Begin

All 3 members of the first archetype - Aries, Mars and the 1st house - are strongly associated with beginnings. This is the initiating archetype - it begins things. It is the emergence into manifestation. The beginning of the beginning is an idea, an ideal, a vision. This first archetype experiences the idea as an imperative, as a demand to be. Further, the archetype identifies with the idea, and thus with its urgency. The archetype moves with the impulse, becomes the impulse, energetically and aggressively imposing itself upon its environment. Inevitably there is a reaction, a resistance - the inertia of reality opposing the new. The archetype takes this as a challenge to be faced and overcome. It quickly generates great amounts of energy for the fight, all in the service of beginning. Whether or not successful, the archetype soon loses interest, moving on to the next new idea, new impulse, new beginning.