So. Conventional astrological wisdom says that your ascendant dictates your outward appearance and mannerisms, your sun sign dictates your inner or "true" personality, and your moon dictates your emotions. Of course there's going to be bleed if you will between all three, because each of those things informs the other. My Scorpio sun says if people are intimidated, that's their thing to deal with, not mine. My Gemini ascendant feels the need to explain it away before it gets distracted by -- oh, look, my kid's playing inFAMOUS 2, what a cool move Cole just made -- and my Pisces moon wants me to mellow out and try to understand everyone else's point of view.

In large parts of the world, the sun sign is considered relatively insignificant and it's the moon sign that's most important... or at least that's what an astrologer friend told me once upon a time. I happen to think that all these things are simply tools for refining our self-understanding. What we make of them is just that: what we make of them, and really, every single one of us has the power to remodel ourselves in whatever image we like best. C'mon, Scorpio has to give us at least that much in exchange for all that power to intimidate!