posted January 22, 2013 04:34 PM            

What, in the natal chart, makes a person a naturalist? What makes a person want to be outdoors as much as possible?

Is it Sagittarius?

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Author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, though a Cancerian, was born with a powerful stellium of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune in Sagittarius. He is best known for his book Walden, a celebration of living simply and in harmony with nature. Interestingly, Thoreau was a leading figure in the American transcendentalist movement, which emphasized intuition over formal religion as a path to spiritual enlightenment.

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E.O.Wilson, famous for his book The Diversity of Life, has Saturn in Sag. John Muir and Carl Linnaeus both have Sag MC, according to astrotheme. I wonder if that's significant?

Interestingly, many famous naturalists are born in May; including all of the above (except Thoreau), plus Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louis Aggasiz. Could it be a Taurus/early Gemini thing?

posted January 22, 2013 04:55 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
my dream is to eventually have a little house in the mountains by a stream.

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posted January 22, 2013 04:56 PM            

One thing though, I love nature and all plants/animals but you can't make me hang out in the cold. I have to be warm!

posted January 22, 2013 05:33 PM            

^^

I see it as being a Jupiter, Venus thing~ but also Lunar and Uranian!

Sagittarius and Taurus are pretty much zodiacs wildlife/earth guardians, @__@ if I can put it this way... lol

but, Aquarians as well as Cancers are just as likely to want to protect the environment.

between these signs are probably the most "tree hugging" individuals... but also those with dominants of these planets I would hope and expect! no?

<--- Jupiter dominant, Sadge dominant, Tauro moon 9h... (ven cnj ura sag h4, jupiter-neptune-mercury stellium between cap-sag 4h)
EDIT! ~ adding asteroids etc???? okayletsgo!
{Ceres-cnj-Lilith cnj Desc Node - sxt Pan/Psyche (Cap h4 ruled by Sag/Cap!), sxt Juno/Osiris/Gaea -which are cnj in Taurus 9h!), tri Ishtar-Saturn-Eros, tri Isis, and cnj North Node!), (I forgot) Virgo Rising, Demeter semisxt Moon/qnx Sun ---- NN cnj Rhea-CNJ-Kronos}

asteroids only strengthen my envirobsession! (or should I add more?) Oo; ^^; <3
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lol I'm a well known tree-hugger back in my neck of the woods! XD literally....

posted January 22, 2013 06:30 PM              

I swear Carrie is totally me in the wilderness, I've lived in cities my whole life.. Mercury is always associated with the metropolitan lifestyle thou

posted January 22, 2013 07:28 PM            

Taurus Sun, Taurus Venus.

posted January 22, 2013 08:32 PM            

Loved the weeping-willow trees. Seems that each one had a different kind of way-of-being. On weeping-willow bark there were tons of big busy ants. I found that once you've climbed high enough, you pass them all-- going where no ant dares to tread! I'd make my way to the top, to where the branches got pretty thin. After that I'd lay along a branch and just lean into it. The wind would rock; I'd just be one with the tree and enjoy the swaying for literally hours. So quiet and surreal up there.

When it came to pine trees, my mom would always seem to "know" that I've been climbing them. I'd get scolded. No matter how hard I'd try, somehow the sap would get stuck in my curls, and mat my hair. Also left black sticky dirt circles all over my hands. Hard to wipe those off!

But it just always seemed like such 'company' to me to come under the arbor. Peace. I felt that I could somehow 'breathe' better... The air was richer, more dense, aromatic.

I think I enjoyed the pine trees the most.

And I'm with Yin, when it comes to needing to stay WARM enough in the outdoors; it can feel miserable, otherwise, and feel like I'm catching a cold!

Sagittarius Rising, Venus Taurus 5th, Moon Virgo (9th). Jupiter in the 8th.

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(Sun... in 1st decan of Gemini, in May)

added per Stacy's suggestion below
EARTH-- Venus Taurus...;
Ceres in Capricorn is trine[0:02a] Virgo Moon;
and 171 Ophelia is also in Virgo!

posted January 22, 2013 11:31 PM            

I have Venus in Virgo and I've been saying for a while now that when I have my house built I want it near the forest and a lake - which isn't really a pipe dream when you live in a state full of forest and lakes, like I do.

posted January 22, 2013 11:34 PM            

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Originally posted by StacyLewis:
I'm gonna be the Obvious Ophelia here, and say earth signs. Probably Ceres prominent, and/or any asteroids that have to do with nature, animals, greenery/plant life.

I have Venus in Virgo and I've been saying for a while now that when I have my house built I want it near the forest and a lake - which isn't really a pipe dream when you live in a state full of forest and lakes, like I do.

I wouldn't say I'm a militant environmentalist, though (those types actually annoy me and I always wish they'd shut the hell up) - I believe people shouldn't just pollute and chop down trees for the hell of it, absolutely, but I'm not obsessive and a.nal about it; I just like being near nature.

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posted January 22, 2013 11:49 PM            

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aquaguy91: i find you shallow and pedantic

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posted January 22, 2013 11:51 PM            

Or a "naturalist" type person who prefers the outdoors? Nature?

posted January 22, 2013 11:51 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by StacyLewis:
[b]I'm gonna be the Obvious Ophelia here, and say earth signs. Probably Ceres prominent, and/or any asteroids that have to do with nature, animals, greenery/plant life.

I have Venus in Virgo and I've been saying for a while now that when I have my house built I want it near the forest and a lake - which isn't really a pipe dream when you live in a state full of forest and lakes, like I do.

I wouldn't say I'm a militant environmentalist, though (those types actually annoy me and I always wish they'd shut the hell up) - I believe people shouldn't just pollute and chop down trees for the hell of it, absolutely, but I'm not obsessive and a.nal about it; I just like being near nature.

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posted January 23, 2013 12:03 AM            

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Originally posted by StacyLewis:

I'm gonna be honest; you just don't matter to me at all.

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posted January 23, 2013 12:07 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by StacyLewis:
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I'm gonna be honest; you just don't matter to me at all.

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posted January 23, 2013 12:25 AM            

EARTH-- Venus Taurus...;

Ceres in Capricorn is trine[0:02a] Virgo Moon;

and 171 Ophelia is also in Virgo!

(Cool suggestion StacyLewis! Where's your 171 Ophelia?)

(I'm heading over to SaturnineMoth's commune right now! )

posted January 23, 2013 01:14 AM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
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EARTH-- Venus Taurus...;

Ceres in Capricorn is trine[0:02a] Virgo Moon;

and 171 Ophelia is also in Virgo!

(Cool suggestion StacyLewis! Where's your 171 Ophelia?)

(I'm heading over to SaturnineMoth's commune right now! )

(I've got heavy planets in water, SaturnineMoth!, including Uranus in Cancer)

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posted January 23, 2013 08:05 AM            

This Earth sign would prudently chop down a tree any day to further the livelihood of a family.