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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nuthatch" data-source="post: 285928" data-attributes="member: 19115">I knew nothing about it beyond sun signs until about two years ago. I read my horoscopes occasionally, but didn't ever think much about the effects of astrology on the personality. Although I liked performing and always had sort of a fragile, defensive ego, I felt like I was too introverted and logical to be a Leo. Then a friend introduced me to the free natal charts at CafeAstrology, and I was especially intrigued when I learned about rising signs, because I felt like that explained uncannily well the split between my everyday persona and the side of me that my friends got to see. Whenever I got to know people, I'd always hear things like "You always seemed so serious, but you're actually really silly". (Goat rising.) And then I started doing my own tallying of different peoples' signs (sometimes spending hours and hours on Wikipedia, then making lists and graphs to see what career patterns I could recognize). And I'd start having arguments with my friend when she'd claim to know what different signs were good at, etc--she always laughed at me when I'd send her the graphs I'd made <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> She was always like, "which one of us has the Mercury in Virgo again?" I've got Mercury, Sun, and Part of Fortune in 8th house, though, so that might explain the obsessive researcher in me. So, long story short, I got kind of obsessed; then, after I ordered my chart, I discovered that there were also houses and aspects and all of that, and now I'm trying to learn about that. Even when I started becoming interested in astrology, as much as I tried to resist the idea that there were astrologically based qualities to people and affinities between people, I eventually couldn't ignore it. There were just way too many for it to be coincidence. I was also interested to realize that, up until about three years ago, almost ALL my friends and boyfriends were Earth signs. Of the best friends I've had in my life, 2 were Tauruses, 2 were Virgos, and 1 was a Capricorn--as compared to 1 Libra, 1 Leo, and 1 Cancer. Then, I was in a relationship with a Cap for 3 years. In the past 3 years, though, I've only dated Air and Fire signs. Oddly enough, all of those relationships were very brief and very troubled...the Cap was still my most compatible partner, and we're still great friends. So I certainly don't buy the popular oversimplification that people should only date within their polarity--it's way more complicated than that.</blockquote>

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