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posted June 01, 2013 08:31 AM            

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http://www.onereed.com/articles/wf/wlibra.html

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posted June 01, 2013 08:36 AM            

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Bad link.Google 'A Whole New Way Of Looking At Libra' by Valerie Vaughan.
I'm seeing the light.So maybe Venus is not our actual ruler,maybe it was Taurus' all along!Mythology definitely points to this and so does planetary evidence.Blown away.

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posted June 01, 2013 09:15 AM            

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IMO astrology is incomplete without one ruler for each planet. If you look at someone with Taurus ASC and then someone with Libra ASC they are quite different. the same thing is with Virgo-Gemini

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posted June 01, 2013 09:52 PM            

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It is quite interesting. The first I've read of Ceres as a ruler for Virgo; Chiron is the alternate to Mercury that I've read of most often as being assigned to Virgo.

I was a bit put off by how she portrayed science. Seemed like she set up a "straw man" with that one; very easy to knock down. There are only 4 base pairs in genetics and we get a wide variety of different life forms. If you want to argue with a scientist about the need for a wholistic approach to astrology, then you need to use something more substantial like DNA.

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posted June 01, 2013 09:53 PM            

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And here's a better link: http://www.onereed.com/articles/vvf/vvlibra.html

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posted June 02, 2013 10:45 AM            

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Agreed.But overall,she has made an interesting point. Disagree that we science people aren't able to form a wholistic view,i can vouch for medical sciences that we are.
She does generalise like most laymen (right-brained and left-brained) but isn't entirely wrong about brain function.The myth part I found very revelatory.Like something out of a Dan Brown novel

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posted June 02, 2013 05:20 PM            

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To discount scientific study and research as "literal" thinking is short sighted and just an excuse for any scientific minded person to call out the author's irrational unscientific thinking - such as using terms like "wholistic."

The reason science and astrology are no longer compatible is the fact that astrology is a worn out ideology. There is no scientific evidence of how exactly it works. "Energy" from the planets create psychosomatic effects on human kind? It sounds a bit far fetched.

I have studied astrology for years and am quite informed on all the mythological associations connected with astrology and the fact that most of the meanings and symbology are based on mythology. This just points out how unscientific astrology is. It really is a pseudo science and to disagree just reinstates illogical thinking.

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posted June 02, 2013 05:20 PM            

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Also the reason the planet Venus was considered a malefic among many cultures is the fact that Aphrodite was a sexually charged women who was in control of her sexuality and had an appetite for sex like any man. Yet patriarchal society disowns the idea of sexually promiscuous women and therefore deemed Venus a "harlot."

Even the vestal virgins of Ancient Rome were involved in mass orgies once a year. So the whole notion of "virginal" is a fallacy created by patriarchy.

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posted July 01, 2013 06:54 AM            

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Thank you for posting the link!

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