Born on the Cusp

You may think that your sun sign doesn’t really correspond to the blueprint of your personality, and there might be a very good reason for it: if you were born on the cusp, your personality may display the mixed characteristics of two signs. Few people realise that the cusp is actually a period of time of about four days, and not the actual day when the sun sign shifts into the next.

Cusp people usually feel comfortable with other cusp people and have a broader spectrum of responses and views, influenced by both signs: these influences are often in sharp contrast, so their personalities often have a depth that is unique to their particular combination.

If you were born of the following dates (or you know someone who was), this might be the key for you to understand your complex personality.

Also, you might not be born on the cusp, but if you have a strong influence in your natal chart of any two adjacent signs, this might be pertinent to you: for example sun sign-rising sign, moon-rising sign, sun sign-moon in two adjacent signs.

Pisces-Aries Cusp

March 19-24

The Pisces-Aries cusp personality is outspoken and often convinced of their own righteousness. They can’t be swayed into changing their mind and act on impulse, following their emotions more than any logic. What you see, you get. They carry the Piscean idealism and the fiery Arian attitude, which results in a somehow dogmatic personality, with a sense of infallibility. If you were born on this cusp you have to learn to ground yourself and avoid being possessed by your emotions. Suitable careers are charity worker, teacher, political activist.

Keywords: sensitivity and action. A puzzling mix of fiery characteristics with a lack of earthy grounding.

Born on the Pisces-Aries cusp: Matthew Broderick, Akira Kurosawa, Chaka Khan, Joan Crawford.

Aries-Taurus Cusp

April 19-24

People born on this cusp tend to dominate their environment and can establish themselves as excellent freelancers or in a self-employed capacity, teachers or leaders of any kind. If you are on this cusp you will strive for autonomy and will feel restricted if forced to submit to authority. This is a highly strategic personality and can overcome challenges that may seem impossible to others, they have an inbuilt sense of when to act and have infinite patience. The Aries-Taurus personality combines the fire and earth elements. Earth may balance the more fiery aspects of fire, but somehow restrict creativity.

Keywords: intuition and sensation. May display a lack of emotional sensitivity at times.

Born on the Aries-Taurus cusp: William Shakespeare, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, Daniel Day-Lewis, Queen Elisabeth II, Barbara Streisand, Shirley MacLaine.

Taurus-Gemini Cusp

May 19-24

The Taurus-Gemini personality combines the earth and air elements. Air may exhaust  earth, creating a conflict between physical and mental needs. People born on this cusp have to be careful to avoid burnout and take regular breaks, as they can go on and on doing what they like to do! If you were born on this cusp, you have the determination of the fixed earth sign Taurus and the mental agility of Gemini, so if you are careful to recharge your battery once in a while, you can go on and on! Suitable careers would be singer, sales and marketing, corporate, vet, doctor.

Keywords: sensation and thinking. May not be in tune with their intuition, give excessive attention to small emotional issues and ignore other people’s emotional needs.

Born on the Taurus-Gemini cusp:  Joan Collins, Honore de Balzac, Cher, Henri Russeau

Gemini-Cancer Cusp

June 19-24

The Gemini-Cancer personality integrate well the elements of Cancer and Gemini. The altruistic streak of Cancer blends well with the need for everything ‘communication’ of Gemini and if you were born on this cusp you will find that you are caring and very good at expressing love for your work or kin or friends.  These people are drawn to service and they have a devotional streak. You are profound and able of deep feelings, yet very dynamic.

Keywords: communication and sensitivity.

Born on the Gemini-Cancer cusp: Benazir Bhutto, Cyndi Lauper, Meryl Streep, Jean-Paul Sartre.

Cancer-Leo Cusp

July 19-25

The Cancer-Leo personality is spontaneous and loves dynamism and movement: water and fire bring two distinct extremes to people born on this cusp and the personality will tend to express itself swinging between extremes, in mood, thought, emotion. People born on this cusp will love travel, adventure, sport. Movement in any form is important, and so is physical movement, which will give you balance and play a role in achieving personal awareness. This personality easily swings from one emotional state to the other, with some drama. They are born entertainers.

Keywords: emotion and intuition. It is very important to create stability for this personality and achieve self-discipline to create structure for this very intuitive and active personality. If you are born on this cusp grounding is particularly important for you.

