cancer moons and risings are over prepared. my cancer rising friend and i work at a summer camp and i forgot sheets for me bed. she pulls out a second set of sheets because she knew someone would forget them. someone is me.
aquarius rising placements look otherworldly. they typically have noses that are distinguishable and large, dreamy eyes.
aquarius placements tend to pick blue things and wear blue
scorpio in big three is very hard to read (imo)
virgos are so fucking smart like pls stomp on me
virgo venus struggles with finding a romantic partner that’s up to their standards. whomp whomp.
gemini venus can’t make a damn decision to save their lives
scorpio risings have very piercing eyes
leo moons, you’re cocky. but you’re also so creative and so lovely.
leo risings, YOURE FUCKING RADIANT! and cocky. BUT YOU HAVE A LITERAL GLOW AROUND YOU. just yellow vibes yknow
aries venus and gemini venus are the worst venus sign to have imo (i am a gemini venus, my love life is non existent) ((also sorry if u have an aries venus but i like ur spontaneity.))
cancer suns make the best teachers!! they’re very nurturing.
scorpio moons are so entrancing like please tell me all your dark secrets
cancer suns have bad tempers
scorpio risings are always constantly transforming and changing. that may be physical or mental. so with that said, scorpio risings will typically have a new look or they dye their hair.
capricorn suns are very calculated in their decisions and will go through a multitude of possible outcomes
aries moons go through a lot of internal struggles and will feel all the feels because of it
aries moons, i love you. it’s gonna be okay
capricorn moons are some of the sweetest people alive and they’re not cold at all
cancer suns get overwhelmed easily
virgo risings are just models. they are always so elegant and they’resohumble
cancer risings have a natural beauty and just pure energy around them
taurus suns don’t let go of grudges
sagittarius sun makes gives off either guy bestie or male manipulator vibes
aries mercury are rash and blunt. sometimes they don’t take into account how other people are feeling.
gemini risings are lime bubbly
virgo placements scream vera bradley to me for some reason
sagittarius risings are fun as fuck. they’re the literal life of the party.
pisces moon/risings let negativity into their lives because they’re scared to set hard boundaries. they don’t want to make people upset. LEARN TO SET BOUNDARIES PLS
cancer suns unironically listen to nickelback
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hey guys! so i’m starting a new series on big three’s! i don’t know placements like aries moon, sagittarius moon, virgo moon, etc. so if you want to be in a post, send me your big 3, your meyers briggs type, lyrics to a song that are absolutely eating you alive and consuming every fiber of your being, and one or two photos of yourself that you absolutely love. 16+ ONLY PLEASE!!
pluto-ascendant aspects, pluto in the 10th house, pluto in the 1st house, Scorpio rising, Scorpio moon, pluto- sun aspects, pluto-moon aspects, pluto-venus aspects, 8th house placements (especially moon, sun and Venus).
these individuals give off, “you can never kill me. I will never fall” energy. ⚔️
Attempts made against them to destroy or harm them ultimately fail. It will simply replenish them over time. They are ultimately compensated for their pain. They have an overwhelming need to climb up to the top, whether they’re covered in sweat or their hearts ache from the journey. even after being shunned, defamed and slandered by the public they will not crumble. similar to the way a snake sheds its skin, they become new over and over again. and it’s glorious to watch them. To change, some people require a catalyst.. someone to guide them through it. But these individuals don’t need anything at all. Off willpower alone they transform.
Often times, they are not even aware of just how powerful they are believe it or not. They could stare at their peers in confusion, wondering, why are they looking at me like that? I had to get back up. I didn’t have a choice. And in many ways it can feel like they didn’t for them. They can’t remember a period when they didn’t experience some sort of upheaval in their lives.
There could have been weeks or even years where they lived in survival mode. After spending so much time in the shadows, they don’t even understand how dazzling and beautiful they are until they emerge from them. When they walk into their full power and not only recognize it but also comprehend how to utilize it in the healthiest and most successful manner, get out of their way. Or you will be brought to your knees by their success.
