Actually, technically speaking you are a Gemini. The "sun signs" were devised about 2 millenia ago, and are based on the constellation the Sun is "in" on the day of your birth. Because the Earth's axis of rotation has precessed slightly in the last 2000 years, everyone's sign is one sign off. Everyone is really one sign earlier than they think they are ... i.e. Gemini's are Taurus's, Taurus's are Aries, etc.
Sorry to hear about sadness, depression. Sounds like there were a few signs of hope, but I know how the little things can get drowned out in that sadness that is caused by fear of an unknown future.
Is there something fun you've wanted to do for awhile that you haven't allowed yourself to do for one reason or another? Is there some way you can just go do that?
Be well Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
That stuff you just described about the planets is followed in Vedic Astrology.
They don't use all the planets, either (they only go so far as using Saturn, I think), in doing their 'forcasting.' AND, it isn't just a matter of reading the sign prior... for a description of yourself... at least in western astrology... eastern astrology is much different... but I've had a few vedic readings, and they are just so cool... kind of like reading your ennanegram.
There have been many tests of astrology, Vedic or not, and they have been shown to not work beyond random chance.
The statements made to help you understand yourself are true no matter who you are, what planets were in which constellation, where the Sun is, etc. That is why they seem so powerful because they are universal. But if you were to take the predictions/personality traits from ANY sign, there would be applications to anyone. The correctness of the predictions comes about from the power of suggestion.
Quote:
Anyway ... ahem ... relationships ...
Right on.
Chrome
p.s. Please do not take this as a direct or indirect insult to anyone who believes in the power of astrology. People should be free to believe what they want. I believe in a Christian God without any proof, just a feeling in my heart. I will just disagree with anyone who claims that astrology works, respectfully of course.
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
The statements made to help you understand yourself are true no matter who you are, what planets were in which constellation, where the Sun is, etc. That is why they seem so powerful because they are universal.
Chrom, I don't understand how planet alignment and the other related parts of astrology could predict someone’s future or tell about coming or past events.
Along with universal truths or what ever you want to call them, throw in some intuition.
I recently spoke to a very intelligent woman with a PhD in education. She was asking me most of the questions one would ask to tell me what might happen to me and why things happened in the past. I didn’t have the necessary answers (time of birth) so she dropped the subject.
I asked about magneto hydro dynamics and sunspots, if any astrology models included those events. She said no. BTW this lady is skilled when it comes to why things happened or might happen in the future. I say she has intuition. She embraces Astrology.
My line of thinking; what influences events on the Earth: Earth first, too many effects to list. Sun for light, heat, gravitational forces, solar winds, sunspots, MHD, Moon for gravitational forces, some light.. Venus???? I never investigated that subject. Mars???? I never investigated that subject. Jupiter, it caught some space junk that might have hit the Earth. Gravitational forces that influence something on Earth, I don’t know because I never investigated that option.
Congrats on your anniversary, AND on your sex life. Three times a month is HARDLY what I'd called starved, that's abundance from where I'm sitting. I'd give my left nut for sex three times a month. SHEESH, try to see the blessing in what you have??
If you need more organsms then buy a vibrator. No kidding, pick up a toy. Don't screw up what you currently have by adding pressure. It CAN get worse, very, very, very worse.
I like how you've identified you're need for intimacy. Work on that, definately. Honesty, and unconditional love. Work on being closer friends, do fun things, get a little wild with him and let go of the neediness.
God Bless,
COG
My Story http://www.divorcebusting.com/forum...&Number=660444&page=2#Post660444
Chrom, I don't understand how planet alignment and the other related parts of astrology could predict someone’s future or tell about coming or past events.
They don't, that's my point.
Quote:
Along with universal truths or what ever you want to call them, throw in some intuition.
Right, a lot of the "predictions" and personality traits work because they are universally true, in the same way that personality tests are based on universal truths about human nature. There is a great test I show my students in which they prove quite dramatically that the predictions of astrology work no better than random chance, but that the power of suggestion influences a person's perception of how "right" the predictions are.
Quote:
I asked about magneto hydro dynamics and sunspots, if any astrology models included those events.
Whoa, MHD is not for the faint hearted. I don't know many scientists that could explain it very well. FOr the record though, MHD is a model for how magnetism works in concert with fluids. MHD models have been moderately successful in explaining the root causes for sunspots, flares, prominences, but like the weather have difficulty predicting the events due to complexities beyond our current understanding.
Quote:
Earth first, too many effects to list. Sun for light, heat, gravitational forces, solar winds, sunspots, MHD, Moon for gravitational forces, some light.. Venus???? I never investigated that subject. Mars???? I never investigated that subject. Jupiter, it caught some space junk that might have hit the Earth. Gravitational forces that influence something on Earth, I don’t know because I never investigated that option.
Have you ever read anything about the Milankovitch Hypothesis. It is interesting reading, especially in light of the current debate over global climate change.
The Moon's effects are quite profound, but can be overstated. There is no evidence for "lunacy", heightened birth rates, etc. for a full moon. But it definitely has helped with the development of life from lengthening the rotation period, to creating tidal pools, to stabilizing the axis of rotation.
The only effect Mars and Venus have on us is showing us how differences in composition and structure can lead to differences in evolution, thus helping us better understand how our Earth evolved. We call this comparative planetology. Neither has any real direct effect on us, beyond the occasional meteorite that originated from those bodies.
Jupiter however does have a profound effect because it probably created the asteroid belt and has a direct influence on the orbits of its members. Many past impacts could be traced to gravitational perturbations from Jupiter, and it is certainly the case that many impacts have been prevented by its gravity fields.
As far as the other planets, other than Saturn being really beautiful, there really are no effects. Other stars, same deal, no effect. Except those stars that in the past made the material from which our solar system formed (which are thus by definition no longer with us). There are some who think they have found evidence of nearby supernova explosions driving some evolutionary processes (but not being a dominant effect for sure).
OK. Time to get some work done.
Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
I will just disagree with anyone who claims that astrology works, respectfully of course.
To clarify... I didn't say it worked. I said it was cool. Same way I think a 'magic show' is cool.
Jesus... we are all just clarifying and validating all over the place today, aren't we? How bout a nice round of hand-holding and a hardy rendition of Kum-by-ya ... or however you spell it...
And Chrome, don't smile... don't.... nope... no... ah.