posted December 24, 2012 02:54 AM            

Your adventure to the amusement park sounded fun! I especially enjoyed hearing about your daughter's super bumper cars powers. It reminds me somehow of the cover of a book I read when I was a little kid. Of course i couldn't remember the book for the life of me, but I remember a freckly red-headed girl on the cover with pig tails (similar to how you would imagine Pippi Longstocking). Isn't it funny that the image of strong or "boyish" girls in our childhood were often depicted as a freckly red-headed girl in overalls? Is that notion just mine?

Cute kid and kitten. Your kitty looks like a wild cat cub, with its chubby paws and long sleek face.

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Do you get tired of posting here ever? I'm getting a little sheepish about the great length of this thread...if you want to give it a rest, let me know. Otherwise you'll keep getting babble from me.

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Occasionally I am not in the mood to respond, but I wouldn't say I get tired of it. This season is a taxing one for me in general, the crowds, the family stuff, and the intense 8H transit sensitivity tends to pull me into myself and leaves less interest in external pursuits. The Sun is now transiting my Mercury though and I have already seen signs of shedding my shell, over the past week.

You really don't need to continue worrying about the length of your responses or the frequency in which we correspond. Your continued apprehensions are beginning to make me feel as though you may be hinting at your own loss of interest. Whatever the case, I enjoy the conversation and don't generally approach things like this with a spirit of commitment. I am just watching the conversation unfold in its own time. If you are losing interest please say so, otherwise I'll assume (like an obtuse Sagittarius) that you are here because you want to be and would invest yourself elsewhere were that not the case. =)

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This apocalypse was so boring...all we got was heavy rain pelting the windows all night. =( How was it for you?

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Hoe that was so punny!! Olive for bean acorn ball, and rye jokes give me a belly acre, I loofah so much! The fennel have to stop eventually but I could dew this till the cows come home.

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To me, it's like a bright, deep, mystical awareness coming through.

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This was before all the drugs?

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The communication with your whole family seems to suck entirely. =( I wonder what in your chart corresponds to it? Gemini in your 3H opposing your sun and squaring your moon, does that count for something?

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I've always attributed it to my Jupiter in Cancer 3H and retrograde. It is the planet that connects my entire chart together and growing from my family experiences has been a major theme which penetrates almost every part of my life.

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But I think it's great that you have taken the high road and can get along somewhat peaceably with your family despite their shortcomings.

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Just want to mention that I'm wondering if your SN is conjunct your mom's moon. The "breakaway" issues with that aspect seem really difficult, from what I've read.

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I had physical freedom as a child but all these internal shackles from Catholicism.

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I realize there are emotionally intelligent Cancer women but when that goes amuck the results are like an emotional tsunami on the whole family.

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and maybe I will find some other ultra-freaks to have a transgender armchair psychology pow-wow with someday.

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Is it interested in everything, is that the point? Or do you kind of prefer ugly...? With my 8H moon I seem to take everything in without filters but not want to actually touch everyone's slime.

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I noticed that lots of Scorpios make a fuss about honesty, they want everyone to tell the absolute truth all the time. Yet they themselves are secretive.

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Lot's of possibilities.

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I'm not sure if that's a sign of NN attainment or NN derangement

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Toe amputation stories welcome here! Especially if it was a sixth toe.

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I also remember getting a shot in the wound (not fun), before they stitched and taped it back on.

I hope your solstice was also enjoyable. Mine has been filled with movie watching and weird cinematic discoveries. I recently watched a really good gay themed movie called "Weekend" about two guys who hook up and then end up spending the weekend together. It was very intense and sad, but honest and raw. I could feel it appealing to my Venus in Scorpio lol.

This song was at the end and it clicked with me. Video's kinda odd.

Marz

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posted December 27, 2012 03:24 AM            

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posted December 27, 2012 05:26 AM            

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Okay now I wanna call upon the great Xiiro mind again...

If squares and opposites are associated with Taurus and Cancer, why are they "inharmonious"? Is there a correlation? Do opposites carry Taurus energy or is are the two related simply because of the magic number (in this case two)?

Conversely, trines and sextiles! Gemini and Virgo energy...is there a relation as to why these are consider harmonious? So far I don't see any definitive relationship between the aspects associated sign and harmony or lack thereof.

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This part of astrology has a lot to do with Numerology, or more appropriately Sacred Geometry. I promise I'm not avoiding your question, I am just contemplating whether it is too large of a task to conquer.

I think it is easy for people to fall into classifying aspects as "Inharmonious" and "Harmonious", but all aspects are actually harmonious. That is to say that they exist as the method of harmony between the planets/points involved. If I were forced, I would be more inclined to classify aspects as either "Complementary" or "Contrary". The point of each aspect is to outline the appropriate negotiating technique in order to facilitate a harmonious exchange of energies.

For example, harmony is accomplished in a Conjunction when the planets/points involved know not to fight for superiority, but function in unison as a totally new object. Conjunctions are not between planets who need to highlight, match, or complement each other. They are about mixing all the colors together to create a new color and establishing that color's place in within the whole painting (very Aries).

Oppositions achieve harmony when the planets/points involved are able to appreciate and see the beauty in each other. Oppositions either learn to love or hate each other and whatever the case their energy is steady. This makes the relationship difficult to break once patterns have been established. Tasting, sensing, and adoring each other a s precious treasure results in a deep understanding between both points. Opposed objects act as mirrors to bounce perceptions off each other, the better they know and appreciate the contours of their mirror, the more deeply they will value their own qualities (very Taurus).

Trines on the other hand require meaningful communication and attention to achieve harmony. A poorly fed trine results in huge wastes of energy. The planets/points involved communicate so well, that care must actually be taken to avoid frivolity or carelessness. When the trine remains in our awareness and is kept busy with productive tasks, the energy becomes very constructive. We also appreciate our talents more and take less for granted (very Gemini).

Additionally squares achieve harmony when the planets/points involved develop a sense of nurturing for each other. Squaring planets must see each other as integral parts of their own personal space and be willing to do anything in their power to see each other thrive and express their self in a healthy and happy way (very Cancer).

