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Geminiyoungster
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posted January 06, 2016 12:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Geminiyoungster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've been noticing in my Christian family that they always throw shade at me liking astrology or believing in it. My household is full of earth signs, so unless they actually see it they ain't believing it, unless it's God..I just see myself as more open to other possibilities and I want to explore. I see myself like a person in space trying to see what's out there. I have a earth dominated sibling that tries to throw shade at me..

Do you guys/girls on here do this?

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posted January 06, 2016 12:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for socialgraffiti     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah, most of the people who dislike astrology usually consider it a pseudoscience and inaccurate, or they see it as opposition religiously or spiritually.

If they explored the concept beyond simplified sun signs, they would probably be far more open to the idea, in my opinion.

I've personally noticed many of the people interested in astrology usually have:
Chiron aspects
Uranus aspects
Neptune aspects
8th house, 12th house planets
Heavy air / water influence
As well as aspects from asteroids like Urania and Astrowizard.

And some people who are adverse to the concept usually lack the above aspects and often have:
Mercury / Saturn
Sometimes Mercury / Uranus, oddly enough
Sometimes earth doms and air voids, but it can go either way for voids.

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posted January 06, 2016 12:48 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, but I have indirectly gotten my entire family into it lol. So they went from nagging me about being weird to talking about it all the time

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Einfühlung
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posted January 06, 2016 02:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Einfühlung     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, one time. The person was a real "science nerd" relying on facts and statistics. I love science nerds but this one was very very much an extreme bigot mother fxxxer. No, really. His username was literally named Oedipus. Was trying to be understanding on his perspective but the disrespect was too much.

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posted January 06, 2016 06:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aries23Degrees     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not mad. Just the usual eyes rolling etc.

Most people think I am strange anyways. So I really don't care

I once sat next to a guy who was a minister and I complained about transiting Mercury in conjunct aspect to my natal Pluto. To which he responded, "Excellent time to do some deep inner work!"

It caught me completely off guard . But I was glad that not all people are cardboard cut-out characters with a linear view.

And that I should reconsider when judging someone based purely on their external appearance.

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Faith
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posted January 06, 2016 08:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Faith     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
^ Aw, I love that the minister said that!

My husband hates astrology. It's been stressful.

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Desiring Shadows
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posted January 06, 2016 09:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Desiring Shadows     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm sorry to hear that, Faith!)

For me I love Astrology and I like to talk about it so thankfully LL exists. Most people either don't believe in it or don't know past sun signs.

I have known four or five friends that know Astrology.. Three Aries, one Sagittarius and one Leo

Oh and my half sister who knows a ton about Astrology she is a Pisces infused Taurus!!! Lol

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posted January 06, 2016 09:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for JourneysRoar     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not mad, but annoyed and sometimes frustrated...or VERY disintrested. As is the case with my husband! He is an earth dominant Virgo with Leo rising. It's all silly to him and it sometimes bothers him that I don't "see it for what it is"...not enough concrete fact for him. It's not logical and it's variable...not his cup of tea. Oddly, my mom is an Aqua (I thought for sure she would love it), all of her personal planets and rising fall in Aqua including saturn...but she can't grasp it either. She is the most intuitive person I personally know! Though she doesn't make me feel ridiculous for my interest in it, and really it interests her, but she sees the obvious and not the abstract. It's hard to explain, lol. Either way, I know the monumental changes I have experienced since astrology found me...I will be a student for a very long time!

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posted January 06, 2016 09:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Desiring Shadows     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Every one else is mean."it's fake" blah blah blah. You're fake!

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posted January 07, 2016 11:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Lots of Earth in my chart, and I unequivocally believe.

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posted January 07, 2016 11:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Selenite     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My bf is all earth with a Gemini Venus -- a total atheist and entirely focused on the rational. He has told me point blank that if it were anyone else talking about astrology, it would just **** him off. We actually have lively discussions about occult subjects pretty often, and have even gotten to a point where he sees where I'm coming from, and doesn't think it's dumb or crazy.

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posted January 08, 2016 08:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kewf1988     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yep, and my knowledge goes beyond astrology (especially numerology as I've been getting "11:11" experiences lately with that number and all the others around 11 such as 3:11, 5:11, 7:11, 9:11, etc. and I even view a tarot reading site on missing people... the similarities in what went down in the cases between the tarot site and the forensic astrology site I check out are fascinating! Fit nearly every characteristic of the Indigo children)... was the BIGGEST skeptic just three years ago, as I never believed that everybody born in the same month would have the exact same day, and then I discovered the Moon sign and rising sign, which explained why I'm so intense and emotional (Scorpio Moon) and analytical (Virgo rising) despite being a Gemini Sun (I know a LOT about many subjects, and the Scorpio Moon and Virgo rising help me focus despite Sun, Mercury and Venus in Gemini!), and then I found out about Mercury through Pluto. Two of my friends feel that I'm going down a bad path despite me providing VERY good evidence that it's legit (they're Evangelical Christians) and how they clearly show their Scorpio and Virgo sun characteristics! I don't push it on them but rather want them to see that there's more to life than what meets the eye.

