posted July 18, 2015 11:50 PM            

If you are unsure, there's a test here.

ANALYTICAL

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Time
Static
Linear
One thing
Small picture
Focused
Deliberative
No perspective
Classroom taught
Objective
Best option
Needed when explanation required
Deconstructive
Object differentiation
Objective/subjective differentiation
Brain centered
Disoriented
Abstract
Historically new
Lawyers

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INTUITIVE THINKING

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No time
Dynamic
Non-linear
Many things
Big picture
Non-focused
Instantaneous
Perspective
Experience taught
Subjective
Workable option
Needed when action required
Constructive
Pattern matching
No clear objective/subjective
Heart centered
Oriented
Concrete
Historically old
Firefighters

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posted July 19, 2015 12:47 AM            

I can't separate the two.

a) Intuition requires analysis.

For instance, in the case of an outright premonition, you might compare what you expected with what the actual outcome was, and consider all the variables affecting your prediction (such as, time spent in meditation, pertinent transits, diet.) On a smaller scale, just taking stock of the strength of one's intuitive impulse is a comparison analysis, ie, "I get nerves in my stomach when I'm about to do something I regret, like getting on this airplane, but how bad are these nerves, and what are the consequences for heeding versus ignoring them?"

b) Analysis can be pointless without intuition

And by that I mean, one should know which things are worth taking the time to really scrutinize and pore through data about, before undertaking the analysis. Even if a person is so purely analytical that they do it for its own sake, like a game, it's good to have an intuitive handle on that truth, to place it within a larger perspective.

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In my opinion I answered this question analytically but perhaps, in others' view, I took such a flighty departure from the conventional responses they envisioned when they clicked here (intuitively, they thought another type of response was in store for them) that they won't grant me the title of analytical, as that is like an award to most people, and intuitive is the consolation prize.

posted July 19, 2015 02:14 AM            

So I guess I'm both then?

I'm a Virgo mercury and I would say I'm not really good in math. My moon is in Cancer sextile my mercury and venus.

posted July 19, 2015 02:15 AM            

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Originally posted by socialgraffiti:
Do you consider yourself to be more of an analytical or an intuitive thinker?
Please state your moon, Mercury, and 3rd house placements, as well as anything else you think contributes.

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Intuitive-- you had me at 'no time.'

Pisces Moon

Leo Merc H4

H3 cusp in Cancer, which houses Saturn and SN.

posted July 19, 2015 10:19 AM            

12th house sag mercury conjunct uranus.
3rd house aries moon square venus/sauturn/neptune/uranus/asc.

posted July 19, 2015 01:48 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
I have 6H Aquarius Mercury square 4H Scorpio Uranus. 8H Pisces moon, 3H Pluto.

I can't separate the two.

a) Intuition requires analysis.

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You seem to be in a contrary mood, Faith

But I understand what you're saying. There's going to be an overlap between the intuitive mindset and analytical mindset. All people have a blend between them.

Some people are so used to analysis that the process becomes so natural them it is similar to "intuitive." But there's usually some natural inclination between one of the two.

E.g. If a person is good at reading body language and can draw conclusions from small changes in tone/expression, that would be intuitive.

However, they may doubt their intuition because of the lack of solid evidence (analytical).

A person may be excellent at brainstorming ideas (intuitive), but their mind is disconnected from real possibilities (analytical).

I've noticed many people with an analytical mindset may have a set plan (analytical), but they cannot execute it because they think, "What if there's something better? What if I doubt it later on?" (Intuitive)

There is definitely a balancing act between the two, but usually a person has one dominant mindset. You can usually 'train' yourself into developing the second.

posted July 19, 2015 07:57 PM            

Sorry As I said, it was late and I was in the mood for rambling.

I suppose the distinction is valuable and some people are noticeably dominant in one way of thinking or another, though I've only recognized them in extreme examples, such as an analytical person with Aspergers (and even then, I've seen how intuitive they are, despite not reacting conventionally to social cues).

I can't say I've ever known someone who struck me as dominantly intuitive. The most intuitive person I've ever met is also highly analytical.