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I think it is easy for people to fall into classifying aspects as "Inharmonious" and "Harmonious", but all aspects are actually harmonious. That is to say that they exist as the method of harmony between the planets/points involved. If I were forced, I would be more inclined to classify aspects as either "comprehensive" or "contrary"

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Actually harmonious...that's what I've been thinking all along! Sort of. I've been describing """"negative"""" aspects more as invigorating, as opposed to inharmonious and all that. Like, I kinda find that squares produce energy and require energy, both to be constructive, right? So inner tension arises, I reasoned, because the person doesn't know how to handle or direct, or accommodate, the energy yet.

Whereas a trine is constructive, but you need to put energy into it to work its potential (hence why its said someone becomes lazy when they have too many trines/sextile and no squares/oppositions to invigorate the chart?)

posted December 28, 2012 12:07 AM            

So! Please dish, how was your Christmas? Did Santa give you a bear hat finally? I've been curious how everything went down with your family get together, your bestie, bygone lovers returning to try and conquer your heart, and whatever else happened.

On the 25th, we went to the re-enactment of Washington crossing the Delaware. That's what he did before the turning point Battle of Trenton that nobody ever thinks about unless they live near Trenton. It's usually crowded, festive, and freezing at this event. There are lots of people in period costume, lots of long speeches about obscure local celebrities who made the event come together (zzzzz) and best of all, lots of dogs! That's actually the main reason my kids want to go. One family brings two Newfoundlanders every year, they let everyone pet them to their heart's desire, and that's as close to frisking around with a live bear we ever get.

S'now point waiting any longer to reply here...sorry in advance for the length!

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Isn't it funny that the image of strong or "boyish" girls in our childhood were often depicted as a freckly red-headed girl in overalls? Is that notion just mine?

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Let me think about this for a bit. hmmmmmm....

I think you might be right, I think it began with Pippy Longstocking, continued on with Peppermint Patty, progressed with child actors of the 70's, sometimes playing at the boundaries of pure androgyny, though I can't remember the kids' exact faces or names, it's just a blur of red hair, freckles, overalls, from both boys and girls.

Sometimes doesn't it feel like everything is just a meme? I get that sense sometimes.

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Your continued apprehensions are beginning to make me feel as though you may be hinting at your own loss of interest.

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No, I was just checking with you, seeing if you still want to talk...it's not an apprehension thing so much as a clarity thing, as I assume you'll want to stop talking eventually, but I don't know when.

Like, I never really gabbed this much with a centaur before...don't you people always roam around, never staying in one place for long? Yet this thread is long. So I dunno.

As a separate matter, sometimes waiting for a reply can be uncomfortable for me, mainly because I worry if I said something very clumsy or accidentally offensive (my 3H Pluto seems to act out a life of its own sometimes, and there have been occasions when I'm unaware of how forcibly I'm coming across until some good soul brings it to my attention.) But this is just the nature of the beast, and I actually welcome the opportunity to learn how to speak more intentionally and worry less.

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If you are losing interest please say so, otherwise I'll assume (like an obtuse Sagittarius) that you are here because you want to be and would invest yourself elsewhere were that not the case. =)

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LOL so obtuse of you to think that. =) Nah, I'm not done pickin' yer brains just yet.

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I did watch a movie called "Looking For A Friend For The End of The World"....Then I proceeded to cry like a baby HAHaha...

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Thank you! Putting it on my list of movies to watch. I love crying.

Btw, are you going to go see Les Mis in the theater? I am, and guess what? It'll be the first time I enter a movie theater since 1997, when I went to see Titanic. I feel like a person from the distant past who time-travelled to modern day when I think about this...will the popcorn buckets look the same? How much does a ticket cost? Do they still have those stupid seats that try to fold you in half? *full of suspense*

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You've beet me! I don't think I corn go onion other pun rant. I'm running out of veggies and that last one was so punny, I'm not sure if your jokes are to make me laugh, artichoke me. If we keep this up I May turn green, or worse turn into apple ant.

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( LOL "artichoke me"!!! Brilliant. )

Silo and behold, we can moooove on, I don't want to irrigate or be-Fudd-le you too mulch.

But water fun time that was, yakking away. =)

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It is the planet that connects my entire chart together and growing from my family experiences has been a major theme which penetrates almost every part of my life.

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Gotcha, that makes perfect sense...and is Mercury in your 9H? So communication of your philosophy is a special problem with them?

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If I don't face it now, my experiences with these people will poison my life.

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I don't envy you for living close to your family. Talking to you makes me grateful that my siblings are basically scattered across the country. Familiarity breeds contempt and absence makes the heart grow fonder <3 and fonder!

One thing though-- my sister did poison my life and the only thing that cured me was distance. It's odd, and I never expected to find relief from all-out *quitting* my previous quest to be a good sister, to pitch in and help her, to do the "right thing." It seems selfish to let everything slide, but I sure do appreciate my freed-up mental space.

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I think the major factor may be her Saturn Leo 09 and her Pluto Leo 12 boarder my Mars Leo 11.

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I tried to simulate how that would feel, having someone at close range with their malefic planets crushing down on my planet of action....then kind of shuddered because I so seriously don't want that. 'Not sure if I'm getting any kind of accurate impression however. Obviously.

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I say engage people on trans or weirdo forums.

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Contemplating that and laughing to think of all the "weirdo forums" I have participated in. For some reason this strikes me as incredibly funny right now.

But I am a bit scared of the trannies, they will think I'm from planet Socially Inept and relegate me to the troll bin...I just know it... =( Would prefer to meet one in person. I will wish on a star and hope for the best.

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She gets frustrated when people don't acknowledge the things she sees so clearly, but has become an expert of hiding, even from herself.

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I can kind of see why. I was paying really close attention when the sun transited through Scorpio this year. I definitely felt more Scorpionic...it's like the emotional underworld presented itself to me in 3-D for once, just by trying to remain steadily attuned to it. And that was very intense, to be open to experiencing it that way.

As a side note, I have a Scorpio acquaintance whose sun is conjunct my NN very tight. Her NN is in Pisces. Once we were out for coffee and she started crying about something and I bugged out because...well it's like I needed to be drunk to speak the language back to her that she was speaking to me. I think I just stared at her but my feeling was something like, "F*ck!! Why is this not a bar? Where is vodka when you need it?"

She's semi-alcoholic herself and to me, it's no wonder. Too much depth perception for compatibility with her surroundings.

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Language is a distraction from reality's true nature, which is essentially vast and nondescript.

