December 22: Astrology
Today's topic is from brandywine28: Astrology
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Although I don't plan every detail of my life by horoscopes and such, I do feel there is something to Astrology. I'm fascinating thinking that hundreds of years ago, people figured all this stuff out. It's not something I'm very good at. However, if I know someone's signs, I can see some of the traits. I need a book though, I can't remember the significant traits of every sign.
I remember going to a science center in Chicago and they had an Astrology display. On one side they listed the traits of all the signs. You were to pick the closest match to you, then go to the other side of the display and it would tell you which sign you had chosen. I picked correctly. I've done that before. In High School, someone did a similar project and had a pretty good success rate at people picking the correct traits for their sign. I tend to think some people picked incorrectly on purpose, either to prove the test wrong or because they wanted people to see them differently (by the traits they chose rather that their true personality).
I'd like to go out in the country some time to a place up on a hill so I could do some proper star gazing. I've never been able to pick out more than the obvious constellations (Big Dipper, Orion, etc), but the one night where our power was out for hours, it was amazing how many more stars were visible. It would be nice to have that sort of a night (without all the city lights) to see the constellations more clearly.
On days that I work, I read my horoscope and delight in sharing with my boss and team when it says things like I should head home early. It's more for entertainment. I don't alter plans according to it. I do tend to modify my behavior sometimes, though. For instance, if it says it's not a good day to push things with one's boss, I don't. I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but when it comes to possibly pissing off my boss, I figure better safe than sorry.
I've also noticed that the guys I tend to find very attractive personality-wise, tend to be Aries and Virgos, while the guys who actually ask me out (meaning the guys I tend to date) are often born under the sigh of Taurus (close to 75%). And they all end up aggravating me in similar ways (damn bull-headed dumb-asses! LOL).
I remember reading once, when someone was saying they saw traits of other signs within themselves, an astrologist pointed out that all the signs are somewhere in the sky at the time of your birth. It said you should display 80-90% of the traits of your sun sign, but the rest are up there as well. I did find out that my second most influential sign is Virgo. Interesting. If I'm remembering correctly, I'm a Libra with Virgo rising, or something like that.
With all the billions of galaxies and planets, I believe there is intelligent life somewhere else in the universe (although probably at such a great distance, we shall never meet). I wonder if they have their own version of Astrology and what sort of constellations and signs they would have and basically what they see when they look up into their night sky.
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Although I don't plan every detail of my life by horoscopes and such, I do feel there is something to Astrology. I'm fascinating thinking that hundreds of years ago, people figured all this stuff out. It's not something I'm very good at. However, if I know someone's signs, I can see some of the traits. I need a book though, I can't remember the significant traits of every sign.
I remember going to a science center in Chicago and they had an Astrology display. On one side they listed the traits of all the signs. You were to pick the closest match to you, then go to the other side of the display and it would tell you which sign you had chosen. I picked correctly. I've done that before. In High School, someone did a similar project and had a pretty good success rate at people picking the correct traits for their sign. I tend to think some people picked incorrectly on purpose, either to prove the test wrong or because they wanted people to see them differently (by the traits they chose rather that their true personality).
I'd like to go out in the country some time to a place up on a hill so I could do some proper star gazing. I've never been able to pick out more than the obvious constellations (Big Dipper, Orion, etc), but the one night where our power was out for hours, it was amazing how many more stars were visible. It would be nice to have that sort of a night (without all the city lights) to see the constellations more clearly.
On days that I work, I read my horoscope and delight in sharing with my boss and team when it says things like I should head home early. It's more for entertainment. I don't alter plans according to it. I do tend to modify my behavior sometimes, though. For instance, if it says it's not a good day to push things with one's boss, I don't. I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but when it comes to possibly pissing off my boss, I figure better safe than sorry.
I've also noticed that the guys I tend to find very attractive personality-wise, tend to be Aries and Virgos, while the guys who actually ask me out (meaning the guys I tend to date) are often born under the sigh of Taurus (close to 75%). And they all end up aggravating me in similar ways (damn bull-headed dumb-asses! LOL).
I remember reading once, when someone was saying they saw traits of other signs within themselves, an astrologist pointed out that all the signs are somewhere in the sky at the time of your birth. It said you should display 80-90% of the traits of your sun sign, but the rest are up there as well. I did find out that my second most influential sign is Virgo. Interesting. If I'm remembering correctly, I'm a Libra with Virgo rising, or something like that.
With all the billions of galaxies and planets, I believe there is intelligent life somewhere else in the universe (although probably at such a great distance, we shall never meet). I wonder if they have their own version of Astrology and what sort of constellations and signs they would have and basically what they see when they look up into their night sky.