posted April 27, 2015 04:38 PM            

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Originally posted by peony:
Freespirit, thank you for YOUR thoughtful response! By your getting down into the weeds a little bit more and giving specific examples, it clarified a lot for me. I especially appreciate your point that Pluto was in Virgo a few years before Uranus conjoined it. I appreciate the point about your Pluto in Scorpio group's way of digging for information, and other points you made too. You helped me to look at this with a more precise eye and I love precision! Now I want to take a look at your blog!

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More precise eye? Uh-oh. I think my Virgo planets are showing! But, thanks, peony! I'm glad I helped you understand more.

But, actually, that's also another point I wanted to make. I have Mercury conjunct Mars in Virgo, as well as Venus in Virgo. So, I've always found how Pluto in Virgo people responded to me as interesting and sometimes strange. I mean, it's my parents' generation. But, it's like my Virgo traits have the power to empower them; these people much older than me. I think my observations kind of "unleash" something in them. However, that can also garner a less favorable response. Like I'm tapping into something that they don't want to personally own and admit to, unless they're very Pluto-like.

posted April 27, 2015 05:00 PM            

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Originally posted by peony:
Cleve Backster discovers that plants have feelings, are telepathic, and can distinguish between true and false intentions!

Grover Cleveland "Cleve" Backster, Jr., an interrogation specialist for the CIA, became famous in 1966 for his discovery using a lie detector that plants have emotional activities like human beings. In one experiment, Backster thought of burning the leaves of a plant. He found that leaves connected to a lie detector reacted strongly before he even got the match. When he returned with the match, the leaves reacted strongly again. Interestingly, when Backster hesitated to burn the plant or if he pretended like he was going to do so, the plant had virtually no reaction. In other words, the plant was able to distinguish between true and false intentions!

In another experiment, Backster asked six blindfolded students to draw lots from a hat. One student was instructed to uproot one of the two plants in the room and destroy it. The "murderer's" identity was unknown to all including Backster so that the remaining plant would not sense who the "killer" was from anyone's thoughts. Only the second plant was a witness.

The remaining plant was then hooked up to the lie detector and each student passed by the plant. There was no reaction when five of the students walked past the plant. But when the "murderer" passed by, there was a strong reaction as the electronic pen started moving frantically! The test showed that plants can identify people.

Backster's discoveries changed his life forever.

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Fascinating.

posted April 27, 2015 10:29 PM            

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Originally posted by the89freespirit:
But, actually, that's also another point I wanted to make. I have Mercury conjunct Mars in Virgo, as well as Venus in Virgo. So, I've always found how Pluto in Virgo people responded to me as interesting and sometimes strange. I mean, it's my parents' generation. But, it's like my Virgo traits have the power to empower them; these people much older than me. I think my observations kind of "unleash" something in them. However, that can also garner a less favorable response. Like I'm tapping into something that they don't want to personally own and admit to, unless they're very Pluto-like.

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This is such an interesting perspective. I mean, synastry as usually discussed is most often about two people in a romantic context, but what you're talking about is like sociological synastry. Fascinating!

posted April 27, 2015 10:40 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Fascinating.

Just out of curiosity, does he ever talk about his own personal diet?

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You mean, given his discoveries, how did he feel about eating plant food? I looked it up but couldn't find any reference to his diet.