posted September 10, 2015 11:23 PM            

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Originally posted by florence:
I haven't read the second two authors but I was thinking for myself murakami. And, I own several books on alchemy so I'm wondering if Mercury/pluto is related? I seem to remember you having this aspect too. Do you have Mercury in aspect to neptune?

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posted September 11, 2015 06:54 AM            

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Originally posted by florence:
Do you figure the Leo in for the theatre of those books? What does your Mercury do?

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Yes and I see the Leo in that "coolest awesomeness of the main character" if that makes sense . Plus the Leo loves to be admired and if you save the day with those awesome unique powers, yea you get that admiration hehe . Or even if you die by saving the world, you still get remembered by a great deed.. Oh this sounds so corny lol.

I probably see my Uranus in Sag int he 1st here too... Enjoying what's different and that also stands out because of that uniqueness.

My Mercury is in Leo in the 9th:

conjuct sun (not combust, 5 orb)
semi square Venus exact
opposite Jupiter
square Saturn (yikes!)
trine Uranus
Quintile Pluto exact
trine MC
etc.

posted September 11, 2015 07:04 AM            

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Originally posted by 12muddy:
I love you already.

It often irks me when the latter volumes of a series aren't as good as the 1st one. I love the 1st book of "Cry of the Icemark" series. The 2sc is a complete let down. And the third. I didn't even finish it.

Same thing with Temeraire. Ooh and there'll be movie adaptation. I've been so excited ever since I knew of this news.

[QUOTE]The Hollywood Reporter reports that Peter Jackson, who is best known for directing the The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, has optioned the rights to the series. Jackson added that Temeraire "is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love—fantasy and historical epic. I can't wait to see Napoleonic battles fought with a squadron of dragons. That's what I go to the movies for."[9]

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12muddy

YES! Ooooh I can't wait for it too!
At same time I also hope they don't mess up with the series... So many times they try to adapt excellent books into the screens and it's just too difficult because of certain details...then I end up disappointed that I watched the thing.
I will trust Mr Jackson though!

posted September 11, 2015 09:16 AM            

I feel the same about movie adaptations. Most of the time I end up feeling a bit disappointed. Although Lord of the Rings live up to my expectation. I hope he will pull something good this time. Think about how spectacular the battle scenes will be. They look pretty good in my mind lol.

Oh I love glorious, spectacular battles. Harry Potter let me down a little in that regard. I was hoping for something really great at the end (T__T)

posted September 11, 2015 11:48 AM            

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Originally posted by 12muddy:
^ Yup. I'm waiting furiously.

I feel the same about movie adaptations. Most of the time I end up feeling a bit disappointed. Although Lord of the Rings live up to my expectation. I hope he will pull something good this time. Think about how spectacular the battle scenes will be. They look pretty good in my mind lol.

Oh I love glorious, spectacular battles. Harry Potter let me down a little in that regard. I was hoping for something really great at the end (T__T)

Another thing. Don't you just hate unfinished series? I do. Or ongoing series? I guess a bit of waiting builds up anticipation, but hell, writers like George RR Martin strike fear into my heart. More than ten years I've been waiting...

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Yes and yes!! I completely agree with everything you said!
Yea and I was also a little disappointed with the last movie of The Hobbit, but oh well.

Yes I hate ongoing series lol.
Goodness if I am really hooked in a book, I can finish it in one or two days depending on the length... then I regret it because I am waiting for a year (or more) or months for the new one to be released!! It's torture!
So I have this crazy self dialogue going on sometimes: "you really want to read but you should probably stop... there won't be a next one afterwards you know?!" "But, but, but I am really loving this!! Aaah screw it I will keep reading!".
Then suffering dawns. lol

Like now, I am dying for the end of October to get my hands on the next book after The Alloy of Law... I keep telling myself "it's just one more month, breaaaaath".
I keep wondering where is my Moon in Taurus... I am so bad at having patience sometimes lol. It's probably because it's in the 5th getting a little lionized.

Hahaha I have the same feeling with George RR Martin in many ways, especially since he has the balls to just kill anyone and everyone he wants in his stories, its quite daring and refreshing too at same time!
There isn't even an expected date for the release of his new book right?

EDIT: I just realized A Dance with Dragons just came out around 2011 or 2012 right?

posted September 11, 2015 02:15 PM            

I think this is why I like non-fiction a lot too. I would love to read more memoirs but I don't. I seem to gravitate towards more political/activist/sociological type material because I love to learn.

