Looking the part
Composed, sensible and rather well turned out is the general verdict, and you often look older than you are, at least when you’re young. You speak with care and don’t waste many words. At a new job, people assume you’re the manager. In a crisis, they turn and look at you, though you may be just as lost as they are.
Your standards are visible from the first meeting. You tend to shake hands properly, and you’d rather be slightly overdressed than risk not being taken seriously.
Reserve isn’t lack of feeling
Others can read your composure as coldness, disapproval or a lack of interest. They may feel they’ve failed a test when you were simply listening. They may also assume you’ve got everything sorted, so no one offers you any help. A Pisces Moon or a Leo Sun behind this manner can be longing to be told they’re doing well, while looking as though the very idea would embarrass them.
The humor tends to be missed at first too. It’s dry, and it comes out with a straight face, so the people who get it become your friends. Many people find this Rising relaxes considerably with time, and looks and feels younger at forty than it did at twenty.
Warming up the first meeting
Dates can feel a bit like job interviews, on both sides. Try asking something you actually want to know instead of the sensible question. Laugh when you find something funny. Admit you’ve no idea what wine to order. Tiny lapses in your composure can be disarming, as they show someone there’s a person in there who might like them back.
If you’ve met one, don’t give up after one reserved evening. Look for whether they show up when they said they would, since that’s an early form of warmth. This all rests on a birth time accurate enough to find the sign, so if yours is a family estimate, treat the reading as a maybe.