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I want you to write a new Bible and I want this to be a key verse, please.

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When a person embraces their own vast and nondescript nature, the burden falls upon those who venture to describe them.

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^ The Book of Xiiro, Chapter One, verse two.

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In some cases people benefit from the occluded side of Scorpio, because it affords them protection which they did not experience from their past.

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Mmmmm....yes. In my case, silence can be so healing.

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In other cases our Taurus habits use Scorpio's shadow-stepping to generate a false sense of security and control.

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Right...right.... sorry if this sounds random and airy-fairy to the point of gibberish, but I had this vision repeatedly appearing in my head after my father died. It was of me sitting on an ornate, round pillow... it's like all I had in this world was that pillow floating me around in space. But even as I clung to it for dear life, I had to realize it could turn into dust in a split second. And I told myself, "All your securities are just as imaginary as that pillow. You really are hanging onto nothing and you have to learn to accept that, it's very critical that you learn that."

On some level, I know the concepts, but I'm not really living inside of them just yet. Like who really WANTS to move from Venus to Pluto?

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Apparently I calmly walked into the store and told my mom we had to leave because my toe got cut off.

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I also remember getting a shot in the wound (not fun), before they stitched and taped it back on.

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You speak so casually of torture. Amazing. Does your toe work okay now?

I had one of those MOST unwelcome injections as a child, too, when I split my chin open. They wrapped me up in this tight velcro straight-jacket thing because I was fighting it so exorcist-like. Nowadays they have this gel they can use to numb the wound...I forget its name (Lidocaine?) but whoever invented it ought to be given due praise...or there should be a huge statue or a holiday in his or her honor...something big.

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This song was at the end and it clicked with me. Video's kinda odd.

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Loved the song... felt like I was being subjected to a psy-op watching the video, though. I get visually overstimulated and fatigued pretty quick, I'm starting to realize...thanks to you and your zombie movies.

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I loved this post!!!

Question for you, hoping you don't mind...I'm trying to puzzle out my almost exact semi-sextile between Venus and Uranus. Do they have a Piscean relationship? So maybe that suggests I operate according to psychic cues to love weirdly, and to enact sudden changes based on Venusian whims? That could actually explain a lot, come to think of it.

Wishing you a very happy night.

posted December 28, 2012 05:47 AM            

I'ma jump right in.

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I'm having a great all-inclusive celebration so far, thanks. =)

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So! Please dish, how was your Christmas? Did Santa give you a bear hat finally? I've been curious how everything went down with your family get together, your bestie, bygone lovers returning to try and conquer your heart, and whatever else happened.

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The xmas eve family situation wasn't so bad, mom was particularly sedate which is not normal, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I got to spend part of the day with my nephew who is now a freshman in high school and well on his way to wreaking hormonal havoc on the world. The sibling I am having the most difficulty with called in sick, so that was a relief. The truth was, she spent all her money on gifts for herself and felt guilty showing up empty handed. I'm not sure why she still feels guilt though, she does it almost every year HAha. She is one of the long-term Geminis in my life and a valid excuse to raise an eyebrow at the sign (if I wasn't the type of insane person who hopes to one day meet a Gemini I don't want to stab). Her absence and a mellow mother meant a no-stress event. I can understand my mom's usual stress though. She, my nephew, and my youngest niece are Cancers, then my brother is a Virgo/Libra cusp, and the rest of us are Sags, Leos, Geminis, Libra, and Aquarians. I'd probably be stressed too in her situation.

I had planned on sending the munchkins on a scavenger hunt for their presents, but it rained, so that idea got scrapped. Most of the time was spent hanging out with the other fire signs and being loud/obnoxious. My Leo sister and I have a similar sense of humor (which nobody else seems to get lol). Of all my siblings she is the one I disliked most as a kid. After I grew up, she became the easiest of my siblings to bond with. My Leo sister-in-law is equally obnoxious in her own way, so she fits in well with the two of us. Like I mentioned before, our family seems to only know how to interact in cliques. When the Geminis are outnumbered by the fire signs, there tends to be less of a competition to see who can get the coolest people on their team and more of an energy of inclusiveness.

Christmas with the bestie was fun, she introduced me to a drink called a Moscow Mule, they are delicious. We didn't realize each other would be alone on xmas day so plans were last minute. I sneaked stockings, goodies, and candy in my over night bag so we would have stockings to open in the morning. Her tree was really pretty (sort of like one you would find in a hotel) and the first night we watched movies and drank. The next day we opened stockings and presents. Then munched candy, listened to music, drank a little, played several games of chess, watched the director's cut of Alien, and played with Sadie and Purrla (her dog and cat).

I returned home to a facebook message from my roadtrip ex. He wished me a merry Christmas and when I returned the sentiment he responded immediately. We talked a bit about his situation, our former relationship, and I am such a sucker for Aquarian charm that I realized half way through the conversation that I was flirting. When he said he was moving out to CA, he asked me to meet him at the airport and I told him I was in Hawaii until next summer (>cringe< I know, I know, He just seems to be doing so well by finally making the choice to leave WV, that I wanted to be there for him, but not be physically there in case things turned down this road). I promise that before he moved out here I did not flirt with him, in fact part of the reason I was so forthcoming about Hawaii, was to underline the fact that nothing could happen again between us.

After catching myself flirting, that's when I noticed I had dug myself a big stupid hole. He was saying "I love you" a lot and asked if I would talk to him everyday. I told him that I would be too busy tending to my own life and health to be able to agree to something like that, but I would be sure to keep in touch when I could. It all just sort of flew over his head. So today I didn't contact him and I plan on taking a while to reach out again. It's possible I'll have to just flat out say, "Sorry Dude, it ain't happenin" but I need to find a tactful way of doing that.

It gets back to my mention of Saturn square Vanus and how I always seem to take on the commanding or orchestrating role when romance rears it's ugly head lol. Right now, all this planning and manipulation is 100% NOT what I should be doing, BUT this is a matter that involves another person's emotional stability. So the conundrum becomes a question of whether manipulating this situation is appropriate, or whether I should just say, "sorry bout your luck" and walk on? Or is there a middle way (something one should always ask when Scorpio, the queen of "black or white" is involved). I am under the impression that if something becomes complicated, then bad choices have been made somewhere. I would like to make this as uncomplicated as possible without causing damage.

