Friday, January 2, 2015

Controlling Behavior

Controlling behavior is usually indicative of a strong Mars in one's horoscope. I have come across such people. 

Recently some example from movies and books came to my mind of people who were so controlling that they moved from mere reporting of events (as in media) to creating the very spectacular events that planned to report.

The first is from the novel Godfather by Mario Puzo. While explaining the character of the Godfather, the author says that the former would solve problems for others which he (the godfather) had created in the first place. 

The next example I remember is the book "The almighty" by Irving Wallace. A media baron wants to beat his competitors by rushing in news before they do - only he starts creating the very news that he wants to report. A similar theme was in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies where Mr Carver plays a similar role as in "The Almighty". When the desire / ambition (caused by Venus) is strong and the energy levels are high (strong Mars), one usually ends up being extremely controlling and the next step being (as Mr. Hyde) to intentionally cause problems which the person solves or reports while playing the Jekyll role.

A person with this nature usually is great at gauging (1) exactly how much to push, how much pressure to apply for maximum results and when to withdraw - incidentally one has to only read about Hitler who managed to annex a few countries in Europe without firing a single shot - all by sheer force of speech and applying the right amount of pressure, blackmail (2) which mode of persuasion to use - the soft emotional approach, the brute force, the logical appeal - basically "sama dana beda dhandam". The ability to gauge people and choosing the right amount and kind of pressure is a feminine or Venusian trait. When Mars also is strong, it usually creates a character of immense force.

Such people are "emperors" and they treat other people as their subjects. They have an unusual ability to notice things around them. Every thing or person or event or word uttered is viewed by them with the sole objective of meeting their personal goal. And being emperors, they hate to see any emigration of their "subjects".

What they say may not often be the absolute truth. Truth, by itself, being of no relevance to them and is never a goal. Truth is useful only insofar as it is a parameter to be analyzed, manipulated and presented appropriately. Statement of unadulterated truth by such people is an option exercised only if it is seen as the best option. They are excellent propaganda machines, marketing and spamming comes as naturally to them as breathing air.

The words uttered by them are meant to sway the audience. They are usually eloquent and use 150 words which 5 might have sufficed. 

They believe that the packaging of message is as important as the content of the message. And while delivering a message they would think through multiple options of packaging before deciding the optimum one based on the nature audience, which they would have gauged fairly accurately. They would make excellent lawyers, but horrible judges.

Their enthusiasm, optimism, single minded focus towards their goal is amazing. One gets charged while being with them.

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