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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

In one type of astrology, I am a dragon. In another, I am both a turtle and a bee. In a third astrology, I am the Virgo sun, Virgo rising, and Libra moon. I have gotten a bit more use out of the first 2 systems, dragon and turtle/bee than I have out of the Virgo designation because it is somewhat conflicted by most definitions. Since we 'are' our sun sign, and are moving towards our rising sign, I am a Virgo moving towards being a Virgo! (I like to say they cancel each other out, as I am messy in ways). One astrologer started out a reading almost apologetically 'Oh honey...' which in retrospect is pretty funny. The dragon/turtle/bee analogy is much simpler and more useful to me, Chinese and Vedic astrology.

Thanks for your essay on this Abby. Best from ORegon (for now?!)

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J. P. Bruce's avatar

Shortly after our grand-daughter was born I asked an astrologer friend if he could tell me what kind of person she would be. He said that he wouldn't normally do that sort of thing for a newborn, but he did it anyway when I pressed him. He produced an incomprehensible (to me) diagram but he went on to explain it in English and I took notes.

So far so good. Our grand-daughter is nearly 6 and his reading has turned out to be accurate. So, having been a bit of a sceptic, I'm now quite well-disposed towards astrology. I don't know how it works but it does seem to work!

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