Heather O'Rourke
motivation

In addition to having an independent spirit, as described in the previous chapter, Heather O'Rourke is also objective, pragmatic and quite ambitious. She is likely to work her way to the top of the ladder in some corporation, academic community or the like through her astute strategies combined with her willingness to take risks. Heather O'Rourke aims to be the authority, the one in charge. At times her impulsiveness may be at odds with her conservative, responsible side (which is discussed below). O'Rourke could experience ongoing internal tension between pleasing herself and acting spontaneously versus doing what she needs to do to get ahead and realize her long-range ambitions.

Serious, disciplined and quietly ambitious, she is driven to prove herself and to achieve material accomplishments and success. Her work, her position in the world, and her contributions to society are very important to O'Rourke. Heather O'Rourke will persevere through enormous hardship and frustration in order to reach a goal she has set for herself, and she often sacrifices much in the area of personal relationships and home life in order to do so.

Heather O'Rourke has a thoughtful, quiet and self-contained disposition and does not readily show her inner feelings and needs. Heather O'Rourke seems to always be in control, capable, efficient and strong. She is often the person in the family or group who is given more responsibility (and more work) than the others. She is highly conscientious and even as a child she possessed great maturity, soberness, and worldly wisdom.

She is basically a pragmatic realist, and though she may have all sorts of dreams, ideals and colorful theories, she feels that the ultimate test of a concept is its practical usefulness. Heather has an innate shrewdness and business sense, and there is a bit of the cynic in her as well.

She is clear-headed, detached and objective, and is not swayed by emotional dramatics. She is often authoritarian - strictly fair, but without mercy. Heather O'Rourke has a great respect for tradition and even if she does not agree with certain laws, she will abide by them or strive to change them, but never flagrantly disregard them. Cautious and conservative, Heather O'Rourke plays by the rules.

She is subtle, understated, quiet, deep, not easy to get to know intimately, and never superficial. She is a modest person and sometimes overly self-critical. Giving herself (and others) permission to feel, play, be spontaneous and silly, and sometimes weak and vulnerable is not easy for O'Rourke.

O'Rourke's strong points are her depth and thoroughness, patience, tenacity and faithfulness. Her faults are a tendency to be rigid and inflexible, and too serious.

O'Rourke is very attracted to world travel, foreign cultures and studies that expand her intellectual horizons and broaden her understanding of the world.

Heather O'Rourke is philosophically inclined and concerned with seeking answers to the big questions of life or getting an overall picture of any situation. Abstract concepts and/or plans for the future occupy her mind much of the time.

O'Rourke's subconscious needs and feelings blend well with her conscious intentions and desires, therefore Heather O'Rourke is able to proceed with her life's pursuits relatively unhampered by internal resistance or inconsistency. Heather's male-female relationships will also reflect this state of internal harmony.

She is an original! Heather O'Rourke radiates a sort of electrical excitement about the things she is interested in, and conveys this to others, but she also gets bored rather quickly. Heather does not mind being a bit unusual or breaking a few rules either.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Ascendant in Aries and Sun in Capricorn

Sun in Capricorn

Sun in 9th house

Sun Sextile Moon

Sun Sextile Uranus