posted April 22, 2020 09:12 PM            

I usually have times when something happens and then I go back mentally to a reading I've had in the past. Someone had read for me earlier this year and said they saw money coming to me from everywhere. I never thought I would be living through a pandemic and getting a stimulus check and it may be two--one later. Other monies that I hadn't anticipated coming from the neighborhood...another reader saw that happen with someone paying and it would be a surprise..it was a surprise and I should see that coming within the next week.

Please add yours and if you remember the reader's name, please be sure to add it.

posted April 25, 2020 01:01 PM            

Stoika read for me too in a way that can only be qualified as enlightened generosity. It was a very blurry situation with a blurry chart and she managed to extract what was solid in there and flesh it out without going into crazy interpretations, she stuck to the matter and symbols without judging and she was very clear and able to rephrase when I needed it. I think she is made of pure love and her readings bear that mark.

I would just like to say that I have nothing but liking for these two and haven’t heard from them since the beginning of lockdown so, dearies, if you’re around, or if anyone has been in touch, I dearly hope you are well and think of you. 😊

Someone else read the same mess as Stoika but the result was not productive. They made offensive cookbook interpretations and when I pitched in with personal elements, it was always used to comfort the exclusively negative reading (not just by the reader, I, myself felt subconsciously compelled to feed the reading that way because it was asserted so strictly). I took a step back and questioned it, based on contradictory elements that had been given and the quick escalation of the reading into way too specific and personal for internet astrology (especially since it’ informal, it’s not a reading the reader thoroughly sits for as a (paid or not) service, it’s just a reader doing their go-to thing on your chart (and if not, the total absence of care in the typing, language and grammar used was enough to ruin any communication aiming at any such depth). It had begun with “too much emotion” and ended up with me being a born victim and having a blind spot for abusive relationships, constantly running into them. If I didn’t know better I’d say it could be a con scheme destined to lure me into end up splurging lots of money on the reader who’d be the only one to unlock my psyche and free me from said pattern, …if only I had said pattern ^^
After my questioning, they disappeared and re-appeared in another thread of mine. I didn’t know if that was subtle gaslighting or plain “I don’t remember you at all”, but either way it comforted my idea that that reader had extensive knowledge but too little human touch to read very well, especially since that time, they very seriously commented on something I had said with lots of sarcasm, and then proceeded to use one thing I had said to pour out their opinion on something not even really related, praising me for being right in having said that tiny first bit, which they totally interpreted to suit their rant, and backed it up with their “research”. As if “research” proved anything. Research is just research if you don’t provide its rules and structure; statistics are a highly flawed way to measure anything, especially in human science where the audience is quite specific so applying those statistics and “research” to humans in general is bound to be seriously questionable. I did not reply. The comment in itself wasn’t uninteresting, it was just very twisted and farfetched in my opinion and because I had the insight to see that on this topic as it wasn’t so close to home, I wondered if the other reading was so insensible and I simply was too close to notice.
Had a third run-in with the same reader, who, once again commented on my post without me asking anything and that time misread me into something that offended them and instead of asking me to clarify or anything, they went into a rant belittling my intellect and condescending away ideas they thought were mine for having asked my question. I thought it was rude and uninteresting, but then they finished their comment by trying to prove their point and it was a highly questionable subjective reading story of theirs that actually convinced me they weren’t a good reader or even a proper one, just someone with massive technical knowledge and exclusively Manichaean cook book approach to readings.

Luna read for me too 😊 It was such a revelation. She went straight to exactly what I needed to look at in my chart at that moment in my life and it triggered a whole new process of approaching my own self that has changed my life for the best these past months. While several things she said were too “classic “ readings, such as her take on my moon being sad because it’s Capricorn and square Saturn; it wasn’t aggressively inaccurate or judging so that it allowed me to actually get to the reality of things in that area. The off things she said helped just as much as the things she was spot on about which is a quality I want in any kind of counsellor.
Overall it was impressive because accurate or less so, she exclusively brought out relevant points (probably because she did that thing where she really paid attention to my questions 😉 ), and she nailed the not sugar coating by saying some things she had no idea I struggled with hearing in ways that were so casual I couldn’t but admit they had to be tackled even if I didn’t like the idea of it.
I loved it and it was so useful because it felt a lot like how I was taught about astrology. A family member of mine was an astrologer when I was a child and I was taught astrology is supposed to make you react, whether in a good or bad way, it’s reading something about yourself and if it triggers anything, you have something to learn there. That’s how her reading worked on me and I loved it. She didn’t do the work for me, she pointed the direction, I made my own work.

Finally, Hypatia did something wonderfully spot on when she recently confirmed the existence of a YOD in my chart 😊 Some things she said were a bit too literal or enhanced for me, but nothing was off, and it all resonated with me. I wish it did not touch areas I do not discuss here because I really think her reading deserved detailed feedback to show how insightful she had been.

