posted April 29, 2008 09:10 PM         

I've noticed (Linda Goodman aside) that so many of the people that have taught me something about astrology have been Aries females.

Any of you who want to share how you got into it and how much it's a part of your life? I'm kinda curious if there are a really large number of you or if I just tend to draw them to me!

(I have Aries on my 7th house cusp, and Venus and Saturn in Aries)

posted April 29, 2008 10:15 PM         

I have always been interested in astrology, starting with a weird Atari game where you would go into exotic locations like "Venus's Grotto." I blame the 70's illustrators for making the Zodiac so cool and visual.

I think my understanding of astrology is basically through "feeling" or just the vibes I get, if that makes any sense. I rely too much on archetypes.

I wish I was better at mapping conjunctions and remembering things.

posted April 30, 2008 01:38 AM         

I have a Moon, Venus, Jupiter, 7th house cusp all in Aries

posted April 30, 2008 04:27 AM         

Aries Sun, Saturn and Mars all in my 11th.

posted May 01, 2008 06:06 AM         

Erica, I agree that Aries/Scorpio are like cousins. Occasionally, I have to separate mine at family get-togethers before they give eachother a black eye!

It is hard to remain objective, Charlotte! Since I'm still learning, I tend to look at people I know to test theories, etc.

Lovethemind, I would think that your first house placements make you much more like an Aries than not! Aries is the natural ruler of the first house, your sun is you, your AC is how you appear to others and Jupiter is the planet of expansion. Learning about it all can be consuming!

Personally, I began to study astrology to look at relationships and interactions between other people. (I have Venus in Aries in my 7th.) It makes sense to me that I would draw Aries women into my life because Venus is the house of relationships of all kinds. I'm just wondering why it seems to be astrology in particular. I don't know a lot of Aries women in other capacities.

Theories, anyone? Thanks for responses thus far!

8th

posted May 02, 2008 12:00 PM         

Well, since I was born in an oriental environment, fortune-telling/superstitions stuffs have always been kinda present (kinda like a brainwash lol). I was always curious about those stuffs ("hmm how's my luck today? XD "), but I actually only got more into astrology since some few years ago. ^_^;

About how I interpret astrology stuffs - I don't really care much for the previsions side (although I'm curious about it sometimes, and well, I see it as a kind of prevision of the potential energies), but it helped me to achieve a deeper understanding of what its system of symbolism represents - mainly psychology (of myself, relationships, etc.).

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posted May 02, 2008 04:25 PM         

I remember going through little books of our signs when we were like, 10, lol.

I didn't know what my Moon sign was until recently though. The two things that made me a bit more interested in Astrology was when I found out that all my closest girlfriends since I was 12 had Mars in Scorpio(all 5 of them) and since I'm a Scorpio that was weird. Then I found out the closest boyfriends I've ever had and an ex had Venus in Scorpio- so I was like wow ! Another interesting point is I remember in each one of these cases they were the ones who approached me first.

The other thing was when I found out that there had been this thing called Mars retrograde during 2001-2004 which happens once in a 100 years or so, and means a lot of changes in Scorpios lives and if I had to put my life into chapters that period would certainly have been the most exciting awkward and awful one so again, that made me look at astrology in a different way.

posted May 02, 2008 05:31 PM         

4th House Sun/SN Aries
3rd House Mercury Rx Aries

posted May 02, 2008 05:51 PM         

Linda Goodman was Aries Sun in the 9th house with Leo Rising. She has been an awesome writer who has inpired all of us here at LindaLand.

posted May 02, 2008 06:46 PM         

I got into astrology after reading Linda Goodman's Star Signs. I was 14 at the time. I think part of why I had an interest in astrology was because I really wanted to study it to see if it had any validity.

The tattoo I got for my 24th birthday this past year has to do with astrology. I figured that since I'd been studying it for 10 years, I should celebrate it as a part of my life. I didn't want to get a boring old astrological symbol thing, so I got a very feminine looking phoenix (Scorpio rising) with a rose (symbolizing my all my earth- Virgo Sun, Mercury, and Venus), and I was going to get fire (for my Aries Moon and fire grand trine), but I found this PERFECT picture online that was exactly what I wanted (except for the fire), so there is a rainbow on there instead since that's what the picture had.

posted May 03, 2008 11:17 AM         

Perfect is a favorite Virgo word. Don't you love it?

posted May 03, 2008 03:03 PM         

I have been fascinated by astrology since I was a little girl.

My Aries Sun sister also loves astrology.

posted May 03, 2008 04:26 PM         

I was in trouble in school for not doing a homework assignment in the 4th grade. Had to pick a subject out of the encyclopedia. I picked "z" and discovered the zodiac. That is how i got interested in astrology.

posted May 03, 2008 11:32 PM         

andddd YES! i def use my intuition often and i almost feel very psychic at times...i feel peoples feelings and thoughts/ their vibes. but then again, that could be my Mercuy and Venus (both 12th house) in Pisces...hehe...who knows.

posted May 03, 2008 11:36 PM         

Aries moon/venus/saturn/NN/chiron here - all split between 8th and 9th house!

Mars in Taurus

posted May 04, 2008 12:09 AM         

LMAO, Lara! You too, huh?!

posted May 04, 2008 01:00 AM         

My aunt picked up Sun Signs at a recycled book store more than 5 years ago and let me borrow it. I have always been fascinated by it but never really knew its depths. I immediately fell in love with the book and knew Linda was amazing at writing, so I picked up other books by Linda and went on my own studies at the University of Google.

Anytime anyone has a question about astrology or refers to it, i'm there to either answer the question or correct them!

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I love my Virgo <3

posted May 04, 2008 04:15 AM         

yup, me too! This is after a boring, strangulating marriage to a Piscean!