Your name of Bernstein gives you a strong urge for independence. 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. When you are required to express yourself in personal matters requiring finesse and diplomacy, you feel awkward and embarrassed. This name restricts spontaneity in association and the fluency of your verbal expression. You prefer to be alone with your own thoughts, rather than in the company of others. You will not tolerate dominance by others because your freedom means too much to you. Your name often makes you feel separate and alone. You have known misunderstandings and a tendency to jealousy and moods of depression. You find satisfaction in being outdoors or in getting out into nature, or in dealing with the products of the earth. There is originality and depth of thought contained in this name, particularly along practical and mathematical lines.