I think being earth dominant (almost all of my personal planets are in earth) is a large part of why I don't like fantasy and sci-fi even though I apparently have a powerful Neptune. I'd rather be grounded in reality. I have a strong Aquarius and Uranus (which is dignified) and a 12th house stellium so I like to analyze society.

posted September 11, 2015 03:52 PM            

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Originally posted by Rosalind:
I both read and write fantasy books.

Scorpio ASC with ruler in 12th house.
Sun trine Jupiter.
Sun in 9th house in Cancer with Moon in Virgo in 10th house.
Mercury in Leo in 9th house Rx with ruler in the same house.
Jupiter in 5th house in Pisces.

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That's so cool Rosalind! I used to write fantasy books too when I was small (I stopped writing when I was a teen) and it's interesting we share a little similarity with our placements.

My Mercury is in Leo in the 9th and is Rx also, ruler also in the 9th and conjunct. I have Virgo MC but the 10th is empty.
I am also Scorpio ASC, ruler is on the 11th though. I have Saturn in the 12th.
My Sun also aspects Jupiter, but by opposition.
Jupiter is in Aquarius in the 3rd.

Edit: I have a mutual reception between my Jupiter and my Uranus. Jupiter in Aquarius Sextile Uranus in Sag. Do you have any aspect between these two? I also have Mercury trine Uranus and you?

Lots of times I had a urge to start writing again but I never did and I pursued other ways of expressing my creativity. Mercury Square Saturn is tough.

posted September 11, 2015 04:36 PM            

I read teen books for guilty pleasure lol. Maybe venus conj neptune? For the "tame" love stories where nothing ever happens beyond a kiss with every meaning behind it? haha.

I hate crime/mystery/murder books. Im not sure what in my chart explains this.

posted September 11, 2015 05:38 PM            

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Originally posted by Selenite:
I don't like sci-fi either, it seems like a waste of time for me personally, though I appreciate the creativity that goes into it.

Honestly, it's hard for me to read books these days because I get this nagging feeling that I'm wasting my actual life. I feel the same with movies or TV (more so with TV - I despise it). I loved reading when I was younger though, and sometimes I still get in the mood for it (like during long summers). I've always been drawn to memoirs about dysfunctional families, which probably has to do with having Venus / Pluto in Scorpio in the 4H. Running With Scissors (and all of Agusten Burroughs's other books) were my favorites growing up. I also enjoyed The Glass Castle. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote was one of my more recent favorites, as was The Bonfire of the Vanities. I liked reading Wuthering Heights in high school, and I found all of Ayn Rand's books fascinating. There's tons more that I'm missing.. but I guess the common denominator in most of the books I love is the presence of complex or odd characters.

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posted September 11, 2015 08:31 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
We all need an escape. I've felt the ame way about having Netflix, or a DVR (I record a lot), but this afternoon, I was able to sit and watch a movie, and then iZombie, snuggled up with my dog, as the clouds build up outside for rain, and it was lovely. A perfect Friday afternoon in September.

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posted September 11, 2015 09:58 PM            

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Originally posted by Sunnya:
Yes and yes!! I completely agree with everything you said!
Yea and I was also a little disappointed with the last movie of The Hobbit, but oh well.

Yes I hate ongoing series lol.
Goodness if I am really hooked in a book, I can finish it in one or two days depending on the length... then I regret it because I am waiting for a year (or more) or months for the new one to be released!! It's torture!
So I have this crazy self dialogue going on sometimes: "you really want to read but you should probably stop... there won't be a next one afterwards you know?!" "But, but, but I am really loving this!! Aaah screw it I will keep reading!".
Then suffering dawns. lol

Like now, I am dying for the end of October to get my hands on the next book after The Alloy of Law... I keep telling myself "it's just one more month, breaaaaath".
I keep wondering where is my Moon in Taurus... I am so bad at having patience sometimes lol. It's probably because it's in the 5th getting a little lionized.

Hahaha I have the same feeling with George RR Martin in many ways, especially since he has the balls to just kill anyone and everyone he wants in his stories, its quite daring and refreshing too at same time!
There isn't even an expected date for the release of his new book right?

EDIT: I just realized A Dance with Dragons just came out around 2011 or 2012 right?

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Yes to everything you said.

Man I clutch at my books as though they’re my last can of canned peach - I have to nibble one slice a day coz when it’s gone, it’s gone. But sometimes my hunger gets the better of me *sob* and I gore myself on those books. Then much to my horror, they’re over too quickly. I remember waiting in front of a bookstore at 4AM for the 6th Harry Potter volume. Until this day, I’ve never waited like that for anything.

