posted January 19, 2008 05:47 PM            

I, on the other hand, find myself reacting defensively in response to those who call astrology a hoax.

How do you react? Do you ignore the comments? Do you laugh? Do you attempt to defend astrology?

posted January 19, 2008 05:52 PM              

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Capricorn sun / Scorpio rising / Sagittarius moon

posted January 19, 2008 07:05 PM            

I don't need to defend astrology just as I don't need to defend weather forecasting. To me, they are the same. People get ****** at the weather man even though he is correct about the weather 90% of the time, but we only seem to remember when the weather forecasters are wrong, and boy do we kick up holy hell when they are wrong, but the truth is that they are correct a majority of the time.

Some people are so afraid of any kind of prognostication art whether it be astrology, tarot cards, runes, psychic forecasting or healing. I'm a person who is afraid of organized religion because I have seen the pain and damage it has caused many of my friends and family members. But I have seen new age spirituality practices do damage to people as well. So I think there are valid positives and negatives to all of this. We all just have to find our own path.

Geocosmic Valentine

posted January 19, 2008 08:48 PM            

Many would say I'm a hethen and a sinner for not bring christian.

F them to.

posted January 19, 2008 09:51 PM              

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Capricorn sun / Scorpio rising / Sagittarius moon

posted January 20, 2008 01:03 AM            

Astrology is too complicated to discuss with people who don't know anything about it so I don't bother. Occasionally I'll talk about moon signs and ascendants with people- some find it interesting, others scoff but neither reaction bothers me at all.

posted January 20, 2008 05:28 AM            

Yeah, well at first my ex was SUPER interested in astrology, even though he's an athiest. He asked me questions about Cancers and Scorpios during our first ever conversation and he even learned to make jokes about his Virgo Moon.

But after almost 6 months of being all in love, he broke up with me because of our "different core values", one of which (he was sure to mention) was my belief in astrology.

The dude has Neptune in the 9th house!

The funny thing is that I was fine with the fact that he doesn't beleive in astrology, but he wasn't so fine with the fact that I do.

posted January 20, 2008 02:31 PM            

Personally, I don't talk about it with people unless I know they are going to be open to it, which is to say, that generally I don't talk about it at all. However, lately I've made some friends who are completely open to it, and since I'm much more learned on the subject then they are, I've been teaching 3 different friends all about it. However, one of those friends is someone I normally hang out with with our other friend and her fiancee... So when we start talking about astrology they look at us kinda funny... But that's ok, because when they start talking about the wedding we look at them kinda funny.

As for everyone else, I simply don't bring it up, and if there's someone else talking about it who doesn't know very much about it, I really curb my Virgoan tendency to correct them. lol.

Honestly, if people have a differing opinion on it than me, I really could care less. My thought is that they haven't delved into it far enough to see it's true significance or that they simply aren't open enough to other ways of thinking to see what it can do. Astrology is one of those things I can agree to disagree on.