Extra note: The resolution could just be to walk away. Like I said before, I am attracted to broken people and this ex is broken. He is the guy I went on that road trip around the states with. I have no interest in fixing him, I just don't want to make thing worse. :P

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On the 25th, we went to the re-enactment of Washington crossing the Delaware.

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...sometimes playing at the boundaries of pure androgyny, though I can't remember the kids' exact faces or names, it's just a blur of red hair, freckles, overalls, from both boys and girls.

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Sometimes doesn't it feel like everything is just a meme? I get that sense sometimes.

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When I heard this idea, I could certainly wrap my brain around the idea.

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As a separate matter, sometimes waiting for a reply can be uncomfortable for me, mainly because I worry if I said something very clumsy or accidentally offensive (my 3H Pluto seems to act out a life of its own sometimes, and there have been occasions when I'm unaware of how forcibly I'm coming across until some good soul brings it to my attention.)

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If I have a problem understanding or agreeing with something you say, I'll simply inquire about it. After 300 posts you are allowed to conclude I am not anxiously waiting for the conversation to end.

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Btw, are you going to go see Les Mis in the theater?

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will the popcorn buckets look the same? How much does a ticket cost? Do they still have those stupid seats that try to fold you in half? *full of suspense*

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is Mercury in your 9H? So communication of your philosophy is a special problem with them?

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It's odd, and I never expected to find relief from all-out *quitting* my previous quest to be a good sister, to pitch in and help her, to do the "right thing." It seems selfish to let everything slide, but I sure do appreciate my freed-up mental space.

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I tried to simulate how that would feel, having someone at close range with their malefic planets crushing down on my planet of action....then kind of shuddered because I so seriously don't want that.

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I think the most frustrating part was probably the insistence that I act like everything was okay. If she did something crappy, I couldn't express that it was a crappy thing to do, or indicate that it inflicted harm on me without her getting more angry and doing something worse. It was like, "If you don't like the fact that I abandoned you at a shopping center for 5 hours, to go hang out with my boyfriend, then I guess I just won't take you anywhere anymore". I had to learn to just endure the bad stuff, if I wanted to avoid further frustrations. She was also insistent that her Pluto sense genuine gratitude or like. You couldn't just be pi$$ed and keep to yourself, you had to play things off like you didn't despise her every breath for being an evil emotional dictator. Otherwise more punishments were in order. It all taking place in my 5th House really effected my ability to be genuinely joyful I think.

I learned to be able to externally project a copacetic state while experiencing and processing deep hurt. I learned to weather random change and surprise devastation, and I learned to use her issues to manipulate her into not standing in my way of raising myself.

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But I am a bit scared of the trannies, they will think I'm from planet Socially Inept and relegate me to the troll bin...I just know it...

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I definitely felt more Scorpionic...it's like the emotional underworld presented itself to me in 3-D for once, just by trying to remain steadily attuned to it. And that was very intense, to be open to experiencing it that way.

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As a side note, I have a Scorpio acquaintance whose sun is conjunct my NN very tight. Her NN is in Pisces. Once we were out for coffee and she started crying about something and I bugged out because...well it's like I needed to be drunk to speak the language back to her that she was speaking to me. I think I just stared at her but my feeling was something like, "F*ck!! Why is this not a bar? Where is vodka when you need it?"

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I had this vision repeatedly appearing in my head after my father died. It was of me sitting on an ornate, round pillow... it's like all I had in this world was that pillow floating me around in space. But even as I clung to it for dear life, I had to realize it could turn into dust in a split second. And I told myself, "All your securities are just as imaginary as that pillow. You really are hanging onto nothing and you have to learn to accept that, it's very critical that you learn that."

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posted December 28, 2012 05:58 AM            

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On some level, I know the concepts, but I'm not really living inside of them just yet. Like who really WANTS to move from Venus to Pluto?

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I think Taurus's greatest struggle with Scorpio is the exposure, but when Taurus learns to trust Scorpio it realizes that Scorpio's sign exists specifically to navigate and manipulate exposure. Taurus just has to learn that things are always uncomfortable and clumsy when we are learning something new. The long term results are worth it though.

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You speak so casually of torture. Amazing. Does your toe work okay now?

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Nowadays they have this gel they can use to numb the wound...I forget its name (Lidocaine?) but whoever invented it ought to be given due praise...or there should be a huge statue or a holiday in his or her honor...something big.

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I get visually overstimulated and fatigued pretty quick, I'm starting to realize...thanks to you and your zombie movies

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posted December 29, 2012 09:29 AM            

Long ago, remember when we had that chat about rulers of the chart and life lessons? I remember you said my mom and I have similar life lessons, yet different at the same time, because her chart rulers (Virgo Sun, so Ceres and Mercury) are in opposite signs while my chart rulers (Scorpio Sun, so Pluto and Mars) are square. I dunno, I just remembered that.

I often recall obscure things by following branches of thought. "Looking at mum's chart...looking at her Ceres...Ceres in Aries...Mercury in Libra...opposite by sign! Xiiro!" then goes to tell you about it.

EDIT! Also, you remind me of Dr. Quantum (fabulous vid, please watch!).

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posted January 01, 2013 05:19 PM            

Yahoo...2013!!!

How's it going so far? Busy? I finally got sick of everything and plunked down in my little Ikea Jenny Lund chair in the kitchen to create this magnum opus for you. =D

I've been working like a genuine Cap workaholic these past few days, thanks to Pluto and the sun ganging up on me. My basement is even getting clean, the old washer and dryer are looking spiffy. But meanwhile I have been grappling with all kinds of psychic turmoil...intensely bad dreams, buried issues coming sharply into focus and begging for attention...this has been my life for the past week....aren't you glad I didn't write? LOL

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I am getting new glasses! Hopefully something really nerdy that doesn't make me look like a hipster or a pedo.

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Pedo glasses....are they the thick and horn-rimmed? I should already know, as a mother.

Don't you wear contacts? I adore my contacts, they've given me a new lease on life. Without them I would have to play the role of nerdy librarian type that everyone would project on me, since my vision is about 20/800 and my glasses weigh ten pounds.

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The truth was, she spent all her money on gifts for herself and felt guilty showing up empty handed. I'm not sure why she still feels guilt though, she does it almost every year HAha.

