posted August 25, 2010 03:51 PM         

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When feminine modes of wisdom are banished to the nether regions of the collective unconscious, they tend to manifest in disruptive, vengeful ways, but sometimes vultures, black mares, whirlwinds, and savage hounds are exactly what a woman needs to define her form and show off her best features.

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Phenomenal! Look at you popping in like a ninja with exactly the thought I was looking for! *bows*

(What happened last week? Are you ok? )

This thread was like magic for me. First Raymond letting me know about the other myths, and then you linking them for me.

*kisses Lilith*

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I thought I responded to this, I'm sorry. (I'm looking for one of the Scorpio threads.)

I'm not okay, but thank you for asking. I can't talk about it.

That book that I quoted from - The Tao of Equus - might interest you. When I first had the book out, I was thinking about quoting parts of the introduction in Ami's thread on transformation, because parts of it reminded me of Sagittarius (and from what I remember, was all about transformation, and the various ways in which horses have helped humans over many years).

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I think women can relate to how there's this expectation for us to please men with our appearance/sexuality, and that it's like we're being good girls when we do. That grates on me. I don't need anyone's approval. A chase for approval gives the one approving power since we'd need to shape ourselves to their standards. My BML placements contribute to how possessive I am of my own sexuality/appearance. Those are mine and I use them how I want to.

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I think I mentioned once before, that I could relate to this. BML is in my 5th, though - Pluto is in my 11th.

posted August 25, 2010 07:31 PM         

- My Moon is conjunct all 3 Liliths in Virgo and I'm trying to understand it in the context of being this interesting placement being in Virgo AND the 8th house. I think the earliest manifestation was dabbling with witchcraft in the 5th grade. And no, it was not for good purposes. We would gather around a tree and try to use it against people we didn't like. Superstitious Mom and Dad found out and quickly put an end to that....

posted August 25, 2010 07:39 PM         

Me too....all in the 5th!

posted August 25, 2010 08:48 PM         

I got to thinking about this because I'd remembered being brave when I was a kid, as well as at certain times as an adult. When I said that to my mother, she nodded her head and said, "You were brave!" remembering certain things herself. When someone assumed earlier this year, that being in a new city, travelling, would scare me, I assured them that it wouldn't scare me much at all - in fact, something like that, that throws me out of my comfort zone, helps me to blossom. I've been told that I come off as being very self-assured, and that I did so as a teenager, as well (I had a good head on my shoulders, was very mature for my age).

posted August 25, 2010 09:35 PM         

This is just an awesome aspect in so many ways. It makes one daring

posted August 25, 2010 10:05 PM         

lol.

posted August 26, 2010 07:08 PM         

When I was young, I've never cared about my femininity, and was more about coolness and acting boyish lol~ But then, shortly after started dating, I've been through a phase in which I've started obsessing about it. But well, guess that now I've finally reached the balance, where I'm at peace with my femininity.

-- the following is something I have been thinking for some time (a small rant stuck in my mind for some time lol), and I guess that it kinda fits my BML/Lilith aspects' feelings:

One of the things that I sometimes find it annoying is that there are so much criticism about women in this world, like about how many of them are obsessed with this or that and etc.. It feels that the world still lacks of compassion about women, and there are still many expectations upon them. Some women might be too emotional, have dependence issues or have insecurities about their own images/femininity, but the world could sometimes be more compassionate in analyzing the reasons behind these issues instead of only being critical and judgmental about women's issues.

Also, for example, when some woman uses some makeup (not coz of having insecurity issues, but just coz some of them likes), there's sometimes someone else that would start with all the "makeup = fake" and "natural is what's beautiful". Well, natural beauty is indeed the best, but what's wrong with a woman that likes some makeup? This actually feels restricting, that women are to be expected to be naturally beautiful and that if any of them uses makeup (even if occasionally), it's considered fake and being judged in some way.

I feel that women should do makeup or no makeup or sometimes makeup, or whatever they feel like doing without being judged. Whatever we like using or dressing or doing, in one moment or in another, we should be able to be ourselves without being forced to "be ourselves/different" (this is also another thing that annoys my BML lol about the whole "be different" thing now being an expectation of the society rather than being something that motivates us to be comfortable with ourselves).