LOL moon in Taurus may means that you have an incredible appetite. In this case, for fantasy books. Waiting for a book to come out is like waiting hungrily for the next meal.

Yeah A dance with dragons just came out not too long ago. But I’m dying to know the end. The series takes too long.

Rofl I guess that’s one of the things that make GOT so interesting. I like how the author makes the plots really twisted and complicated, one almost feels like every character is important, and nothing can off them. BAM, SURPRISE M*THERF*CKERS, they’re dead. Quickly, efficiently, and for things simple as poison. Lol from the circumstances around Joffrey I thought the little sour pus was hard to kill and would grow up to spread his toxin. Nope.

I hope Tyrion survives. Have the feeling he might have Targaryen blood, and might be the third dragon head.

posted September 18, 2015 12:46 PM            

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Originally posted by 12muddy:
Yes to everything you said.

Man I clutch at my books as though they’re my last can of canned peach - I have to nibble one slice a day coz when it’s gone, it’s gone. But sometimes my hunger gets the better of me *sob* and I gore myself on those books. Then much to my horror, they’re over too quickly. I remember waiting in front of a bookstore at 4AM for the 6th Harry Potter volume. Until this day, I’ve never waited like that for anything.

LOL moon in Taurus may means that you have an incredible appetite. In this case, for fantasy books. Waiting for a book to come out is like waiting hungrily for the next meal.

Yeah A dance with dragons just came out not too long ago. But I’m dying to know the end. The series takes too long.

Rofl I guess that’s one of the things that make GOT so interesting. I like how the author makes the plots really twisted and complicated, one almost feels like every character is important, and nothing can off them. BAM, SURPRISE M*THERF*CKERS, they’re dead. Quickly, efficiently, and for things simple as poison. Lol from the circumstances around Joffrey I thought the little sour pus was hard to kill and would grow up to spread his toxin. Nope.

I hope Tyrion survives. Have the feeling he might have Targaryen blood, and might be the third dragon head.

I’m reading the “Shattered Sea” series. I’ll have to wait forever for the next one because the second one has only been published this year. In the mean time, to sooth my hunger I’ll read the series you recommended. But they’re not finished. Hmm. LOL what a vicious cycle. Feels almost like a toxic love affair. Makes me clingy, insecure, desperate, doubtful, insane...

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Yikes! Sorry for replying so late.

I laughed at your comment about my Moon in Taurus haha.

I won't comment on the GOT because I read the Dance with the Dragons and I don't watch the series, so I am not sure where the series are at...so I will stay quiet to prevent spoilers.
I will comment this since you seem to know about it already: yea Joffrey death is awesome lol, especially how it's done and by whom... oh that sweet innocent old lady hahaha.

Shattered Sea series hmmm, I haven't read those yet. I will check them out.

Yes get your hands on the Mistborn trilogy NOW, you are going to love it!

Lovely talking to you 12muddy

posted September 18, 2015 03:22 PM            

^^ I attribute that to my Moon opp. Pluto, Pluto in 5H and Mars in 12th.

Now that I'm older most of my books are self-help or related to interpersonal relationships from dating, to my recent purchase: "The Secret Language of Pronouns" by James W. Pennebaker.

posted September 18, 2015 06:49 PM            

Romance and tragedy

The good stuff! Hehe ;D lmao

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posted September 19, 2015 12:57 PM            

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Originally posted by Desiring Shadows:
I love Love & Loss

Romance and tragedy

The good stuff! Hehe ;D lmao

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I'm currently reading Love in the Time of Cholera!
Best representation of a Venus in Scorpio male as the hopeless romantic male, ever!

posted September 21, 2015 08:31 PM            

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Originally posted by etherealsaturn:
Into the Wild is one of my favorite books. It's the first thing that came to mind so I went with it, haha. But I guess that would be related to my Sagittarius stellium?

Other than that I enjoy spooky and mysterious stuff.

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I love Into the Wild, too. I'm a Sagittarius rising with my chart ruler in the 11th. It really speaks to that side of me... the nonconformist explorer.

I'm also a big fan of spooky stories, thrillers and suspense fiction. I'm a huge lifelong fan of EAP. I'm Uranian as well (Moon and Mars aspect Uranus) so science-fiction with a twist of realism and drama is appealing to me. I attribute the general love of real life or fantasy darkness and taboo subjects to all the Pluto energy in my chart... Do you also have Scorpio planets or Pluto aspects?

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