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Topic: Your fav. book & your mercury!!
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socialgraffiti Knowflake Posts: 113 From: uranus Registered: Jul 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 12:14 AM
My top books (that I can think of) would have to be: -The Fault in Our Stars (by John Green) -Steve Job's Biography (Walter Isaacson) -Anything by John Grisham -Anything by Malcolm Gladwell -Mysterious Benedict Society series (it's not even an astro book but it talks about astrology and doesn't bash on it) -The Giver (by Lois Lowry) -A Wrinkle in Time (by Madeleine L'Engle)My mercury is in Scorpio conjunct pluto in the 5th house; sextile Neptune/Uranus. How about you? IP: Logged |
Kerosene Knowflake Posts: 8075 From: Mercury Registered: Dec 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 12:23 AM
Oh gosh that's hard.. but my favorite writers are Whitman(sun conjunct sun/Mars conjunct Mars), Ginsberg(sun conjunct sun/mercury conjunct mercury)and Nabokov(Mercury conjunct Pluto/Mercury conjunct Mars)- Gemini. IP: Logged |
12muddy Knowflake Posts: 1281 From: Registered: Feb 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 12:46 AM
It's hard to choose, but yeah some of my favourite books in English are:The Floods - Colin Thompson Notes from Walnut tree farm - Roger Deakin Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien Wild animals I have known - Ernest Thompsor Seton. The old man and the sea - Ernest Hemingway Twenty thousand leagues under the sea - Jules Verne 12th house sag mercury conjunct cap sun, sextiles MC. IP: Logged |
charlie Knowflake Posts: 1326 From: los angeles, ca, USA Registered: Jun 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 01:41 AM
ALL books by Greg Iles, Dennis Lehane and Bret Easton Ellis. I also like Ayn Rand (flame away..) and I adore Haruki Murakami! I also enjoy reading about serial killers and murder.Cancer Mercury (plus stellium) 11H. Chart ruler is Virgo. IP: Logged |
Jessica2407 Moderator Posts: 4534 From: Saturn Registered: Sep 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 02:27 AM
I'm an avid reader, I don't have A favourite book.I can give you my favourite authors.I read all Robert Ludlum's b,ooks Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING by Michael Connelly,John Grisham,Jeffery Deaver,Lorenzo Carcaterra,Nelson Demille,Vince Flynn,Brad Thor,Stephen King,Syndney Sheldon,Brad Meltzer,Jane Austen ( read all her books),Lemony Snicket ( his book series are awesome),Dan Brown. I could go on but I think I'd stop here And yes my mercury? Leo Merc, conjunct sun,saturn,and venus,sq uranus and NN,sextile mars,and pluto and trine neptune. IP: Logged |
PixieJane Moderator Posts: 3535 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted January 01, 2014 04:25 AM
Books by Neil Gaiman (with strong fairytale and/or metaphoric elements) as well as being a fan of the characters Repairman Jack and Harry Dresden that feature different levels of reality interacting with the "real world." While I'm not really a fan of Stephen King I do consider both Firestarter and Salem's Lot favorites. Most of the other books I'd list wouldn't be recognized by many (though White Oleander is one) but tend to feature clever, determined survivors who get by more on wits rather than open & direct confrontation (for the most part anyway). They also feature close allies, friendships, and loves that help. I tend to like the works of Elaine Cunningham for her often vivid social interactions and personalities that include a lot of gray. Her characters tend to show villains with redeeming features along with sometimes sympathetic reasons and heroes who can be self-righteous jerks who actually do more to spread evil than stop it and perhaps help one sympathize with the villain a little. (I liked how in one of her books in the Star Wars universe she explored the ethics of the Jedi going around mind controlling people around them and asking "is this really good?"). Diane Duane does a lot of good ones, too, but my favorite is her Stardrive trilogy (probably no one here has heard of it) which features a mix of true heroes and antiheroes but in a galaxy where the good guys (who aren't main characters) are just as infuriating and sometimes destructive to the innocent (even without apology for "the greater good") as the despicable villains. Like Elaine Cunningham there tend to be some well thought out characters and challenging shades of gray where it's not certain what the best course of action (be it practical and/or ethical) is. My mercury is 3H Libra on the Scorpio cusp (I believe another hour and it would've been in Scorpio instead) conjunct Sun and Pluto. IP: Logged |
VenusDiSirius Knowflake Posts: 5292 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted January 01, 2014 05:04 AM
quote: Originally posted by Kerosene: Oh gosh that's hard.. but my favorite writers are Whitman(sun conjunct sun/Mars conjunct Mars), Ginsberg(sun conjunct sun/mercury conjunct mercury)and Nabokov(Mercury conjunct Pluto/Mercury conjunct Mars)- Gemini.
