Ann Druyan
drive and ambition

She is a "busy bee" - energetic, restless, and forever on the go. Her active mind is always buzzing with ideas and Ann sometimes finds it difficult to relax, slow down or take the time to reflect and regroup. Ann Druyan tends to live on nervous energy. She can accomplish a great deal in short bursts, but projects that require long-term commitment, stamina and steady, persistent effort are not easy for Druyan. Ann Druyan often scatters her energies into so many directions and activities at once that she cannot finish or follow through on all of them. She needs variety, change and intellectual challenges.

Ann Druyan has a sharp and eager mind, and she enjoys games and competitions with an intellectual challenge. Ann likes to match wits with others.

Druyan often achieves her desires through her verbal skill and her ability to speak out clearly and convincingly for what she wants. Her drive and energy are more intellectual than physical. Ann Druyan uses her wit, intelligence, communication skills, social sophistication and awareness to achieve her goals.

She has passionate convictions and will fight for them when challenged. Ann Druyan is willing to dedicate a great deal of her energy and force to an important cause, and she will act decisively on her beliefs, rather than simply espousing them.

Sometimes Druyan gets so involved and identified with her ideas that she cannot really be receptive to anyone who opposes her philosophically.

She abounds with self-confidence and vitality and Ann Druyan believes she can do just about anything she wants to. Ann has an enterprising spirit, a good sense of timing and the ability to sense what will succeed and what will not. Druyan usually makes fortunate work or business decisions. She enjoys healthy competition and has a rather playful, good-humored attitude toward it. Ann Druyan mostly competes with herself to see how far she can go or how much she can accomplish. Ann likes to keep stretching her limits.

Although enterprising and proactive, Ann Druyan is also capable of ample much self-discipline, patience and effort. She may swing from confidence and trust in the future to pessimism and doubt, when it comes to achieving her aims in life.

Ann Druyan works hard and patiently to achieve her objectives and perseveres in spite of difficulties and discouragement. When concentrating on a single, clearly defined goal, Ann is able to accomplish a great deal, but she often feels that the path is long and arduous, and that she must struggle on alone and shoulder the burden single-handedly.

She is capable of great self-control and self-denial and can be a hard taskmaster, expecting far too much of herself. She also tends to hold herself back and doubt her own power and ability. Ann Druyan feels that she meets with great resistance whenever she tries to assert herself or take initiative. Anger and frustration can be big problems for Ann Druyan, especially when she tries to work with other people or depend too much on others for support. Ann works best in solitude.

In meeting her challenges and difficulties in life, Ann Druyan does have allies: her ability to tolerate tension and ambivalence, her ability to compromise, and a capacity to endure discomfort. Remaining steady in the midst of crisis or sudden change is an aspect of this, as well as knowing when to wait and when to make necessary changes. Ann's timing is usually good.

Language, words, communication, networking, clarity of speech or writing, being a messenger or go-between - these are key features in her career, as well as how Ann Druyan goes about achieving her goals and ambitions. "Work smarter, not harder" is Druyan's motto.

Ann Druyan has a powerful drive for achievement, and a career in athletics, or some other very vigorous, challenging, active work that appeals to her. She is apt to push herself very hard, trying to outdo the competition. When possible, Druyan likes to work independently, blazing trails for others to follow. Impatience, recklessness, or a too ego-centered approach to success could be her downfall. (Knowing Ann Druyan, however, she is apt to get right back up!)

Ann Druyan has a spiritual gift or vocation which colors her personal ambitions and drive for achievement. Helping people or serving the Whole is part of her role in life. Music, the arts, entertainment, and/or using imagery, visualization, or imagination can be aspects of Ann's work in the world.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mars in Gemini

Mars in 9th house

Mars Trine Jupiter

Mars aspects Jupiter and Saturn

Mars Square Saturn

Saturn Sextile Uranus

MC Conjunct Mercury

MC Conjunct Mars

Neptune Trine MC