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Isn't she a Christian? You have your thoughts about Geminis, I am starting to think most Christians are selfish.

One reason I enjoy not doing Christmas is, nobody feels like they have to buy me anything.

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When the Geminis are outnumbered by the fire signs, there tends to be less of a competition to see who can get the coolest people on their team and more of an energy of inclusiveness.

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This was so fun to read about. Like an excerpt from an astrology-based novel...and there are no astrology-based novels that I know of, so this was a good stand-in.

Tangent...speaking of parties...

I wanted to tell you that I went to my husband's family holiday party last week. I spent the greater part of the night chatting with his young Pisces cousin. He's 19 and apprenticing to be a tattoo artist... I learned a lot about how tattoos are made, what the various genres are, where it hurts (him) to get them.

It's the weirdest thing, though. This kid doesn't seem to have any preference about what tattoos he gets. He just wants his body covered in tattoos, and he likes for some of them to pay tribute to his mother. Apart from that, it's like he makes no distinction between objects in "the world of the 10,000 things." One thing is just as significant as the next. His boss tattoos him for free and makes most of the decisions. It all seems very Piscean to me...the acceptance of the whole world as One, and the submissiveness to another person. At the same time, the kid is as belligerent as any Pisces male I've ever known. Strange mix of yielding and unyielding energies.

That's my Pisces guy tattoo story. Hope you enjoyed.

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Christmas with the bestie was fun, she introduced me to a drink called a Moscow Mule, they are delicious.

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Recipe? Is it like a White Russian with Tequila? *very uneducated guess

You and your bestie are so cute, I love your adventures.

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After catching myself flirting, that's when I noticed I had dug myself a big stupid hole. He was saying "I love you" a lot and asked if I would talk to him everyday.

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heheheheh wow you are like Firestarter. A little flirtation and blammo (!)

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I would like to make this as uncomplicated as possible without causing damage.

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I'm going to make an altar out of coconut milk cans for you tonight and pray that the situation resolves itself smoothly. =)

Please let me know if it works, I need feedback to hone my techniques.

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Haha, all I could think about when I read this was, "God Washington, did you have to do that in the middle of winter? That sounds freaking cold".

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I know right? It's pretty amazing actually...these soldiers walked out in the middle of the night, many of them with rags on their frostbitten, bare feet, leaving trails of blood in the snow. They dragged out the boats, loading cannons and horses onto them, battling fierce currents fraught with ice...then hiking the rest of night, surprising the Hessians at dawn, who were hungover from Christmas revelry, and for once winning a battle!

I'm not for war, but that one was very interesting. For me, the fact that the mysterious freemasons were behind the revolution adds to the wonder of some near-miraculous victories.

Oh, and this cool Washington quote is inscribed on the National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge: "Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable Patience and Fidelity of the Soldiery."

So there you have a micro tour of historic Pennsylvania.

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There is a theory/philosophy/thought experiment/thingie(?) which suggests memes (or the memetic realm) are "demigod" like energies which (like DNA) inspire the growth of material beings in a specific way, to facilitate their own growth.

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And with you and I talking about it now, it's one step closer to being recognized on a grand scale. =)

What do you think, is everyone a little bit of a witch or warlock...using our thoughts to shape reality? It seems so, to me.

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I know you don't know me in person, so I can't expect you to understand how I function

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Thank you for understanding my inability to understand. Pluto on the DSC sounds intense, but we've got a laid-back, chilling on the porch drinking moonshine rapport here. So I'll just take it one swig at a time.

I have Aquarius Mercury close to my DSC which means everyone is more or less a science experiment to me. (Kidding, I just made that up, but I like how it sounds!)

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It is more unsettling to me to be repeatedly asked if I still want to be here, than someone saying something I don't agree with.

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I have slowly become a fan of Anne Hathaway, so I plan on seeing it.

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Some Theaters have recliner type seating, there is one in San Diego that serves food and alcoholic drinks table-side.

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Oooo I would LOVE to recline, booze, and cry about Valjean adopting Cosette (that's the part I always cry at...even thinking of it now makes my snoot tingle.) But if I were to make that my game plan...aiming for a sentimental extravaganza.. that means I would have to go alone. My best friend, whom I hope to see it with, is an Aquarius moon who cannot stand any kind of sap from me whatsoever. NO sap.

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I had to learn to just endure the bad stuff, if I wanted to avoid further frustrations....I learned to be able to externally project a copacetic state while experiencing and processing deep hurt.

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I feel so bad for young you, having to deal with that. And you describe it so vividly.

The topic you bring up is a whole can of worms that I would like to open, but don't have time to explore as fully as I want right now: the way people sometimes have to lie just to keep from being harmed. I could talk about that for hours...it even just came up for me in the Dalai Lama's autobiography that I'm reading. Surprisingly, he admits to having to learn how to be false to deal with Chinese. I thought, look, even the Dalai Lama is reduced to lying in this cruel world. Honesty sometimes seems like a luxury to me; so often people are cornered into muffling ourselves.

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Your Scorpio and Sun 8th House babies contend with that every day. It is GREAT when things are good, but when something is off, there is no place to hide.

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I see. And I just realized that Pluto aspects most of my chart...it hits everything except my moon and Saturn. So it figures I can tap into that a little. I have a land in my inner world that I've named "The Place Where No Comfort Is," and I've spent many months there over my lifetime.

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Scorpio's sign exists specifically to navigate and manipulate exposure. Taurus just has to learn that things are always uncomfortable and clumsy when we are learning something new. The long term results are worth it though.

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It feels like hard work, all the time, to be honest. End of whining session.

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I think my 10 year old Sag (Moon in Scorpio) niece said it well when she told me a few days ago, "I don't know why people are so scared of getting hurt. I mean, it's just one moment of pain and then it's over".

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Is it a Sag thing then? My Sag son has had some nasty scrapes and he's been weirdly calm, too. Once he chopped his leg open with a hatchet and blood spurted everywhere, and he was like, "Hmph. Look at that." He's somewhat of a hypochondriac (Year of the Rabbit, we are all hypochondriacs) but actual injuries don't phase him. Or faze him. I don't know how you spell Fayes in that context.

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Buddhists talk about images the same way they consider food. Images are considered "what your eyes consume". They believe that feeding your input systems with unhealthy input results in illness of the mind and body.

