Jean-Claude Van Damme
challenges and difficulties

Jean-Claude Van Damme has a great capacity for self-denial in the pursuit of a long-range goal. Jean-Claude is capable of hard work and persistent labor, but he may lack joyfulness and the ability to play. Jean-Claude Van Damme often feels burdened by life's demands and responsibilities, and may envy those who seem to attract what they want in life without a great deal of personal effort.

There is a very judgmental, stern, and uncompromising side of Van Damme's which may inhibit him a great deal. Jean-Claude Van Damme must avoid becoming heavy and cynical, or becoming a rather callous, sophisticated adult whose practicality and realism squeeze out the playful, imaginative side of life.

He is serious-minded and may have difficulty making light social conversation or participating in friendly, personal interchanges.

Jean-Claude Van Damme tries to be strictly accurate and he is critical of people who exaggerate or talk on subjects they really know little about. Van Damme withholds his thoughts and opinions until he has thought everything through quite thoroughly, and sometimes Jean-Claude's silence discomforts others.

His mental concentration is very good but his breadth of understanding may not be.

Now we will discuss patterns of behavior which Jean-Claude Van Damme 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 Jean-Claude Van Damme needs to follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness, and wholeness is also described.

His natural instinct, especially when under stress, is to passively go along with whatever is easiest, refrain from clearly analyzing or assessing his situation and perhaps even try to escape from seeing his situation clearly by indulging in fantasies, intoxicants, and the like. Dreaminess and impracticality, being unfocused and undefined (at least in certain areas) are ways Jean-Claude Van Damme copes with stress. Jean-Claude Van Damme also has trouble setting limits and saying no.

His development path lies in cultivating discrimination and clarity, becoming more precise, and developing technical and practical skills that will enable Jean-Claude Van Damme to function more efficiently in the world. Finding a way to be of practical service is also important.

It is in any involvements he has with teams, clubs, organizations, networks, and the like that Jean-Claude Van Damme is most likely to wrestle with these issues. The qualities described above need to be channeled into some sort of group effort or experience, or have some impact on society at large.

His conversations with others tend to be lively and productive but could also easily turn into arguments. The subject of Van Damme's discussions is likely to be about working on and incorporating educational matters.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Saturn in Capricorn

Saturn in 3rd house

N. Node in Virgo

N. Node in 11th house

N. Node Conjunct Mercury/Mars