posted May 22, 2010 11:37 AM            

I am constantly transforming. Not in a radical, one-day-I'm-one-on-way-the-next-I'm-someone-else sense, however. It's more of a gradual change, that just never stops. I change on the inside as a result from what I learn, what I want (dreams/aspirations), who I meet/interact with, etc. As i change this way internally, I try to match my changes externally. Look at a picture of me from 6 months ago compared to me now and you wouldn't see a strong resemblance.

posted May 22, 2010 11:46 AM            

Physically, I've changed drastically ever since I was a kid. I never look the same 2 years later. Weight, hair, style, everything seems to change without me really making conscious effort to TRANSFORM.

Spiritually..this is how I've transformed the most. I grew up Christian, and at the young age of 11 turned to Wicca & paganism, then to Islam, and now to a belief system not confined in religion.

Personality wise..I seem to change a lot, too. I'm never the same person year after year. Always thought this just had to do with growing up, but in seeing that I have changed most out of everyone I know..I think it's something I need to do to feel right.

posted May 22, 2010 12:05 PM            

x o x Ami

posted May 22, 2010 01:36 PM            

Like the rest of the ladies, I am constantly transforming, mainly without my knowledge. I never look the same in any photo, and my mind-space is never stagnant. I am forever learning and changing.

I believe though that this is human nature, to change, grow and transform, although it might be more intense for those with Scorpio planets.

I attribute my changeability to my Uranus in the 1st House also.

Scorp AC conj Scorp Jupiter and,
Scorp Mars

posted May 22, 2010 04:07 PM            

Ami

posted May 22, 2010 05:06 PM            

I need to get away from the computer (it keeps mucking around on me, and I need to get out of this little room). I've transformed without wanting to, after being negatively, and/or strongly affected by certain things/people. Uranus conjunct my Mars, squaring my Moon/Venus/nodes, trine my Uranus/ascendant, when I was 27, started the process of my fighting for myself, and trying to reclaim my life. That was followed by my Saturn Return, Pluto trining my Midheaven, then my Mercury/Ceres/Chiron/Sun (three/four years ago). Neptune changed me in another way, a few years ago: I started to open up more, whether I wanted to or not. I started to soften in ways, although that started with outbursts and anger (Uranus and Pluto), and being accepted anyway.

I've gone from a highly self-confident little girl, to a depressed, anxious, self-conscious teen, who just wanted to avoid anything negative, and work at home (I wasn't 'emo' - I was seriously turned into myself, and messed up psychologically. When I was twenty, I cut contact with close friends, because one didn't seem to understand that I couldn't just snap out of it - I thought they shouldn't have to deal with me, abnormal as I was. It sounds emo, but I wasn't that way because I wanted to be (I explained part of this in the other thread).

Ugh! I didn't mean to write so much. I have a Scorpio ascendant, with it's ruler squared by Saturn, and opposed by Jupiter. I wasn't totally helpless - there are ways in which I've pushed myself/worked hard, over the years. I felt helpless in certain situations, though. I repeatedly tried and failed, so I kept to myself. The internet helped a lot (including this message board, and the members here ) with opening me up. Discussing astrology, allowed me to discuss something, without making it too personal - at first.

posted May 22, 2010 06:24 PM            

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posted May 23, 2010 12:12 AM            

I've finally started a book that I've had out of the library, for a week now, called The Tao of Equus. With my mind in overdrive, I only made it through the opening chapter, but I had to come back here quickly, because it reminded me of Sagittarius, both of its rulers - Jupiter and Neptune - and this thread (transformation).

I might type up a few paragraphs, but you can check at Amazon, to see if they have the introduction available in their "look inside this book" feature: http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Equus-Journey-Healing-Transformation/dp/1577311825

posted May 23, 2010 06:17 PM            

I can sometimes pick up the energies of others - one person in particular, unless I'm completely checked out (or he is). It can be lovely and comforting, but when it comes to picking up their anxiety (butterflies), sadness or anger, it adds to my own, and I just feel like I'm going to pop. :/

I had an experience, in which I was sure that I saw an angel, when I was 3 (my sister saw something similar, thirty minutes later, but she wasn't in awe, as I was - it scared her). You would think that the feelings would have stuck with me in some way, so that I would have dealt with certain things in a healthier way, wouldn't you? But I didn't. After my parents split up, and we moved back to England, I was fine when my mother would leave the house during the day, but at night? I was scared. I wanted her there. I think that everything from the break-up to the things that happened when I was five, led to the PTSD (mainly the latter).

posted May 23, 2010 06:24 PM            

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So is it scorpios traditional ruler MARS that is responsible for the transformation?
If so then Aries would also be a sign of transformation as it shares rulers with scorpi

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I've been trying to think of how people I know, of different signs, have transformed over the years. Mars = action, but my Mars is in Pisces - I can be too laid-back, when I'm feeling good about things in my life. No pressure, sometimes equals no movement on my part - sad to say. It all depends on the situation; Optimism can also give me a needed push.