posted March 25, 2025 09:59 AM            

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Originally posted by odalix:
Astrology was and is form of therapy for me.The questioning, trying to discover and to understand onself and others.Jung was a believer. I've been though lots of years of therapy but I still return to astrology .Too many things happened which were inexplicable and correlated with what astrology had predicted. Good luck.

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This is it for me as well. I have been religious, and I have gone to therapy, but nothing has "worked" the way astrology has. It gives me hope. With astrology, I know when difficult times are coming, and I know they will eventually pass. If you study astrology and are skilled at interpreting it, you can easily recognize the themes that will unfold in your life. I think it’s a wonderful cheat code for life. The downside is that it can become obsessive real fast. If you suffer from anxiety it might not be for you.

posted March 26, 2025 04:17 PM            

You haven't really grown over the years. There is some projecting going on, like someone else said.

BTW I believe in Jesus, nor does one have to be religious to believe in him. After all, Jesus himself was against organised religion.

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I can see you rolling your eyes already

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Well if you already know that, then you also know that you won't convince anyone of anything.

posted March 27, 2025 03:56 PM            

I don't think I'll ever quit Astrology, completely though.

I have Mars square Uranus. Astrology (Uranus) fuels (Mars) me (Mars in the 1st house)!

posted March 27, 2025 08:28 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
We don't know what she has going on in her life. She used to be a big part of this site, and helped people. She was really kind, too. So, I'm not offended by her post.

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Absolutely. People also don't always tell us what's going on in their lives, completely.

posted March 28, 2025 02:56 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
We don't know what she has going on in her life. She used to be a big part of this site, and helped people. She was really kind, too. So, I'm not offended by her post.

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The most level-headed reply on this thread.

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posted March 28, 2025 05:03 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
We don't know what she has going on in her life.

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That goes both ways. She doesn't know what's going on in anyone's life either, so who is she to tell others that they should quit astrology? For all she knows, astrology may have helped someone's life tremendously. If she found something that helped her, good for her. Everyone has their own path. Also, there are potentially people here who follow faiths other than christianity, and they may not necessarily appreciate her post.

posted March 28, 2025 08:08 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
We don't know what she has going on in her life. She used to be a big part of this site, and helped people. She was really kind, too. So, I'm not offended by her post.

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i don't think offense needs to be taken to see that this is both ineffectual and low effort. i don't care what people believe or what they want to believe, but i see no sense in watching someone preach and try to change minds in a way that asks for attention but isn't good at keeping it. clearly preaching and changing minds is important to her, so she should at least become better at it no?

also dont agree with the whole "we dont know what's going on..." because that really only works to a point personal accountability is still a thing and people do still have control over their actions unless she's being forced to be an ineffectual preacher that's not very good at engaging, knows she's off putting instead of charismatic and demands time and attention while being unwilling to give any back i don't see why that'd matter.

you're sweet teasel, genuinely love you and the way you always do this kinda **** over people. it's good. i just completely disagree with the ultimate sentiment every time. 😁

posted March 28, 2025 08:22 PM            

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Originally posted by Dumuzi:
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you're sweet teasel, genuinely love you and the way you always do this kinda **** ...

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That's why I gave the thumbs up teasel is a sweet soul.

I play the neutral card.

I personally get annoyed when people are unable to think for themselves, fall victim to group think and can be easily manipulated by the opinions of others.

Heck if I was a dishonest person, I'd run as as a politician fully knowing that this is how most of people in society think and act today.

Thought I acknowledge that Doux Rêve must have been facing her own challenges and was doing this as a somehow goodwill gesture with the assumption it would benefit other people lives.

I stand with what I previously said if your not strong minded, have sound judgment, sense to know what's true vs what's not true never get involved with Astrology.

posted March 29, 2025 08:26 PM            

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Originally posted by DualGemV2:
That's why I gave the thumbs up teasel is a sweet soul.

I play the neutral card.