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posted January 08, 2016 08:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kewf1988     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yep, and my knowledge goes beyond astrology (especially numerology as I've been getting "11:11" experiences lately with that number and all the others around 11 such as 3:11, 5:11, 7:11, 9:11, etc. and I even view a tarot reading site on missing people... the similarities in what went down in the cases between the tarot site and the forensic astrology site I check out are fascinating! Fit nearly every characteristic of the Indigo children)... was the BIGGEST skeptic just three years ago, as I never believed that everybody born in the same month would have the exact same day, and then I discovered the Moon sign and rising sign, which explained why I'm so intense and emotional (Scorpio Moon) and analytical (Virgo rising) despite being a Gemini Sun (I know a LOT about many subjects, and the Scorpio Moon and Virgo rising help me focus despite Sun, Mercury and Venus in Gemini!), and then I found out about Mercury through Pluto. Two of my friends feel that I'm going down a bad path despite me providing VERY good evidence that it's legit (they're Evangelical Christians) and how they clearly show their Scorpio and Virgo sun characteristics! I don't push it on them but rather want them to see that there's more to life than what meets the eye.

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posted January 08, 2016 08:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Geminiyoungster:
I've been noticing in my Christian family that they always throw shade at me liking astrology or believing in it. My household is full of earth signs, so unless they actually see it they ain't believing it, unless it's God..I just see myself as more open to other possibilities and I want to explore. I see myself like a person in space trying to see what's out there. I have a earth dominated sibling that tries to throw shade at me..

Do you guys/girls on here do this?


i get hate mail about being an Astrologer and a Christian/Messianic Jew. I ignore. Astrology is a SCIENCE. It is not an occult thing. People may use it in occult ways but I don't. I do the natal and synastry and they are the BLUEPRINT of the person or the relationship.

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posted January 08, 2016 09:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for margym0o     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My SO was skeptical at first and rolled his eyes just like everyone else does, but I've proven its validity using examples from his chart to explain his behaviour and also getting positive feedback when I've done it to others.

Now he gets "turned on" when I talk about it at a dinner party or social gathering and all eyes are on me. I find most people are pretty receptive once you pinpoint something about them, especially if they knew little of it before. Some will still be skeptical but others will be fascinated.

My SO has a Gemini Venus by the way, a common trend I'm seeing here. I think for him, it helps with being open to "alternative" concepts and loving knowledge of something new and interesting. Plus, he likes it when I use big words

I am a Gemini Sun

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posted December 01, 2016 03:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hemilla     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
No everyone wants me to read them their natal charts and expect me to guess everything lol

No one takes it that seriously,neither do i to be honest

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posted December 01, 2016 04:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lerena     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Mad? No. My dad doesn't understand why I have an interest in it though. He says it's nonsense, but I looked at his chart, and if I have his Ascendant guessed right, his Chiron is in 6th house.

Even if it's nonsense to him as far as he's concerned, where's his argument for his Chiron placement? That I have his Ascendant wrong? I doubt he even remembers where his birth certificate is, let alone a birth time. He wouldn't be able to disprove anything without that knowledge, not that he'd humor me with that information just for the sake of discussion.

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posted December 02, 2016 12:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for moongaze     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There's a stigma attached to astrology where some think those who practice it are stupid, gullible, crazy, and/or hippie dippie. A couple of the reasons listed I don't care about, but some people can take it the wrong way anyway, so I tend to be cautious about who I decide to be open about it with. This is why I can let it all out here in LL without fear of being labeled with a dumb stigma.

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posted December 02, 2016 07:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for vertiver     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by moongaze:
There's a stigma attached to astrology where some think those who practice it are stupid, gullible, crazy, and/or hippie dippie. A couple of the reasons listed I don't care about, but some people can take it the wrong way anyway, so I tend to be cautious about who I decide to be open about it with. This is why I can let it all out here in LL without fear of being labeled with a dumb stigma.

Exactly! Carl Jung used astrology and he was a revered psychologist.

There are both extremes of people disregarding astrology - but I've mostly encountered the "skeptics" who only base things on fact and empirical evidence. I'm all for science and definitely fact check most things - but astrology cannot be clinically measured because science has no way to understand it nor will they ever.

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posted December 02, 2016 07:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for soren     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by vertiver:
but astrology cannot be clinically measured because science has no way to understand it nor will they ever.

wrong

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posted December 02, 2016 11:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for the89freespirit     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I honestly don't care.

