Marie Bashkirtseff
growth and expansion

Bashkirtseff cannot tolerate smallness or pettiness in any form, and she has a tendency to exaggerate. Also, Marie Bashkirtseff has a wonderful sense of drama! Marie must live boldly and heroically. Otherwise she feels she is simply existing and wasting her talents.

The desire for personal recognition - or even fame - and a need to do something she feels really proud of, motivate Bashkirtseff strongly. Marie Bashkirtseff also has an unusual capacity for fun and playfulness.

Bashkirtseff is very open-minded and deeply curious about distant places and ways of thinking and living that are different from her own. The urge to travel widely and to experience as much of the world as possible is very strong in Marie. The study of philosophy or religion also interests her a great deal. Marie Bashkirtseff benefits from her relationships with other cultures, and she may be involved in linking those who are far apart geographically or philosophically.

She is prone to impractical dreams and schemes and quixotic visions of what could be. If Bashkirtseff's plans are too farfetched or grandiose, they are apt to never be realized. Even if other factors in her chart indicate that she is a well-grounded, realistic person, Marie Bashkirtseff still has this unfettered imagination which sometimes runs away with her. Occasionally Marie can be duped.

She is diplomatic and has the ability to persuade others to her point of view. Her viewpoints are very deep and Marie Bashkirtseff really understands what she has learned, making her a good teacher. She is likely to have great successes and public recognition.

Because of her impractical idealism and somewhat inflated expectations, Marie Bashkirtseff may leave herself open to exploitation by other people. By the same token, at times Bashkirtseff could also have a desire to use others to her advantage.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Jupiter in Leo

Jupiter in 9th house

Jupiter Quincunx Neptune

Jupiter Opposition Mercury/Pluto

Jupiter Opposition Neptune/N. Node