posted November 18, 2019 11:35 PM            

1) My friend - she actively rescues dogs and re-homes them. Neptune square Virgo Sun opp Mars sextile Mercury.

2) My brother - he was always surrounding himself with animals and has been known to rescue dogs when he was a kid. Neptune quincunx Sun square Pisces Moon.

3) My ex-boyfriend - he used to feed the stray cats and take care of them. Neptune aspecting all his inner planets, including his Virgo Mars.

4) My guy - he really loves animals as well. Neptune conj ASC square Virgo Sun/Mercury trine Venus sextile Moon.

5) Myself - 12H Sun/Mercury. Neptune conj Moon opp Venus square Pisces Mars.

posted November 19, 2019 12:10 AM            

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Originally posted by Hikaru29:
I would think people with Neptune influence. These are the people who really love animals:

1) My friend - she actively rescues dogs and re-homes them. Neptune square Virgo Sun opp Mars sextile Mercury.

2) My brother - he was always surrounding himself with animals and has been known to rescue dogs when he was a kid. Neptune quincunx Sun square Pisces Moon.

3) My ex-boyfriend - he used to feed the stray cats and take care of them. Neptune aspecting all his inner planets, including his Virgo Mars.

4) My guy - he really loves animals as well. Neptune conj ASC square Virgo Sun/Mercury trine Venus sextile Moon.

5) Myself - 12H Sun/Mercury. Neptune conj Moon opp Venus square Pisces Mars.

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posted November 19, 2019 02:55 AM            

That poor cat ended up being really friendly - it stood up and put its paws on the door, trying to get in, so I opened the door, scooped it up, and took it up to my sister's room, took its picture, thinking it was a stray, or had been dumped. Then spent time with it, gave it food and water, a litter tray, and after the sun came up, I left it there, showered (to get any potential germs off me, as I was going to be around my own cats - I thought it was a bit sick, but didn't know how much). Then I fell asleep on the couch, really happy and relaxed, thinking the cat was safe and warm, that we could help it. I asked my parents to check on it every so often, and my dad told me it was hiding under the bed. Later on, when I woke up, he told me it was breathing heavily... I went up, got it out from under the bed, and not long after that, he died in my arms. So I freaked out, obviously. I still regret not trying to get it indoors the week before. So, I held someone else's pet as it died. I wanted to throttle anyone who might have dumped it, but I know pets get lost, too.

posted November 19, 2019 03:13 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I know plenty of people who care deeply for their pets but couldn't give a damn about animals in general, not even the pets of other people.

Just saying as I think in some cases this is being overlooked (and thus the question isn't being properly addressed).

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Me, too. I know several people who love their dog and would do *anything* for them but claim to "hate" cats, could care less about the homeless animals in their community, and scoff at me for having so many pets. Or they show cruelty and a lack of compassion for wildlife in their community. That really irks me.

posted November 19, 2019 03:35 AM            

My mom did wildlife rehab for a period of time (she's a 6th house Sun and Cancer ASC) and took care of injured and abandoned wildlife. That was a lot of fun, but also heartbreaking. Shock alone kills a lot of wildlife, along with cruelty from humans who just won't slow down to let it cross the road or insist on "hunting" wildlife even though they're really after it as a trophy and not meat. The extent of cruelty that humans are capable never seeks to shock me, anymore. To be honest, if you care about your dog, you should give a damn about wildlife, too. They're just as animal as your dog. Just because they won't cuddle up to you and protect you from an intruder doesn't mean that their life holds any less value. (I mean "you" universally here, as in we as humans should care - not directed at anyone in particular here.) I could go on and on about my frustration, but I won't.

I have zero Pisces in my chart. My 6th house and my DSC are in Cancer. I have Chiron in my 6th house. I have a 4th house Moon and Mars and a stellium in Virgo. I currently have 2 dogs - one of which was dumped on me, the other was rescued from a kill animal shelter. I have 11 cats. I said I was going to stop at 9, but when 2 small black kittens showed up on my doorstep, I couldn't say no. Almost every cat I have was raised with kitten formula and a bottle or dropper. I also feed the community cats and feral cats in my neighborhood - 2 meals every day, along with a feral cat shelter for when it rains/snows and 2 beds for when it's actually warm. They've become used to me, so they allow me to put flea/tick medicine on them, give them cat nip and clean their beds. They're probably some of the fattest, healthiest ferals I've ever seen. I'm also pretty sure that the array of raccoons, possums, rabbits, and deer in my neighborhood have figured out that they won't be harassed here and tend to hang out in my backyard. I see more here than anywhere else in my area.

posted November 19, 2019 03:52 AM            

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Originally posted by ChildofVenus:
Perhaps it's my Venus in Pisces as well. I notice that I'm emotional when it comes to animals. I actually cry it's different than it is with people. I don't know why but it's just something that I've realized.

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posted November 19, 2019 03:53 AM            

I “saved” snails and slugs from dry ground by pouring some water on the soil and putting them there instead.

I’m sure I messed with evolution and nature’s way of selection..

posted November 19, 2019 11:00 PM            

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Originally posted by Solar_Leo_Queen:
Actually, I would like to contradict the Pisces statements above. Pisces is compassionate in general. But if you're specific to animals, it would be Virgo especially ones with Venus in that sign.

