posted March 16, 2006 10:02 AM              

Speaking as an obsessive person, I LIKE to have something I am passionate about. To me, if I have something that I feel deeply about and think it can be used to help others build and develop their life, then I put a LOT of energy into it. I remember when I was first discovering astrology...I went "charting crazy"! Everyone, everything, all had to be tested and discussed.

If you are discovering astrology and having fun discovering it, I say...keep doing it. However, if you find you are "burning out" on astrology and it's not that much fun any more having the blank looks when you talk about astrology, then ease back off astrology and only "bring it out" now and then to others. Or you could simply continue doing astrology on your own and not mention it to others. Once you know someone's chart you have a LOT of information on what they are interested in, what they don't like, etc.... all of which you can use to build your relationship with the person...without needing to mention why you know them so well. It all depends on what works best for you and your "learning curve" in astrology.

Learning all the time,

Tim

posted March 16, 2006 01:15 PM              

1 scorp

* Edited - It didn't work.

I changed my sign. I'm now Pisces.

I understand what you're saying. When I first discovered astrology, I consumed myself with finding out as much information about it as possible.

Then after a couple of years of it, I felt like a kid that had learned there was no Santa Claus.

All of those things that were new and unexpected weren't so much any longer.

I use to be pleasantly surprised whenever I easily conversed and understood someone.

Now it's somewhat... oh, you're a Virgo... no wonder.

Even with the ones that try to prove that just because they're a Virgo doesn't mean we get along. True... but I still understand them.... whether they want to admit it or not.

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Scorpio sun, venus, mars, mercury, and uranus
Libra moon, pluto, and asc.

posted March 17, 2006 03:47 PM              

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have any of you taken a vacation from astrology?

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Just recently, I managed to completely stay away from anything having to do with astrology for a full week, but that's it so far. And the "trick" I used to make sure I wouldn't "cheat" (given that I really felt in need of a break) was to also stay away from the Internet during that time - otherwise, it's rather unlikely I would have been able to follow through on my resolve!

posted March 17, 2006 04:02 PM              

I've been having a similar experience with everyone (gf and family to start with) telling me that I'm just too obsessed with it for my own good. Trying to stay away from it didn't work, it's just way too intriguing and deep of a study to ignore, especially the way it's proven itself over the years.

Anyway, to my thinking it's all right as long as you don't try to "prove" it to other people since that's when they start getting defensive and argumentative.

posted March 17, 2006 04:24 PM              

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Regarding asking people for their birth times, I've had an interesting case where the person concerned claimed he did not believe in "this kind of stuff" at all, and yet, he would not for the life of him tell me his birthtime, no matter how much I kept "bugging" him! He's a scientist...

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You may find this kind of reaction from people who are "scientists" (as in "all science all the time"! ). "Scientists" like to set up "scientific tests" for astrology to fail at, but are reluctant to actually get an astrology reading from an actual astrologer! These "scientists"-types are more comfortable making fun of astrology based on their own misunderstandings of it, than in testing astrology out on themselves to see whether or not there is any truth to astrological methods. Perhaps this is because they are afraid of what they might find out?

Non-scientifically,

posted March 17, 2006 09:22 PM              

In response to your remark: Something I didn't mention, because I did not want to end up writing another "novel" (as has happened a few times before ) is that, in fact, this same person who did not want me to know his birth time, when he was a high school student, once wrote a computer astrology program for a festival that his school was having! However, he claims that he did this due to his interest in computers and programming, and that he never took the astrology seriously, that it was just "for fun". Even though this was a long time ago (and I didn't witness any of it, since we did not know each other back then and never went to the same school), he actually remembers that the Nodes are considered to be of great importance in astrology! HE brought them up himself, not me! (even though he mentioned them as part of his "teasing" about astrology..) So, for a moment, I actually wondered if he might not be a "closet astrologer" , who just won't admit to it - that, perhaps, he doesn't like his own chart and for this reason does not want me to get the detailed picture. It did not so much seem as though he was afraid of what his chart might reveal as such, but more as though he did not want ME, specifically, to find out "astrological details" about him, for fear I might get a negative picture or something of the like. Were a stranger to ask him the same question, perhaps he would not have a problem with disclosing his birth time.
Interesting, too, to find that his Pluto tightly conjuncts my North Node (around 0°45'), while my Mercury conjuncts his South Node even more tightly (around 0°25')...

posted April 02, 2006 03:40 PM              

I know what you mean. Epecially when you first start out, and it CAN be dangerous if you are too quick to conclude something about someone based solely on your limited knowledge of astrology. Maybe it's important to never lose track of your own intuition, and when that becomes a challenge, take a break from information which may cause bias.

posted April 02, 2006 04:21 PM              

I can totally relate to what you're saying having gone through this myself for so many years now: I have been studying astrology for over 10 years--since I was a teenager!

I loved it then and I still do. However, I can say from my own experience that, like you, I have gotten frustrated and easily bored by most books eventually when I find the same-old same-old is being written in most of them! I feel there's something missing and I need to learn more...

But I also have to admit that it became such a pursuit that I would secretly analyze everyone and everything in an astrological way...not that that wasn't fun but then for me, it kind of just got to a point when I was analyzing people too much. I withdrew a lot from other interests, people, and almost life itself just to do this at home; devouring books I'd always go to the library for, holding on to what seemed the only messages that I got from those books about myself and others.

But that only took me away from other life experiences I could have...and I became so frustrated with myself and other people and still kept holding on to those same things and ideas...

Now, for the first time, I'm trying something new: Integrating astrology with the rest of my life, including studying transits from time to time, progressions, and most of all, keeping the focus on my own chart and what it's possibilities hold. And, lol, I go out into the world a bit more these days....This is so, so much easier said than done--I always feel that natural pull to go back inward and withdraw into the save haven I created where I study my astrology books, but I feel I must work my way out of that.

I want to share this experience not to discourage anyone from pursuing astrology at all, but to say from my own experiences that it's best in moderation. Astrology is such a wonderful tool for self-awareness and personal growth. However, it could turn into too much of a good thing. I almost ended up staying as just an observer in life would just loves to talk about it and read about it (And to be honest, although one close to me recommended this be my career, I don't know if I could sit all day and do that!) rather than actively participating in everything else that life may have to offer.

I wish you well on this and hope that astrology helps you in a positive way.

LeapofFaith