Aries Constellation Meaning in Astrology

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Aries Constellation [Stellarium]

Constellation Aries the Ram is one of the 12 ecliptic constellations and lies between Pisces and Taurus. It also borders Perseus, Triangulum, Cetus and the obsolete constellation Musca Borealis.
Aries is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It spans 32 degrees of the zodiac in the Sign of Taurus.
Abbreviation: Ari
Genitive: Arietis

Aries Constellation Stars

2000	2050	Star	Name	Sp. Class	Mag.	Orb
03♉11	03♉53	γ Ari	Mesarthim	A0	4.50	1°10′
03♉58	04♉41	β Ari	Sheratan	A3	2.60	2°00′
07♉40	08♉22	α Ari	Hamal	K1	2.00	2°10′
14♉20	15♉02	μ Ari	Koleon	A0	5.70	1°00′
15♉08	15♉51	π Ari	Al Butain I	B6	5.30	1°00′
16♉08	16♉51	33 Ari	Barani I	A3	5.30	1°00′
16♉56	17♉38	ρ³ Ari	Al Butain II	F6	5.55	1°00′
16♉56	17♉38	35 Ari	Barani II	B3	4.65	1°00′
18♉12	18♉55	41 Ari	Bharani	B8	3.60	1°40′
18♉22	19♉05	39 Ari	Lilii Borea	K1	4.50	1°10′
18♉30	19♉12	ε Ari	Al Butain III	A2	5.15	1°00′
20♉52	21♉34	δ Ari	Botein	K2	4.35	1°10′
21♉57	22♉39	ζ Ari	Al Butain IV	A1	4.85	1°00′
25♉16	25♉58	62 Ari	Tiānhé	G5	5.55	1°00′

33, 35, 39 and 41 of Aries belonged to the obsolete constellation Musca Borealis.

α Ari is officially named Hamal, meaning “the Lamb.”

β Ari is officially named Sheratan, meaning “two,” possibly “the Two Horns.”

γ Ari is officially named Mesarthim, meaning “servants.”

δ Ari is officially Botein.
Applied in recent times from the indigenous Arabic mansion name al-buṭain, “the Little Belly,” for δ, ε, and ρ Ari. ^[1]
In Chinese astronomy, it is known as Tiānyīnsì (天陰四), “4th star of Yin Force.” ^[2]

ε Ari is traditionally named Al Butain III (see δ Ari).
ε marks the base of the tail. ^[3]

ζ Ari is traditionally named Al Butain IV (see δ Ari).
In Chinese astronomy, it is known as Tiānyīnèr (天陰二), “2nd star of Yin Force.” ^[2]

μ Ari is traditionally named Koleon.
From the Coptic Koleōn, “the Belly,” or “Scabbard.” μ, 39, 33, 35, and 41 Ari were the Persian lunar station Pish Parvis, the Sogdian Barv, the Khorasmian Farrankhand, “the Forerunners,” and the Coptic Koleōn. ^[4]

π Ari is traditionally named Al Butain I (see δ Ari).

ρ³ Ari traditionally is named Al Butain II (see δ Ari).

33 Ari traditionally is named Barani I.
Fl. 33, 35, 39 and 41 of Aries were common to the 28th nakshatra, Barani, “Bearer,” or Apha Barani, — Yama, the ruler of the spirit world, being the presiding divinity; Fl. 35 being the junction star towards the nakshatra Krittikā. They also formed the sieu Oei or Wei, anciently Vij; and the manzil Buṭain. But as these Chinese and Arabic titles, signifying Belly, i.e., of the Ram, do not coincide with the present location of the stars, we may infer a change from the earlier drawings of Aries. ^[4]

35 Ari is traditionally named Barani II (see 33 Ari).

39 Ari is officially named Lilii Borea. The Latin Līliī Boreā, meaning “northern of Lilium,” relates to the obsolete constellation of Lilium (the Lily), now known as Musca Borealis. ^[5]

41 Ari is officially named Bharani (see 33 Ari).
41 Ari was probably Al Tizini’s Nā᾽ir al Buṭain, the Bright One of the Little Belly. ^[4]
41 Ari was also known as Līliī Austrīnā, meaning “southern of Lilium,” when it belonged to the obsolete constellation of Lilium (the Lily), now known as Musca Borealis. ^[5]

62 Ari is traditionally named Tiānhé, from the Chinese Tiānhé (天河), “Celestial River.” ^[2]

Aries Constellation [Urania’s Mirror]

