The typical Aries native loves to initiate, lead, pioneer, command, encourage, inspire others, and pursue independent action. Aries thrives on excitement, risk-taking, danger, action, passion, and physical activity. Aries likes to be in charge, issue orders, and put ideas into action. As an Aries, you are likely to be an industrious worker with natural executive, leadership, or supervisory ability. Others may regard you as impetuous, bossy, hotheaded, and a bit pushy.

Fiery Aries is often drawn to work with combustion, weapons, explosives, sharp tools, iron, metals, machines, vehicles, aircraft, mechanical devices, and cutting instruments. Many athletes, explorers, pilots, racecar drivers, firefighters, surgeons, dentists, entrepreneurs, actors, politicians, butchers, police, and soldiers.

There is often mechanical skill, engineering ability, physical agility, and manual dexterity. The incisive nature of Mars may lead to an interest in psychiatry, investigation, research, or depth psychology. Outgoing Aries does well in sales, theatrical work, teaching, training, recruiting, and marketing. Your desire for autonomy may lead you to run your own business or to be your own boss. Aries seeks to "boldly go where no man has gone before," and Captain Kirk of Starship Enterprise may well have been born under this sign.

The Aries love of excitement and rapid decision-making may give an interest in stock trading, investing, gambling, or high finance. Common faults include a "me first" attitude and a sense that "I want what I want when I want it."