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Those born on January 24 can receive an inordinate amount of admiration and loyalty from those around them. There are certain attractive elements to their active personalities that seem to draw people to them like flies. Yet, of course, this creates its own set of problems. Since so much is put on them by others, in terms of psychological projection (in extreme cases amounting to worship), their load is indeed a heavy one to bear. Not only for their “fans,” but for their family, friends and associates, January 24 people often must function as icons – perfect embodiments of what others themselves would like to be. Not surprisingly, jealousy from those who want what they have, or feel inferior to them, is also common.

It is only natural that many January 24 people appear conceited or stuck-up, since they often have been placed or have placed themselves in an exalted position from adolescence and early adulthood on. They may adopt an aloof attitude, primarily as a defense which protects their privacy. (Another reason may be that they work so hard that they regard personal intrusions as unwanted distractions.) Because January 24 people often hold lingering doubts whether they are as great as they are cracked up to be, they may not wish others to examine them so minutely. However, as long as they respond to the desires and wishes of others and satisfy expectations, they usually manage to maintain their position of high standing. The problem is that they may be completely out of touch with what they themselves want from life.

January 24 people must have the courage to, at some point, break down whatever false images of themselves exist and become the person they really are. One way to realize this is to be more transparent, i.e., more vulnerable in allowing others to see into their thoughts and emotions. This requires being less distanced, partaking in the normal give and take of everyday life, in the sharing of joys and sorrows with others as equals. In plain terms, January 24 people need to step off their pedestal and get down in the soup with everyone else. Until they do so, they will continue to be treated as a kind of rarefied being, which although providing them with a kind of pleasurable ego massage really does nothing for their character, personal growth or spiritual development.

Once January 24 people come to realize that the admiration of others can in fact be manipulation and that they are in fact hooked on it, they will have taken the first positive step toward change.

Giving up certain activities and associates may be essential for their transformation back to themselves. When they have reached this stage they will be free to shine once more, but with a true inner light which need not reflect what other people wish to see.