Report

July 15 people are able to realize their worldly goals by inducing others and manipulating materials to do their will. Those born on this day display an impressive control over their environment. With people, their first step is usually to arouse or activate them and then exert positive pressure to get them to move in the right direction. The wise, talented use of material is a recurrent theme in the lives of July 15 people. They may be bound to this world in a variety of ways: as a rich man to money, a real-estate agent to property, a father/mother to a home, a painter to paints and canvasses, or a musician to an instrument. In the case of an artist, although the mode of expression is earthy and grounded, the content often moves toward more non-material and spiritual directions as the artist progresses through life. Although their motives proceed from desire and attraction, potentially healthy forces, July 15 people will be prone to attach to objects once they have attained them. They must learn the lesson of non-attachment at some point in their lives or run the risk of complacency, jealousy or even all sorts of fixed sexual obsessions. July 15 people can be highly useful members of society when directing their energies toward the betterment of its institutions. A willingness to share wealth, good fortune or material possessions with others is an important component of an evolved July 15 personality; less evolved types are likely to simply hoard these things for themselves or perhaps their immediate family. Because of their unique connection to the material world, July 15 people face an important decision whether to be slaves to it or masters over it. The word mastery here should not imply an exploitative domination, but an ever-changing relationship with their environment where non-action plays as significant a role as action in maintaining harmony. Those born on this day, indeed, have a great responsibility to their fellow human beings, particularly as their magnetic influence over them can be so considerable. Consequently, as early in life as possible, July 15 people must form their ethics and live according to a set of principles in which they truly believe, because their influential talents do not at all imply a corresponding depth in the moral sphere. Although highly responsible in discharging their duties, they must beware of using others for their own selfish ends and of teaching, either by word or example, empty values to their children, employees or associates.

Numbers

Those born on the 15th day of any month are ruled by the number 6 (1+5=6), and by the planet Venus. Those ruled by the number 6 tend to be magnetic and can even inspire worship. As indicated above, July 15 people have great impact and control over others. Since Cancer is ruled by the Moon, those born on July 15 come under Moon-Venus influences which are highly seductive and emotionally manipulative. The challenge to those born on this day is not to get stuck in the material world and its passions, but first to understand, second to master and third to harness desire toward positive ends.

Archetype

The 15th card of the Major Arcana, The Devil, indicates a fear/desire dynamic working where sexual attraction, irrationality and passion are concerned. The Devil holds us slave through our need for security and money; he represents our base nature grasping for security; he controls us through the irreconcilable differences which exist in our male/female nature. But the card reminds us that although we are bound to our bodies, our spirits are free to soar. July 15 people must also understand their desires, their source and motivation, and learn to be honest about them.

Health

Those born on July 15 must beware of overindulgence and excesses of all sorts, which generally result in both physical and mental harm to themselves. Excess drinking, causing cirrhosis of the liver and stomach ulcers, and the deleterious effects of smoking put them at risk. By gaining control over their emotional drives, July 15 people can insure better personal health. Overeating can also be a problem for July 15 people and can be managed by adopting vegetarian or low-fat diets with an emphasis on grains, fruits and fresh-grown garden vegetables. Those born on this day can focus their obsessional nature on competitive and low-contact sports, as well as physical self-improvement (jogging, swimming, aerobics), usually with healthy results.

Advice

Learn to harness your material talents; use them toward positive ends. Beware of addictions and obsessions which ultimately slow you down, or set you back. Growth is a continual process of change. Evolve an ethical code that defines the person you want to be.

Meditation

Death, in terms of annihilation, is an impossibility