starting.

No (or only outer) planets in fire

The absence of this element in your chart (except, perhaps, for Pluto in Leo where it was “generationally” for 18 years from 1939 to 1957) suggests the need to experience life more actively. You may lack the passion and spark that the fire signs symbolize, may have difficulty starting things or becoming active, and could benefit by being more vital. Although not necessarily an introvert, you are not likely to be an extrovert. You tend to be less competitive and more passive, and to let the other person make the first move. Don’t underrate your abilities, for you may end up helping those who are less talented but with more drive and ambition than you have. You may actually not like being the center of attention, and in that case will prefer a subordinate position. It’s significant that many people with no fire in their horoscopes often try to compensate for this absence by forcing self-expression and the more naturally aggressive fire sign traits.

 It makes me laugh to see that Genghis Khan, Eldridge Cleaver, Thomas Paine, Rudolph Valentino and John Wayne had no planets or their ascendant in fire! Imagining that I know their truths, I would question the validity of astrology except that I’ve seen it vindicated too many times to go down that road again. Rather, I marvel at the many and profound masks that over-compensation can wear. Do you wear one yourself; and, if so, are you aware of it? Famous people with no planets or ascendant in fire are/were John Barrymore, Richard Basehart, Jack Benny, Elizabeth Bishop, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Fanny Brice, Lord Byron, Dyan Cannon, Eldridge Cleaver, Matt Damon, Laura Dern, Dorothy Dix, Karl Doenitz, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lillian Gish, Lorne Greene, Oliver Hardy, William Henry Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Lillian Helman, John Edgar Hoover, Edwin Hubble, Johannes Kepler, Genghis Khan (no fire?, go figure!), Frank Langella, D. H. Lawrence, Brandon Lee, Tea Leoni, Fredric March, Groucho Marx, Matthew McConaughey, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Tyler Moore, Thomas Paine, Louis Pasteur, Les Paul, Suzanne Pleshette, Vincent Price, Sergei Prokofiev, Ronald Reagan, Keanu Reeves, Roy Rogers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Brooke Shields, Dmitri Shostakovich, Donald Sutherland, J. R. R. Tolkien, Rafael Trujillo, Rudolph Valentino, Earl Warren and John Wayne.

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