Aries Constellation Astrology

Manilius (@ 35 AD)

First Aries shines, and as he ofte doth lose
His Fleece, and then as frequently renews,
‘Twixt sudden Ruin, and a fair Estate
He fixes the variety of Fate;
He gets,then loseth, then returns to Gain,
Then Loss steals in, and empties all his pain;
He rears new Lambs, he doth encrease the Fold,
And make the Rams to shine in native Gold;
Betters the Wool, and whilst the Subject grows
He forms Mens Minds to use what he bestows;
To pick, to card, to spin, and weave, to deal
In Cloath with gain; to Buy, Exchange, and sell:
All useful Arts, whose constant Works supply
Mens real Want, not only Luxury;
This Pallas owns, nor doth disdain to claim
Arachne’s conquest as her greatest Fame.
These are the manners, these the various Arts
Which Aries Rays, and secret force imparts;
To anxious fears he troubled Minds betrays
And strong Desires to venture all for Praise. ^[6]

The Ram, who is rich with an abundance of fleecy wool and, when shorn of this, with a fresh supply, will ever cherish hopes; he will rise from the sudden shipwreck of his affairs to abundant wealth only to meet with a fall, and his desires will led him to disaster; he will yield his produce for the common benefit, the fleece which by a thousand crafts gives birth to different forms of gain: now workers pile into heaps the undressed wool, now card it, now draw it into a tenuous thread, now weave the threads to form webs, and now they buy and sell for gains garments of every kind; no nation could dispense with these, even without indulgence in luxury. So important is this work that Pallas herself has claimed it for her own hands, of which she has judged it worthy, and deems her victory over Arachne a token of her greatness. These are the callings and allied crafts that the Ram will decree for those born under his sign: in an anxious breast he will fashion a diffident heart that ever yearns to commend itself by its own praise. ^[7]

ASCENDNING

Thus when the Ram ascends, and proudly turns
His bending backward Neck before his Horns
To Mortal Eyes, the wretched Births are Curst
With Ravenous Tempers, and inflam’d with Lust;
All Modesty shall be to Gold betray’d,
Nor Parents Care secure the easie Maid:
These Tempers are his Own; as Fancy leads
He roves, and wantons o’re the flowry Meads:
Forward to push, and as the Grass renews
His wasted Strength, he Courts the willing Ewes.
To Travel he inclines through Lands unknown,
He Ploughs new Seas, and makes the World his own;
This he prefigur’d when his Back convey’d
Young Phryxus sage, and lost the Falling Maid. ^[6]

Thus, when the Ram emerges above the surface of the waves and the curve of his neck appears before the horns, he will give birth to hearts that are never content with what is theirs; he will engender minds bent on plunder and will banish all sense of shame: such is their desire for venture. Even thus does the ram himself rush forth with lowered horns, resolved to win or die. Not for them the gentle ease of a fixed abode with none but peaceful cares; it is ever their delight to travel through unknown cities, to explore uncharted seas, and enjoy the whole world’s hospitality. The Ram himself gives you evidence of this: once furrowing a trail through the glassy sea, he tinged it with the gold of his fleece, when on his back he carried Phrixus, bereft of his sister [Helle] by fate’s decree, and brought him to the banks of the Phasis and to Colchis. ^[7]

Ptolemy (@150 AD)

The stars in the head of Aries, then, have an effect like the power of Mars and Saturn, mingled; those in the mouth like Mercury’s power and moderately like Saturn’s; those in the hind foot like that of Mars, and those in the tail like that of Venus. ^[8]

Maternus (@335 AD)