“Only a few find the way, some don’t recognize it when they do – some… don’t ever want to.” - Lewis Carroll
Neptune: Fading into Obscurity
*do not plagiarize my writing or repost on other forms of social media under any circumstances. These are merely my personal opinions, notes and observations. *
I was reading the Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, and this paragraph on losing your Body reminded me of Neptune:
“The lack of self-awareness in victims of chronic childhood trauma is sometimes so profound that they cannot recognize themselves in a mirror. Brain scans show that this is not the result of mere inattention: the structures of self-recognition may be knocked out along with structures related to self-experience.”
I am in no way equating or reducing childhood trauma to astrological placements. However, I was reminded of Neptune’s influence as a person interested in astrology. Like the other gas giants in our solar system, Neptune doesn’t have much of a solid surface to live on and has the most extreme and bizarre weather in the Solar System. It experiences massive storms with powerful winds. Its atmosphere features revolving patches of darkness and clouds that undergo rapid transformations.
It makes sense to consider how rapidly Neptune’s spiritual, creative, and imaginative energy can transform into an illusion, delusion, or lie. Neptune can generate a fog that obscures our view, leaving us vulnerable to manipulation. However, it can also reveal instances in which we deceive others and even ourselves. The mist can obstruct our view of other individuals and leave us unable to determine their true identities. But it can also envelop us, detaching us from our sense of self and leaving us with bodies that feel light, as if we can never rightly plant our feet on the ground.
As someone who is Neptune-dominant and did not have the best childhood, I had always thought that not recognizing yourself in the mirror was normal—feeling estranged from oneself because practically all of one’s time was spent molding yourself into the person your parents expected you to be. I’ve also seen that for somePisces risings or Neptune in the first house individuals, the mother or family may have viewed the birth of that child as someone who would heal a previous wound—already born into the world, hoping that your presence may alleviate suffering.
For example, I am a Pisces ascendant, and my brother passed away before my mother gave birth to me. Growing up, my family would tell me how fortunate I was to be able to alleviate some of that agony for my mother, but at times it felt more like a burden. My closest friend’s younger brother is also a Pisces rising; he is the rainbow baby, as his mother had a miscarriage before he was born. As the youngest and only boy, in the mothers eyes, he was a source of healing for the family and is her treasure. However, from the child’s point of view, a statement with that much weight and expectation can still be quite challenging to hear, even if they are said with the best intentions.
This expectation of filling an emotional void can also be applied to the other water-rising signs to a certain extent. For instance, Scorpio ascendants may have been born at a period when a family member passed away or when their mother underwent an intensive and drastic transformation. For example, my cousin gave birth to her child after her mother’s death and at a chaotic and perilous time; her baby is a Scorpio rising with Mars in the first house. Scorpio ascendants may feel as though their mothers or parental figures attempted to feel more secure by dominating them, which is unfair to the child. On the other hand, Cancer ascendants may have been born during a period of profound emotional transformation in the mother. The authority figure may have anticipated the child to restore peace or security to the household in some manner. However, this may come at the expense of the child’s mental health and with unreasonable expectations.
But anyways, back to Neptune. In the book, the author emphasizes that you can only be fully in control of your body if you acknowledge its visceral reality in all of its dimensions. We must feel comfortable and secure with all of our potential feelings. But then, how can you be expected to look in the mirror and know who you are if you are not permitted to build your sense of self? If you never got the chance to process those emotions? They do not just go away. When Neptune is involved, they dissolve into us, into areas of our life.Moon-Neptune,and they can merge into our relationships with our mothers or caretakers. Venus-Neptune,and we find that our perspectives of relationships can quickly become skewed, leaving us heartbroken. Mars-Neptuneand our anger could unravel us and leave us completely confused. When it comes to houses, Neptune in the 7th and we can become disillusioned by our relationships. Neptune in the 3rd house, and it feels like communication is always cut short, like a faulty signal, where you speak and others can’t seem to hear you. The energy can manifest in dozens of different ways.
Neptune can grant us the potential to produce the most hauntingly beautiful art from our sorrow. When we bring to life what has been lingering in our imagination, we prompt others to contemplate. If you have an aspect to the moon, you could be an extraordinary songwriter or poet. Aspect to Venus, and when you create art about love, it is magnificent; you might also be an excellent makeup artist. Mars in aspect to Neptune stimulates the vitality and drive of others, as well as your own.
