Aladiyah

Aladiyah accompanies the period from 6 to 11 May and belongs to the Cherubim. Its motto is «My power grows through giving». In this symbolic portrait, the ability to understand people joins a strong need to give of yourself: to share what you feel, what you understand and what you can do.

Generosity is at the heart of this name. The dalet, the last of the three letters alef-lamed-dalet, evokes precisely this openness to others. Your talent gains strength when it finds someone to reach. It may be a piece of work, a story, a gesture of affection or an insight that helps another person see clearly. Giving means finding something within yourself worth offering.

One of your strongest abilities is identifying what holds others back. You can grasp the reasons behind behaviour, recognise a conflict and trace the point at which someone stopped expressing themselves freely. A fear, a repeated mistake or a hidden desire becomes clearer. When you can reveal these, you also help people see possibilities that previously seemed beyond reach.

This sensitivity can express itself in listening and working with people, but also in acting and storytelling. A character, a scene or a story can make visible what someone lives through without being able to explain it. The audience recognises something of themselves and starts to see it differently. Understanding and helping others understand are two aspects of the same gift.

In Aladiyah's famous figures, giving of oneself takes specific forms. Sigmund Freud and Orson Welles represent the opening of the deeper parts of their inner world: what they bring to light becomes something to share through their work. In Eva Perón, the gift takes the form of a heart offered to the Argentine people. Rudolph Valentino, Gary Cooper, Fred Astaire and Fernandel express a tenderness that reaches and engages the audience.

Roberto Rossellini, Ettore Scola and Glenda Jackson belong to the same rich presence of Aladiyah in entertainment; Robespierre represents its pull on the political stage. These examples centre on the ability to open yourself and bring something deeply your own to others.

With yourself, however, you may be less clear-sighted. The main obstacle is selfishness, in the sense of settling for who you already are or what you possess and wanting to keep it to yourself. You may grow attached to the importance you have achieved, defend your position and stop growing. What you once shared freely becomes something to protect. Even a great talent then ends up with little room.

This closing-off can lead to insecurity, dissatisfaction and a sense of uselessness. You still have much to give but no longer find a way to offer it. You may become rigid, complicate relationships and decisions, or waste time, abilities and resources because what you have no longer gives meaning to your days. The need to grow and help others grow remains, even when you try to stop it.

Devoting yourself to someone you admire can help you move beyond this closure. A partner, a more experienced person or a teacher can encourage you to give your best and go beyond what you thought you could do. For you, devotion can become an intense force. The quality of the person you choose matters: admiration becomes dependence when the need to follow them silences your judgement and leads you to justify everything.

In love, you may seek a great bond to which you can devote your whole self. Your care and tenderness can be so abundant that the person beside you finds them hard to receive. The relationship needs space for both people and someone able to welcome your affection without taking advantage of it.

Over time, this search may change form: first a great love, then an admired figure at work, finally a spiritual guide. The most important shift comes when you recognise within yourself some of the strength you attributed only to them. The people you admired have shown you qualities you can begin to develop for yourself.

This is why taste and culture have practical value. Literature, painting, music and cinema help you discover different ways of being and creating. Beauty refines your choice of role models. If you settle for uninspiring environments or follow only what is fashionable, you may idealise people with little to offer and adapt to them simply to have someone to devote yourself to. The risk is losing your judgement and the desire to be yourself.

When you give up expressing who you are, unease, distrust and continual concern about health can take hold. Living in this tension for a long time can fuel persistent stress that also makes itself felt in the body, with tiredness and disturbed sleep, and may encourage inflammatory processes.

Aladiyah's direction is to keep generosity alive: to continue learning, choose carefully whom to devote yourself to and give form to what you possess. Your power grows when what is within you finds a way to reach others, without remaining imprisoned in the role or importance you have already achieved.