Brief description
Disciplined, resistant, energic, just, diligent, reliable. Their motto: Nothing will defeat me!
Strengths
People born in the sign of Hornbeam are pragmatic realists who strive for a reliable and natural order. Among all natural tribes a hornbeam-tree represents strength, stability, reliability, self-discipline, diligence and extraordinary results. People born in this sign make clear commitments, they set high but reachable goals and they rather act than speak. Their toughness is difficult to beat. A basic consensus is very important to them. They need a sort of elementary rules that are set on the basis of the nature and are accepted by all members of the community. If they find such a thing they are able to resist all the difficulties with immense power.
Weak points
People born in this sign obey the nature and they require this from the others, too. They abound with joy of life but they can hardly express in public their delight of this joy. A similar situation is in love area, regarding passion and unrestricted erotic in particular. If they deviate from their sober line they turn narrow-minded, grumpy, moody and implacable. They do not accept a lack of discipline and unreliability. Beware! If you attack them they react flexibly and extremely aggressively. With such an attitude it often happens that they are not able to act reasonably.
What should Hornbeams be careful about?
The natural toughness of this sign must not be confused with a lack of emotions. If Hornbeams are called "iron wood" which stands for its extraordinary resistance, robustness (also mental) and mettle which should not be underestimated. Unlike the others a tree and a person of this sign never satisfy themselves with given facts. They do not lay claims on anything and it is not easy to break them. Troubles and twists are not a reason to feel uncomfortable if they have friends or family to support them. These people are absolutely reliable in bad times. They do not know the word capitulation.
They are rarely disconcerted by something – they are both mentally and psychically very tough. However, if a Hornbeam really suffers it is caused by a lack of spontaneity in his/her surroundings. For example they fear modern technologies and innovations which make lives of other people pleasant, and because the nature is pushed to the background this sign gets more and more often into an existential conflict. These people cannot bear life that lacks sense of spontaneity contained in our genes.