Born on the Cancer-Leo cusp: Alexander the Great, Diana Rigg, Vera Rubin, Herbert Marcuse

Leo-Virgo Cusp

August 19-25

The Leo-Virgo cusp personality are secretive and use their revelations in a powerful and strategic way, to their best advantage.  Leo and Virgo traits blend beautifully as the fiery Leo personality adds zest to the earthiness of Virgo adding drama and impact to the grounded Virgo personality. They may though not be in touch with their feelings and deeper emotions of others as this is lacking in terms of elements.

Keywords: intuition and sensation. Logical thinking is mitigated by the sensuality of the earth.

Born on the Leo-Virgo cusp: Coco Chanel, Princess Margaret,  River Phoenix, Leonard Bernstein.

Virgo-Libra Cusp

September 19-24

The Virgo-Libra personality may attribute excessive importance to aesthetic matters, which might as well represent a vision of inner beauty: in that case, they will lack superficiality and in fact express beauty spiritually on the material plan. If you were born on this cusp, you may have a tendency to become materialistic, so watch out. Intuition and emotions don’t come as natural as beauty to these people and they should look at developing these sides of their personality.

Keywords: sensation-thought. Any conflicting sides blend into the idea of beauty.

Born on the Virgo-Libra cusp: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anna Karina, Cardinal de Richelieu, Sophia Loren

Libra-Scorpio Cusp

October 19-25

The Libra-Scorpio personality blends the charm and social awareness of Libra with the deepness and determination of Scorpio: their magnetism makes them powerful friends and worthy enemies. They are usually very truthful and will not mince words. If you were born on this cusp, be careful not to upset others and try to be a bit more diplomatic, in expressing your judgment: you are very critical and often cut directly to the core of the matter.

Suitable careers would be chef, fashion designer, travel writer.

Keywords: sensitivity and social awareness

Born on the Libra-Scorpio cup: Pele, Pablo Picasso, Midori

Scorpio-Sagittarius Cusp

November 19-24

Power is a key issue for this  personality as they resent it but they are actually good managers when in a position of power. They need though to work independently to an extent. If you were born on this cusp you will be prone to excess and being wild, energy which can and should be channelled to best use it in a constructive way, as it can easily turn sel-destructive. It’s important to develop a purpose and be consistent with it.

Keywords: sensitivity and action. May need grounding and to achieve their objectives effectively.

Born on the Scorpio-Sagittarius cusp: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, George Elliot, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther

Sagittarius-Capricorn Cusp

December 19-25

The Sagittarius-Capricorn personality is very intense, and if not as calculating as a pure Capricorn born, they certainly mix the steadiness of the sign with the fiery sense of adventure of Sagittarius. If you were born on this cusp, you like to be prepared but you lack patience towards the ones who don’t share your vision.  Your moods can be indeed intense and they need to be smoothened a bit, and you need to open up to others a bit more.

Keywords: intuition-sensation. Try to balance your moods through connecting to nature and exercise: beware of substance abuse, as you may seek excitement and have a tendency to fall into addiction. Travel is for you and anti-conformist attitudes.

Born on the Sagittarius-Capricorn cusp: Uri Geller, Joseph Stalin, Giacomo Puccini, Ava Gardner

Capricorn-Aquarius Cusp

January 17-22

The Capricorn-Aquarius personality is highly creative and imaginative and must find an outlet their creative drive. If you were born on this cusp you are often misunderstood and you should associate with people who have an open mind, as your ideas are original but often winning. Careers associated with design and images would be suitable. Capricorn-Aquarius cusp people are very private people in spite of their often flamboyant appearance.

Keywords: sensation-thought. This personality will tend to reach both extremes as such different elements don’t blend very well together. Expressing creativity will smoothen the extremes and help achieve a more balanced personality.

Born on the Capricorn-Aquarius cusp: Benjamin Franklin, Federico Fellini, Lord Byron  

Aquarius-Pisces Cusp

February 16-22

The Aquarius-Pisces Cusp personality is concerned mainly concerned with spiritual development and matters of a universal nature and tends to overlook physical matters, which makes them somehow detached. Highly sensitive, if you were born on this cusp you will need to experience the world and find inspiration from it: it’s very important that you spend more energy

Keywords: sensitivity and innovation. Very sensitive this personality needs to experience the world and this can be problematic.

Born on the Aquarius-Pisces cusp: Vera Allen, Anais Nin,, George Washington