Josie Maran
drive and ambition

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

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

She is a doer and an achiever. Energetic, courageous, and often impatient, Josie Maran will forge ahead with her plans regardless of the reservations of others. In fact, Maran often feels other people get in her way and she prefers to work on her own. Josie is active, assertive and rather competitive as well.

Intensely restless, dynamic and energetic, she is always on the go. When Josie Maran wants something, she wants it NOW, and she acts decisively and impulsively, albeit sometimes hastily and prematurely. Impatient, high-strung, and often nervous and tense, Josie finds it difficult to slow down, pace herself or relax. She is fiercely individualistic and independent, self-willed and intolerant of restraints and restrictions imposed by others. Josie Maran has a reckless disregard for authority and can be extremely rebellious. Cooperating with others is not Maran's strong point! She is often brutally frank and abrupt with people, and can be quite impersonal when she is pursuing a desired goal. She may demonstrate an explosive temper when her will is blocked. Josie Maran has a superabundance of energy and she needs a great deal of personal freedom to do things in her own style and at her own pace.

When Josie Maran wants something, she can be amazingly persistent and unrelenting - even a bit obsessed - although quiet about it. In fact Josie may even hide her underlying intentions from friends. Whenever she does anything, she does so wholeheartedly and thoroughly - and if Josie Maran does not want to do something that others wish her to do, she will somehow find a way out of it. Maran is strong, though subtle.

Josie Maran seems to be in a constant state of deep inner turmoil, is excited easily and subject to changes of mood. Driven by inner compulsion she may do things that invite quarrels or disputes in her relationships and because of her hasty reactions Maran also is prone to injuries.

The road to success, professional advancement and fulfillment of her long-range goals is likely to be easier and smoother for Josie Maran than for many. This is partly due to her getting a great deal of financial and/or emotional support. Someone early in her life probably really believed in Josie and had high expectations for her. Josie Maran contributes to her own success by setting high goals and enlisting the aid of friends and others to achieve these goals. A lack of selfishness or pettiness is a great boon to her. Whatever Josie Maran does is likely to be expansive and eventually quite prosperous.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mars in Leo

Mars in 1st house

Mars Square Uranus

Mars Sextile Pluto

Mars Conjunct Moon/Pluto

Jupiter Sextile MC