I.2. Ascendant in Aries. If the Horoscope is found in Aries, [and] in Capricorn MC. will be, setting in Libra, IMC. is found in Cancer. What therefore the horoscope set in Aries, what the three hinges of this residue decide, I will explain in the meantime generally. When the horoscope is in Aries, it decides many things in youth, it denies brothers, or out of many brothers it reserves one. But it also weakens itself by the bitterness of a certain vice, its name is always pursued with hatred, the paternal substance does not persevere in the same state, but now it is scattered, squandered, and again gathered up, dissipated. It will certainly seem to some to be safer because of its excessive liberality , to others the constancy of its liberality will displease, and it will bestow its benefits ungratefully, so that equal favors will never be returned to it. It will certainly be changeable, and its head will always be worn out by various sorrows.
3. If it is partially in Capricorn MC., it decides the ornaments of a certain persevering glory, and will make many flatter him with a certain humility. He will be in charge of certain affairs and letters, supplying many with the daily necessities of life, supporting the resources of others by his own means, being ingenious in many necessary matters, and to whom the secrets of hidden religions are entrusted, and he will penetrate to the secrets of the heavens, if the star of Mercury has looked at this place from any side, or Mercury has been found in that place.
4. But the third card (DC), that is, the setting, claims for itself the license to decide. If he is found <in> Libra, he will live a life in a royal house with constant conversation decides, or establishes in public acts. But his life will be changeable from a certain inequality, so that all happiness is always followed by unhappiness, prosperity by misfortune, so that from the highest degree of dignity he is recalled to the lowest by fleeting humility. For all his brightness is attacked by the taint of envy, especially if Jupiter is not seen in the horoscope from the trine, or if he is not in it; for then these evils become stronger.
5. The fourth will be the axis IMC.; he will be always in Cancer when Aries is in the horoscope. He will make famous and adorned with crowns, and statues and images will be decreed for them, if Jupiter, being placed in the horoscope, looks at that place, or if he is found in that very place. Some of his relatives will be adversaries for himself or for someone necessary to him. He will be filthy with uncut hair, especially if Jupiter is found in any axis of the horoscope.

III.2. Saturn in Aries. In the birth of any person in whom Saturn is found in Aries, he will cause him to be involved in evil and unfortunate acts in his early life, and will always hinder him in everything. But when Saturn has completed the first circle of his course, that is, the first thirty years, he diminishes the paternal and maternal substance, and whatever he has received from these faculties, he will either always diminish or lose, and he will be worn out by constant losses and frequent losses, but after the former substance has been. He will take away his ability, in the course of time he will cause another substance of patrimony to be conferred upon him.
3. They will certainly be weak and dangerous, in the ebdomatic or enneatic years, incurring grave dangers of dangers, and they will be overwhelmed by these dangers, if no benevolent stars have been freed at that time by protection, and if he himself is the lord of procreation. In his prime, he will disagree with his wife, and will disagree in quarrels. Virgins should certainly avoid marriage. For is a wife quickly separated from him, either by sudden death or separation? Saturn, thus placed, will give a wife who is slow or corrupt, or a widow, or one who has been raped by another, or one who has borne children by another husband, and which stain of some one’s filthiness will disgrace. But then he decides on a wife, when the parodic Saturn (that is, the temporal) or the Sun itself is aspected by a trine radiation from Leo or Sagittarius. For with Saturn thus placed, whatever wife he may have, she will be devoted to him, and will persevere with him in unbroken affection until the last part of his life.
4. But he will also then obtain children, whenever Saturn is found by the same reason as we have said, and then he will successfully conceive offspring, if Jupiter, with Saturn placed in Aries, has reflected some radiation on the Moon. But if it is not, either he will lose the offspring he has received, or certainly never will. He is destined to have offspring. But if Saturn returns to Aries from another place, he decrees a grave destruction of dangers, and he exasperates the brothers with bitter enmities and hatreds.

IV.2. Jupiter in Aries. Whoever has Jupiter in Aries, in his early life, is troubled in every act, as long as he has completed the opposite of procreation. But when these times have been completed, then honors, then happy acts, then good times, then a time for advancement, then acts of great business are decreed, then he is joined in the friendships of powerful and great men, or in great and royal houses established he is entrusted with the offices of powerful administration, then he obtains the greatest patrimony, and receives the power of dominion, and is raised by the joy of wives and children with increase. For then the insignia of power and honor are conferred. Then they inherit the government and power of men, then in all causes and in all conflicts of actions and causes they are victorious, and whatever they have dealt with in silent thought is accomplished by the easiest means.
3. For Jupiter makes men adorned with the proclamation of goodness. They will indeed have a certain sign about their mouth. Moreover, they will be masters of other people’s patrimony. They will be religious in the worship of the gods and will faithfully keep the secrets of all, and they will be directed by more powerful men or by kings to great administrative offices, being imperious and strong in all their actions. But their first times will be difficult, but afterwards they will complete everything successfully, formed by the constant admonition of the gods, especially if Saturn or Mars or the Sun or Mercury or Venus or the Moon is placed in the principal places of procreation and not in the dejected ones, and has reflected the radiation of a trine. ^[9]

Allen (1889)