Chaos can ensue, though, if we are not cautious and continue to dwell in our fantasy worlds without attempting to live and actively participate in the material and physical world. Our comfort zones can just as easily hold us hostage instead of provide us with safety. Especially when we try to dive in headfirst. This can lead to drug or alcohol abuse or even self-harm. Trapped in the fog, hoping for the best despite reality… denying reality.
Inthe Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption, Liz Greene explores the complex nature of Neptune and states:
“Neptune can symbolize the highest and most exalted manifestations of love, grace and creative vision of which human beings are capable in those moments when the earth bound illusion of separateness is replaced by recognition of ultimate unity. Equally, Neptune can embody the most desperate and destructively devouring impulses of which human beings are capable, when they have not dealt with the fear of loneliness and death. Which is true? Probably both. Sadly, it is often those individuals with the greatest imaginative gifts who, at the same time that they desperately long to manifest their potential, sabotage with the left hand what they seek with the right.”
The reason why you hate Scorpio Sun & Rising is because Scorpio brings out the worst in you. Scorpio makes you feel your emotions to an extent that you’ve never felt before. Scorpio takes your happiness to the next level and makes you feel euphoria. At the same time, they take your worry to the next level make you have full blown panic attacks.
Scorpios probing energy digs up things that you have repressed within yourself. Scorpio energy uncovers your fear, your shame, your embarrassment, your insecurities, your vulnerabilities, and everything else you’ve been trying to hide. Most people are not prepared for this. Most people are content living their lives as if they don’t have skeletons in the closet. But when a Scorpio comes in your life and makes you feel crazy, it is time for you to accept that which you have been hiding.
I am not excusing Scorpio for their bad habits, because they definitely have things that they need to work on. However, the rampant hate people have for this sign is just their fear disguised as hatred. People don’t hate Scorpio, nor are they scared of Scorpio. They are scared to face the demons that exist within themselves. Scorpio is not the demon. Scorpio just helps you face yours.
Having Sun in Capricorn and Ascendant in Scorpio creates people that are much more powerful and capable of succeeding than the typical Capricorn, which is definitely making a statement as most Capricorns are natural go-getters. The Scorpio rising will bring a stronger sense of strategy, intuition, and pure killer instinct to these Capricorns. They are much more resilient, able to set goals, and ambitious. They can take the good with the bad and come out on top either way. While the natural Capricorn nature of seeking perfection will still be strong, Scorpio rising will bring more reason and a better ideal. Scorpio rising will bring rises to anger in these people, but Capricorn Sun will allow these individuals to exercise a better sense of control. When others have betrayed them, they will neither forgive nor forget. Instead, they will quite easily cut that person out of their lives and treat them coldly. These are very strong-minded people, who will stand up for whatever they believe in, no matter what other people think. These people should be very careful of the people they surround themselves with, and also of getting carried away with ideas before they are fully in fruition. Younger years will bring them things that they may not be able to enjoy until later on in life, so they should remember to stick to them for benefit when they are older.
This person has come into the world wearing the mask of the Psychoanalyst, Hypnotist, Shaman or Detective. Other images for Scorpio rising are the Occultist, Sorcerer, Spy or Hospice Worker. Less than optimal manifestations of this Ascendant might include the Intensity Junkie, the Manipulator, the Brooder or Gollum (from The Lord of the Rings).
The Style:
This Ascendant is complicated, so we’ll spend some extra time here.
Imagine you’re on a blind date with someone who knows you’re a brilliant, groundbreaking and incredibly skilled and perceptive psychoanalyst, or forensic pathologist, or FBI profiler. How comfortable do you think your date feels? You know that your date knows this about you. How comfortable do you feel?
A man or woman with Scorpio rising has reached an evolutionary stage where he or she should present a penetrating, intense and probing face to the world. To minimize the possibility of others’ negative reactions to such a mask, the development of a certain level of psychological awareness of oneself and others is essential here.
