posted September 30, 2016 01:23 PM            

I have three Sagittarius placements in my chart.

posted September 30, 2016 02:07 PM            

BUT I also agree with a lot of Lerena's points.

I remember watching a documentary years ago about a beautiful young woman who got cancer...she had a great, positive attitude about everything, but she had been exposed to virulent pesticides as a little kid. No amount of healthy eating and exercising and faith and positive thinking was going to keep her from dying young of this disease. Lines of thinking like the Louise Hay "You Can Heal Your Life" equate physical illness with emotional mismanagement too much for me---YES, working constructively with your emotions and beliefs is wonderful for your physical health, and YES, mind and body aren't truly separate, and YES, "me" and "you" aren't truly separate.

But human life is complicated , and horrible things happen all the time to all kinds of people. Just as exercising your body every day has enormous health benefits but will not keep you or your loved ones from, dying, practices of constructive thinking/affirmations/prayer/working with magnetism have enormous health benefits but cannot keep you from dying, cannot keep the little child down the street from you from getting violently raped at five years old (and that's not an extreme example---statistically, every time you've read one of my sentences a child under six has been raped)---I used to think those practices could keep you from attracting abusive or exploitative people into your life, but now I'm not sure about that.

Humans have areas of power, and some have possibilities for gaining power and/or going with the flow of the universe that they're not using. But at every second in this world, gazillions of people truly are victims. The idea that being a victim is a choice really sits wrong with me. It's a mixed bag. There's a large element of attracting more of what we're putting out there and what we see in the world, but there are other laws, mysteries and dynamics at work too. I don't have the answers about how everything works, but I haven't read a theory yet that really resonates with me.

posted October 02, 2016 01:12 AM            

One belief can influence everything. I've seen it happen many times.

Sagittarius & Pisces stelliums

posted October 02, 2016 01:28 AM            

Pisces sextile Neptune, square Jupiter in Sagittarius. Dominant planet: Venus. Dominant sign: Aquarius.

posted October 02, 2016 02:33 AM            

I'm a Sag stellium (moon-Mars-Uranus-Neptune, plus asteroids) and while I think consciousness (and, more importantly, the subconscious) affects (but does not dominate) reality, I don't buy that a positive attitude will magically make everything wonderful (though attitude can make a big difference on how life events are perceived, and how one responds to them).

That doesn't mean we're all bitter and fearful (though there was one hilarious moment where my Sag Dad became convinced I was plotting his death ). And I LOVED that line in the Princess Bride where What's-her-name says they'll never survive, and Wesley says in a chipper tone, "Nonsense! You're only saying that because no one ever has." (If anyone would say that, it's a Sag, though I could see my Aries cousin saying that, but then he has a Sag ASC and some outer planets in Sag, and he also has a Pisces moon.)

posted October 05, 2016 03:35 AM            

I used to be suspicious but after reading a verse in our holy book which says that God has created all the universe for humans, to manifest their desires (in positive, just and constructive ways of course) then I saw no reason why not.

I have Leo rising with Jupiter conjunct the ascendant. sun in the 10th. I also have a grand water trine between scorpio pluto, pisces moon and cancer mars. I also have mars conjunct chiron and south node. moon quintile neptune too.