posted June 18, 2012 05:12 PM            

Well, I'm not a professional astrologer at all. Still consider myself a bit of a beginner, but yeah, I wondered about your question, too.

posted June 18, 2012 05:17 PM            

I read an astroblog once that had an article showing that many kids started to be come autistic or aspergers sufferers in the early 90s when the Neptune-Uranus conjunction began to come into play; and it's now the Age of Aquarius where tons and tons of kids are becoming diagnosed with autism and aspergers disorders. I also feel that the Aquarian Age is simply shedding more LIGHT on the topic; I believe in the past it went undiagnosed or was frequently misdiagnosed in people... now in the Aquarian age it's really a big concern since as you said, Uranus is basically the go-to planet for such issues.

posted June 18, 2012 05:19 PM            

here are a few links

posted June 18, 2012 06:52 PM            

The first step is to get an official diagnosis from a qualified diagnostician, to be sure. You can have some traits of Asperger's without actually having it. Only a qualified professional can tell you if you have it or not. Being tested is important. Being quirky or awkward is NOT--I repeat, NOT--enough for you to have it. It is more complicated than "oh, I don't fit in or I'm different, therefore I have something". It doesn't really work that way. A lot of people are quirky and a lot of people feel alienated/disillusioned. Asperger's is different than that. There is more criteria to a diagnosis than that.

I don't say that to be mean, just that as someone who does actually have it for sure, I think that it's important to distinguish between normal feelings that a lot of twenty-somethings today feel and Asperger's. On top of that, it's also really important that people not misidentify or misunderstand things about Asperger's. I'm not activisty, but it's a bit of a 'thing' with me.

I don't have ANY Aquarius in my chart at all and my Uranus is not really heavily aspected. Not like my water and cardinal planets.

As for diagnoses increasing, remember that it wasn't named/discovered until the 1940s, and when I was a kid, much later, it was not routine to test for it. It is much more commonly tested for today. On top of that, people with Asperger's may have simply been thought of as eccentric in the past, flying under the radar.

I think that a lot of people mix up quirky/eccentric and Asperger's.

I also think, too, that Asperger's is the condition du jour and, while it's a catchy name, people don't really know what it is. It either gets lumped in with autism--which is another hot button for me, as I HATE that, they are NOT the same, but I digress--or else people know the word but don't understand it.

posted June 18, 2012 10:13 PM            

I just finished the book Look Me in the Eye, a bestselling memoir by Apergian John Robison.

In some ways, Robison reminded me of my husband who has sun conjunct Uranus exact...so I looked up the author's birthday and the best I can find is, he's born same season, same year as my husband. So he's also sun-uranus.

My oldest son has symptoms, but it's so mild, I never had him tested. He's got Aquarius SN and some outer planets (pardon me, I'm tired and forget which ones!)

posted June 19, 2012 05:10 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
i do have it for sure. i have all the signs and symptoms of it and as i said some psychologists have suggested it but others said no, my mom, my brother, and my dad all say i match it down to the detail. the psychologists who said i didnt only saw me once so,they werent able to really get a picture.

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Well, they should refer you to a diagnostician, so that you can be absolutely sure. That's really the only way to be 100% certain. It's not really fair of them to just say that and not have you officially tested.

posted June 19, 2012 09:27 AM            

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Originally posted by cappy1277:
My youngest son, a Gemini with a Leo moon has a confirmed diagnosis of low spectrum autism/aspergers.he also has other severe health issues & possible dyslexia. I don't recall anything much uranian but I will have to take a look again. He's a Virgo rising

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posted June 19, 2012 10:38 AM            

He was weird. It was much more than being socially awkward. He said everything in a literal way, kind of like a little kid. He couldn't read facial expressions (namely, couldn't tell when I was upset) or body language. When he was doing something, he was completely absorbed in it and the only way to get his attention was to shake him. He would talk about music obsessively and in great detail. He wasn't THAT socially awkward, people just thought he was stupid (because he took everything literally and he would kind of space out). He obviously wasn't stupid. He was actually very social because he worked on overcoming his social anxiety. He was really into DJing parties (which is how I met him). He had tons of friends.

posted June 19, 2012 11:58 AM            

My son just turned six....in his lifetime he has been hospitalized at least 40 times. Once for rotavirus when he was 18 months old (severe stomach bug) with severe dehydration. Then he caught a staph infection while there and that required another couple of days in the hospital with surgery to remove the infection. He was in the ICU for a severe asthma attack last march. He stays in the hospital for at least 3 days every other month for his asthma with the last one being in may. He has asthma, severe allergies (peanuts one of them) and severe eczema which is finally under control.
I have to carry an epipen & inhaler wherever we go. We go to specialists all the time. Poor kid, can't run around without having an asthma attack and that doesn't help that he has ADHD.

posted June 19, 2012 09:46 PM            

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Originally posted by amowls**:
I dated a guy with aspergers, but he went undiagnosed for most of his life (in fact when I dated him, he didn't know he was an aspie... they just thought he had ADD and prescribed him ritalin, which of course didn't do anything).

