posted February 07, 2003 01:29 PM            

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

posted March 17, 2003 02:01 PM              

A strongly aspected Neptune like yours, especially combined with a water ascendant, can certainly affect the energies you project, and the physical appearance people see. Do you have Neptune in aspect (minor or major) with your Ascendant at all? Whether you do or not, probably your reserved Scorpio rising fits in with all that Neptunian/Piscean dreamy wateriness, to create an image like a waterfall in front of a blazing fire!

Water Sun signs and Water element Ascendants often identify themselves by just a little bit of fleshiness in the overall appearance... the body may be perfectly fit, but the skin and flesh may seem just a tad puffy, giving an overall softening effect to the person's physique. I've heard many water signs say they just can't "seem" to lose that final pound, or five pounds, when really it has to do with all the water prominent in their chart!

I knew another Aries (male) with Neptune smack on his Ascendant, and his dreamy eyes, abundant hair, and slight fleshiness and pleasant speaking voice all contributed to a Piscean-ish quality, but once his Moon & Venus in Gemini plus Mars in Aries started talking, that illusion of a dreamy Piscean disappeared in a flash of flame!

posted March 19, 2003 12:00 PM              

Where is the planet Mars in your chart? Mars rules Aries and also co-rules Scorpio (it was the only ruler before Pluto was discovered).

Quiet and reserved could very well be Scorpio rising. They have the persona of being in control. They do not want people to know their innermost self. They play their cards close to their chest so to speak.

posted March 20, 2003 05:13 AM              

Your chart sounds pretty watery to me, but that doesn't mean that the water is going to behave in a watery way!

If your water placements are not in angular houses, and if your chart has other important formations (stellium, t-square, etc.) involving different elements and house cusps, for example, then maybe water manifests as a secondary influence in your life and personality. Plus, where water and fire merge, the resulting energies are going to behave differently than the classic descriptions of how they act individually. Oh well, I think I'm getting a little too basic here, just wanted to caution you that a dominant element may act in a less than dominant way in a chart. Bet you have lots of watery intuition, however.

Hey Ravi, I have a very strongly aspected CancerMoon, and since the eyes tend to reflect the Moon in physical astrology -- people see my watery emotional eyes, and only notice the red glints in my hair and Aries jawline later!! Oh well I'm used to it now -- they act surprised the first time I get "fired up", but then they see me for who I am.

posted March 20, 2003 01:38 PM              

With Scorpio rising, Sun in Aries, Moon in Pisces and the ruler of Aries and co ruler of Scorpio (Mars) in Cancer (thereby influencing your Sun), I can understand why people say you have water sign personality traits. What you describe sounds more Scorpion than Pisces. Scorpio rising would seem self possessed, quiet and in control. You obviously have strong emotions with Mars in Cancer.

Pisces Moon makes you very empathic of the needs of others, perhaps sacrificing your own needs at times to be there for others.

Does any of this sound right?

posted March 22, 2003 12:07 PM              

I can only guess that your Moon in Aries takes much influence from your Mars in Cancer. Is your Sun or Moon square your Mars? Empathy/Sacrifice for everyone and everything is Pisces. Empathy/Sacrifice for those important to you or those of your family is more Cancer. Deep understanding is Scorpio.

But in the end, you are right. One must look at the whole picture, your birth chart, your statement of intention when you were born, to put it all together!