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Steve (Stevo) Guettermann's avatar

Happy 27th, Planet Waves! And congrats to you, Eric, as well as a heartfelt thanks.

Linda Roller's avatar

Lots of love to you, Eric, and Happy Solstice from Clinton County, PA.

Rachel McCabe's avatar

Happy Anniversary and Solstice!

Lady of Shalott's avatar

I have Venus at 21 Sag in my natal chart, it's out of bounds, and it rules my chart (Taurus rising). I'm questioning whether I project haughtiness and I think it might be accurate, though I probably wouldn't have chosen that word. Will be contemplating this. Thank you and happy Solstice to you!

Eric Francis Coppolino's avatar

Hi Lady, there is a lot of cultural conditioning around this...women are raised knowing how they "should be treated." Men are raised knowing "how to treat a woman." It kind of ends there. All anyone really needs to do is walk up to people and say hello; then everything will be peachy.

Eric Francis Coppolino's avatar

Also I was not referring to the natal placement of Venus in Sagittarius...but rather to the combined transit of Venus, Juno and Galactic Core. Sorry for any misunderstanding

Lady of Shalott's avatar

That's not even close to my life experience, but thank you for the comment. Reserved Scorpio here, and I think maybe being reserved gets seen as aloof.

Eric Francis Coppolino's avatar

I have never met you...I was def not commenting on you personally as I cannot do so. "Reserved" is not haughty.

Here is a real definition of "aloof."

Originally in nautical orders to keep the ship's head to the wind, and thus stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter; hence "at a distance but within view" (1530s) and, figuratively, "apart, withdrawn, without community spirit" (with verbs stand, keep, etc.). As an adjective from c. 1600. Related: Aloofly; aloofness.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/aloof

Penelope's avatar

Beautiful fire shot!

Catt Berlin's avatar

Regarding your LGBTQIA+ comment, I will never understand why some people feel the need to stick a label on themselves like Velcro. They seem to think they are on the front lines of a paradigm shift that never existed before.

Nope.

Eric Francis's avatar

I was friends with the caretaker of the LGB+++ center in Kingston and I would say to him, you know, there's nothing sexy about this place. He was an old queen, old enough to remember when being queer was fun. And would always say yep I know what you mean. Also it would seem to not be velcro but a permanent tatoo of inner weather that changes a little every day.

Catt Berlin's avatar

It is damaging to put boundaries and boxes around something as fluid as sexuality.

Eric Francis's avatar

When that happens — you know it's about politics and not humanity...those borders and and boxes contain...nothing real. That's why it's "identity" and not who and what a person is.

Catt Berlin's avatar

PS Love the last photo of the Chironian healing cave.