The Elements In Astrology, Attractiveness, Humility And Finding Love In This World As An Intellectual

19 Responses to “The Elements In Astrology, Attractiveness, Humility And Finding Love In This World As An Intellectual”

1. wyrdling says on 5/4/08 at 4:13 pm:
   

   yeah, pretty much
   i can run around in circles in my head like a dog chasing her tail, just thinking too much on the wrong track. and then i get dizzy and fall down and i never really got anywhere anyway.

2. Loonsounds says on 5/4/08 at 5:00 pm:
   

   Looks to me like she is surrounded by dudes trying to look up her skirt. Plus, she has a different kind of smug look from the other chick, more of a recently-well-loved smug look. I get the sense that she might be fucking with our heads.

3. Elsa says on 5/4/08 at 5:05 pm:
   

   Loonsounds - that is an interesting interpretation. I did not see that at all when I saw this card this morning. She looked to me as if she were surrounded by men but none of them hers! Now I’ve no idea! But I do know the astrology is correct. And I do know there are a lot of women out there who really are afraid in this way… this is emerging since the the shift into the Earth signs.

4. Jennifer says on 5/4/08 at 5:48 pm:
   

   I didn’t make the card, but to some degree I either think this way or wonder about it.

5. satori says on 5/4/08 at 5:52 pm:
   

   I have felt that way but not cos I’m an intellectual (*snort*). I was afraid I wouldn’t find love cos I wasn’t compatible with anyone. my ex said I was “too hard to love.” tho I did know on some level the problem was likely his.

6. Des says on 5/4/08 at 6:12 pm:
   

   Hey, not to offend, but some women are just too smart for there male counterpart.

7. Des says on 5/4/08 at 6:14 pm:
   

   If anyone has any ideas of how to get the dog to stop barking at the cats, please let me know. Tx.

8. Ana says on 5/4/08 at 6:14 pm:
   

   wow, I saw this card this morning too, and I immediately thought of you Elsa. lol, I come on here and sure enough, there it is.

9. phel says on 5/4/08 at 7:12 pm:
   

   I was just dumped because apparently, after four months, he decided “the full attraction wasn’t there”. I thought we had the basic building blocks of something that would last and poof. I have nothing really poignant to add. The timing and the headline just kind of struck me. I have mostly air planets, venus cancer, mercury virgo….aqu mars. I just feel like an oddball that will never find her match.

10. Jilly says on 5/4/08 at 8:10 pm:
    

    OMG “get me out of my head” is such a struggle for me.

    That and my moon with Uranus (trine) and Saturn (sextile) makes me wonder if I am some sort of alien species sometimes haha.

    You’ll find someone phel.

11. Stephanie says on 5/4/08 at 8:16 pm:
    

    Yeah, I read this image as her having all the men’s attention, not being ignored. Probably she doesn’t want any of them.

    I’m a professional intellectual and I am constantly surrounded by men trying to get in my pants. Many of them are icky, though.

12. Becca says on 5/4/08 at 8:28 pm:
    

    That one caught my eye too. I actually recognized the source of the image–it’s from the movie “Miss Potter” with Renee Zellweger and Ewan MacGregor–which of course warps the way I interpret the caption. In the context of the movie, the men behind her are amused at her attempt to make a living as a writer when everyone knows women are just supposed to get married and let their husbands support them. To them, she’s a freak.

    Beatrix Potter went on to make a ton of money from her books and fall in love with her editor. He died before they could get married, but she eventually found someone else, married him, and apparently lived happily ever after. So that could be seen as encouraging.

    Me, I have five planets in Libra and one in Aquarius, so I live almost entirely in my head. I don’t think I’ll find love either, and the fact that I’m intellectual is one of the reasons, though not the only one.

13. ewinbee says on 5/4/08 at 8:47 pm:
    

    Bang on that the best way to approach this is to reveal your insecurities… I’ve also found that a good way to approach relationships is to provide a safe place for other people to reveal theirs as well.

    That said, this is a big fear of mine.

    And I went on two dates this weekend. (All of a sudden! OMG!)

14. june says on 5/5/08 at 1:14 am:
    

    i have… two planets in gemini-9th house, both aspected by saturn in libra, two other libra planets, libra ascendant, two sagittarius-3rd house planets, and jupiter aspecting my moon… i think my chart “kind of” backs up my thought of being an intellectual sort. i’ve swung from being a full blown geek to just a dabbler in random pseudo-intellectual things and back again, from being very open about it and not, spent my time with all sorts of different people… and i have not once been afraid that because i’m smart or even appear smart that i’m going to scare away boys/men. maybe if you’re spending your time with people who believe in women’s roles you would have a problem, but it seems that intelligence or acting as an intellectual wouldn’t be an issue in partnering up. maybe insecurity, arrogance, control-freakisms, etc…

    “The intellect is associated with the air element and while you can certainly nurture a person’s mind it does not speak to these deeper (primal) drives and needs that all people have.”
    i like what you said here, elsa.

15. Amber says on 5/5/08 at 2:12 am:
    

    I’m highly intellectual, but never had any trouble finding a man. Maybe because of mars venus conj, I don’t know. The getting out of my head thing is important though. I am afraid I left it too late, and now my illness is making sure that my head is not accessible (at least not to the previous degree).

16. wyrdling says on 5/5/08 at 11:25 am:
    

    but i could have written that once upon a time. not too long ago. maybe yesterday, i’m not sure.

17. Dina says on 5/6/08 at 4:44 am:
    

    I don’t understand this so well. One of my friends (a feminist) actually talked about how she experienced this problem of having men threatened by her intellectual qualities, but I haven’t really seen it. Before I thought it was somewhat a myth. I mean, I get threatened by very smart people, I would probably be a little freaked out if Kate Mulvey started gabbling at me in 5 languages. But how is she cock blocking? How are her preconceived notions about men impeding her progress? I don’t know if the issue is that she can’t get a date. She just wonders if women ought to dumb themselves down for men and is mad about having to. Me, I wonder if what she is assuming, that men are threatened by intellectual women, is even the case.

18. Piya says on 5/10/08 at 2:27 pm:
    

    I am definitely intellectual and I have never had any issues finding a man (Sun, Venus and Mercury in the 7th) but it’s only now that I’ve actually been able to relate on an intelligent level with a partner. None of my previous boyfriends were remotely interested in a lot of the intellectual pursuits (including reading) I loved and with Venus and Mercury in Virgo … it was something I breathed.

    It’s so nice to have somebody now who seeks these things out on his own, and did before I met him.

19. SaDiablo says on 5/22/08 at 4:11 pm:
    

    Funnily enough I found the love of my life while simultaneously railing about how most men are shit and are intimidated by strong, intelligent women. But my chart’s all set for railing, it’s what I do, and he doesn’t seem to mind (too much) so I suppose it’s all for the good. And I guess it helps that I had spent months thinking about relationships and what I wanted/needed and what kind of work I needed to do to get there.

    People, period, are intimidated by intellectuals of both sexes. But it does seems more heavily weighted against females - men have much more leeway in what people expect from them.

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