I personally get annoyed when people are unable to think for themselves, fall victim to group think and can be easily manipulated by the opinions of others.

Heck if I was a dishonest person, I'd run as as a politician fully knowing that this is how most of people in society think and act today.

Thought I acknowledge that Doux Rêve must have been facing her own challenges and was doing this as a somehow goodwill gesture with the assumption it would benefit other people lives.

I stand with what I previously said if your not strong minded, have sound judgment, sense to know what's true vs what's not true never get involved with Astrology.

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it's funny, i'd say it was her best quality but it's also always the source when i disagree with something she says.

i don't get annoyed by that, mildly disappointed, but i'm resigned to people being human and all that entails. my issue with the post is that i find it grating when someone has all this passion for something and wants to push it on people and then does it in the most ineffectual way possible that turns people away instead. it's such a waste. i don't need to agree, and i won't because it's near impossible for a person to change my mind unless they present undeniable facts (and even then i may not interpret those the same way they want me to.) appeals to emotions never work on me (this is where teasel always misses me actually), and generally speaking being presumptuous and intrusive is a bad approach as a rule.

i just want to read some **** like this and feel like this person cared about effectively convincing people, not just said a bunch of **** trying to assert themselves in a way that lacks respect for the audience.

what's wrong with dishonesty in that circumstance if what you do with it is ultimately "good"? genuinely curious i assume "doing what's best" would factor in there no? people like and need to be led, if someone were inclined to do it in an effectual manner the need for some level of dishonesty stopping them seems neglible in comparison to the greater stakes they'd be dealing with. it's arguably "bad" to exert control over people by enforcing your will even with an ideal un mind as ideals aren't universal and victims will be created by any given system in the first place. in that vein dishonesty means very little when results matter more. the only purpose it serves is integrity if you get noticed or the lie gets uncovered, but there's honest ways of being dishonest all the same. for example framing the truth as a joke, you don't lie, but no one realizes you're serious. that sort of honest dishonesty that relies on what people want to see as you tell them what is, or withholding rather than just outright lying. slight misdirection, pulling strings, these are tools for power and just part of that game. so belief in your intentions is all that matters there, people like being lied to anyway in many cases. just curious, i think dishonesty matters in personal relationships where intimacy and vulnerability are part of the equation, but beyond that things get so grey i can't fathom caring at a certain level in specific circumstances.

you know what i find interesting, end of that other rant, about this... doux's post throughout was one of sharing something that she found good, beneficial even right? yet everyone responding with something emotional towards her it's coming from a place that's like "she's struggling"

that fact circles things back to being funny honestly, because even that was something else that she was unable to get across, the positive place she feels she's out now. the one that's better than where she was before she found her faith, and how she said she was worse off when she was here doing the things that people here appreciated her for.

just another point towards how ineffectual the post was, but perhaps the funniest one.

i think it's ok for weak minded people to try something out of their depth, fail, and potentially learn personally. makes life interesting.

posted March 29, 2025 11:23 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Oh, and thanks for what you both said yesterday. Yeah, I'm always doing this **** . I always will.

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posted March 30, 2025 05:49 PM            

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Originally posted by Dumuzi:
wouldn't have it any other way.

hope you feel better. i don't interpret this as an attack by her, more just... really bad tactics and an inability to convey her view in any meaningful way. like i said she couldnt even get her happiness across everyone is like "she must be suffering or going through some **** "

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That plus..."The I saw the light and moving towards god" has been an ongoing social media fad. So I'm not buying it.

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Originally posted by teasel:
Oh, and thanks for what you both said yesterday. Yeah, I'm always doing this **** . I always will.

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I've read a good amount of your posts teasel.

I normally read all the different posts from all the users on this site, then size up what type of person they might be based on what they say, how they express themselves and figure out what their like in person.

Dumuzi whould probably give me a good run for my money, lol.

My experience with Virgos is will either have a 100% mercury connection and 100% agree or the opposite, never in between.