Astrological Spending Habits

Are you a perfect spender? Do you spend even when you are nearing the end of your overdraft? Or do you save for months to buy the pretty dress in the shop window? Each of us has a financial history, sometimes a psychological flaw when it comes to financial matters. Many of us feel guilty about over spending, and shopping, and we let money flow through our hands as if we had holes in them, or throw it around like it was “going out of fashion!” The question is what is our Astro Club’s attitude to spending?

ARIES

Aries butt hard when it comes to spending. Definitely “all or nothing” on sports gear or bungee jumping expenditures, accountants and frugal financial advisers are not best friends. Their only hope is to be blessed with a rich relative, who does not mind contributing to their disproportionate financial habits. These folks cannot resist feeling that loose change in their pockets and throwing it on the counter!

TAURUS

Solid, feet planted firmly on the ground when it comes to insurance, and long term savings plans, sensible bulls have a tendency to mind their financial “Ps” and “Qs” in the name of a financially realistic game. Taurus does not need rich relatives to drive expensive cars or dine in swish restaurants. May be because they had the “gilt edge bond concept” built into their psyches when they were born. Spending on exotic food products or investing in confectionery manufacturers is considered a safe option for most bull heads.

GEMINI

Bright enough to turn down pyramid schemes; Mercury ruled Gemini tends to read “The Financial Times” with patience. They pay bills on time and put money into wise investments, but when it comes to shopping, they splurge on communication knick knacks. The latest computers, telephones, fax machines, and iPods are necessary for their peace of mind. The Gemini is therefore both a communicative spender and sensible saver.

CANCER

Cancer started stuffing pocket money into bed socks at the age of three. At ten they opened a post office savings account, and it earned considerable interest! They then got into savings schemes and sensible investments on stock and bonds. The fact is old “crabby claws” knows how to hang on to the dollar! Shopping sprees are confined to antique gold jewellery that they tend to keep “safe in the safe” for “rainy days”!

LEO

Nothing can stop this fiery sign’s spending habits. Worldwide financial crises? Third World War? ETs landing on the Whitehouse Lawn? No matter, Leo still goes where spending sprees and often angels fear to tread! Generous attempts to help “down on their luck mates” can place poorer Leos in risky situations. But when the creditors come a knocking, without knowing why they extend the Leo loan. Perhaps Leo’s golden charisma and big smile are too hard to resist!

VIRGO

Usually frugal, with their finger on the adding machine, earthy Virgos will still go ballistic at a Harrods’s sale. The thought of a classy bargain gets their juices flowing. Nevertheless, see them investing in a stylish grandfather clock or a new fangled electric blanket when the need takes them. Home repairs and property deals are thought of as real life investments. Extensions, revamping attics and interior décor are a must in solid Virgo’s book! High level property is lucrative property.

LIBRA

Libra loves beautiful things. They will spend on makeovers if that beautiful thing is them! They know that a well turned out person is a well respected one, so labeled clothes become as much of a necessity as reliable plastic. Libra would not be afraid to tie a bow around a Rover limousine if a girl friend yearned for one on her birthday. “Positive financial outlooks” are definitely on Libran’s list of conceptual things to do. Yet at the end of the day their bank balance is unusually well balanced!

SCORPIO

Scorpio security comes before Scorpio spending, why? Because Scorpio is an old soul and they know what financial foolishness can do to the human soul? Even though some Scorpio manipulations could involve “back room style” investments, intense spending sprees only occur when the money is a thick wad in the wallet. See Scorpio shopping for black leather underwear and “collector item” Batman comic books.

SAGITTARIUS

Fiery Saggy does not watch the Euros, they spend them. Some might say they have a misplaced optimism in their money attractor abilities. Be that as it may they will usually find the means to buy the thorough bred horse, or the country pub no matter what the bank manager says. Even if radically down on their monetary luck their planetary protector, the affluent Jupiter, will lead them to positive outcomes. Stardust seems to emanate out of their wallets quite naturally. They could end up as natural money spinners!

CAPRICORN

Shopping Capricorn tends to go for the best value. If that means hiring a consultant to track the darned bargain down, all well and good! Money attracts money in Capricorn’s book, and everything has to be upper end market. Capricorns hold down sensible blue chip investments, and when they hit the department store know what class act to hone in on! They are unafraid of being rich, and do not feel sorry for poor people! But they will invest in charities that move the appropriate heartstrings!

AQUARIUS

Aquarians invest in ideas and ideals and they don’t mind how much money they spend on them, even it mean borrowing Peter to pay Paul. Their vision is the important thing, and they will sacrifice their savings, their credit cards and their piggy banks to make sure that vision comes into being. The phrase “money is no object” might refer to a riding school for ghetto kids, or a therapy centre extension. It is the “cause” that matters not the money.

PISCES

Pisces float through life seemingly beaching on “Money Island” quite naturally. They care so little about the stuff, that it rushes to meet them like a spurned lover. Nothing stops them from “paying through the nose” to get what they want. Somehow they intuit that money is just energy, and the more positive one thinks, the more that energy flows towards one. Pisces are old souls who have an intuitive understanding of the dollar, which then morphs into their perfect match!