Rebel Uranian
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(Please forgive my sloppy typing)
Many of the astrological sign (and to a lesser degree planets and aspects) descriptions deeply disturb me. They give descriptions of conditions that should be treated clinically such as depression and personality disorders and try to re-label them, likely leading to them being ignored. If you think this is just me being crazy and the descriptions are all fine, then prove it, because I've already proven mine and I can show you more samples and quotes if you need them.
Aries: Sadistic, anti-social, narcissistic, compensatory narcissistic, and ADHD traits are mentioned often. Anger management issues are ubiquitous, but these can have many causes from neuroticism to depression to immaturity.
Taurus: Binge eating, hoarding, and some OCD tendencies come to mind from Taurus descriptions.
Gemini: Gemini have notoriously short attention spans and are said in Linda Goodman's Sun Signs to have never read a book start to cover. If you cannot read a book start to cover, go get tested for ADD or ADHD.
Cancer: Avoidant personality disorder seems to be the base of this sign, along with outdated femininity stereotypes which reek of low self-esteem. Dependency is also mentioned often, as is hoarding.
Leo: Leo is often described as narcissistic, but most of the descriptions point much more towards histrionic.
Virgo: OCD seems to be accepted as part of this sign.
Libra: They are usually portrayed as passive-aggressive as heck and sometimes masochistic. Their constant longing for relationships sounds a bit like borderline personality disorder.
Scorpio: Scorpios can be paranoid, depressive personality disorder (as opposed to major depression), and, when the mystical elements and idea of "superior human being" are brought up, schizotypal. The sex obsession and lack of remorse can be pretty anti-social, but not in descriptions where Scorpios need alone time or are quiet people.
Sagittarius: Gambling and excessive risk-taking are common. Excessive risk-taking often means mania. This is basically the sign of mania and grandiosity.
Capricorn: They are generally portrayed as achievement-oriented to the point of forsaking personal relationships. Like Virgo, they also seem to have OCD, but different varieties. The hoarding subcategory of OCD is associated with Capricorn more than any signs except possibly Cancer and Taurus. They can also be slightly paranoid.
Aquarius: Aquarians oddly seem to display either the traits of compensatory narcissistic personality disorder or schizoid traits, which of course are impossible in the same person. Schizotypal come to mind for Uranian nonconformity.
Pisces: Although alcoholism is often overtly mentioned with this sign, self-defeating personality disorder and schizotypal traits are more core to it, despite not actually being able to exist together in the same person. It also brings to mind derealization, which is a sign of prolonged or intense depression as well as drug abuse.
Many of the astrological sign (and to a lesser degree planets and aspects) descriptions deeply disturb me. They give descriptions of conditions that should be treated clinically such as depression and personality disorders and try to re-label them, likely leading to them being ignored. If you think this is just me being crazy and the descriptions are all fine, then prove it, because I've already proven mine and I can show you more samples and quotes if you need them.
Aries: Sadistic, anti-social, narcissistic, compensatory narcissistic, and ADHD traits are mentioned often. Anger management issues are ubiquitous, but these can have many causes from neuroticism to depression to immaturity.
Taurus: Binge eating, hoarding, and some OCD tendencies come to mind from Taurus descriptions.
Gemini: Gemini have notoriously short attention spans and are said in Linda Goodman's Sun Signs to have never read a book start to cover. If you cannot read a book start to cover, go get tested for ADD or ADHD.
Cancer: Avoidant personality disorder seems to be the base of this sign, along with outdated femininity stereotypes which reek of low self-esteem. Dependency is also mentioned often, as is hoarding.
Leo: Leo is often described as narcissistic, but most of the descriptions point much more towards histrionic.
Virgo: OCD seems to be accepted as part of this sign.
Libra: They are usually portrayed as passive-aggressive as heck and sometimes masochistic. Their constant longing for relationships sounds a bit like borderline personality disorder.
Scorpio: Scorpios can be paranoid, depressive personality disorder (as opposed to major depression), and, when the mystical elements and idea of "superior human being" are brought up, schizotypal. The sex obsession and lack of remorse can be pretty anti-social, but not in descriptions where Scorpios need alone time or are quiet people.
Sagittarius: Gambling and excessive risk-taking are common. Excessive risk-taking often means mania. This is basically the sign of mania and grandiosity.
Capricorn: They are generally portrayed as achievement-oriented to the point of forsaking personal relationships. Like Virgo, they also seem to have OCD, but different varieties. The hoarding subcategory of OCD is associated with Capricorn more than any signs except possibly Cancer and Taurus. They can also be slightly paranoid.
Aquarius: Aquarians oddly seem to display either the traits of compensatory narcissistic personality disorder or schizoid traits, which of course are impossible in the same person. Schizotypal come to mind for Uranian nonconformity.
Pisces: Although alcoholism is often overtly mentioned with this sign, self-defeating personality disorder and schizotypal traits are more core to it, despite not actually being able to exist together in the same person. It also brings to mind derealization, which is a sign of prolonged or intense depression as well as drug abuse.