Aries, the Ram
It was always Aries with the Romans; but Ovid called it Phrixea Ovis; and Columella, Pecus Athamantidos Helles, Phrixus, and Portitor Phrixi; others, Phrixeum Pecus and Phrixi Vector, Phrixus being the hero-son of Athamas, who fled on the back of this Ram with his sister Helle to Colchis to escape the wrath of his stepmother Ino. It will be remembered that on the way Helle fell off into the sea, which thereafter became the Hellespont.
On reaching his journey’s end, Phrixus sacrificed the creature and hung its fleece in the Grove of Ares, where it was turned to gold and became the object of the Argonaut’s quest. From this came others of Aries’ titles: Ovis aurea and auratus, Chrysomallus, and the Low Latin Chrysovellus.
The Athamas used by Columella was a classical reproduction of the Euphratean Tammuz Dum‑uzi, “the Only Son of Life,” whom Aries at one time represented in the heavens, as did Orion at a previous date, perhaps when it marked the vernal equinox 4500 B.C.
Brown writes as to the origin of the title Aries, without any supposition of resemblance of the group to the animal:
The stars were regarded by a pastoral population as flocks; each asterism had its special leader, and the star, and subsequently the constellation, that led the heavens through the year was the Ram.
Elsewhere he tells us that when Aries became chief of the zodiac signs it took the Akkadian titles Ku, I-ku, and I‑ku‑u, from its lucida Hamal, all equivalents of the Assyrian Rubū, “Prince,” and very appropriate to the leading stellar group of that date, although not one of the first formations.
He also finds, from an inscription on the Tablet of the Thirty Stars, that the Euphratean astronomers had a constellation Gam, “the Scimetar,” stretching from Okda of the Fishes to Hamal of Aries, the curved blade being formed by the latter’s three brightest components. This was the weapon protecting the kingdom against the Seven Evil Spirits, or Tempest Powers.
Jensen thinks that Aries may have been first adopted into the zodiac by the Babylonians when its stars began to mark the vernal equinox; and that the insertion of it between Taurus and Pegasus compelled the cutting off a part of each of those figures, — a novel suggestion that would save much theorizing as to their sectional character.
The Jewish Nīsān, our March-April, was associated with Aries, for Josephus said that it was when the sun was here in this month that his people were released from the bondage of Egypt; and so was the same month Nisanu of Assyria, where Aries represented the Altar and Sacrifice, a ram usually being the victim. Hence the prominence given to this sign in antiquity even before its stars became the leaders of the rest; although Berōssōs and Macrobius attributed this to the ancient belief that the earth was created when the sun was within its boundaries; and Albumasar,⁠ of the 9th century, in his Revolution of Years wrote of the Creation as having taken place when “the seven planets” — the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn — were in conjunction here, and foretold the destruction of the world when they should be in the same position in the last degree of Pisces.
Among astrologers Aries was a dreaded sign indicating passionate temper and bodily hurt, and thus it fitly formed the House of Mars, although some attributed guardianship over it to Pallas Minerva, daughter of Jove whom Aries represented. It was supposed to hold sway over the head and face; in fact the Egyptians called it Arnum, “the Lord of the Head;” while, geographically, it ruled Denmark, England, France, Germany, Lesser Poland and Switzerland, Syria, Capua, Naples and Verona, with white and red as its colors. In the time of Manilius it was naturally thought of as ruling the Hellespont and Propontis, Egypt and the Nile, Persia and Syria;⁠ and, with Leo and Sagittarius, was the Fiery Trigon.
Ampelius said that it was in charge of the Roman Africus, the Southwest Wind, the Italians’ Affrico, or Gherbino; but the Archer and Scorpion also shared this duty. Pliny⁠ wrote that the appearance of a comet within its borders portended great wars and wide-spread mortality, abasement of the great and elevation of the small, with fearful drought in the regions over which the sign predominated; while 17th‑century almanacs attributed many troubles to men, and declared that “many shall die of the rope” when the suns in the sign; but they ascribed to its influence “an abundance of herbs.”
Its symbol, ♈, probably represents the head and horns of the animal.
The eastern portion is inconspicuous, and astronomers have mapped others of its stars somewhat irregularly, carrying a horn into Pisces and a leg into Cetus. ^[3]

Aries Constellation [Bullinger]

Bullinger (1893)