He was weird. It was much more than being socially awkward. He said everything in a literal way, kind of like a little kid. He couldn't read facial expressions (namely, couldn't tell when I was upset) or body language. When he was doing something, he was completely absorbed in it and the only way to get his attention was to shake him. He would talk about music obsessively and in great detail. He wasn't THAT socially awkward, people just thought he was stupid (because he took everything literally and he would kind of space out). He obviously wasn't stupid. He was actually very social because he worked on overcoming his social anxiety. He was really into DJing parties (which is how I met him). He had tons of friends.

Anyway, he was a quadruple Libra (Sun, Moon, Merc & Venus). Uranus square Mars and trine Jupiter... but that's it. Leo Rising. Neptune square Sun.

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Thats why I was saying look for strong fire/air. My Uranus is in Sagittarius

99% of time anyone whos has problems identifying facial expressions is autistic.

Unlike him I was diagnosed when I was 13, although I didn't believe it given that I just blended in natural.

Until, I started finding myself alone in my thinking, thats the reason why I like programming/software development, no to programer/developers write script/code the same way and think differently when solving problems.

Thats the reason why sometimes you'll find some aspergers exceling at math or science because they just see something differently, Albert Einstien was an aspergers and his brain operates radically diffrently.

I suggest that anyone who has aspergers or know anyone in the autistic spectrum should get a cat, Ironically I learned to figure out facial expressions from my cat.

Amowls,

I gather at the surface he appeared to be normal, hence the reason why he was undiagnosed for most of his life.

posted June 19, 2012 10:26 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
i have mild (undiagnosed) aspergers syndrome, meaning i match all the descriptions to an extent and two psychologists have said they thought i had it but its never been officially diagnosed. since i started getting into astrology i have been amazed at how closely the descriptions of aquarians and aspies mirror one another. Such as: highly intelligent,socially awkard,odd interests/behavior etc. any other aquas on here who have aspergers? Also is there anybody here who maybe has studied the charts of people with aspergers or autism and found a theme of heavy uranus or lots of aqua placements?

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posted June 19, 2012 10:29 PM            

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Originally posted by hannaramaa:
My mom jokingly (affectionately) called my dad "Mr. Autism" later on because he wouldn't make eye contact with her when they first met. He's an Aquarius...

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posted June 19, 2012 10:45 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
interesting yta, how has it affected you? do you still have problems socializing or have you adapted for the most part? i believe i have adapted to social situations quiet well, but i still have problems every now and then.

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Socializing? Does it seem that I have problems? It's a freaking label. I had a steady stream of lovers and many people who love me and whom I love. Yes, I'm quirky. It's called being different. Not necessarily a bad thing. Does it look like I didn't do well in school and didn't get a good job?

My brother has an IQ of 175. Anyone like to call him unintelligent? Normal people can't fathom greatness if it smacks them right in the face.

posted June 19, 2012 10:48 PM            

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Originally posted by YoursTrulyAlways:
Socializing? Does it seem that I have problems? It's a freaking label. I had a steady stream of lovers and many people who love me and whom I love. Yes, I'm quirky. It's called being different. Not necessarily a bad thing. Does it look like I didn't do well in school and didn't get a good job?

My brother has an IQ of 175. Anyone like to call him unintelligent? Normal people can't fathom greatness if it smacks them right in the face.

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posted June 19, 2012 10:48 PM            

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Originally posted by cappy1277:
Has anyone noticed that virgo rising has the most health issues when young?

My son just turned six....in his lifetime he has been hospitalized at least 40 times. Once for rotavirus when he was 18 months old (severe stomach bug) with severe dehydration. Then he caught a staph infection while there and that required another couple of days in the hospital with surgery to remove the infection. He was in the ICU for a severe asthma attack last march. He stays in the hospital for at least 3 days every other month for his asthma with the last one being in may. He has asthma, severe allergies (peanuts one of them) and severe eczema which is finally under control.
I have to carry an epipen & inhaler wherever we go. We go to specialists all the time. Poor kid, can't run around without having an asthma attack and that doesn't help that he has ADHD.

And with the asperger's he says the most rudest things sometimes but he is just being literal. Sometimes people think it's hilarious that he is "rude" and sometimes they just look at me thinking that I don't know how to control my child's mouth

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This just breaks my heart, I can't stand children having to endure so much hardship, and asthma is scary.

posted June 19, 2012 10:52 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
no yta, you seem fine. i was just curious if you ever had problems, i used to have lots of problems but overcame them. and i am the original weirdo

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