Garcelle Beauvais
challenges and difficulties

Garcelle Beauvais often has a sense of longing or homesickness for something she cannot name or specify, and she may sense both a great attraction toward, and fear of, mysticism and parapsychology.

Overcoming feelings of fear, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, or over sensitivity is an important task for Beauvais.

Garcelle Beauvais has a mature, disciplined, serious attitude toward life that colors everything she does. Caution and realism are her virtues though Garcelle limits herself at times by being too careful, shy or fearful, not believing in herself enough, or lacking the required assertiveness. Others find Garcelle Beauvais difficult to get to know intimately, as Beauvais tends to distance herself from them or to outwardly adopt a rather stern, "adult" demeanor.

Garcelle Beauvais seesaws between playing it safe, and doing something unique and original, between self-control and letting loose, between being a responsible adult and a rebellious adolescent, between what Garcelle has to or should do and what her spontaneous impulses tell her to do. All of this creates enormous inner tension as well as friction with people in her environment. Garcelle Beauvais may, for instance, bitterly resent government or authority figures who "crush her individuality", yet ignore her obligations and responsibilities, thus ensuring that they will pursue her. Learning to give each side its due is an ongoing challenge for Beauvais.

Garcelle Beauvais feels that she must work very hard and struggle against tremendous odds that impede her chances of fulfilling her life's ambitions. Garcelle may adopt a very hard, cynical, or nihilistic attitude that will only drag her down further. There are major problems with her father or figures of authority. Garcelle Beauvais may fail simply to spite "them", without realizing that she is primarily hurting herself. If she can overcome her feelings of loneliness, bitterness or isolation, and direct her energies toward constructive endeavors, Beauvais can be immensely effective because of her tremendous tenacity and potential for achievement.

She is not afraid of hard work and leaves no stone unturned in the pursuit of her objectives. Garcelle Beauvais has a strong desire to overcome any difficulties or obstacles in her way and will do this at all cost, even if it means having to use force.

Somewhat stubborn and self-willed, Garcelle Beauvais persists no matter what obstacles she has to overcome. She has great endurance and strength and she forces herself to work very hard. Garcelle Beauvais may be somewhat one-sided in the pursuit of her objectives.

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

Garcelle Beauvais benefits by becoming more aware of the rhythm of the seasons and the natural world, learning to slow down and allow life to unfold in its own time. Nurturing a garden, a child, or some other living, growing thing gives Garcelle Beauvais a sense of inner balance.

Garcelle Beauvais has a tendency to be deeply suspicious, to not take anything at face value and to see hidden agendas and dark motives even where none exist! Life does not have to be a constant conflict... Garcelle needs to learn to accept things as they are.

Beauvais also needs to develop patience, peace and stability by grounding herself in her daily work and behaving consistently and reliably towards others.

It is in her way of thinking, processing information and communicating that Garcelle Beauvais is most likely to wrestle with these issues. In Beauvais' relationships with neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances, she needs to try to bring out the qualities described above.

The specific habits which are likely to hold Garcelle Beauvais back, or which she is prone to overdo, especially during stressful periods, include:

Excessive thinking, rationalizing or talking, the overuse or misuse of Beauvais' intellectual abilities and the tendency to allow her energy to be dissipated in trivial activities.

The following are specific activities that will support Garcelle Beauvais in her growth. These may or may not feel natural to Beauvais, and she may initially resist or feel awkward about them, but they are crucial to her path to wholeness.

Garcelle Beauvais should care for and nourish children, plants, pets or other people. She needs to make a home, create and sustain strong relationships with her family or a community that can support her and give her a sense of safety and belonging.

Garcelle Beauvais should develop her listening skills and deepen her understanding and appreciation of women and their perspective. Garcelle Beauvais has to learn to trust her own feelings, intuitions and emotional needs. She needs to care for herself in an accepting, non-judgmental way.

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

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Pisces

Saturn in 1st house

Saturn Opposition Uranus

Saturn Opposition Pluto

Saturn Opposition Mars/Pluto

Saturn Opposition Uranus/Pluto

N. Node in Taurus

N. Node in 3rd house

N. Node Opposition Mercury

N. Node Conjunct Moon