I have gotten some kneejerk skepticism or a blank face and "I have no clue what any of that is about." But, I think I'm so unfazed by it that I'm able to really explain it to people in a way that makes sense. What I always say to people who don't practice it/know much about it is "You're so much more than your Sun sign. You're several signs and placement, mixed into one. It's easy to not think it's real until you have your birth chart done. Then, you're convinced."

So, I'm usually successful at educating people about it or opening their minds about it. Because I've found that the skeptics almost always have never actually had their chart done. And about 8 times out of 10, you can turn someone into a believer when you really break astrology down to them and then show them their chart.

I guess it helps that I'm not too self-conscious about being an astrologer. I know I believe in it and countless other people believe it too. We're not some crazy cult. It's a legit movement that genuinely helps and empowers people. So, I'm not too worried about a non-believer's opinion.

However, I don't tell absolutely everyone, either. Just because, sometimes, I don't feel like having to give another astrology lecture. Sometimes, it's just easier to tell people "I'm a freelance writer" when they ask what I do for work because, technically, that's the truth.

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posted December 02, 2016 11:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Electro DGX     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Occasionally people will get upset with me on such, and the only thing I can do is roll my eyes and shove how wrong they are down their throat lol. They seem to be pretty good at that sort of thing.

I've converted non-believers to believers, it wasn't hard at all. I usually don't waste my time trying to convince people of astrology because if they're being that ignorant in the first place, it's not worth the effort.

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posted December 02, 2016 01:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mirage29     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Maybe Geminiyoungster's family was only trying to be protective.

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posted December 03, 2016 05:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BeholdAstarte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not sure if people are mad, but more like they think I'm "silly" or to the other extreme crazy and naive about reality. Which is funny to me because they don't even realize how silly it looks to me on how close minded they've chosen to be without any real evidence.

To me it's obvious that people don't have any clue on what they are talking about when they try to discredit astrology.

I've literally told someone one time who was trying to convince me that astrology wasn't real, that the difference between our standpoints is that I've actually taken the time to study astrology and validate it in myself and life around me, for YEARS, and they haven't even taken the time to do basic research on the topic, automatically meaning to me that they don't know what the hell their talking about. So if they don't know what their talking about why dig yourself a deeper hole in trying to convince me about something I already know? Ptsh lol I think it can be intimidating how confident I am on my stance in astrology to skeptics, it doesn't bother me at all if someone doesn't agree (mars conj my sun/mercy closely parallel Pluto while Pluto is also in my DC conj my chart ruler Venus I def come across strong) because I've made multiple skeptics question how they view astrology as well as patiently listen to why they don't believe in it then throw in my own say, which is amusing to see the looks in their faces libra sun likes to play both sides *as I have a mischievous look on my face*!

It's more annoying to here lies than anything, or to see so many people believe in a lie..

My family use to give me a hard time for liking astrology, they kind of just accept it now, not sure how they really feel about me.. they always call me the "dreamer" so they kind of consider me the "flower child" who is sensitive and lost in the world.. which is true but they def consider me impractical ha! I think as I've gotten older tho they appreciate who I am and what I have to offer, that my kindness isn't a weakness and my "far out" tendencies can have a streak of "genius" ( I use that word lightly, I don't think I'm that smart, but smart enough to grasp abstract topics readily) and by me respecting our differences they can respect mine too.

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posted December 03, 2016 05:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BeholdAstarte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by the89freespirit:
I honestly don't care.

I have gotten some kneejerk skepticism or a blank face and "I have no clue what any of that is about." But, I think I'm so unfazed by it that I'm able to really explain it to people in a way that makes sense. What I always say to people who don't practice it/know much about it is "You're so much more than your Sun sign. You're several signs and placement, mixed into one. It's easy to not think it's real until you have your birth chart done. Then, you're convinced."

So, I'm usually successful at educating people about it or opening their minds about it. Because I've found that the skeptics almost always have never actually had their chart done. And about 8 times out of 10, you can turn someone into a believer when you really break astrology down to them and then show them their chart.

I guess it helps that I'm not too self-conscious about being an astrologer. I know I believe in it and countless other people believe it too. We're not some crazy cult. It's a legit movement that genuinely helps and empowers people. So, I'm not too worried about a non-believer's opinion.

However, I don't tell absolutely everyone, either. Just because, sometimes, I don't feel like having to give another astrology lecture. Sometimes, it's just easier to tell people "I'm a freelance writer" when they ask what I do for work because, technically, that's the truth.


Nicely put! And I agree! I feel like we are born in a very similar time with similar influences. I'd love to study our 89-90 generation more and how that Saturn/Neptune/Uranus conj plays out.

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