Frances McDormand
drive and ambition

McDormand is proud and ambitious and she strives to excel, stand out and be recognized for who and what she is. Frances McDormand has a very dominant ego and likes to be Number One. Frances finds it difficult to take orders from others or to stay in the background, and she hates being wrong; Frances McDormand always insists that she is right!

She is forceful, strong, energetic, determined and highly competitive. Frances McDormand plays hard, plays to win and does not give up easily. In fact, she sees life as a competitive sport or performance. Frances loves admiration and applause, and she has a strong sense of personal honor and integrity. Frances McDormand tends to be very self-confident, even arrogant. Because of her self-confidence, Frances is able to accomplish a great deal, but if her confidence is ever undermined, Frances McDormand becomes self-conscious, defensive and rather belligerent.

She is a team player and collaborates well with others who share her goals, ideals and intentions. Frances McDormand can coordinate group efforts and inspire people to work toward a common goal.

Team sports are also a lot of fun for Frances, and she could be a leader, coach or director of any group endeavor.

Dynamic, self-willed, and fiercely independent, she has extraordinary drive and energy. When Frances McDormand wants something, she wants it this very minute, and she acts quickly, impulsively and decisively. Her impatience inclines Frances McDormand to be abrupt with people and reckless. She needs a great deal of personal freedom to do things in her own way and does not happily conform to schedules, rules or regimes imposed by others. She is intolerant of authority and can be very rebellious. She is very frank with others, sometimes brutally so. Frances McDormand may have an explosive temper. High-strung and often nervous and tense, Frances finds it difficult to slow down, pace herself or relax. Frances McDormand is always on the go. She is restless, daring and experimental.

While Frances McDormand is often charged with energy and inspired about what she wants to do (as mentioned earlier), there is a dreamy, visionary, or passive side to her as well. Her energy level may fluctuate from being superabundant to rather lax.

Ordinary life often seems drab and uninteresting to Frances and she must have something that stirs her imagination - a vision or ideal or dream to motivate her. Frances McDormand has a strong urge to act out her fantasies or to live her dream, and Frances McDormand will act where others merely talk or dream. Artistic creation, drama or other areas in which McDormand can express herself imaginatively are excellent for her.

Work that only serves her own narrow personal interests does not satisfy Frances McDormand. She may lack the competitive edge, the fighting spirit, the "me first" attitude that is often required for material advancement and success. She also tends to either overestimate or underestimate her own power and abilities.

Her personal ambition is very high and Frances McDormand has the desire to perform record achievements. Although her recuperative abilities are strong, McDormand should be careful not to over-exert herself. Frances can also be somewhat ruthless in her pursuit of success.

Frances McDormand has a talent for putting fresh ideas and inspiration into practice. She is ready and willing to apply new ideas and methods, and she has a knack for gaining acceptance for a new idea and implementing it.

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 Frances McDormand goes about achieving her goals and ambitions. "Work smarter, not harder" is McDormand's motto.

Frances has grand aspirations and may be inordinately ambitious at times. In other words, she is liable to be discontent with small successes and to feel like a failure unless she achieves extraordinary things. Frances McDormand should avoid get-rich-quick schemes that promise tremendous returns in return for little energy expenditure. Even if they do seem to succeed, McDormand's ideals and values could be compromised.

Her decisions are based on the demands of the situation and she is able to take advantage of the right moment. Strongly career oriented, Frances McDormand may experience inner conflicts between her professional and personal lives.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mars in Leo

Mars in 11th house

Mars Conjunct Uranus

Mars aspects Uranus and Neptune

Mars Square Neptune

Mars Conjunct Sun/Pluto

Saturn Trine Uranus

MC Conjunct Mercury

Jupiter Square MC

MC Conjunct Moon/Mars