In order to communicate and develop ideas, people with a water element birth sign are better able to persuade others without resorting to violence. When faced with difficult circumstances, Water people frequently overlook the road of kindness in favor of the easiest and most direct path. They are timid, apathetic, and overly dependant on other people's help when they are at their worst. Appropriate industries for business are those that deal with agriculture, alcoholic beverages, ornamental fish, shipping, distribution, commerce, credit, and travel (land and sea).