Michelle Phillips
drive and ambition

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

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

Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, Michelle Phillips enjoys arguing, debating, and contesting other people's opinions. She is quite forthright and sometimes tactless. Phillips can be very convincing about her point of view, but she is prone to a "hard-sell" approach which sometimes backfires. Challenging mental work is a good avenue for Michelle's aggressive intellect.

She enjoys risky, exciting activities and cannot tolerate too much routine, tedium, or inactivity. Unless other factors in her chart suggest staying power and the ability to follow through, Michelle Phillips may be the person who initiates a new venture but cannot happily participate in the ongoing, sustained effort it requires. "Independent" is Phillips' middle name! Michelle Phillips needs to be a totally free agent, to run her own show. Michelle likes to introduce new concepts to people, and then move on.

When Michelle Phillips wants something, she goes after it with passionate zeal and is sometimes so driven by her desire that she loses all objectivity. Michelle gets so deeply involved in whatever she is pursuing that she becomes one-sided, even fanatical. Strong-willed and stubborn, Michelle Phillips insists on having her way no matter the cost. She is fascinated with power. Phillips often tries to overpower anything or anyone she perceives as an obstacle, if not physically, then by the force of her will. Phillips can be ruthless and impersonal when it comes to achieving her ambitions and goals in life. Michelle Phillips has enormous energy and is capable of extraordinary effort and great achievement. Phillips can also become a compulsive workaholic.

Her efforts to do something are likely to be half-hearted. Michelle Phillips tends to get discouraged easily and may lack an incentive to work. Her sexual drive also may be somewhat low and Phillips tends to be averse to physical exertion in general.

Phillips may not feel like she has to work very hard or strive to achieve, either because she comes from a very comfortable background, or because inner contentment and satisfaction are more important to her than outward accomplishment. Michelle Phillips could be quite successful in real estate, agriculture, or anything involving land.

She may have to overcome something in her background or personal past in order to achieve her long-range goals and ambitions. Sometimes Michelle Phillips is apt to feel pulled in two different directions - what others expect of her or what she needs to do to progress, versus what her old conditioning or her emotional predisposition would have her do. Overcoming the pull of the past is the key.

To achieve her long-range goals and ambitions, the process must be interesting and mentally stimulating, as Phillips gets bored with work that is not challenging intellectually. Michelle Phillips needs variety and social stimulation as well. One problem she may have is saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, or to the wrong person. Michelle needs to watch her words. Her tongue or even her sense of humor can get Michelle Phillips in trouble with superiors at times.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mars in Leo

Mars in 3rd house

Mars Sextile Uranus

Mars Conjunct Pluto

Mars Conjunct Sun/Neptune

Jupiter Opposition MC

Moon Square MC

Mercury Square MC