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Another can of worms...reminds me of Feng Shui...also hits on why I love living at my country house so much better than this suburban house. I look out of the windows there and I just see this clear, open, natural panorama. It's restorative, I think...like you can just drink in the sky.

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Of course I wrote a nice big response about your semi-sextile, but LL ate it. So I will have to re do that when work calms down a bit.

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Thanks so much...no worries about re-writing, it's a new year, and I will fill it with new questions soon enough.

Cheers =)

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I just wanted to do a little bit of show n' tell here.

Do you think I could have given birth to my youngest son at a more astrologically significant time that day?

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Sorry for the randomness, I just realized how crazy his chart is and had to tell somebody. That's all.

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Xiiroooo, what are the traits of Eris? Like, personality-wise! If someone was high in Erisian energy, what kinda personality would they have? I imagine Eris is a high-tempered planet...akin to Mars, but more aware of its surroundings and outcomes. Okay, I'm imagining a cross between Mars and Pluto... incorrect?

I imagine Ceres would be self-oriented and disciplined, mature, maybe nervous/tense.

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Sorry I have been so busy with work. I'm hoping I'll be back to normal by next week HAha.

Here is a response about Eris I posted on another thread Scorp. http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/217161-2.html

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By all means, please enjoy the sun's transit through Capricorn.

And thanks for the great read on Eris.

posted January 09, 2013 06:55 AM            

I know we have to be somewhere around your B day Faith. I apologize for being horrible with remembering dates. I hope your birthday is an enjoyably splendid one in any case.

Here, have a flower.

posted January 09, 2013 08:15 AM            

Thanks for the flower! So far so good, being 37. Only, like, five gray hairs.

Honestly I thought of erasing most of my last long post, I was in an overly talkative mood...please don't feel constrained to reply. We can scrap it and start something new if you like

Did you hear they finally captured a live giant squid on camera?

@Red,

Yeah that's what I was talking about, Mr. Super Angular!

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Sorry again for the delay. I am implementing all the plans I made last year for the family business and still haven't finished. My friend needed a house sitter for a few days however, so I get a tiny vacation from the frustration for a few days.

I haven't had a chance to look at the astrology for this past month, but it was a frustrating one. What was planned to take 1 week to complete is still under construction. I feel lucky my Mercury was transited in the beginning, I'm not sure I would have gotten this far without that boost. I had to teach myself several new computer skills and still feel as if I am building the Great Wall of China with Jello....in the rain.

I woke up after three hours of sleep this morning wanting to take the dog out, but couldn't get out of bed until I figured out how to save reality appropriately. Last time I saved, it was based on some essential configuration which resulted in reality's information needing to be saved in two different instances. Now in attempting to take the dog out, I couldn't seem to figure out how to make that information match up for an appropriate save. I must have remained in bed for 30 min until a voice in my head said, "Or you don't have to save anything and you can just come back". So I got up, took the dog for a walk, fed the cat, went back to bed and started back to my connundrum over saving my progress in reality. I think it was another 10 minutes when I finally realized that I was severely plodding away at something that is not even a thing HAHah. I passed out again after that.

Sleeping has been hard because I am spending every waking hour trying to set this all up. Getting back into the swing of just relaxing has been an interesting process. At any rate, this rest is a good time to put my obsessiveness aside, soak up a bit of R&R, and catch up on LL.

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Yahoo...2013!!! & Did you hear they finally captured a live giant squid on camera?

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meanwhile I have been grappling with all kinds of psychic turmoil...intensely bad dreams, buried issues coming sharply into focus and begging for attention...

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Don't you wear contacts? I adore my contacts, they've given me a new lease on life.

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One reason I enjoy not doing Christmas is, nobody feels like they have to buy me anything.

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That's my Pisces guy tattoo story. Hope you enjoyed.

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Recipe? Is it like a White Russian with Tequila? *very uneducated guess

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Moscow Mule Recipe:

1 half lime
2 ounces vodka
4 to 6 ounces ginger beer

Soo refreshing!

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I'm going to make an altar out of coconut milk cans for you tonight and pray that the situation resolves itself smoothly. =)

Please let me know if it works, I need feedback to hone my techniques.

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So there you have a micro tour of historic Pennsylvania.

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And with you and I talking about it now, it's one step closer to being recognized on a grand scale. =)

What do you think, is everyone a little bit of a witch or warlock...using our thoughts to shape reality? It seems so, to me.

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I have Aquarius Mercury close to my DSC which means everyone is more or less a science experiment to me. (Kidding, I just made that up, but I like how it sounds!)

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I like her, too. She kind of reminds me of Ingrid Bergman...almost plain looking, but so graceful you get the idea she's stunning.

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The topic you bring up is a whole can of worms that I would like to open, but don't have time to explore as fully as I want right now: the way people sometimes have to lie just to keep from being harmed. I could talk about that for hours...it even just came up for me in the Dalai Lama's autobiography that I'm reading. Surprisingly, he admits to having to learn how to be false to deal with Chinese. I thought, look, even the Dalai Lama is reduced to lying in this cruel world. Honesty sometimes seems like a luxury to me; so often people are cornered into muffling ourselves.

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I see. And I just realized that Pluto aspects most of my chart...it hits everything except my moon and Saturn. So it figures I can tap into that a little. I have a land in my inner world that I've named "The Place Where No Comfort Is," and I've spent many months there over my lifetime.

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Is it a Sag thing then? My Sag son has had some nasty scrapes and he's been weirdly calm, too. Once he chopped his leg open with a hatchet and blood spurted everywhere, and he was like, "Hmph. Look at that." He's somewhat of a hypochondriac (Year of the Rabbit, we are all hypochondriacs) but actual injuries don't phase him. Or faze him. I don't know how you spell Fayes in that context.

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Perhaps it is. Dwelling on pain is certainly not conducive to expansion and progressive experience. I think it's "phase", but don't quote me on that, You should see my spelling and writing ability from 10 years ago...not pretty lol. As a Sag Sun Aries ASC I am particularly accident prone. It took me about 17 years to figure out how not to drop food, paint, etc. on my clothes every day (and honestly, it's a practice I still often revisit). I am so immune to stubbed toes, head bumps, chomped tongues, and the like that the shock of accidentally being harmed is now more distressing than the actual pain. Generally I just laugh, because laughter is the only emotional response Sag gets HAha. Yet another reason Sag wouldn't be ruled by Chiron hehe.

