Thanks for the cordial response, I (almost) thought this thread would turn into a fight. And yes, you are absolutely right.I'm sorry. I figured that since you said that you were a prankster, that you wanted to know if such a pattern existed in your chart. I can assure you that it does. Your chart is the blueprint of your life. Everything is in there.
However, there are no silver bullets in astrology. What you are asking is not possible.
There is too much involved. There are many different configurations that could cause a potential problem with being a "prankster". Additionally, simply using the word prankster is not good enough. You need a more extensive definition.
And as to a specific kind of prankster, the internet troll, there are many many reasons for Trolling. However, having run an astrology forum myself 10 years ago, I can assure you that I never had a fun troll. They were always horribly disruptive.
Trolls here tend to get banned very quickly, and rightly so.
Hi wan. Would be interesting to see your chart. Trolling is usually much more antagonistic than playing pranks. Some pranksters are ardent provocateurs, while others are merely playful. This would have to be taken into account when looking for astrological signatures. Mars in Gemini could be in either category, though trolling suggests something else like tense aspects to that Mars or perhaps a Pluto or Scorpio emphasis. Uranus is also potentially provocative.
The term 'trolling' is usually used to describe destructive and anti-social behaviour. But in what sense are you using the term when you say that trolling is not necessarily a bad thing on a forum. If you have some of the chart features mentioned above, you may see reality in such a way that provocation seems better than risking stagnation. Again, it would be interesting to see your chart. If you have tried to provoke others in the past, and did not see anything wrong with this, you could have trines to the Gemini Mars rather than squares.
Hi. Posting your chart involves you generating the chart and attaching it to a post, so that everyone can see it.
Ok let me try and do that.
Note this might take a while.
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Trolling
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OH sure, "good fun" they call it.
http://www.bulliesout.com/trolling
Please do not attempt to trivialize the term.
http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Teens/How do I deal with/Trolling.aspx
How about this? Instead of calling it "trolling", I call it "pranking people on the internet//being mischievous on the internet"? Would this be better for you?
Thank you for defending me, good sir. You seem like a very rational, good-natured person. P.s., my mars is in Gemini, so I am drawn to Gemini-like people, and you have a Gemini ascendant!!I think I should take some time to point out that English is probably not the OP's native language... he was born in Taiwan. I really think he should be cut some slack here on the definitions.
I don't think he's referring to what most people would call "trolling," but rather people who make enjoy jokes and like to poke fun in a harmless way.
I have a Gemini ascendant, and I'm known for making puns and turning other people's words into jokes. Early on in the Internet's history, I might have been called a "troll"... but the meaning of that word has changed as the Internet has grown.
Nowadays, there are a lot of really hateful, insulting people who go around being intentionally disruptive to communities and causing chaos. The connotation of trolling now is more like the online equivalent of "terrorist" or "anarchist."
I would say that Gemini and Sagittarius are both signs known somewhat for playfulness and wit, but online bullying or aggression would probably be associated with different signs.
I would say that Gemini and Sagittarius are both signs known somewhat for playfulness and wit, but online bullying or aggression would probably be associated with different signs.
The kind of pranking I had been doing did NOT involve hurting other people's feelings. I don't know where you got that from. I don't think we are even talking about the same thing.It depends very much on the person on the receiving end of the pranks. This is the key. If the person on the receiving end is uncomfortable, felt talked down to, felt ridiculed, or anything like that, then its trolling. A rose is a rose or a thorn is a thorn no matter what you call it.
I had a father who chose to ridicule his eldest son(me) on a continuous basis through most of my childhood. He said he was just kidding around, and that I needed to develop a thicker skin.
If you are pranking people without any concern for THEIR FEELINGS then its insensitive Trolling, no matter what you call it.