Aries:

Your essential purpose in life is simply to do something that makes you feel an independent and effective individual. At heart you are a pioneer, a champion of the underdog, the warrior — so therefore you must find a cause to fight for in life. As an Aries, you need to point yourself in a definite direction. In doing so you will encounter adversaries, but it is through them that you can discover your cause. In other words you have to push. If you don’t you will find others pushing you instead. You are egocentric and see life as an extension of yourself. This can appear to others as headstrong or selfish; but it is also what makes you able to act, rather than just think about acting. Aries is the sign of the leader. It is the first sign and it likes to be first. If you do not have a competitive spirit then you probably have a fairly strong fear of failure and a lack of self-worth, possibly born of bad experiences of someone else's assertiveness, such as violence, anger, or abuse, that have occurred in your life. If such is the case, championing those similarly abused could be the cause for you. Seeing that independence is what Aries is largely about, convoluted emotions such as self-pity and resentment should be ruthlessly weeded out for such deny you your essential nature and right, which is straightforward. This right is like the outpouring of life itself, and nothing should be allowed to get in the way of its innocence and freshness, for this is what enables your sign, like no other, to set the ball rolling.