Perhaps intuitiveness is not a side people feel comfortable showcasing in public; seems that social propriety demands plenty of facts and figures to build credibility-- in this day and age, most people are interacting with strangers on a constant basis (as you and I are near-strangers) and rely on the language of fact to establish common ground. Even here where people are telling their life stories, it's all couched in numbers and pinned up against a scientific background (astronomical truth.) This here is a crossroads of analysis and intuition.

Sometimes when I am at my most analytical, as when I am trying to rectify a chart, I get intuitive breakthroughs and "just know" where an asteroid will fall, or which numbers are going to be coming up when I switch the chart type. (ETA: The Virgo-Pisces axis is hinged together, after all. My 6H Mercury and Pisces moon sometimes do connect through that polarity.)

Anyway, sorry for rambling again

Perhaps you are right, most people are dominant one way or the other and perhaps that is provable through brain scans and whatnot ~ I just have never focused my awareness like that, nor classified people in those terms.

Cheers

posted July 19, 2015 11:42 PM            

The ball costs - 5c. The bat costs - $1 and 5c.
In total that's $1.10.

posted July 19, 2015 11:46 PM            

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1) If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? _______ minutes

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Is it the same kind of machine? You didn't tell me whether the speed of all machines was constant or not. So how should I know?

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2) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Everyday, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half the lake? _________ days

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Lily pads don't grow that fast, and never cover the entire lake. You can't pull this cr*p on me.

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A bat and ball together cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? _________ cents

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posted July 20, 2015 12:03 AM            

That's what I thought about the first one. They didn't actually tell us whether they all start at the same time etc.

You guys will think I'm an odd ball, but I'll tell you this in the interest of astrology lol (since I have Merc/Uranus).
For the first question, I pictured this wide space, like a warehouse... with robots standing around in groups of 5. They all looked like the Terminator
Anyway... since there had to be 100 robots, I pictured 20 groups of five robots, all standing around making widgets. So I was like... Ok... Since the first group of 5 will be finishing their 5 widgets in 5 minutes... That means all of the other 19 groups, working at the same time - will be doing the same thing.
Hence, in 5 minutes each group would have 5 widgets done, which in total gives them: 100 widgets.

posted July 20, 2015 12:50 AM            

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Originally posted by Free Leon:
I got 3/3 for analytical, but I consider myself to be extremely intuitive so idk how accurate this test is in determining whether someone is more inclined towards analytical or intuitive thinking..

Moon in Aries, 1st House
Mercury in Virgo, 6th House
Venus in Gemini, 3rd House, Conjunct IC

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Moon in the 1st... Does that mean you have an Aries ascendant?

If so, that means you approach the world in such a way that you feel a situation out (Moon) and react quickly (Aries). Aries is a driven, energetic sign.

All of the fire signs are considered intuitive, but Aries, being the first sign as well as a cardinal sign, shows this approach the most.

Yet you have Mercury in Virgo, in its natural sign, and in the 6th house, the natural house of Virgo.

Virgo is perhaps one of the most analytical signs, naturally oriented to detail. This is very different from Aries' approach, as the signs are naturally quincunx- sharing no modality or element.

Therefore, the way you approach the world (1st) and your unconscious mind (moon) contradicts the analytical way in which you communicate (Mercury).

posted July 20, 2015 12:52 AM            

(edits again- gotta stop staying up so late.)

Interestingly, the "intuitive" answers were always the wrong ones. Isn't that a pretty transparent insult to the word intuitive? And it denies the value of intuition in mathematics....

Perhaps some of you have seen this documentary about Daniel Tammet...

The Boy with the Incredible Brain

If I remember correctly, he holds the record for reciting Pi to the 20,000th digit in 5 hours. He does this intuitively. The numbers just come to him, encoded in symbols.

His natal chart is impressive: http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Daniel_Tammet

posted July 20, 2015 01:31 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
@socialgraffiti

Sorry As I said, it was late and I was in the mood for rambling.

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It is totally fine~

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Perhaps intuitiveness is not a side people feel comfortable showcasing in public; seems that social propriety demands plenty of facts and figures to build credibility-- in this day and age, most people are interacting with strangers on a constant basis (as you and I are near-strangers) and rely on the language of fact to establish common ground.

