posted December 04, 2015 07:45 PM            

Neptune in Pisces? Saturn moving into Sag? Jupiter in Virgo?

posted December 04, 2015 07:47 PM            

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Originally posted by bananaz:
Neptune in Pisces? Saturn moving into Sag? Jupiter in Virgo?

Just curious to see if there are any planetary energies that may have caused this.

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I cannot answer your question,, I DO want you to know it caused hearty laughter!

posted December 04, 2015 07:49 PM            

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Originally posted by Seimei:
I cannot answer your question,, I DO want you to know it caused hearty laughter!

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posted December 04, 2015 10:37 PM            

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Originally posted by Kannon McAfee:
The most consistent aspect across 2015 has been Uranus square Pluto. Saturn in Sagittarius might be a contributing factor, 'standards' (Saturn) 'applied broadly' (Sag), but that's all I see, other than Saturn square Neptune (Jan-April, Oct-now).

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posted December 04, 2015 10:38 PM            

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Originally posted by ScandinavianCrab:
A colleague of mine made his own play-card that had 'Offended!' printed on it.
He used to play it alot during discussions at coffee-breaks at work

This was some years ago, but maybe he got hit by progressions or something

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posted December 04, 2015 11:30 PM            

I feel that I am more cognizant of hurtful words, habits, & actions in myself and in others.

I've also had the courage to call people out on it where I would normally just sit and seethe in silence.

2015 has felt like "enough is enough" to me.

But offended? No. That's very hard to do.

posted December 05, 2015 02:36 AM            

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Originally posted by Geeky:
I don't feel I am getting more offended.

I feel that I am more cognizant of hurtful words, habits, & actions in myself and in others.

I've also had the courage to call people out on it where I would normally just sit and seethe in silence.

2015 has felt like "enough is enough" to me.

But offended? No. That's very hard to do.

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I'm referring to the constant politcal/religious/race debates, open letters, celebrity feuds, personal attacks, corporate judgment etc. Ex: target uses a photoshopped pic in their news ad. The next week everyone is outraged and demanding an apology from target business executives.

I dont know if you've noticed in social media how grumpy people are getting about the rising sensitivity. Its kind of an ongoing joke.

posted December 05, 2015 08:44 AM            

People who either cant understand that, or just simply don't care, or feel benefitted in some way by the current state of things and don't want to see change, usually will dismiss other peoples justified outrage as being oversensitivity. Until their own sensibilities are offended, then they usually want to launch a war.

posted December 05, 2015 01:28 PM            

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Originally posted by charlie:
I'm offended you actually posted this! :-/

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posted December 05, 2015 11:37 PM            

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Originally posted by Spongebob:
I agree with whoever said that people are generally getting fed up with other peoples bs, and thats what spurred things that have gone on in the past year.

People who either cant understand that, or just simply don't care, or feel benefitted in some way by the current state of things and don't want to see change, usually will dismiss other peoples justified outrage as being oversensitivity. Until their own sensibilities are offended, then they usually want to launch a war.

Theres a lot of transits of outers right now that indicate confronting authority and society and abuses and wrongs.

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Very true, and a lot of this is historical and sociological issues that have been going on for decades/centuries. Problems don't just happen out of the blue or for one year, it stems from the past always. Everything vacuumed under the rug always comes back in full force.

posted December 06, 2015 05:33 AM            

Companies fall on their swords and axe people at the slightest indicator of a public gaff. The media is having a field day stirring the racial pot and pushing the masses into chaos and confusion. People apparently don't trust authorities anymore, yet demand the cops do more to protect citizens from themselves. Hearsay spreads faster than lightning and it's getting people in a panic about Muslims, guns, etc, making a clear cut truth harder to believe.

posted December 06, 2015 12:53 PM            

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Originally posted by Southern Sun:
I personally feel that Neptune in Pisces is a contributing factor, along with Uranus/Pluto. People have become too afraid to say or do what they truly feel, for fear of offending someone and being lynched by the knee-jerk mobs. Minds have been clouded by feel-good thoughts, when we know better to look past the imaginary and think critically.

Companies fall on their swords and axe people at the slightest indicator of a public gaff. The media is having a field day stirring the racial pot and pushing the masses into chaos and confusion. People apparently don't trust authorities anymore, yet demand the cops do more to protect citizens from themselves. Hearsay spreads faster than lightning and it's getting people in a panic about Muslims, guns, etc, making a clear cut truth harder to believe.