You seem like a Baudelaire, Bukowski & Kerouac type too.
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chargeomentum Knowflake Posts: 269 From: Registered: Jun 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 05:19 AM
any kind of adventure book, prefer with some elements of history. fav. authors Jules Verne, Alexander Duma, Jack London. aries merc 8th house, sextile uranus and trine pluto. IP: Logged |
I'm so cappy Knowflake Posts: 4102 From: Saturn (summer house on Chiron) Registered: Nov 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 06:28 AM
My top 3 would be...The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned and Forrest Gump (way better than the movie, btw).Sagittarius Mercury in the 4th house sextile Moon. ------------------ I'm sooo happy! I mean, cappy. IP: Logged |
Venusian Moon Knowflake Posts: 1320 From: Nyc Registered: Feb 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 07:14 AM
Only love is real By brian weiss Shes come undone By wally lamb Its like this cat By emily nellville The Alchemist By paolo Coelho Like water for chocolate By laura esquivelGemini sun Gemini mercury ------------------ Gemini sun 12th.(Gemini/cancer cusp) Cancer asc 1st Taurus moon 11th Taurus venus 11th Libra mars 3rd Gemini mercury 11th
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Lunae Knowflake Posts: 2018 From: Registered: Dec 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 07:19 AM
I really love reading books! Since childhood, it has been one of my favorite things to do and later it inspired me to write. I love almost every book I've read but I guess these made the deepest impression:-By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (Paolo Coelho) -Eleven Minutes (Paolo Coelho) -The Alchemist (Paolo Coelho) -Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) -Message in a Bottle, The Notebook, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, True Believer (Nicholas Sparks) --> the books are WAY better than the movies, btw. -The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) -Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell) -Sundays at Tiffany's (James Patterson) -Every Day (David Levithan) I enjoyed reading books by these authors: -Dan Brown (I've read every single one of his books. The recent one, Inferno, was quite an interesting read.) -Jude Deveraux -Nora Roberts (particularly the Irish trilogy, Jewels of the Sun, etc) -Suzanne Collins (THG series) -Judith Mcnaught -James Patterson and many others, I just can't remember them all lol. Mercury in Sagittarius, 6th house. Ruler Jupiter in Virgo, 3rd house. (Quite the mutual reception, eh? Mercury also happens to be my chart ruler-- Gemini ASC). 3rd house in Leo, Sun in Scorpio 5th house. aspects: -Square to the moon, jupiter and MC -Trine to Chiron IP: Logged |
Faith Moderator Posts: 6450 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted January 01, 2014 08:59 AM
quote: Originally posted by VenusDiSirius: You seem like a Baudelaire, Bukowski & Kerouac type too.
