Rising Sign

[blueerica]

This is actually incorrect, and I wish I knew how to explain this better - I just only half paid attention to something that's a big part of my life.

One side of my family has been into astrology, etc for years and years and years. My chart was made within half an hour of my birth. I'm a Saggitarius rising. The site makes me a Taurus rising. /shrug I have a poster sized chart, as well as a little book, along with handwritings, etc. It's crazy, I know.. if only I could tell you the stories that came of this (maybe this is a good jumping point for some writing once I'm done with finals).

On a personal level, I find most websites to have super vague descriptions that can cover almost anyone, or at least we can all see a bit of ourselves in it. Anyone even willing to look into this is introspective enough for that.

The website doesn't ask questions that are very important; well, mainly "Where the hell were you born?" as it plays a role.

Not that it really matters, just thought y'all should know.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by blueerica

This is actually incorrect, and I wish I knew how to explain this better - I just only half paid attention to something that's a big part of my life.

One side of my family has been into astrology, etc for years and years and years. My chart was made within half an hour of my birth. I'm a Saggitarius rising. The site makes me a Taurus rising. /shrug I have a poster sized chart, as well as a little book, along with handwritings, etc. It's crazy, I know.. if only I could tell you the stories that came of this (maybe this is a good jumping point for some writing once I'm done with finals).

On a personal level, I find most websites to have super vague descriptions that can cover almost anyone, or at least we can all see a bit of ourselves in it. Anyone even willing to look into this is introspective enough for that.

The website doesn't ask questions that are very important; well, mainly "Where the hell were you born?" as it plays a role.

Not that it really matters, just thought y'all should know.

I was raised by an astrologist mom and everything related to where the hell the planets were aligned at any given time. Car broke down? Mercury is retrograde, that's why! Billy Bob and Cissy broke up? Well, sheesh- everyone knows a Leo and a Scorpio are a bad match! Erica, I'd love to hear some of your stories- I've a few as well. I think astrology can be fun, but when you're scheduling life events around the planetary alignment it's a PITA. ( I'm sure the Reagans' employees would agree).

(Oh, my ascendant is Gemini- the site got my sign right).

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Well, sheesh- everyone knows a Leo and a Scorpio are a bad match!

I am a scorpio. Perhaps this is why I'm screwed up?

[Gemini Cricket]

I found this today while Googling my screen name:

Gemini May 21 - June 21
Gemini is politely asking you to stop shouting things like, "Gemini Cricket!" and "Jumpin' Gemini!" all the time. It's not funny, it's embarrassing.

Source

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I found this today while Googling my screen name:

Source

LOL

By the way, do you pronounce Gemini like GEM IN EYE (most common) or like the astronauts pronounced it during the Gemini missions - (JEM-uh-nee) The second sounds a lot more like Jiminy, hence lends itself to the pun more readily.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

LOL

By the way, do you pronounce Gemini like GEM IN EYE (most common) or like the astronauts pronounced it during the Gemini missions - (JEM-uh-nee) The second sounds a lot more like Jiminy, hence lends itself to the pun more readily.

I don't know really. I never really say my username out loud very much. The idea came observing my German friend Axel who pronounces 'Gemini' like JEM-uh-nee. We were looking at a telescope called 'Gemini' on top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. I told him that it sounded like he kept saying 'Jiminy'...

[Snowflake]

I'm a Libra, born 10:02 am

Your Rising Sign is Capricorn

Old fashioned and conservative, you carry yourself with dignity.
You have a tough exterior, and you can be intimidating when you want to be.

Hard working and ambitious, you can survive in the most cut throat work enviroments.
Outside of work, you are a true friend to everyone in your small inner circle.

You may have had a difficult time earlier in life.
Capricorns are late bloomers and you may be coming into your own right now.

I'm not quite sure I "carry myself with dignity" overall, I think this is spot on.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I am a scorpio. Perhaps this is why I'm screwed up?

Oh, God- my mother was right!

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I am a scorpio. Perhaps this is why I'm screwed up?

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I was raised by an astrologist mom and everything related to where the hell the planets were aligned at any given time. Car broke down? Mercury is retrograde, that's why! Billy Bob and Cissy broke up? Well, sheesh- everyone knows a Leo and a Scorpio are a bad match! Erica, I'd love to hear some of your stories- I've a few as well. I think astrology can be fun, but when you're scheduling life events around the planetary alignment it's a PITA. ( I'm sure the Reagans' employees would agree).

(Oh, my ascendant is Gemini- the site got my sign right).

I'm trying to figure out how it got mine wrong, then... Oh well..

I know they made business decisions around it, and strangely were successful (I could speak of the effects of just believing something doing well and self-fulfillment). I remember my great aunt telling me that when she married my uncle JB, she told him they'd be together 29 years (she died shortly after their 29th anniversary - about a year or so after she told me this). She asked my mom one fine February day if she was pregnant, which according to the doctors wasn't supposed to be a possibility, and lo a doctor's appointment three weeks later showed that she was. Weird stuff. I don't know if I register an opinion on it all. My brain says one thing, my gut is a little freaked out by the rest.