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Question for you, hoping you don't mind...I'm trying to puzzle out my almost exact semi-sextile between Venus and Uranus. Do they have a Piscean relationship? So maybe that suggests I operate according to psychic cues to love weirdly, and to enact sudden changes based on Venusian whims? That could actually explain a lot, come to think of it.

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When Venus was in Libra it formed an applying or waxing semi-sextle to Uranus and as a light-hearted, just, conflict avoidant, and "other" oriented sign was faced with an intense lesson. From the unpredictable, abstract, deep, and severe force of Uranus, Venus faced the lesson that there is value in depth, privacy, respect of one's individuality, truth at the cost of conflict, internal spontenaety, and embracing one's individual flow regardless of where that flow takes us.

From the waxing semi-sextile, Venus moved into a conjunction and immersed herself in this lesson until she and Uranus collaborated in a new energy. She Valued individuality and severity and left any casualty behind who once thought it would contain, sculpt, or define her. She saw the abstract and crazy as beautiful reflections of her own individuality, she condemed any concept lacking respect for others. She saw how the greater forces oppress smaller individuals and joined with likeminded people to put an end to it. She plumbed the depths of her own individuality, every dark or abstract facet was embraced, and to those who judged her or treated her unfairly, she waved goodbye. Cutting them out of her life for good.

As the relationship between Uranus and Venus progresses, the taste of such severe individuality becomes slightly cold and bitter. Venus is not a planet which endures such intensity for too long and sure enough, the conjunction separates as Venus reaches toward more Sagittarain views. By the time Venus enters orb of a waning semi-sextile she must learn to balance individuality and honesty, What she knows and what she could understand, idealism and experience. This separating semi-sextile is about looking at the things which we feel in our depth to be fundamentally important to us and testing those ideals against our value of growth and evolution. Where one part of us may feel things MUST work a specific way in order for us to be unrestrained, another part of us is eager to adventure outside those lines, just for the experience. One part of us insists on established ideals, while another side of us just wants to have a nice laugh at it all and follow the wind wherever it may lead.

It's hard work negotiating the terms of what is fundamental to the respect of one's humantiy and what constricts one's ability to grow. Uranus just "KNOWS" what is right, because it is right, right-now. Venus values beauty beyond the rules and is not interested in anything which restricts access new, more enjoyable beauty. Sagittarius values freedom of expression, but "SEES" that inflexibility hinders growth, while Scorpio obsesses over the truth of a matter and is unwilling to compromise that truth for cheap thrills. It is like a struggle between black/white vs color. The key is finding a balance between what Uranus in Scorpio knows to be your fundamental truth and what Venus in Sagittarius sees as a potential to discover elevated versions of your fundamental truth. The struggle is between a force that wants to preserve your story as it "Should" be told and another force only interested in the moral of your story. Without the flexibility of both forces you end up stifling exploration for the sake of maintaining an ideal life or adventuring off on uneventful adventures without care or respect for your own unique well-being.

When synthesis is discovered, the pearl is an ability to respect your own truth as it unfolds, while accepting experience as a way to elevate that truth. Learning not to blame or box one's self in with emotion is a major lesson. Your past does not bind you to being a specific type of person and just because you wanted something out of life once doesn't mean you have to commit to still wanting that today, we are free to change the rules.

This also means in love you can attract people who may remind you constantly that you were once a specific type of person. You may utilize them as antagonists to either punish you into evolution or eventually give you an excuse to expand your personality as a reaction to their oppressive intensity. On a positive octive, you could seek out a partner who is accepting of your intense and deep changability, someone who is excited about providing you with new environments which offer you freedom to excercise your uniqueness.

Additionally, you have NN on the midpoint between Venus and Uranus. This lesson is a major one in this life. Having Uranus in your 4th adds energy to the issue of clinging to the past however. Some believe Uranus is exalted in Scorpio and I agree, however when water outweighs the Uranus (like Uranus in Scorpio 4th House) it is important to cultivate "knowing when to let things go". Venus in the 5th enhances your Sagittarian ability to trivialize and be playful with that intensity though, so you are reinforced on both sides. Perhaps the first step is learning to honestly laugh at your self. Not in an oppressive way, but in a "wow, how silly that I find these things so obsessively important" kind of way. From the Sagittarian perspective, being is not a serious thing, but an enjoyment. If being in a body is the only place we can experience this life, than even the experience of stubbing one's toe is a fleeting gift.

Did you notice that the addition of Eris in your chart gives you a double grand Fire trine between Eris, Neptune, and ASC and Jupiter, Neptune, and ASC? Spicy!

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I just wanted to do a little bit of show n' tell here.

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Do you think I could have given birth to my youngest son at a more astrologically significant time that day?

Wow, that's an intense chart. The first thing that popped out at me was the Sun 29 degrees and it's ruler at 0 degrees. All those intense oppositions must be challenging too. Where there birth complications or complications in his first year with water or maybe complications due to anestesia? It looks like most of his significant challenges come to him in his 20s.

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I'm busting at the seams wanting to reply immediately but out of consideration for your time constraints, I'll give it a few weeks.

Just want to say one thing real quick:

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LOL!!! WTF? I can't believe that's a real movie, it sounds like some crazy dream that only you would have. =)

Hitting the save button on the present reality of our exchange, while nursing my morning cup of tequila & milk (mmm mmm good)

Hope your work gets easier!

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Thank you so much for this!!!

I'm busting at the seams wanting to reply immediately but out of consideration for your time constraints, I'll give it a few weeks.

Just want to say one thing real quick:

LOL!!! WTF? I can't believe that's a real movie, it sounds like some crazy dream that only you would have. =)

Hitting the save button on the present reality of our exchange, while nursing my morning cup of tequila & milk (mmm mmm good)

Hope your work gets easier!

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LOL

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That reminds me of an Aquarian co-worker I used to be good friends with. He used to say things like, "Bear in Mind sounds terribly painful" and "For the time being? who is this Time-Being and why must we do things for him?"

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OMG! This stuff is so funny to me, it's threatening my sanity. I'll be talking to someone, and the Time-Being will streak across my mind, and I just start laughing out of nowhere. And I try to contain it but then I start giggling out my nose and crying, so I keep having to excuse myself or just hide my head until the thought goes away.