So true. And D.H. Lawrence. I have 6H Mercury in Aquarius. I was a literature major and liked most classics that I had to read, especially a few works that were cryptic or could be read on two levels at once (The Renaissance by Walter Pater, Nature by R.W. Emerson, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.) Since graduating, I prefer books on astrology, spirituality, herbs, mind-body medicine, nature, and dying. I also love memoirs and biographies of people who have lived strange lives or survived extremely hard circumstances (war conditions, poverty, storms, etc.) I think my Scorpio NN is evident there. IP: Logged |
geea Knowflake Posts: 775 From: hitchhiking through the galaxy Registered: Jun 2011
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posted January 01, 2014 09:43 AM
Kama sutra12th mercury )
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Gabby Knowflake Posts: 2091 From: Registered: Sep 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 11:37 AM
I have a weird list, they do not go together! Lol1st-Gone with the Wind 2nd-1984 3rd-any book about Quantum Science My Saggy Merc is 0 degree conjunct my Sun and Neptune but only Merc and Sun fall in my Scorpio 2nd house, Neptune in Saggy 3rd house Saturn makes an exact trine to mercury Scorpio Uranus is 1 degree semi sextile IP: Logged |
socialgraffiti Knowflake Posts: 113 From: uranus Registered: Jul 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 08:43 PM
quote: Originally posted by geea: Kama sutra12th mercury )
LOL I would have thought it was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy based on your location EDIT: but yeah that's a good read.. What sign is your mercury (since you didn't say)? IP: Logged |
PlutoFish Knowflake Posts: 1837 From: Sumeria Registered: Sep 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 09:00 PM
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PlutoFish Knowflake Posts: 1837 From: Sumeria Registered: Sep 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 09:00 PM
Comets and the Horns of Moses. - Ancient astrology, the astrological ages, knowledge of the heavens, the morning star of Bethlehem, Venus & Jesus (Star of Lucifer) etc..Amazing read. So much knowledge. Mercury on Scorpio/Serpentarius Cusp; conjunct - Sun, Eros & Kaali in Serpentarius 1st house. (Sagittarius in 12 sign) Square - Saturn/Formelhaut/Karma. - 3rd house. Moon, Neptune & Uranus in Sagittarius. http://www .amazon.co.uk/Comets-Horns-Moses-Laura-Knight-Jadczyk/dp/1897244835/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1388627268&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=sumerians+astrology ------------------ 13 Sign astrologer. ♐☾ IP: Logged |
PlutoFish Knowflake Posts: 1837 From: Sumeria Registered: Sep 2013
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PlutoFish Knowflake Posts: 1837 From: Sumeria Registered: Sep 2013
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IMoppedtheFloor Knowflake Posts: 239 From: USA Registered: Dec 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 09:19 PM
Fledgling - Octavia E ButlerCarrie - Stephen King Mercury in Leo (7th house), quintile Pluto (8th house); sextile Jupiter (8th house), sextile Saturn (8th house). IP: Logged |
Canadiangirl Knowflake Posts: 423 From: Kingston, On, Canada Registered: Nov 2013
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posted January 01, 2014 09:45 PM
My list is randomHitchhiker's guide to the galaxy Red China Blues-history/society book The Princess Bride I am American and so can you! Stephen Colbert 3rd house leo mercury IP: Logged |
Kerosene Knowflake Posts: 8075 From: Mercury Registered: Dec 2012
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posted January 01, 2014 10:05 PM
quote: Originally posted by VenusDiSirius: You seem like a Baudelaire, Bukowski & Kerouac type too.
how perceptive of you! IP: Logged |
socialgraffiti Knowflake Posts: 113 From: uranus Registered: Jul 2013
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posted January 02, 2014 02:01 AM
quote: Originally posted by PixieJane: Books by Neil Gaiman (with strong fairytale and/or metaphoric elements) as well as being a fan of the characters Repairman Jack and Harry Dresden that feature different levels of reality interacting with the "real world." While I'm not really a fan of Stephen King I do consider both Firestarter and Salem's Lot favorites. Most of the other books I'd list wouldn't be recognized by many (though White Oleander is one) but tend to feature clever, determined survivors who get by more on wits rather than open & direct confrontation (for the most part anyway). They also feature close allies, friendships, and loves that help. I tend to like the works of Elaine Cunningham for her often vivid social interactions and personalities that include a lot of gray. Her characters tend to show villains with redeeming features along with sometimes sympathetic reasons and heroes who can be self-righteous jerks who actually do more to spread evil than stop it and perhaps help one sympathize with the villain a little. (I liked how in one of her books in the Star Wars universe she explored the ethics of the Jedi going around mind controlling people around them and asking "is this really good?"). Diane Duane does a lot of good ones, too, but my favorite is her Stardrive trilogy (probably no one here has heard of it) which features a mix of true heroes and antiheroes but in a galaxy where the good guys (who aren't main characters) are just as infuriating and sometimes destructive to the innocent (even without apology for "the greater good") as the despicable villains. Like Elaine Cunningham there tend to be some well thought out characters and challenging shades of gray where it's not certain what the best course of action (be it practical and/or ethical) is. My mercury is 3H Libra on the Scorpio cusp (I believe another hour and it would've been in Scorpio instead) conjunct Sun and Pluto.
Oh wow, I'll have to check those out sometime I've always despised the 2D good and bad archetypes and your description makes them sound very compelling.
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