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Originally posted by StacyLewis:
No, I'm not really brainwashed by astrology. I don't try to "act like" a Leo, because I strutting around like a peacock before I even knew my sun sign, or that astrology even existed. That was innate.Do I screen others based on it? Not really, barring one particular set of aspects to a specific planet - and even then, only when it's present with other things that have nothing to do with astrology. I do that because of personal experience...I've seen it work out that way too many times. So when I see those indicators, I do avoid those specific people, but it's criteria that the vast majority of the population doesn't fit into anyway so it's not really an issue.
About how much of a chart is the actual person...I'm going to be the dark horse again, and say that really, nine times out of ten, people are their chart and act that out - even when they make a conscious effort, not to. It's like putting on a record that was made to play one specific song, and then getting confused when the totally different song that you want to hear, doesn't start playing.
I think that what a lot of people forget when they're analyzing a chart, is just how many different things each planet symbolizes, so there's so many potential ways an aspect can manifest itself. When you start to take that into account and then study people and their choices, is when you realize that everyone always adheres to what their chart is in one form or another.
I know it's an unpopular viewpoint, but when you really take the time to think about it in that regard...we really are at the mercy of fate, we just get a lot of wiggle room. But even with all that wiggle room you're still going to operate within the set of rules you're given or the particular path and skill-set you've been assigned - that's your natal chart.
But again - all the planets symbolize so many things, and when you start combining them to get aspects...that's a hell of a lot of wiggle-room so that we can all do a lot with what we're given and have a lot of choices. And as some have pointed out, each of the planets also has a positive and negative potential manifestation too so you also get the choice of whether you want to use what you've been given in a positive or negative way.
But to me saying that we have total free will and aren't our chart is akin to saying that two flies can mate and produce a horse.
I think this is true. If you overlook a lot of over-the-top stereotypes out there, you find that people really do act out their charts one way or another (positive or negative). A person with a strong Venus could be superficial and vain, or merely extremely considerate and polite... But one way or another they will act out their Venus.
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posted January 12, 2013 12:50 AM
