Sagittarians love challenges of all kinds – physical or mental – and throw themselves into intellectual or physical pursuits with boundless and infectious reserves of energy. Sagittarians’ interests in both purely intellectual pursuits and highly physical adventure underscore their versatile natures and are clearly related to the dual nature of the Archer who symbolizes the sign and who represents the centaur Chiron – a half-man, half-horse god who was famed for wisdom and bravery. Sagittarians are often unabashedly optimistic extroverts who draw the admiration and affection all those they encounter.

You are enormously versatile, to the point that you really should try to control the impulse to be good at everything. Otherwise, life may be full of half-achieved objectives.

A lot of energy is needed to keep op with a Sagittarian lover: you are passionate, versatile, and experimental. All this makes for a lot of fun, but it is not for someone who likes a placid, steady, slightly dull life. You’re highly susceptible to the “call” of love and sex when you are young, and you will find it very easy to be knocked sideways by a beautiful girl or handsome boy. You won’t be slow in coming on to them, either. In fact, you’ll express your love with an exuberant sexiness that should knock them sideways, too. When you are a little older, you’ll recognize the quieter pleasures of conversation and companionship, and you’ll find it easy to express your love satisfactorily within a permanent relationship.

However, your partner may sometimes feel that you don’t take the relationship very seriously. Indeed, your need to express your versatility may lead you “astray” from time to time. In fact, your partnership, while not necessarily “open,” must be a little elastic. Any hint of claustrophobia will be killing to a Sagittarian – as will any suspicion of jealousy. You just don’t understand jealousy at all, and a jealous partner will infuriate and anger you. Remember that your partner may not have the same approach to love and sex as you do. So watch it!

But the fact that you are occasionally rather casual about your love doesn’t mean that you can’t love steadily and long. Your partner simply needs to learn that this is just a part of your characteristic freewheeling.

Sagittarians are very keen on being able to see the road ahead and anticipate any difficulties that may lie along the way. You also need to be able to do things your own way. Any job that involves travel should suit you. You’ll be able to get out and about and avoid dull hours at a desk. You may have a natural flair for languages, and you’re good at planning – whether for yourself or other people. You’re good with general details, too, but a grasp of fine detail may sometimes elude you – or you may get a little careless.

Many astrologers suggest that Sagittarians are the natural athletes of the zodiac, and it is true that your determination can fuel success in that area. You’re good at selling, as well, and work as a salesperson – especially if it involves travel – may be enjoyable and successful. The challenge of competition will be good for you.

In other words, you need freedom of expression on the job. And you also need challenge. If you do find yourself in a rather dull job, set yourself unthinkably high goals and fight your way toward them. Even if you don’t achieve them. Even if you don’t achieve them, the fight itself will do you good!

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Exercise is probably more important for a Sagittarian than for nay other sign. If you don’t get it, your whole system tends to get heavy and dull – and depression may build up. The hips and thighs are the key Sagittarian body areas, and the connection with weight gain will be obvious to woman reader, if not to men! An exercise routine, again, is the answer, coupled with a sensible diet. Sad, because you certainly enjoy your food – and drink. The latter indulgence can be especially unhealthy, when taken to excess, because a key Sagittarian body organ is the liver. If a strict diet does become necessary, think of it as a challenge. You love a challenge and are good at facing one head on.

It’s also idea for you to try to include energy-building, high protein foods in your diet. But keep an eye on your sweet tooth! Sure, sugar builds energy- but also builds fat! Junk food is particularly bad for you, but citrus fruits, especially grapefruit, are wonderfully good! And take plenty of supplemental vitamin C.

The thing to do is find an exercise routine that really appeals to you, so that you’ll be happy to devote time and energy to it. Ideally, join a really good gym, where it’ll be impossible to get bored. You can swoop from one class to another, one exercise machine to another. Change your workout regimen from season to season – Nautilus machine in the fall to free-weights in the spring. And switch sports with the weather – basketball to tennis to swimming.

Challenge will be as important in hobbies and leisure activities as it is in work, so try to achieve a balance between the separate demands of work and spare time. If your work mainly involves intellectual efforts, your hobbies should include physical activity – and vice versa. You have a naturally adventurous spirit, and hobbies such as rock climbing and paragliding should appeal to you. Travel may be attractive, too. And if you can’t travel, reading travel books will fascinate you. You’re often described as the hunter of the zodiac, and this can apply to any type of “hunting,” whether for antiques or for rare collectibles.

You may well go on educating yourself into extreme old age. Adult education classes of all kinds appeal to you, and you’ll work at them consistently and enthusiastically. But remember, like Gemini, you can be a little superficial about your approach to learning. You may end up knowing a little about a large number of things, rather than being a really through student in one area. Nothing wrong with that, if it satisfies you. But it is not the kind of attitude that makes passing examinations easy. So it you are after some additional degrees or qualifications, you may have to teach yourself to concentrate!