Susan Sontag
approach to life and appearances

The following is a description of Susan's basic stance toward life, the way others see her, the way Susan Sontag comes across, the face she shows to the world. In the page about motivation you will read about the inner Susan Sontag - her real motivation, which describes the kind of person she is at heart and where her true priorities lie. Study this page and the next one and compare them - there may be significant differences between the two, in which case "the inner Susan Sontag" may not shine through and others may be in for so a few surprises once they get to know Susan a little better. This page describes the disguise Sontag wears, her role in life, while the page about motivation talks about the real person beneath the disguise.

Susan Sontag has a sensible and realistic outlook on life and her two feet are always planted firmly on the ground (though she may, on occasion, have her head in the clouds). Others often see Sontag as a rock of strength, solid, reliable, dependable, and constant. She is, in fact, amazingly consistent for she possesses great powers of endurance and does not like to make changes or adjustments to her regular routine. Susan does things deliberately and methodically and does not easily accommodate the unexpected. Though she has a gentle, even soft, appearance, Susan Sontag is enormously strong-willed and stubborn. She follows her own pace and refuses to be rushed or pushed into anything before she feels sure about it. Sontag can be coaxed and persuaded by charm, beauty, love or affection - but never forced. She will not fight either, but simply stubbornly resist any attempt at being coerced into doing something she does not want to do.

When Sontag has a purpose, she is extremely fixed, immovable, and bullheaded about it. Her obstinacy is often infuriating to others, especially since it takes much provocation to make her flare up or respond to their anger. Susan Sontag appears calm, unruffled, and unemotional most of the time, but behind her easygoing and peaceable appearance there lies great strength. When it comes to a contest of wills, Susan often wins simply due to her relentless persistence and her ability to outlast just about anyone. Another reason for her reluctance to make changes is her very strong need for security. Susan is most comfortable in stable, relatively unchanging conditions and she also has a strong desire for tangible security - a home of her own, money in the bank, job security, etc. The flip side of Sontag's hankering for permanence is that she easily gets caught up in a rut and will stay in a familiar situation (e.g. job, marriage) long after it has lost its vitality and interest.

Susan Sontag has a keen appreciation of the natural world and she derives great joy from the down-to-earth comforts of the physical world, with its myriad of delights. She is quite sensual in a very natural, wholesome way and she knows how to enjoy herself. Sontag is appealing to the opposite sex in an earthy way. She is also a great lover of beauty and her tastes are basically conventional or classic - not modern.

Bright, alert, quick of tongue and/or of movement, there is youthfulness about Susan's manner and appearance regardless of her chronological age. Susan Sontag also always appears busy and active, and somewhat restless. Sontag needs mental stimulation from her environment, or she will rapidly get bored.

There is an air of universal sympathy, gentleness, and nonjudgmental acceptance about Susan Sontag which draws people in need to her. Because she has a good deal of intuitive insight or psychic perceptiveness, Susan is able to say or do just the right thing for them. Susan Sontag needs to beware of fostering dependency in those people, however.

Others are attracted to Sontag because of her light-hearted, cheerful and optimistic personality. Very charming, Susan Sontag is likely to give frequent compliments. She is very affectionate toward others and has a need to be in active relationships with people.

Sontag is cheerful, warm-hearted and social and she strives for a pleasant life. She likes to be seen in social circles and is charitable to her fellow man. It makes Susan Sontag happy to be involved in many relationships and she is very sympathetic toward everyone.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Taurus Rising

Mercury Trine Asc.

Neptune Trine Asc.

Asc. Opposition Moon/Venus

Asc. Opposition Venus/Jupiter