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This made me laugh

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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Rant: Pop Culture Astrology

If you’re an astrology fanatic like myself, you’ve probably heard or seen comments like this:

“There’s way more than 12 types of people on this planet!”

“I’m a (insert sun sign here) and I’m nothing like it’s description!”

“Astrology is bullshit because I’m a (zodiac sign) and I’m dating a (poorly aspected sign to previous) and we get along great!”

“The stars can’t determine who people are that’s ridiculous”

   The list drags on, (comment any other statements you’ve come across). These statements make me want to choke on a fork. Astrology is often looked down upon for being “too generalized”, a common theme in the statements above, but anyone who’s cared to look up what a natal chart is knows it’s not true. Everyone has a birth chart as unique as their thumbprint, and the sun sign is just a tiny part of it. Even twins can have completely different moon and rising signs. Not to mention, there’s draconic charts, synastry charts, composite charts, 9 different persona charts per person, progressions, and soooo much more different charts. It’s also more than just the 12 signs too, there’s houses, angles, aspects, decans, transits, rulership, retrogrades, and more. But fuck all that! These people still really wanna sit here and tell me that astrology is a bunch of made up bullshit. I know it’s a lot for their tiny brains to handle but can you please not devalidate other people’s interests because you’re too ignorant to even try to understand them?! (Damn I gotta calm down lol).

   At the same time, I can’t blame people for thinking this way, (my Libra rising ass tryna keep the balance here). There are a lot of pages on Instagram that post generalized posts as their whole feed, and while I don’t have a problem with these posts at all, it is probably why so many people only have a “pop culture” view of the topic. You also see so many horoscope pages give out random weekly, monthly or daily forecasts. But little do most people know, the terms “horoscope��� and “birth chart” can be used interchangeably. People are right when they say those daily horoscope things are inaccurate, because in order for it to be accurate, you need to be inputting a birth date, birth time, and birthplace/ coordinates. Also, if you are to look at horoscopes written by astrologers, (not random people on Snapchat), use your rising sign. The rising sign changes about every 2 hours while the sun stays in one sign for about 30 days, so the rising sign will give you a more personalized reading

   Another note is that people love to claim that astrology is some made up shit, but may believe in stuff like Harry Potter houses. So many people are against astrology because “it’s generalized into 12 signs” but no one cares that people believe the world can be sorted into 4 groups by a magical hat?? It doesn’t make any sense to me. There are also people who swear by the Myers Briggs test, and while I do find those to be fun and accurate, (ENTP btw lol), why is that not just some “made up shit”? And about the whole “stars can’t define people” thing, that’s true! Astrology doesn’t “lay out your life” in great detail necessarily, (sorry Virgo), but may show you where your natural strengths and weaknesses are, some themes in your life, and stuff like that. But here’s something to think about, if the moon practically controls the oceans tides, which is a massive body of water that covers about 75% of the entire planet, why does it seem so weird to people that the position of the moon affects people, which are also about 75% water? Thanks for reading if you read to the end, and no hard feelings anyone. I hope I informed someone today and provided new insights, and maybe even sparked a new passion in someone for astrology.

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Draconic charts?

In my bio, I have not one, but TWO sets of those “sun, moon, and rising” lines a lot of people put in their bio’s. This is because one is from my natal chart, or tropical chart while the other is from my draconic chart. Most people are familiar with the natal chart, but not so many are familiar with the draconic chart. I’m passionate about both equally.

  The draconic chart is your soul, what’s familiar to you, the deeper part of you, some say it’s even connected to past lives like the south node. It gives you another layer to each part of you, (or planet). When you are born, you are your draconic chart, as you’re closer to your soul. But as life goes on, your natal chart shapes you into who you are today as you drift farther from your soul.

   Some people feel as they don’t line up with their draconic planets at all while some feel the opposite and relate to it a lot, and that’s totally okay either way. It just shows you who is more connected to their soul and who isn’t, either is fine, but the draconic chart may guide you at a soulful level. These charts are calculated with the your natal moons north node starting at 0 degrees Aries, and then moves through the signs as normal. The draconic moon is often referred to as your “soul sign”, and it’s common to resonate with that sign, maybe even more than your natal sun, moon, or rising.

   The natal chart is the personality, the more tangible you, it’s the events that you are completely aware of while the draconic is far less obvious. Think of the natal as the outer layer of you while your draconic chart is a hidden part of you that you might not be aware of, and congrats if you are.

   This blog is all about astrology, I will be doing more posts about these sorts of things. Posts that can you can have fun with and posts you can learn new things from, (hopefully). I’m always open to questions and such, so don’t be afraid to reach out!