posted December 17, 2008 10:09 AM         

I would only tell that to people that are into metaphysical subjects.

posted December 17, 2008 10:59 AM         

I'm a Christian as well and I feel like I can't mention my love of Astrology around any of my Christian friends or family! It's so frustrating!!!

posted December 17, 2008 11:03 AM         

I don't talk about it much, I don't know anyone else who has a serious interest in it. I don't feel like I need to defend it against sceptics, so if someone says they aren't interested, I just talk about something else.

posted December 17, 2008 12:04 PM         

for my friends, well, i don't have many REAL FRIENDS, but with them, i know who's into astrology and who's not. obviously i talk about it because i like it, and they like me so it's ok. to a certain extent. one of my friend is into alchemy so we both use our preferred language to communicate about the samer thing. that's really cool.

and at work for example, i must confess that i tend to speak a bit too much about it. especially considering that i work in a factory where guys there see me as lunatic. i used to have long hair, and for most, that's enough to be skeptic of me; but on top of that, a rumor of me being gay finished to make my case. however as i obviously didn't give a flying fµck about what they could think of me and why they did, meanwhile being respectful of them, i guess the more open minded saw in me an unfinished replica of jim morrison.

but usually, when i outline the link between elements in people's family (like water/earth or air/fire) it's often enough for them to see that eventually there's something meaningful in it.

i think people are not too afraid of astrology, it's just weird to them. many are disillusioned by politics and society and want change but don't know how to do anything about it. so personal evolution seems suitable and since religion is not appealling anymore (because people see the institution trying to impose its control) they are somewhat lost. but being an angry and pragmatic people, interested only in its own freedom, and idealist by consequences but not by choice, people are becoming more interdependent; paradoxically. france is a "socialist" country, where solidarity means something. it's not socialist on a political level, i.e. the elite is not socialist anymore, even the socialist party ain't socialist but is openly preaching for capitalism, but the population has integrated socialist values in its core. may be some people will come in france and see it differently, but that's because they see the touristic france, the real france (la france d'en bas/the general population) is struggling and trying to become more fraternal. or so it seems. it takes time, but it seems to be the way we 're heading in. which will definitely create a clash sooner or later with the elite interested in its own interest only, like in greece between the youth and the state.

my point is, people are slowly opening their mind to what they would have called BS a generation or two ago, and that is only because people over here can't stand still too long before unleashing the devil, and all the traditional options (religion/politics) are widely accepted as decadent. i can imagine some kind of uprising, but that also has been experienced the last century, it actually happened in our country, twice. ask you grand-pa, they were probably here saving our aSS.

posted December 17, 2008 12:47 PM         

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The three wise men in the story of Jesus' birth were astrologers. That's always a fun one to throw at Christians.

I don't offer up my astrological fascination to absolutely everyone, but I'm typically too curious to hide it. I often come right out, and ask people their birthdays, which is a little weird when it's straight male to straight male, but I don't mind people thinking me eccentric. It's well worth it just to know their sun sign.

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posted December 17, 2008 04:24 PM         

I am a Christian, but I believe that God made the heavens and the earth, so obviously, astrology is part of that. While I have absolutely no problem with it, most others do and get very annoyed/disgusted if you mention astrology.

posted December 17, 2008 06:48 PM         

I get judged for it all the time, but I care-eth not. The pay-off of seeing the synchronicity/patterns of people's birthdays or doing (sometimes random) people's charts is far greater than some of the skepticism and judgment that goes along with it. It's a great way to learn astrology.

I actually come from a very Christian family, although I'm not Christian. But having grown up with it, I definitely know what that's like. Half of my family considers me a heathen but I learned to live with it a long time ago. I don't talk about it to them much mainly because if someone's not interested I won't bombard them with astro-talk.

But it never stops me from at least asking them a few astro-related questions once in a while.

posted December 17, 2008 07:58 PM         

prae - interesting!

Love:
"she makes the same one every time. She tries to randomly throw in something about 'Chiron: the wounded healer' even when it doesn't apply to the conversation we're having."

LOLOL she sounds hilarious love that!

lots of other good responses too but I forget I am always doing chores or homework etc and sneaking over to read or write intermittently.