Your name of Arlyn gives you a strong urge for independence. From early in life, you have asserted your individuality, learning through your own experiences, relying upon your ingenuity and practical creativity to accomplish your objectives. You will not tolerate dominance by others because your freedom means too much to you. Your friendships and personal associations are rather restricted, being limited to those of a similar nature who can understand and accept your rather straightforward yet reserved manner. Investigating and studying various aspects of nature, for example, as an astronomer or naturalist, appeal to your desire to seek an understanding of life. In conversation, you prefer to use as few words as possible and often choose silence rather than idle chatter. Neither sentimental nor idealistic, you take life as it comes and learn as you go. Nothing intimidates you once you make up your mind. You find satisfaction in being outdoors or in getting out into nature, or in dealing with the products of the earth. You work best where you can combine physical labour and prefer to work where you can spend time outdoors.