I've read this book on astrology and it mentions Venus in Virgo being more fond of having pets than any other placement because this compensates for their criticism in love relationships. More often than not, people with a lot of Virgo influence are more likely to be more comfortable with human-pet relationships than human-human relationships because pets make them learn how to love unconditionally. With animals, they can serve, take care of something, and love at the same time. They are able to overlook an animal's shortcomings because they know that animals don't have the capacity to care and think for themselves. Therefore, they grow fond of the animal and think of it as their own child. And everybody knows that if you think of something or someone as your own child, you are bound to love it unconditionally. This is their way of learning the lessons from their opposite sign.

So in my opinion, it would be Virgo. Plus, pets are ruled by the 6th house, which is naturally ruled by Virgo.

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There is that, but there is also the following. Just speaking of the archetype and not of actual people with whole charts, freewill, etc, but Virgo energy tends to be on the somewhat controlling side, "I know better for you than what you know for yourself", and this is part of the issue with their relationships. It's a quiet, introverted, undercover/unconscious superiority complex (sort of a Sheldon like archetype). (In actual practice with real people, whole charts, freewill, etc, many things can offset this such as strong Venus, Neptune, Jupiter, Pisces, etc and of course the ever present wild card factor of spiritual will).

With animals, they have all the control and power, and meanwhile, they oddly fear and strongly dislike being criticized by others though they often do it to others (however silently or outspokenly they do so), and animals just don't do that, and that's comforting and safe to them.

I really like animals a lot, but the real growth and work is with fellow people.

We have gotten some interesting guidance about some of our animal friends. Apparently their Souls also go through a reincarnation type process. My partner had some interesting lucid like dreams about one of our cats, Kenya (the wee kitten that I'm holding in the picture with me), and how she saw her being many different large cats before she became a housecat. In that same dream, she became aware that Kenya chose or rather agreed to become a housecat to work on something akin to the human concepts of greater humility and dependency on a Soul growth level.

After she passed, Kenya visited me a couple times dramatically. One day after I had just started to meditate (usually do so lying down, but was at this point was still sitting up doing the preparatory process of neck rolls etc), when I felt and saw a noticeable plop on the bed, yet couldn't see anything. It was exactly what I experienced when Kenya, a somewhat bigger cat, would do when she "struggle jumped" onto the bed. About a month or two later, we went to a spiritual oriented conference, and I didn't know all of the talks scheduled a head of time, but one ended up being about pet post body death communication. There were some similar examples of experience given as to my recent one. Thought it was pretty synchronistic.

Love connects all of us, and while Souls that incarnate as pets are on a different wavelength, if there was mutual love there, it isn't lost, but goes on and on. Love is the most real and lasting energy in the entire Uni/Multiverse.

Bob Monroe, the well known OBE author and consciousness explorer had an interesting experience in one of his out of body travels where he met a Soul that had just come from many dog experiences and was all excited because in his telepathic to human language words, "I get to finally be a human!"

I've had an intuition that our other cat friend, whose body is still alive, may choose to incarnate in a human body. Her energy is lighter, more refined, more gentle and ethereal than Kenya, who was more a earthly, grounded, and more wild feeling Soul. Interestingly, Kenya was more my partner's cat in some ways, and Jasmine is more my cat, in that we have a greater affinity for one over the other, though we both love both pretty equally.

posted November 19, 2019 11:41 PM            

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Originally posted by charlie:
I’m sure I messed with evolution and nature’s way of selection..

To this day I feel such rage when I for instance see owners of dogs treat them badly! One time I saw a man kick his dog in the stomach and hadn’t it been for my husband, I would have stopped the car and beaten him bloody!

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No, you just helped out a tiny creature that needed some assistance. Good for you.

posted November 20, 2019 03:08 PM            

My 6th house is Cancer, with Chiron Rx and SN there. Leo Moon also in 6th conj. Jupiter and DSC.

posted November 24, 2019 10:15 AM            

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Originally posted by manymoones:
^That’s so sweet, @Belba.

The first conversation my husband and I had was about our love for dogs

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Oh, cute! do you have one now together?

posted November 28, 2019 07:51 PM            

Ever since I was a child I’ve had special bonds with animals. Dogs gravitate towards me. I love all animals and I hate for anything to be in pain.

I’m a Pisces sun, moon, mercury. No Virgo placements. My dad loved animals too- he was a Leo sun with Pisces ascendant.

posted November 28, 2019 08:35 PM            

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Originally posted by Belba:
In a more general sense, I've noticed that people with lots of Sag, Pisces and Virgo are the ones who not only love pets (who doesn't), but tend to be activists, vegetarians, adopt animals, save animals, etc. I would also add Chiron aspects to the bunch.

Me and my boyfriend have prominent Chiron, and Virgo and Sag placements, and at the beginning of our relationship we bonded alot over our love for animals.

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posted December 03, 2019 06:08 PM            

Haha. Jokes aside, Virgos are always so hard on themselves and feel like that they will never ever live up to expectations, so the unconditional love from an animal is a salve for these souls.

Virgo's nurturing side can be satisfied through the care of pets.