The Sign ARIES (The Ram or Lamb).
This is pictured by a ram, or lamb, full of vigour and life; not falling in death as CAPRICORNUS is. In the Denderah Zodiac its name is Tametouris Ammon, which means the reign, dominion, or government of Ammon. The lamb’s head is without horns, and is crowned with a circle.
The Hebrew name is Taleh, the lamb. The Arabic name is Al Hamal, the sheep, gentle, merciful. This name has been mistakenly given by some to the principal star, α. The Syriac name is Amroo, as in the Syriac New Testament in John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” The ancient Akkadian name was Bara-ziggar. Bar means altar, or sacrifice; and ziggar means right making; so that the full name would be the sacrifice of righteousness.
There are 66 stars in this sign, one being of the 2nd magnitude, two of the 4th, etc. Its chief star, α (in the forehead), is named El Nath, or El Natik, which means wounded, slain. The next, β (in the left horn), is called Al Sheratan, the bruised, the wounded. The next γ (near to β), is called Mesarim (Hebrew), the bound. ^[10]

Robson (1923)

ARIES. The Ram.
Legend. Aries represents the ram with the golden fleece, a gift from Mercury, upon which Phrixus and his sister Helle escaped through the air from their step-mother Ino. On arriving in Colchis, Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Jupiter and its fleece was hung in the Grove of Mars, whence it was subsequently carried away by Jason (see Argo). According to another account, it was the ram that guided Bacchus to a spring of water in the Libyan desert.
Influence. Ptolemy’s observations are as follows: “The stars in the head of Aries possess an influence similar in its effects to that of Mars and Saturn: those in the mouth act similarly to Mercury, and in some degree to Saturn; those in the hinder foot, to Mars; those in the tail, to Venus.” By the Kabalists Aries is associated with the Hebrew letter He and the 5th Tarot Trump “The Pope.” ^[11]

Rigor (1979)

ARIES: Symbolized by the Ram, of the light from the east.
MYTHOLOGY: Jason, the son of Pelais was commissioned by his uncle to go in search of the Ram with the golden fleece, which he pretended was the rightful property of his family. Jason employed Argos to build him a ship, which he named Argos. He then sent word for all heroic men of Greece to join him. Thirteen responded and with these companions he went in search of the Ram with the golden fleece. The Ram is symbolical of the light from the east. Jason is personification of the spiritual side of man, to whom the rulership of the kingdom belongs, but to gain his end, he must pass through an ordeal in his search for invaluable wisdom, symbolized by the golden fleece. The dragon who protected the golden fleece is the serpent of wisdom, by mastery of the serpent, Jason would gain light and establish his kingdom.
ARIES produces active thinkers, doers, able to teach and lead others. Such natives work best and live best in proper surroundings. Aries requires plenty of freedom and can easily become discontented and seeks new fields as opportunities present themselves. The ability to handle people comes natural to Aries. Worry and uncertain conditions are likely to cause nervous problems. Their control of their mind is important, as surroundings and mental conditions have a pronounced effect on the Aries person. Friction and argument should be avoided. The Aries mind is practical where personal interests are concerned, success is best obtained with large groups. Generally good reasoning powers belong to the Aries person.
On the negative side, Aries people can be too impatient, indiscreet and tactless, temperamental, rude and inconsiderate.

KEYWORDS for the Aries constellation:

(+) Positive: Dominant, independent, courageous, pioneer, orderly, harmony, active, leader, ambitious, determined, enterprising, mental.

(–) Negative: Impulsiveness, temper, stubborn, restless, rash, brusque, tactless, indiscreet, rude, inconsiderate.

SUN IN ARIES (+) The native is endowed with great independence and originality. One who is a pioneer, a great thinker, an eager contestant in the game of life, an idealist, one who uses brains instead of brawn as their driving power. One who has both leadership and inspirational abilities. One who has indomitable courage, able to overcome setbacks, is mentally energetic, quick-witted, has a penetrating willpower, is of a restless nature, has the quality of persistence and determination plus the ability to lead and direct.

SUN IN ARIES (–) One who is indiscreet, restless, moody, tends to be of an argumentive nature, subject to ‘hasty’ speech, self-willed, fickle, impatient, entertains delusions of grandeur and persecution, a tendency to be boastful, arrogant, self-assertive, selfish, impulsiveness.

MOON IN ARIES (+) Endows its natives with self-confidence, self-reliance, courage, practicality, independence and an inclination to be persistent. The native is mentally quick, has dauntless courage, not easily defeated.

MOON IN ARIES (–) The native becomes impatient, subject to temper, lacks indiscretion, becomes headstrong, subject to many small troubles, accident-prone, impulsive. The native may jump from one thing to another, or one occupation to another often without reason. Has sudden temper flareups and is overly sensitive. Tendency to ride roughshod over people. Unconventional behavior, difficult to discipline.

