Amadeo Giannini
challenges and difficulties

Amadeo Giannini has a critical, cynical attitude towards many religions and philosophies. Without realizing it, he prevents himself from appreciating new viewpoints and attitudes. Giannini is more rigid and dogmatic than he realizes. His approach may also be too intellectual or moralistic. Amadeo Giannini takes his own political beliefs and spiritual philosophy very seriously, worrying and fretting if he is not 100% clear about some ideology or theory.

Fear of the unknown, of change, and/or of death may plague Amadeo. He strongly resists changes and transitions rather than greeting them with curiosity or a spirit of adventure, which makes them much harder for him.

On another level entirely, Amadeo Giannini is very careful about joining forces, and especially his material resources, with others. Giannini wants to keep his own and other people's property and assets very distinct.

His faith, optimism, and sense of possibilities are tempered by much caution, and often doubt or skepticism as well. Whatever hopes or visions Amadeo Giannini has for his life are firmly held in check by his sense of reality. At times he may wish for more freedom, but Amadeo also fears it and hang back. Amadeo Giannini may blame practical limitations or some external condition or the prevailing Authority for his own inhibitions.

He may feel inhibited in his relationships with others and give the impression of being unapproachable and wanting to keeps his distance. Amadeo Giannini thinks about his feelings a long time before he expresses them to anyone and he tends to hide his inner self.

Amadeo dislikes tense or frustrating situations and has a strong desire to free himself from them. Acting quickly at times, Amadeo suddenly overcomes his inner inhibitions. Amadeo Giannini also has the ability to grasp difficult situations correctly and to use them for his advancement.

Basically shy, Amadeo may become a bit inhibited when talking with other people. Amadeo Giannini tends to withdraw from others and likes to live a humble, quiet live in seclusion. He may get involved with a group of a secretive nature, although Giannini is not one to join groups in general.

Now we will discuss patterns of behavior which Amadeo Giannini instinctively and habitually reverts to when under stress - a mostly subconscious process that he is apt to over indulge in because it is so familiar and hence easy for him. The direction Amadeo Giannini needs to follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness, and wholeness is also described.

When under stress, Amadeo Giannini is apt to shut off the flow of his emotions and ignore his needs and feelings in order to do what he perceives as his duty or simply what the practical realities of the situation dictate. This can lead to a certain rigidity and inflexibility. If overdone, self-control, self-discipline, or an exaggerated concern over what society, family or others expect of him, makes life more of a burden than an adventure.

Fostering his tender, caring, feminine, and nurturing aspects is an important step in Amadeo Giannini's growth. Amadeo Giannini needs to learn how to nourish and lovingly tend to both himself and others. Letting himself be taken care of sometimes is okay!

It is in his way of thinking, processing information and communicating that Amadeo Giannini is most likely to wrestle with these issues. In Giannini's relationships with neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances, he needs to try to bring out the qualities described above.

The following are specific activities that will support Amadeo Giannini in his growth. These may or may not feel natural to Giannini, and he may initially resist or feel awkward about them, but they are crucial to his path to wholeness.

Amadeo Giannini should care for and nourish children, plants, pets or other people. He needs to make a home, create and sustain strong relationships with his family or a community that can support him and give him a sense of safety and belonging.

Amadeo Giannini should develop his listening skills and deepen his understanding and appreciation of women and their perspective. Amadeo Giannini has to learn to trust his own feelings, intuitions and emotional needs. He needs to care for himself in an accepting, non-judgmental way.

It is in Amadeo Giannini's best interest to take all that is good and helpful from his past and use it in a new way. (If he is so inclined, Amadeo may want to explore the potential of past-life regression to tap into gifts he has already developed).

Amadeo Giannini should be willing to become more of a free thinker, to experiment and change, to loosen his ties to tradition and the known and to allow for new developments. He needs to practice getting involved in an area involving new techniques, rapid changes and innovation. Amadeo can be part of the avant-garde promoting such changes - be it in science, music or social relationships. Amadeo Giannini has to be willing to be different and perhaps to be considered eccentric or odd.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Sagittarius

Saturn in 8th house

Jupiter Quincunx Saturn

Saturn Opposition Moon/Mercury

Saturn Opposition Mercury/Uranus

Saturn Opposition Mercury/N. Node

N. Node in Cancer

N. Node in 3rd house

N. Node Conjunct Moon

N. Node Conjunct Uranus