But that's just me, because I'm dealing with T-squares involving Uranus/Pluto and Neptune to almost every planet on my chart for some years now.

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I haven't seen anyone becoming afraid of doing what they really feel. Instead I've seen a mass of people expressing their discontent and changing the social climate to, idk, be more decent.

posted December 06, 2015 01:16 PM            

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Originally posted by bananaz:
I'm referring to the constant politcal/religious/race debates, open letters, celebrity feuds, personal attacks, corporate judgment etc. Ex: target uses a photoshopped pic in their news ad. The next week everyone is outraged and demanding an apology from target business executives.

I dont know if you've noticed in social media how grumpy people are getting about the rising sensitivity. Its kind of an ongoing joke.

Anyway, I can see your point about enough is enough. Maybe the Pluto/uranus squares made everything boil over in 2015?

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posted December 06, 2015 01:52 PM            

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Originally posted by deepseastar:
People weren't angry at Target for a "photoshopped picture." They were angry at Target for running an ad that advocated date rape. (i.e., "Spike your friend's eggnog when she isn't looking"). The fact that ad was approved by multiple people and created by multiple minds and NO ONE noticed how that ad might be interpreted is mind-bogglingly stupid.

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That was Bloomingdale's:

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/bloomingdales-apologizes-weird-vaguely-date-rap ey-holiday-ad-168146

posted December 06, 2015 04:03 PM            

We all have to be educated in empathy by each other and taught how to enlarge our group identities to include the whole. It goes against age old tribal tendencies.

This is not censorship. It is learning how to grow up and speak respectfully so as to maintain a social atmosphere conducive to democracy and peace.

The ad illustrated above is a wink-wink to the dressed up modern chauvinist in which secret desires (for domination/exploitation) are appealed to in order to make a sale. Corporate American can - and should - be called out for this disrespectful ******** .

In terms of Astrology, I consider the US struggle with some of these things to be partly due to Neptune in Virgo, out of its natural place there, and in in the 9th house of publication, universities, higher education, and religion. When you add this to what many astrologers believe that the US is a 'don't fence me in or shut me up' Sagittarius rising personality, you can see how such tendencies need to be brought into balance.

We are a nation of talkers, but not very good listeners.

We'd rather blather a reactionary opinion than get better educated. In fact, the US is a nation full of people who overestimate their real understanding of their own country, society, and the world.

posted December 06, 2015 06:58 PM            

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Originally posted by bananaz:
I'm referring to the constant politcal/religious/race debates, open letters, celebrity feuds, personal attacks, corporate judgment etc. Ex: target uses a photoshopped pic in their news ad. The next week everyone is outraged and demanding an apology from target business executives.

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And I feel we are LONG OVERDUE for calling people (and companies) out on this crap.

It's not that I (or we) are all offended, it's that information moves faster than ever and more people can join together and publicly call out a perpetrator on their nonsense, whether it's racist, sexist, or whatever.

As far as the Target thing goes... do you mean the thigh gap photos? I think they realized how dumb that was (I mean, the photo editing looks like it was done with Paint, not Photoshop) but after being called out, they launched the "Target Loves Every Body” campaign. Of course, to save their own ***** , but they wouldn't have done that without public pressure.

posted December 06, 2015 07:04 PM            

Why? Because it's a derogatory word against Roma people and most people don't know that. I was super nice to her because she only looked about 18-19, and was likely naive to the background of the word. I told her it was a racial slur against Roma people and she literally laughed in my face and said "I don't do politically correct bull____."

I said, "That's fine. I was just educating you because I didn't think you understood what the word meant and I didn't want you to continue in your hurtful ignorance" and I went on my way.

She rolled her eyes and it's likely she made fun of me with your young friends for the next 10 minutes, but MAYBE it sank in later. Or maybe she'll meet her karma when a Roma person punches her in the face for saying it.

I wasn't personally offended as I am not a Roma person. I just felt she needed to be called out on her hurtful actions.

I was guilty of using that same word in conversation until someone told me. Then I felt really crappy and I immediately put it in my mind never to say that again. Just like I would never use the other racial slurs heavily in use.

posted December 06, 2015 07:32 PM            

It's just confusing since in America the word gypsy has been used almost as a compliment. I think everyone knows what I mean. Call someone a gypsy and you're saying they are cool.

Maybe we are more sympathetic to the nomadic spirit than some Europeans, because America was settled with conestoga wagons crossing the continent...the image is stamped in our brains as part of our national heritage. Similar to the vardo.