Elianah
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Hi all!
Perhaps "coming out" is also an aspect of the Sun coming into its own power for a person. The Sun's energy, no matter what the sign is, is beginning the self-empowerment, self-actualization process towards wholeness. Part of this "coming out" may be sexual in nature, but it may be coming out in other areas just as well.
For my own astrological work, I do not look for indicators of heterosexuality/homosexuality because I believe sexuality is too fluid of a concept to peg to any set of factors in the birth chart, even with transits and progressions figured into the mix. I do think that the way a person perceives and wants intimate contact may be strongly indicative in the chart but those indicators do not label a person "gay" or "straight." A person can receive intimate contact in many ways and all of them do not deal with sexuality or even human physical contact.
In my opinion, the culture here in the United States places too much emphasis on types of sexuality and whether they are "good" or "bad." Part of this may be due to lingering Puritan energies within the culture, part of it may be due where the American culture is in its maturation process. What I mean by this is that I think the American culture is still in late adolesence or perhaps early 20s and is still trying very hard to figure out what it is and is not, where it wants to fit in with the group and where it wants to stand away from the group, etc. Sexuality has been made a big part of that because for some it is the most visible indicator of where a person stands within the mainstream of the culture.
And I find it very sad that it is that way. By labeling and putting people in neat little boxes, we deny to them some of their Sun's energy of self-actualization and self-empowerment. This, in my opinion, is what astrology should fight against.
The only time I think that sexual orientation should enter into the discussion of a reading is if the client brings up the matter. If it opened by the client, then the astrologer can follow the energy of the client to determine how to proceed.
The only time I believe sexual orientation should matter in general discourse should be when a person is strongly attracted to another and wishes to have an intimate relationship with that person. Otherwise, a person's sexual orientation is nobody's business except that person and the people the person is the most intimate with.
Elianah
Perhaps "coming out" is also an aspect of the Sun coming into its own power for a person. The Sun's energy, no matter what the sign is, is beginning the self-empowerment, self-actualization process towards wholeness. Part of this "coming out" may be sexual in nature, but it may be coming out in other areas just as well.
For my own astrological work, I do not look for indicators of heterosexuality/homosexuality because I believe sexuality is too fluid of a concept to peg to any set of factors in the birth chart, even with transits and progressions figured into the mix. I do think that the way a person perceives and wants intimate contact may be strongly indicative in the chart but those indicators do not label a person "gay" or "straight." A person can receive intimate contact in many ways and all of them do not deal with sexuality or even human physical contact.
In my opinion, the culture here in the United States places too much emphasis on types of sexuality and whether they are "good" or "bad." Part of this may be due to lingering Puritan energies within the culture, part of it may be due where the American culture is in its maturation process. What I mean by this is that I think the American culture is still in late adolesence or perhaps early 20s and is still trying very hard to figure out what it is and is not, where it wants to fit in with the group and where it wants to stand away from the group, etc. Sexuality has been made a big part of that because for some it is the most visible indicator of where a person stands within the mainstream of the culture.
And I find it very sad that it is that way. By labeling and putting people in neat little boxes, we deny to them some of their Sun's energy of self-actualization and self-empowerment. This, in my opinion, is what astrology should fight against.
The only time I think that sexual orientation should enter into the discussion of a reading is if the client brings up the matter. If it opened by the client, then the astrologer can follow the energy of the client to determine how to proceed.
The only time I believe sexual orientation should matter in general discourse should be when a person is strongly attracted to another and wishes to have an intimate relationship with that person. Otherwise, a person's sexual orientation is nobody's business except that person and the people the person is the most intimate with.
Elianah