Marion Zimmer Bradley
in Relationships

She is very sensitive, cautious, and shy about showing others her feelings. Though she may love and care for someone a great deal, Marion Zimmer Bradley rarely expresses her feelings openly and freely. Very often Bradley's love for someone is expressed by her wish to help her, do something tangible to benefit her or serve her in some way.

It is also difficult for her to receive warmth, affection or appreciation, for she often feels that she does not really deserve it or that "they do not really mean it". Bradley may therefore come across as rather cool and aloof - much more so than she feels.

A deeply ingrained critical attitude often makes Marion difficult to live with. Marion Zimmer Bradley needs to learn to be gentler and less of a perfectionist with others and with herself.

Marion Zimmer Bradley has a soft exterior and tends to relate very personally and sympathetically to other people. However, Marion sometimes lets her emotions overpower her reasoning and logic, and consequently she is sometimes biased in her opinions. Marion Zimmer Bradley is impressionable and rather gentle, or at least that is the way she appears. Her feelings are on the surface and Marion cannot hide her emotions.

Marion Zimmer Bradley genuinely appreciates and understands women, and is likely to have many female friends, a network of women who love and support her. It is relatively easy for Marion Zimmer Bradley to attract companionship and affection, and there will never be a lack of such relationships in her life. Children are very important to Bradley also.

Marion Zimmer Bradley has an inner poise and balance that enables her to act in a cool, efficient manner during emotional trauma and stress. She maintains her perspective and objectivity about highly charged emotional issues - sometimes to the chagrin of others who might wish that Bradley would react more intensely. Marion is quietly supportive and faithful to her friends and loved ones.

Sensitive and sentimental, Marion Zimmer Bradley is deeply attached to her family, old friends, familiar places and the past. She is romantic and tender in love relationships, and it is of utmost importance to Bradley to remember birthdays, anniversaries, family rituals and other personally significant days. Marion Zimmer Bradley seeks caring, emotional support, and security in her love relationships. Marion likes to be needed, as well as to cherish and protect her loved ones, of whom she is somewhat possessive.

Bradley is a very sociable, congenial person and she wilts very quickly without relationships with good friends and people to share good times with. Marion Zimmer Bradley thoroughly enjoys working with others on group projects or community activities. She is quite happy when she is a part of a club, support group, or team of some sort.

Feelings of loneliness, extreme shyness and/or the fear of rejection plague Marion Zimmer Bradley and may well inhibit her from expressing warmth and affection in an open way. Denying herself pleasure, comfort, and "nice things" due to feelings of unworthiness can also limit the joy Marion allows herself. Heartache and a loss of love in her life - perhaps while quite young - will serve to either close her heart to love or cause her to deeply cherish the friends and love she receives from others. The saying that "true love is hard to find" is certainly true for Marion Zimmer Bradley, but she will value it tremendously when it does come into her life.

The feeling that "there is not enough for me" may cause her to be very frugal and stingy with money as well.

When it comes to love relationships, Bradley is likely to feel pulled in several directions at once. In addition to her desire for depth and security in her relationships, Marion Zimmer Bradley has an impulsive side and a need for a lot of variety and excitement, as discussed in the following paragraphs. These urges do not have to conflict, but they certainly can, especially if Marion acts on her spontaneous impulses without much consideration for their long-term effects on her personal life.

Her love feelings are easily aroused and her romantic relationships begin with a sudden electric attraction, but they often end abruptly, and Bradley may be in and out of love relationships - especially in her younger years. Marion Zimmer Bradley craves emotional excitement and needs to feel spontaneous and free, so she may avoid making firm personal commitments. Unusual or nontraditional forms of love and relationships appeal to Bradley, and she is attracted to unique, creative or unstable people.

Marion has deep, compelling love feelings that seem irresistible and often irrational. Her love relationships are very passionate and intense, and Bradley experiences both agony and ecstasy in love. Marion Zimmer Bradley is always profoundly changed by her love experiences, though this change may stem from painful and difficult confrontations or separations. She is somewhat emotionally fanatic about things she cares about.

Marion Zimmer Bradley has a vivid imagination and is likely to imagine the most wonderful things, but she may over-idealize and tend to expect too much of love relationships. Marion tries to escape unpleasant experiences through fantasy and deception.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Moon in Virgo

Moon in 1st house

Moon Sextile Venus

Moon Trine Saturn

Venus in Cancer

Venus in 11th house

Venus Opposition Saturn

Venus aspects Saturn and Uranus

Venus Square Uranus

Venus Conjunct Pluto

Venus Conjunct Mercury/Neptune