The last one was someone who allowed themselves to exhume my chart from older posts of mine I never gave them the way to because I refused to engage any further in a power-play they had designed. It turned into proper harassment I had to report. I felt my chart was raped and the reading given on a transit was completely tailored to suit their will, their frustration about me… it was abuse at its finest.

posted April 25, 2020 03:10 PM            

Thank you for your feedback!

I've had countless readings here and my natal Mercury in Libra tries to take into account more than one viewpoint on issues that have come up between different readers on LL. This becomes hard when people often want you to take their side or you must not be their ally, but do we often get to know anyone here personally?

That being said, I can relate to all that you wrote. I did have a couple of readings where one reader stated that I wasn't grateful for things I have and then a different reader told me the other person wasn't grateful for what they have. Both readings were on the same question, so some of the errors come from interpretation and I've found in the case of tarot where it seemed like one reader stopped short of putting down enough cards to give the full interpretation. Maybe their interpretation was in the short-term.

I started to explore astrology back in 1979 and realized over the years that there is so much to it that by someone missing something in your chart or being off isn't all that unusual. Without a good birth time, the interpretation can be limited as well. Each planet in our charts, I've learned, can be expressed in either a more positive or negative way. Some of the past astrological books I've read have also touched on the subject in either a more positive, enlightening outcome or from a limited approach or hinges on a negative path or natal characteristics. I had looked to astrology as a way of understanding why I was the way I was at the time and now see the growth I've gained from the insights I've received through my quest for knowledge.

It's unlikely that we can do a synastry with a potential reader before we enlist their help.

Sometimes I think there really needs to be a connection between a reader and read-ee, otherwise you get something that may not resonate. I find specific questions or an area of life astrologically to be more helpful in giving a good reading otherwise it all becomes general--like the question, but that's mostly for me in doing card readings.

I had someone read for me that was helping out with the CV and they haven't posted lately either..even though they said they were being extra careful...I also wonder how they are doing health wise

posted April 25, 2020 05:35 PM            

Oooh I’m a Mercury in Libra too! 😊 Probably why I can’t stand extremes and anything radical, I love balance and middle grounds and compromises 😊

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Originally posted by Springtimeflower:
This becomes hard when people often want you to take their side or you must not be their ally, but do we often get to know anyone here personally?

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Preach! 😊

I think the gratefulness becomes an issue because of the elephant no one addresses in the room, that is the power at play. When someone reads, they have tremendous power.
If you disagree and rebel against it in any way, there is always that looming sense that you’re not taking it gracefully or you deny/refuse the truth… all that, because you are in an inferior position, you are the read one, the vulnerable subjective one, your word somehow is worth less than that of a stranger because context gives them enhanced insight from their external perspective as well as the fact this perspective is made even more powerful through the tool of astrology.
If the reader is a good one, they’ll know that and accept that they can a) be wrong b) not giving something that ensues more thankfulness than a basic ‘thanks for your time’ and be fine with it. Mostly they’ll be bloody mindful of what they wield.
A reader that brags about “saying it like it is” at the expense of the read-ee’s reactions is a red flag for someone potentially toxic. How can you pretend to read someone if you don’t listen to them, after all, we may not have the ability to see ourselves from the outside but still are the only valid authority on what goes on on the inside. It’s foolish to strip that awareness away from someone but still give them credit for acknowledging your reading.
I mean, switch it to any similar relationship dynamic.
Can you imagine a teacher/doctor/therapist blaming the student/patient/client for failing to magically progress/heal just because they have benefitted from their insight. That’s quite entitled.
Of course sometimes people refuse help and get toxic in all sorts of ways, but again, only a very into itself ego would think it’s the only option when someone rejects their views.

I agree sometimes a connection is needed, some other times basic ethics will suffice.

I share your views on astrology, I can’t give a date for when I started to be interested in it because I was born in it Lol I probably held gem stones before I could walk and knew my Venus before I knew how to speak in the past tense
The main interest in astrology to me is this idea that any planet/sign/aspect can work beautifully or tragically depending on a myriad of factors. Take that away and it’s just an imaged dictatorial handbook filled with judging, mostly pessimistic prophecies about individuals.
Sometimes it’s even baffling how so-called practising and professional astrologers don’t even see that condemning an aspect or planet as malefic is as simplistic as making the generalisation that all Taurus are evil because Hitler was one. *insert facepalm*
It’s a roadmap, not a life sentence.

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Originally posted by Springtimeflower:
I had looked to astrology as a way of understanding why I was the way I was at the time and now see the growth I've gained from the insights I've received through my quest for knowledge.

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100% relate 😊

I’ve never done cards, somehow was never attracted by those other activities. As I’ve said astrology was given to me, I don’t question it more than I do the ground I walk on; cards and other things, may need a trigger