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She Does Her Job In The Military But She Is Not Trusted And The Butt Of Jokes: Astrology-Based Advice
Dear Elsa,
I am in the Army and currently deployed with my unit. In the military, perception is everything and taken as the truth. This is frustrating to me because people have this perception that I am always getting into trouble. My boss constantly jokingly tells me to stay out of trouble, but I believe there is always some truth to jokes.
I’m very quiet and I just stick to myself and do my work. Whenever I do go off to complete a task outside of where I work, my boss keeps constant watch on me by constantly calling me throughout my trip. I haven’t done anything to warrant this behavior. However, there are peers of mine who get away with murder and no one ever checks up on them.
Is there something in my chart which make me appear like I’m a trouble maker?
Respectfully,
Aries Deployed
United States
Dear Aries,I looked at your chart and saw nothing that would signify a “troublemaker” in my mind. Your chart shows someone who is independent, freedom loving and somewhat eccentric. There is also indication that you would have some trouble perceiving how you are perceived. While this was all interesting it did not solve your problem, so I decides to consult my beau, an ex-Special Forces soldier of 16 years among other things.
I read him your mail.
“… appear like I am a trouble maker?” I said. “So that’s what she says and no, there is nothing in her chart. She says she is doing her job and her chart shows an eccentric person.”
“The Army is no place for an individual,” he said. “It functions as a team. There is no place for individuality in the Army and anyone acting as an individual is highly suspect. You’ve got to watch them all the time. If you’re in the Army and you want to have some individuality, you can have it for about a minute if you’re lucky, when you’re out and away and then it’s right back into the group.”
“So she hangs out by herself…”
“Yeah, that’s no good. The Army hates that. The Army is 2. There is you and your buddy in the foxhole. You watch his ass and he watches yours. The military must operate as a unit or you’re get your ass kicked, so yeah. Hanging around by yourself is not going fly in the military and anyone who tries to do that… anyone who tries to act individually is going to be highly suspect and considered a pain in the ass..”
I expect he knows what he is talking about so based on this, you have two options that are in sync with your chart. You can either get out of the military or you can experiment with changing your behavior and both of these would suit you.
The quitting is obvious but in the other direction, anyone with a strong Uranus (like you) loves a revolution. They also like to surprise others so if you made this change you’d shock people and you’d like that.
On another level - with Mars in Scorpio, finding out you can manipulate people via your actions of penetrating the group would also have an appeal. And manipulation is what I would call it if you decided to actually join their “army” in order to observe the group psychology.
Then there is the 3rd choice (and my personal favorite) - do one and then do the other. 
Good luck.
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Great advice here Elsa!
~SS
As they say, ’still waters run deep.’ It sounds like they’re trying to get to know you by provoking you.
If you give people nothing (ie. don’t have an *obvious* personality) PEOPLE WILL MAKE SHIT UP.
This has been the bane of my existence. I’m just coming to terms with this myself. You can either start falling over yourself trying to explain who you are or just love yourself more and screw the naysayers.
and of course….if you’re staying in the military, listen to the soldier
Sounds like excellent advice to me. (Moi: Uranus on the MC - hah). Nothing like advice from those who have been there themselves!:)
A friend of mine is a beautiful young Aries with Mars in Scorpio (conjunct Saturn + Pluto in the same sign). She is very innocent-looking and would generally be considered shy at first acquaintance - and then, while we were still getting to know each other, she turned up at Halloween dressed as a suicide bomber:) Jaws dropped! *lol*
This is one friend who’s certainly got your back:) And - I owe her.
seconded (for a fifth time.) the family veterans say much the same thing about the potential for trouble as an individualistic person in the military.
and looking at merging into the crowd as an experiment is a great way to use scorpio
that’s one of the reasons i never seriously considered joining up, even though i’m an aries (and so inclined to some degree) and by the time i got out of high school all the services were accepting women. i have a rather negative reaction to heavy authoritarianism (can we say saturn/uranus square?) a lot of people can adapt better to such environments than i do.
good luck to Ms. Deployed!