Basically, someone with Scorpio rising does well to realize that he or she tends to have a powerful unconscious mind. What does that mean? Material from his or her unconscious floats up into this person’s awareness more frequently than in people who don’t have a lot of Scorpio, Plutonian or eighth house energy in their birth charts, and who can therefore better repress whatever “shadow” material makes them uncomfortable–ambivalent or inappropriate feelings, painful memories, insights about people’s Freudian slips and unconscious motives, etc. Although Scorpio Ascendants can have their blind spots, they can be far more perceptive about their own shadow functions than the average person is. Although they are by no means always right, Scorpio Ascendants can often be very perceptive about other people’s shadows, too, as if this rising sign came equipped with psychological X-ray vision.
if someone with a Scorpio Ascendant is unaware that not everyone’s “vehicle” is also equipped with these in-depth psychological sensors, then he or she can attribute all kinds of motive to another person that simply aren’t in that person’s conscious thoughts. After a few too may accusations of suspiciousness or of having their minds in the gutter—”How could you say such a thing?”–Scorpio Ascendants may start keeping their thoughts to themselves. Although developing some discernment and discretion before they speak can be a good thing for these people, emotional isolation never is. Scorpio is a water sign, and water wants emotional connectedness. Scorpio rising benefits from relationships of cathartic and transformative emotional intensity, where they have a partner for their explorations of the psychological underworld. They need their trusted intimates’ perspective on their inner landscapes, lest they blow some of their own issues out of proportion.
For Scorpio rising, life should be confronted with honesty , intensity, a commitment to deep self-awareness, and a willingness to examine all taboos. That doesn’t mean to break all of them. It just means that no area of life or death should be bared from the laser-sharp scrutiny of this Ascendant.
Taboos are usually assigned to such psychologically charged material as sex, death and the afterlife. This is why kids are told not to discuss religion, the neighbors’ divorce, or their uncle’s cancer diagnosis at their parents’ parties. People with Scorpio rising need some intimates with whom there are no taboo subjects–and they do well not to overuse that X-ray vision with the rest of us.
If the rest of the chart is sensitive and cautious, this Ascendant is intended both to protect this person, and to advertise for the sort of partners who can truly understand him or her. If the rest of the chart is strong and vivid, this Ascendant is intended to express it and to give this person depth and honesty. If the rest of the chart is that of a thinking type or a pragmatic type, this Ascendant is intended to help this person stay in touch with his or her own feelings and with those of other people. All of these types need to be aware that the intensity of their Scorpio masks can seem to convey the desire for a deeper intimacy than they may actually want or should have with everyone whose paths they cross. In such cases, cultivating the ability to use a lighter self-presentation sometimes–more humor, less eye contact, fewer charged topics of conversation, etc.–can be very helpful. In any event, this rising sign’s demeanor should transmit the message: “Here is someone who sees deeply into people, who demands frankness and can grasp secrets, and who probably has a few of his or her own.”
If the childhood environment was either chaotic, or spent with parents or family members who themselves had powerful unconscious minds and turbulent feelings, then a Scorpio Ascendant with a strong psyche may have felt that he or she had to understand a parent or parents very thoroughly in order to make a deep impact on them. Such an impact may have felt imperative for the Scorpio rising child to achieve, just to capture enough of the parents’ attention to get the child’s needs met–placating an angry parent, cheering a depressed one, etc. However, Scorpio rising children may also have felt that too much notice from a parent or relative might engulf them emotionally or psychologically. In that event, they may have blurted out an occasional home truth in self-defense. They may have been shamed or even punished for verbalizing their perceptions, and may have learned to hide them or even doubt them.
How close was so close that the Scorpio rising child would feel swallowed alive, and how far away was either too far away to get his or her needs met, or too far away to observe and guard against a relative’s potentially problematic behavior? Such was the dance that people with Scorpio Ascendants might have needed to learn. Can you imagine how vigilant these people might have therefore had to be, and how much discernment about others they may have had to develop?
In adulthood, this dynamic may translate into wanting to probe into others but not be too deeply probed oneself. Scorpio Ascendants with a less healthy ego structure and a chaotic upbringing may repeat a dynamic of alternately feeling overwhelmed and invaded by intimacy, trying to shut it out completely, or accepting it only if they can control it. But true intimacy works best as a two-way street, so a Scorpio Ascendant may need to choose partners who are more stable than their relatives might have been, and to allow such people to get and stay closer than the Scorpio Ascendant may initially find comfortable.
