posted January 30, 2019 04:30 PM            

by Heather Dockray, Jan. 2019

Are you a steamy Scorpio looking for a long-term relationship? A dreamy Pisces aspiring to work in a traditional corporate environment? A Virgo wanting to have friends?

Please, keep your zodiac sign to yourself. Zodiac-shaming — the practice of treating someone differently and punitively because of their astrological sign — isn't a total joke. You never know when someone will judge you for your cosmic family tree.

That's not just my Virgo privilege talking.

Full article at: http://mashable.com/article/zodiac-shaming/#BKPwLiBKtmqQ

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"Drift like a cloud and flow like water, seeing that all life is a magnificent illusion, a playing of energy, and there is absolutely nothing fundamentally to be afraid of." -- Alan Watts

posted January 30, 2019 05:16 PM            

And judging someone based on just their Sun sign... I'd like to think that any of us here know that astrology is far too complex for that to make any sense.

posted January 30, 2019 08:38 PM            

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Originally posted by anonymidarkness:
It's a tendency which can't be avoided unless one can look at it from a detached point of view, but that does take time.

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posted January 30, 2019 10:01 PM            

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Originally posted by anonymidarkness:
It's a tendency which can't be avoided unless one can look at it from a detached point of view, but that does take time.

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Truth.

posted January 30, 2019 10:31 PM            

However, there are signs that used to really affect me emotionally whom I keep my guard up around. Aquarius being the most notorious - first the Sun, then Venus. They can be so careless with other people's feelings, yet so sensitive to retaliation...tsk tsk.

Having Venus & Mars in Taurus, Sun in Taurus was a sign I expected to get along with better. I clash with this sign like Yellow & Orange, and it's often out of left field.

Moon in Virgo is another placement I expected to get along better with. I admire the, I copy them...but something about my energy ticks them off.

posted January 30, 2019 10:58 PM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
So what ur saying is u still wont hire me cause im a lazy Taurus.....

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Taurus are NOT lazy! We're actually very hardworking.

posted January 30, 2019 11:09 PM            

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Originally posted by Hikaru29:
Taurus are NOT lazy! We're actually very hardworking.

When we kick back and relax, yes... we don't wanna move. But hey, we deserved our breaks.

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posted January 30, 2019 11:20 PM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
lmao ye I don't take breaks. I have to keep my momentum going. no stop and go here. another Taurus trait.

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posted January 30, 2019 11:22 PM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
but I will eat on the job.

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posted January 30, 2019 11:51 PM            

With that being said however. I have gotten so good at guessing placements that I dont look at the chart. Serious hobby harzard.

I can make out a Venus/Uranus aspect person,Moon in Pisces person or Moon/Uranus etc. Very many times. And perhaps my subsequent interaction with them is affected by this knowledge? So in a way,it is bias.

I treat Cap/Aqua Moons I sense for instance with aloof distance & stoicism. I even ridicule any romantic interests initially that they may have for me because my thoughts are "but how can you have feelings?You are made of stone".Its ludicrous I know. But i also think its my way of self preserving.

Of course if the above stated show consistency . I change my mind about any reservations, explore the notion to see if there is mutual chemistry(coz hey, love has no zodiac sign preference).

But initially I have to admit, I never take them (Cap/Aqua)seriously. As is the case with Gemini Sun/Moon too. But am more attentive to Sag,Libra and Taurus Sun when they speak of the "l" word( the word "like" lol). And i can't say why(even with the said Moon signs stated)

It could be because the longest lasting relationships are with the 3 mentioned. They go on for quite a while. And the attraction lingers on.

There was one guy however that I really struggled to discern. It was tough. And I tried to get him to give me his birthdate. And he would flat out refuse.

His defense was that he doesn't want me using his age or zodiac sign against him. Lol. So I stopped asking. But after some time spent together, it dawned on me....Leo Moon.

His brother later confirmed my suspicions. His chart had Leo Moon square Chiron.

posted January 31, 2019 12:15 AM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
what ever it is. at a desk, on a forklift, in public, in a truck, in a class room, while performing surgery.... im going to eat dammit

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Damn, foodie Taurus. lol.

posted January 31, 2019 12:45 AM            

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Originally posted by DRVM614K:
So what ur saying is u still wont hire me cause im a lazy Taurus.....

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No, anyone who brings food to work is getting hired by me and giving me my share out of it is getting hired by me!!!....Period!!!!! #SpeakingasTaurusSN #youknowhowthedrillgoes #TskTsk

(altho its not like I own a company or shizz lykk dat!! ) #DamntheBloodyPiscesPlacements!!

posted January 31, 2019 09:02 AM            

reality is everyone eventually notices patterns with other people when they study this enough, obviously theyre not absolute due to aspects and so on but astrology is largely based on a collection of data where youre finding common points shared due to expression of stars and planets

so while you can't judge entirely, you can get a good idea, and anyone who studies astrology whining about that is being unreasonable because it would be pointless to study if it didnt work like that at all

anyone studying astrology knows going just off one thing is stupid, but the media representation of attaching a **** ton of importance to sun sign is a big part of that so people who latch onto that will be more ignorant on average

that all being said i can spot a virgo mercury based on the migraine talking to them can give me, pretty much every time, there's a handful of them that i like anyway but due to synastry and such you're always going to feel some signs certain ways and pretending otherwise doesnt really make sense

why bother studying synastry and astrology and then not acknowleding some people will rub you differently than others or behave differently based on their placements? you either accept astrology or don't ultimately

posted January 31, 2019 12:10 PM            

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Originally posted by Dumuzi:
why bother studying synastry and astrology and then not acknowleding some people will rub you differently than others or behave differently based on their placements? you either accept astrology or don't ultimately

there's a point where it isn't fair sure, but not acknowledging the factual side of stereotypes based on statistics to be polite seems pointless

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This.

Everyone's ok with boasting about their sign or hearing compliments from others but God forbid someone says something bad, then it's "Oh, how can you generalize like that, why put people into boxes" and all that bla bla.

A system is not a system if there are no patterns to be detected and rules, theories and regularities to be proven by actual examples. And astrology is a system.
Otherwise, we could all be one sign or no sign at all.