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I very much agree. I think our society glorifies rationalism and science, which of course isn't bad, but condemning intuition- which is actually an incredibly useful tool- should not be part of that.

I also think intuition itself is a very private process- the conclusions drawn usually come from almost instantaneois recognition of patterns, which is very difficult to verbalize.

You may have heard of the novel Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, and it's pretty fascinating in how he describes that people's "gut instincts" (intuition) proved to be more accurate than months or even years of scientific analysis.

I think there is such a negative stereotype against using snap judgment because people cannot understand it. There is no foreseeable rationale behind the conclusions. People may also confuse the conclusions from people's personal biases rather than intuition, which is usually neutral.

posted July 20, 2015 03:03 AM            

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Originally posted by Odette:
Free Leon - I'm glad you got analytical on all 3... because I have a couple of questions. Your Mercury is in Virgo, opposite mine.
I'm wondering, re: the first question (5 machines/5 minutes/5 widgets)... how long did it take you to answer it, and how did you work it out?

My Pisces Mercury is square Uranus and I'm always under the impression that I work out answers in a weird, roundabout way. I just want to check how "normal" I am basically

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It took me about 3-4 seconds. The first number that came to mind was 100, but I knew immediately that it wasn't the answer; I tend to pick up patterns in everything, so it was more or less an impulsive thought. Then I just went into logic mode and figured that the production time would always be the same (in this case 5 minutes) if the amount of machines is equal to the amount of widgets (1 machine produces 1 widget in 5 minutes)

posted July 20, 2015 03:05 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Lily pads don't grow that fast, and never cover the entire lake. You can't pull this cr*p on me.

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Lol yes. This was what I thought. Half of my brain was churning out answers, and the other half was like "This sounds weird" the whole time.

This reminds me of the time when one of the quizzes that popped up in my math test went something like "The velocity of a rising rocket is 5km/h..." Such mind-f*ckery lol.

posted July 20, 2015 03:28 AM            

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Originally posted by socialgraffiti:
Moon in the 1st... Does that mean you have an Aries ascendant?

If so, that means you approach the world in such a way that you feel a situation out (Moon) and react quickly (Aries). Aries is a driven, energetic sign.

All of the fire signs are considered intuitive, but Aries, being the first sign as well as a cardinal sign, shows this approach the most.

Yet you have Mercury in Virgo, in its natural sign, and in the 6th house, the natural house of Virgo.

Virgo is perhaps one of the most analytical signs, naturally oriented to detail. This is very different from Aries' approach, as the signs are naturally quincunx- sharing no modality or element.

Therefore, the way you approach the world (1st) and your unconscious mind (moon) contradicts the analytical way in which you communicate (Mercury).

Perhaps that makes more sense. Is there an aspect between Moon and Mercury?

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I have Aries Ascendant at 1 degree, with Aries Moon at 17 degrees and Virgo Mercury at 4 degrees. They're 137 degrees from one another, which would be a Sesqui-Quadrate aspect (+2 degree orb).

What you said does make sense. I arrive to answers/conclusions through analytical/logical thought processing, but I only double-check for accuracy if the situation is important/calls for it. Otherwise I simply trust my initial answer and move on. The answer turns out to be correct around 90-95% of the time.

posted July 20, 2015 08:52 AM            

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Originally posted by Odette:
Hanna - I think the first answer seems intuitively correct, but when you think about it - it's not. They're all trick questions lol

The ball costs - 5c. The bat costs - $1 and 5c.
In total that's $1.10.

If the ball was 10c, then the bat would be $1.10 - and the total would be $1.20.

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posted July 20, 2015 10:49 AM            

However, my result is intuitive. Not in a thinking mood today and bad at maths but it probably is right that I am intuitive although I generally try to compensate

posted July 20, 2015 10:54 AM            

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Originally posted by Free Leon:
It took me about 3-4 seconds. The first number that came to mind was 100, but I knew immediately that it wasn't the answer; I tend to pick up patterns in everything, so it was more or less an impulsive thought. Then I just went into logic mode and figured that the production time would always be the same (in this case 5 minutes) if the amount of machines is equal to the amount of widgets (1 machine produces 1 widget in 5 minutes)

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