MERCURY IN ARIES (+) Endows its natives with self-assertiveness, mental keenness, one who is independent, intellectual, quick to grasp situations and ideas. Tolerant of others opinions, somewhat of a contentious nature, one who is interested in pioneering. A tendency towards broad-mindedness, one who tends to be impulsive and self-assertive. An outspoken person, an ironic quick wit, of a decisive type character.

MERCURY IN ARIES (–) Native is restless, tends to leap before they look, an indication of general recklessness, a mind that is of a vacillating nature, one who may be unreliable and lack a sense of responsibility, one who is intolerant of others and their ideas, one who rides roughshod over others. An impulsive person, subject to hasty speech, actions that are unplanned, subject to mental strain. Lack of consideration for others. A reserved person, keeps their own counsel.

VENUS IN ARIES (+) Endows its natives with a pleasing personality. One who is dignified, enthusiastic, willing and aggressive. Of a cheerful, energetic disposition, anxious to have good will of others, an inclination to lead in social activities.

VENUS IN ARIES (–) Makes promises with no intention of keeping them. May be of an uncharitable disposition. A selfish and inconsiderate person. Inharmonious in their relationships. Sudden emotional inclinations. May become demanding and feisty. Subject to a contentious nature. One who is restless. Subject to upset emotional relationships. Lack of personal attention when necessary affects their relationships.

MARS N ARIES (+) Endows its natives with an energetic, enthusiastic nature. One who may become impulsive, aggressive and courageous. One with a sincere and sociable nature. A mentality that is keen, confident, enterprising and with constructive ability. A person who is venturesome, has love of sports, is enthusiastic and ambitious. An interest in exploration, pioneering, has great confidence and is expressive. An inclination for leadership. One who initiates movements and is humanitarian, diplomatic. A strong and active character.

MARS IN ARIES (–) Native may be temperamental, develop a nasty attitude, subject to impulsiveness and temper problems. Liable to accidents. An overly aggressive person. One who has complete disregard for the consequences of their acts. A strongly sexed person. One who might be subject to mental aberrations. ^[12]

Noonan (1984)

Aries is the dreaded sign, indicating passionate temper and bodily hurt. According to the Classicists this sign is indicative of houses of worship and the seats of justice. The people corresponding to this sign are kings who practice justice and generosity, the leaders in battles, fire, slaughter and bloodshed. In ancient times it was also indicative of “those who walk on roads.” Today the meaning would include all those who travel a great deal over land. Traditionally this sign is also indicative of those who are eager for marriage. Their families will be small, however this sign can also favor the production of twins. As a result of what has been said the sign is considered to be of two natures.
In physical characteristics those born with Aries rising will be of medium height, thin, short-sighted, glance upcast, eyes dark or grey, and reddish curly hair. Modern astrologers add a ruddy complexion, an active walk, and a longish stringy neck. However in this regard, care must be taken of Ptolemy’s admonition that heredity and environmental factors take precedence over the astrological. Two blue eyed parents can only have blue eyed children regardless of the time of birth or of the rising Sign! The physical descriptions of natives born under a given sign must be considered only a tendency. In like manner and invidual’s personality can be largely a product of his environment. It is to the discredit of modern astrology that today the non-astrological factors are not given their proper place in astrological delineations.
In personality those born with Aries as the indicative sign will have a weak but pleasant voice, always laughing and talkative but with a tendency to be sharp-tongued. He will be kingly and haughty, fond of poetry, lustful and brave. Ibn-Ezra remarks that “he will want to eat copiously, be irascible, and be fond of justice.” Those born in the first decanate of Aries (or with the Sun in this decanate) will have numerous friends and will abhor evil, in the second decanate will be easily aroused to anger and not be able to control this emotion, he will have numerous enemies, and he will have high principles and an understanding of their correct applications. Those born in the third decanate of Aries will combine traits of the other two.
Modern astrologers attribute the following characteristics to Aries: courageous, restless, hot-tempered, strong-willed and I independent, ambitious, energetic, selfish, crude, aggressive and reckless.
As to the professions, the Classicists mentioned kings, bankers, coiners, blacksmiths, coppersmiths, butchers, shepherds, spies, and thieves. The Modernists add soldiers and surgeons. ^[13]

Noonan (1990)

The Constellation of the Ram
The constellation Aries (Ari) portends events concerning sacred rites and the worship of God. It affects the conditions of the air and of the seasons, and presages the results of the elements of things that grow, especially the new shoots of arboreal crops (e.g., grapes and figs). ^[14]