Seriously, that is TOOO funny!!!!!!

I love that guy. Did you love that guy? =)

It's such a relief to me when people can rip apart the language and play with it. The other day my kids were playing Mad Libs, and my daughter was reading me a story they came up with. The ending was, "The kneepads ran across the beach, dripping with shampoo." And I was like, "Good for them!" Sometimes I just need a break from the normal standards of communication...especially when the sun's in Aquarius.

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Tell me about it! Yeah, when I suffered from morning sickness, basically the only thing I could keep down was Tequila-milk. Good thing Tequila also has worms in it...like a protein drink.

Thirsty now, are you? =D

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But I'm super impressed that you are getting it done. I'm in awe of people who teach themselves "several new computer skills," since I never, ever do that.

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So I got up, took the dog for a walk, fed the cat, went back to bed and started back to my connundrum over saving my progress in reality. I think it was another 10 minutes when I finally realized that I was severely plodding away at something that is not even a thing HAHah.

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You are one seriously weird individual. =) *thumbsup!*

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It's rare that I feel this jealous of anyone, but I'm very jealous of your neices, getting to play that game and having you for an uncle.

Greenness aside...

Is there any astrology in Harry Potter? My Pisces-Aries cusp friend from childhood has been insisting for years that I MUST read Harry Potter, it drives her crazy that I haven't. When I told her my husband's birthday, she screamed, "That's Harry Potter's birthday! It's a SIGN!" LOL. Maybe I will someday...but I hardly ever read fiction.

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Oh! I saw a giant squid exhibit at a Natural History Museum a few years ago, and they really played up the squid drama. (Weren't you affected by the contagion of squid drama emanating from that museum? Funny, I kind of thought everyone was. ) Not only was there a life-size replica of the giant squid fastened to the ceiling, and myriad squid memorabilia in the gift shop (aren't people VERY weird?) but there was a movie showcasing the scientists being baffled that something so huge could exist without ever been filmed. This inspired me to start thinking of how dinosaurs could still be in the ocean and no one would know. I was delighted to contemplate this with Science seeming to back me for once; if they couldn't find a giant squid, maybe they aren't finding plesiosaurs for the same reason.

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Are you just getting into it now? For some reason I assumed you've been interpreting dreams for people since you were a teenager.

Thanks so much for the offer...I'm fine now. I realized that reading the Dalai Lama's accounts of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, right before going to bed, was the source of the nightmares. In dream I was playing out the suffering I had absorbed from the pages. I've always been really sensitive & impressionable like that...probably a Pisces moon thing. Also, several of the books on my nightstand are about death, and I probably ought to move them, too.

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I've noticed that Pisces tend to be artistic with their appearance, but haven't thought of it as weaving an image, which seems more purposeful than ordinary style. Now that you mention it, I can definitely see how that fits.

Your Pisces sun/Gem moon friend reminds me a bit of myself, with the changeability and extremes, although I am loathe to wear any kind of outfit that advertises my ideology. Maybe because I know it's always changing and I don't want to have to buy a new wardrobe all the time. =)

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I have some doubts about the history myself. But I have gone out barefoot in the snow before, and you kind of know me. I think I might have just done it yesterday, actually...fetching my son in for dinner.

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My children don't think of me as a monarch, though. They think of me as a trampoline who occasionally gets bossy.

But no, I can see what you mean, in a broader sense. LOTS more domestic freedom than ever, and we don't even have to travel to reach people! All roads lead to...my computer.

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No need to apologize, I'll work on not taking things so personally and not equating your timidity with distrust.

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Thank you. I'm fascinated that you saw it that way. When I asked if you were getting tired of this thread, I didn't mean anything like, "Are you interested in excommunicating me?" I always assumed we'd keep bumping into each other at LL & probably pick up this thread again later. It's only because these long posts are time-consuming to write that I wanted to make sure they weren't getting burdensome to you.

As for trust, I trusted that you are an amazing person, the first time I read a post of yours. I think most people have that reaction...your character is lovely, substantial, and obvious. And that just makes me happy, that you are who you are....there's nothing you really have to do, to have my trust. Although I do love having this opportunity to talk with you.

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I agree and I have seen Les Mis since we last posted. Have you seen it yet? There were pleanty of teary moments. The singing is a bit odd in my opinion, but over all it was a good movie. Life of PI was also a good one.

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Haven't seen it yet! I can imagine that the singing is odd...can't wait to cry with it, anyway.

I'll have to go to YouTube and watch the Life of PI trailer...no idea what that's about.

Update: I just watched it...looks amazing, and I love movies set in India, but this hits on my fears about sailing. In fact it looks almost exactly like some nightmares I've had, complete with whales leaping out of the water right by the sailing vessel.

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Where there birth complications or complications in his first year with water or maybe complications due to anestesia?

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Yes! There was liquid trouble, my midwife injected me with pitocin while I was pushing my son out, which was extremely hard for me to cope with, physically and emotionally.

I'm curious what you saw in his chart that made you guess that? I had thought perhaps the transiting moon-Mars conjunction just made the midwife feel like doing something aggressive.

'Not finished replying, I want to think over the rest of it some more! Your thoughts on my Uranus-NN-Venus sandwich really hit home and kind of spin my head around like a top...not that I mind, I like being someone else's lab rat, too =) j/k

And I would love to talk to you more about honesty, specifically Scorpio brand honesty.

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Any ways, Xiiro! *Burns incense and lights candles as if starting a ritual*
Can I asketh thee for what you think of my Aquarius Moon semisextile Pisces S-turn? I feel it affects me subtly...

I think my views that everything is insignificant in the end is attributed to it. Like, we're all beings living on a rock hurtling around a ball of burning gas, and everything's existed for like, a kabillion years and will continue to, and you're afraid of dying?? We're one race, one big ocean of faces, each person being a single drop.

We're insignificant and I love it. It gives me motive to do and be what I want while I can, ya know? Gotta appreciate and live life! I think Leo influences are coming in. Actually I feel like it's a mix of my big three.

Scorpio: awareness concerning mortality, love of mortality
Aquarius: acceptance and appreciation of life's limits and the freedom it gives you
Leo: desire to use that freedom!!