Celebrity Horoscope for Alan Ladd

Your mind is your most valuable asset; you could be an intellectual. The world of ideas is important to you. Intellectual companionship, seminars, books, magazines, films, and educational cassettes interest you. Feeding your mind is just as important as feeding your body. School can be the place for you.

TIP: In the words of Robert Anton Wilson, "You need to learn more about everything, including how to learn more."

People fascinate you and you tend to regard them in a detached manner. Consequently you enjoy teamwork and social interactions more than most folk. Sentimentality does not figure highly in most of your relationships.

You can excel in any field that requires negotiation skills. Sales and writing may be avenues of pursuit. You have an affinity for abstract reasoning, codes of law and ethics - you're very good at perceiving, comparing and communicating. You are much more objective than most people, and probably more liberal in your thinking.

Your weakness is not foolishness so much as it is indecisiveness. Too much thinking can result in lost opportunities. There is a time to get out of your head and make a decision. If you find that you can't sleep because your mind is racing, get up and work with your ideas. Get ideas down on paper, onto index cards, into a word processing machine or up and out into the airwaves.

Consider getting a brain machine and taking "smart drugs." Learn speed reading and typing. To avoid overstimulation, cut back on the use of artificial sweeteners and sugar. To the same end, you might take a mineral supplement and kelp tablets.

How is it that people tend to associate perfectionism with you? Can it be that people think that you're essentially level- headed? Do you have a flair for statistics and analysis? Is it that you're highly selective and discriminating? What about your inquiries and examinations? Probably, you are more practical and methodical than the average person. You are not prone to brag or boast and can handle money well.

You can be cautious in matters of the heart. You like to do things for people and tend to be more of a giver than a taker. However, you do need to be thanked.

You're naturally tactful and diplomatic. You can see all points of view. You can see another person's point of view as well as your own self interest. Altogether, you prefer to deal with pleasant realities. When you're under too much emotional stress, you vacillate and procrastinate, especially when it has something to do with money. After all, you're adaptable and you want to do the right thing and be fair.

You respond to the spirit of fairness. You do some of your best work on a one on one basis. You could be a professional peace maker.

TIP: You need to find the right balance between your own needs and the needs of other people in your life.

You have a eye for beauty. There's something sophisticated, refined, graceful, polished and courteous about you. Grooming is important to you and your skin and hair are beautiful. You're naturally charming and an idea person. You're peace loving, except when provoked.

You see love as a 50 50 proposition, see your partners point of view and are willing to meet them half way. Be sure to meet them in front of a mirror, privately.

You need partnership, including mental compatibility. When your primary relationship is going well, you're most happy.

People can come to count upon your sunny disposition and your fiery temper. Speak from the heart and all will be well in your world.

Social pleasures, games and entertainment matter to you. It is also important that you get regular supplies of loyalty, attention and devotion. You appreciate lavish parties, good times and romantic encounters in front of a warm fireplace.

You have plenty of intellectual energy and you go get what you want by speaking up, speaking out and saying what's on your mind. People with new ideas and new ways of thinking turn you on. Your voice is emotionally charged and can inspire others to action.

A sense of duty, some ambitions and natural business abilities are yours. To increase your success, increase your people skills. You know how to be expedient, now learn to loosen up. An extra measure of success comes through the implementation of 12-year plans.

It is your task to acquire some educational discipline. You can turn abstract ideas into practical reality. TIP: To advance and earn, study and learn. Follow the three-beat pattern: Take it in, assimilate it and disseminate it.

It is important that you free yourself from restrictive people. Great knowledge and power can be yours. Some of your friends are unsettling. You can be a rebel leader and trouble-maker extraordinaire. You get a 7-year itch to pursue the highest human ideals. Find an outlet for your leadership.

When it comes to home, family and country you're part of a generation that tends to be idealistic. Your religious beliefs are sentimental. If your very foundation seems uncertain, take another look at what makes you feel secure.

You've an extra intense need for physical and emotional security. The hell of it is that domestic tranquillity has probably eluded you. Once you cultivate a live-and-let-live attitude, your emotional life will improve considerably.