Re: The Official Harley Spencer Thread!
Some of my thoughts on astrology...
The descriptions of our signs are generally pretty accurate, but the specifics can't be taken too seriously. For example, my sign is supposedly very interested in sports, which is completely wrong. I hate sports. In school, gym was my absolute least favorite class, I hated playing any of the sports or games, I sucked at them, and I hate watching sports. The only ones I find entertaining are hockey, figure skating, and a few less televised/organized sports, like skate boarding or roller blading, but even with that I'll rarely go out of my way to watch them.
But most of the traits assigned to my sign are correct:
- Brutally honest. This is true, but I've leaned to watch what I say and think things out more carefully so that I don't sound too offensive.
- Full of energy and life. For me, it's only true depending on what exactly the subject at hand is. Dancing? No. Singing? No. Frisbee? No. Volleyball? Fuck that shit. I consider this trait to be more about my passion for so many things in life that others might not be quite as interested in. For example, I get extremely excited to go to the beach and I'm perfectly content to just sit for hours watching the waves. To most people, that's not being full of energy or life, that's boring. In my mind, it's the fact that I'm so passionate about even the most simple of things that makes me lively. And when it is something about energy, I am usually the most energetic person in the room. Like drinking and parties. If I'm at a party that I'm enjoying, I want to stay there and stay up all fucking night, whereas other people can only last about half the amount of time that I can. Take when I used to do drugs for example. On any given day that a friend and I would eat whatever particular drug, I'd be the one wanting to stick it out until the last little itsy bitsy visual trailed away, whereas whoever I was with wanted to conk out as soon as it started sizzling down. So to me, yes, I am lively and full of energy, but not in the way most people consider.
- Very friendly with both sexes- Yes, this is true, though while I don't always tend to get along with many girls, I am friendly with them.
- Likes to travel. Yes! I want to see the whole world before I die. I hate the actual act of traveling, but I love getting to the destination and once I'm there, I never want to leave, more so than others.
- Practical and sees the world the way it is. Completely accurate. Take politics for example. I've noticed that many people who talk about politics will bring up minuscule little details and statements that a particular politician said at some point, twisting the words around to mean something they don't. It's ridiculous. The only reason people do that is because they already dislike said politician in the first place, so now they're going out of their way to find any little detail they possibly can to shove their opinion down people's throats. I prefer to look at the big picture- what do I believe in and what would I like to see get done? That's it. Simple. Practical. I don't bother with all these trivial little details like many others do.
- True idealist. Yes. Absolutely. Taken as a quote: "She doesn't care about the diplomacy demanded by the society." 100% true. I don't give a fuck.
- Straightforward attitude can get her into trouble. Yes.
- Can get careless with money. While I do try to watch my money, this is to an extent true because unlike some others, I tend to care more about getting what I want now and enjoying things in life now while I can. Fortunately for me, right now I don't have to worry about rent because I don't have any, so this works for me at the moment.
- Won't take orders from anyone. Actually I will, but I'll be very bitter and pissed off about it. I don't like being talked down to, treated like a little slave, having things demanded of me. I do what I want when I want, and if you want me to do something, you better be willing to hear my perspective first and ask me nicely about it.
- Restless. This is true. I constantly feel like I need to be doing something, whether it's just watching a movie or doing work, just something. I can't sit and do nothing. I especially hate waiting for checks at restaurants because I can't stand just sitting there waiting doing nothing.
Oh and yes, I absolutely can be very mean and harsh when someone pisses me off, but I tone it down as much as I can because I am very aware of that about myself. I used to be terrible with it. Any little thing that pissed me off, be it a boyfriend ditching me to go hang out with his friends, my grandmother asking me to do the dishes, or someone calling me a name, I'd go completely ballistic about it, hurling around insults, throwing tantrums, screaming at the top of my lungs, calling names. I can get really nasty. But after having dealt with so much bullshit in my life, many of those little things don't bother me as much anymore so I'm able to let it slide easier. But if anyone were to really piss me off, you bet your ass I'd make them feel sad and dejected.
But something I've learned with astrology and horoscopes is that you can't take it too seriously or literally, you need to read between the lines, and think about how it applies to you, don't listen to specifics because it doesn't work like that.
In addition, if you read about the details of some of the other zodiac signs, you'll notice that many of their traits apply to you as well. If you read through every single zodiac sign, you're bound to find at least one attribute that fits your personality.
You can also take a look at your compatibility charts. Not all of them are the same. For example, I found one chart that says I'm compatible with pisces and capricorn, and incompatible with libra and scorpio, while another chart says I'm best with aries and leo and worst with cancer, capricorn, aquarius and pisces. It just doesn't match up. So I don't bother with that.
So while I find a lot of this very interesting, I'm also skeptical of it.
. Though that's possibly a factor of history and circumstance. I'd question the strong intellect part. I don't feel overly intelligent, but people tell me I am. The rest is definitely me...
