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To me Feelings are all about how we interact with others.
I think that they can be, at times, the strongest part of our personality. When we look at the Signs we have for our Rising Sign we can see that this is how we React to our environment, how we Sense our way through life. The traits from our Rising Sign should point us to an understanding of the NEEDS we have inside of us. Feelings in their simplest form are Reactions. Something is said or done to us physically or mentally and we can give it a Feeling name: We can Feel hurt and afraid or we can Feel giddily happy from our newest love interest. We get angry, sad, pissed or we can Feel our heart skip a beat from the Sensations we are getting from those we love. Feelings are based on how we process the input. It’s our senses that are used to judge the environment and with some of those inputs we are able to look at life “Objectively”, from our Thinking side (our Sun Sign), but if it has to do with Feelings it is our Rising Sign that pays attention, it is this side of us that we will use to base many of our responses to others. If you think about it many of our responses are based on our interpretation of what we Felt about that situation before; we learn from our mistakes – usually. We remember Past encounters and our new responses as based on them. Our Feeling side doesn’t like to keep getting hurt so it will naturally put up protective barriers to prevent it. Of course all of our Feelings have to do with what we endured as we were growing up, how we respond to our family and friends. Some of you will say you had no problems in childhood, “it was a breeze”, while many of us may have not been so lucky. Regardless of our struggles through childhood our Feelings still exist and we will base much of our Present life on the “Subjective” traits we get from our Rising Sign.
One thing I think is very true is that the Function or Focus of the Signs will be different based on which area they are found in. An Aries Sun Sign shows different traits then when it is in the Moon or the Rising Sign and that is, I believe (IB), because of the different function these parts of our being are made to have:
The Sun Sign part of us is Leo-like in its need to be the center of our Being. It is our Ego and it thinks of ways it can better itself and just like Leo shines brightly to attract others so is our Ego need to be the center of everyone else’s thoughts and it is through our Sun Sign traits that this function is fulfilled. Leo is an Expressive Fire Sign so, IB, this part of us has a need to be “seen and heard” and it can be how we egotistically demand our way – the “I” of our Being. In the Sun Sign the Fire and Air Signs will, IB, exhibit a stronger focus on what “I” want to do (Extroverted), while the Earth and Water Signs won’t be nearly as demanding (Introverted), but still the Ego will be visible. Just knowing the kind of Element a person has in each area will help you to understand a lot of why a person is acting the way they do.
To me our Emotional side is Cancer-like; giving us not only a reflective Expression of the other two parts of our being but also the ability to be protective of our self. Cancer, like all Water Signs, absorbs the emotions that are coming from others but with Cancer it’s more Feeling orientated (Cancer is the Personal Water Sign). Our Emotional side, IB, functions to be our Social Expression, using the traits from our Moon Sign to try to unconditionally Reflect on the abilities (or (disabilities) that are a part of our Being. It is the part of us that helps to “tailor” our Feelings and Thoughts about the situation at hand. But just like Cancer, this part of us can get too overwhelmed by the input and exhibit a strong Emotional response to some situations. In this area Earth and Water Signs will not be as forthcoming with their Expressions, more reserved in their speech, while the Fire and Air Signs will usually have a lot they want to talk about.
A lot of our Emotions are dependent on the Feeling energy from our Rising Sign so as an example a Aries Rising Sign will have some strong needs that need to be vented so even if the person has an Earth or Water Sign in the Moon, Aries will be heard, probably forcing the normally calm Earth and Water Moon to be strongly more Emotional. You get what I’m trying to say – it’s the mix of the Signs we have in our Rising and Moon that drive a lot of the energy we will exhibit and many of the struggles a person has experienced through life will be “broadcast” in some manner or the other –either reserved and quiet or overly emotional and demanding, our Feelings have to be dealt with.
Which brings back to the Rising Signs; they, IB, are Taurus-like (Taurus should be ruled by the Earth which is where we physically live and experience the sensations we do within our bodies). Taurus is the most sensual of the Signs – they use all the senses to connect with others and IB that is the Focus or Function of this part of us. It is our Personal side, the part that takes things Personal. We have a great need in our Feeling side to belong, to feel comfortable and to be satisfied (hunger), to have a secure environment. Earth and Water Signs in the Rising take things very deeply personal, they Feel all that is happening to them while Fire and Air not so much, they just need to Feel that they belong to something and then they are usually happy.
There are many other factors to consider but many of this stuff is the foundational Energy and Behavior we will exhibit as our planet energies rub shoulders with others planet energies. Sometimes we collide and damage is done and sometimes we get repelled by others. Life to me is the reactions we are having daily with all those other Signs and how well we are able to handle what we encounter.
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