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What aspects of astrology do you find yourself questioning?

A sign I have a lot of trouble with has to be Scorpio.

When I say trouble, I don't mean I don't get along with them. I just don't agree with their description. I've met about 15 Scorpio suns IRL and only 1 of them even slightly fit their outward description.
They say Scorpios are silent, observant, very perceptive and manipulative. I haven't seen any of these traits extremely prominent. Also they mention Scorpio having an odd kind of feel to them and intense eyes. Never met a Scorpio with those either.
And I haven't met many secretive Scorpios even though they are famous for this trait.
I believe the description of Scorpio, for the most part, is correct. But the descriptions exaggerate quite a bit (secrecy, passion, obsessiveness, 'power'). I even saw one site saying "Scorpios know the meaning to life. They just don't tell anyone"
I have yet to meet a stereotypical Scorpio. I know a few people who FIT stereotypical Scorpios, but oddly enough, they don't possess many Scorpio planetary positions nor influences (no stelliums and such). Not a single Scorpio sun sign fit their description stereotypically I have seen.

Don't bother jumping "No one really knows the heart of a Scorpio...they're just fooling you nicely you see?" That doesn't apply only to Scorpio. That's how almost all humans are. We have facades that protect our vulnerable squishy stuff.

To correct this problem, I suggest we remove Pluto as Scorpio's co-ruler. That will fix it. Then we don't have this whole "wheeee death-like Pluto/Hades" thing involved. That'll mitigate the exaggerated qualities to a more practical level.

Why does astrology work?

How can a few planetary transits when you were born affect you 50 years later, especially when you have innumerable planetary transits happening to you throughout your life? Why does the one of birth bear the most significance?
If you think about it, it doesn't make sense each sign is exactly 30 degrees. For example, Scorpio is a huge sign whereas Aries is much smaller. How can they have the same amount of degrees?
Anyone hear of precession(sp?)? The earth wobbles and that throws the signs off. Also, Ophiucus is another constellation that's been progressively pushing its way into the line of zodiac signs too. That messes up all the dates.
http://home.insightbb.com/~dishhead/astrology.html (Go here)
So technically none of these natal charts should be accurate yet they very much are. Someone told me they explained WHY astrology works through quantum physics, but wouldn't tell me how and who.

I agree with you on this. I had always mistaken Sagittarius for an air sign. I once read that long long ago, the elements of the signs were not what it is today at all. It actually goes like this:

Aries, Taurus, Gemini = Earth
Cancer, Leo, Virgo = Water
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius = Air
Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces = Fire

Isn't that strange? Anyway these correspondences still hold true in the Qabalistic tradition. But in astrology, we have what we have now. Hehehe...

Well, the role that Jupiter was playing in the zodiac of Pisces was 'expansion'. And I'm not aware that Jupiter is initiative. Jupiter broadens a Pisces's mind. It is because of Jupiter that Pisces can have an unlimited amount of imagination and fantasies.

In a way also, Pisces can also seem to be optismistic. The fact that they are dreamers already make them optismistic, don't you think? I believe Pisces have huge dreams. They just do not have the means or maybe even make the effort to make them come true. Pisces being water, does not bounce back from setbacks as quicly as Sagittarius. So perhaps that is why others would have the opinion that Pisces people are not optismistic. I thought they are. At the beginning of course. But when something doesnt work out, they sorta go into withdrawal - a common sign with all water signs. So if you want to compare Sag and Pisces, of course, Sag would win hands down on optismism. Maybe it's because Sag is a Fire sign or maybe because Sag has got all the full characteristics of Jupiter without any mitigating factors (like Pisces have Neptune).

In my opinion, the newly discovered planets play a bigger role in Pisces, Scorpio and Aquarius. However, both planets would also need to be taken in consideration if you want to explain the characteristics of the zodiac thoroughly.

Interesting...o_o
Thought that Scorpio was previously a fire sign, but then they decided it was water. Maybe that's a different tradition.

I have met Scorpios. That's the whole reason I posted that 'disagreement'.
It's not that the entire description is wrong- I don't for a second advocate that.
The problem lies in many astrology sites.
They keep talking about Scorpio as if they were some god, exaggerating all of the traits they have to extremes then defending themselves by saying 'Scorpio is the sign of extremes'.
Can you believe some site said "All Scorpios know the meaning of life, but will never tell you!"
That's true. They might. Honestly though....it's thorough flattery bursting out of the words' breeches and ears. Heheh. Kinda ironic, because they also stated Scorpios aren't fond of flattery.

Scorpios aren't mysterious to me than many other signs. I can understand them pretty well. Could be because I too have my share of Scorpio influence, but I act Scorpionic contrary to what I was arguing. Sounds hypocritical? It probably does. Initially thought after this whole Scorpio conflict that maybe this occurred from a combo of different influences.

Anyways. Have met a couple of Scorpio ascendants. They don't have those stereotypical mesmerizing Scorpio eyes. You know what's strange? Most people I've met that acted a lot like Scorpios aren't Scorpios nor have much Scorpio influence in their charts. The Scorpios I run into are loudmouth and such- a bit more Aries than anything. Additionally many of those Scorpios scream random stuff about their life across the room. Hence this goes back to how the descriptions are exaggerated.
Maybe I simply have strange luck?

Mars is certainly involved with Scorpio. You cannot have a revolution (Pluto) with some activation (Mars). It gives them the energy to keep going and at least (talking completely stereotypical here) Mars gives supplies the constant energy for Scorpio's sex charm and intense emotions.
Kind of like Mars is sunlight yet Pluto is a plant. Pluto decides to either ignore what's given and burn or utilize this (wooo photosynthesis).

Taking that Ascendant comment with a grain of salt. From personal experience, it's not that heavy of an influence. Teens act like a mixture of Sun/Moon/Asc (and all those other things) like adults except with more moodier hormones.

Additionally about that ascendant thing:
You said to keep searching for 8th house planets and such if their sun sign or ascendant didn't fit perfectly. Then you said that guy was so stereotypical of his ascendant just to prove how the influence shines through.
A bit of a contradiction. With him, there may've been other chart configurations that made him even more Scorpionic (ascendant) than the average. For example, my generation has Pluto in Scorpio. So when someone has a Scorpio ascendant, it should be doubly prominent- not always true. Looked for aspects between planets too.
This one person had 5 positions in Scorpio (sun, ascendant, mercury, venus, pluto). There's no arguing THAT influence! Was she stereotypical? Not really. She did, however, possess Scorpio's intense emotions, grudges and a vengeance, but she went about it much more Arian like if anything.
That's the reason I wrote that disagreement.

Hehe, for that AC guy, I meant to say that only when I first met him, I felt this 'scorpio' vibe from him. Later when I earned his trust, he is not at all like a Scorpio anymore.