Comments on: Astrology Q & A: The 7th House And Projection In Relationship: Embracing Your Shadow

By: caprising

caprising — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:52:57 +0000

I have capricorn rising. I’m always attracting useless idiots (but their very motherly!).

By: Tuppence

Tuppence — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:58:01 +0000

Elsa,

Many thanks for sharing this information. I have long been interested in Jung (no treatment by a Jungian yet though!) and astrology. This article was also very appropriate since a friend of mine (Scorprio) has recently had terrible problems with her brother projecting things onto her that she is not responsible for. I am forwarding the link to her and hope that it will help her to understand her irrational (at this time) Leo brother. I am going to need time to process this information for myself. Thanks again!

By: Gem

Gem — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:27:00 +0000

No but mars is conjunct my sun and mercury in leo. I’m not the typical ‘outgoing/uber confident) leo though..more subdued really. I am growing into it more and the fire aspect.

By: Alma

Alma — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:38:41 +0000

Gem,
That’s a great story, and it sounds like you did a ton of work.
“I challenged myself to be happier, healthier and to weed out the rest. I was on a mission.”
I think I’m going to try this! Do you have Aries on the 7th house?

By: Gem

Gem — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:31:20 +0000

Well, I decided I was going to find what I was looking for instead of waiting around. I looked at my issues, what I was projecting on others and decided it was me all along. I needed to be ok with me and not blame someone else for my unhappiness and not finding the love I wanted. It takes two. I went against my grain and did something more like an aries I suppose (maybe not a good analogy), but I stayed focused, went out a lot, filtered out what I didn’t like and just kept looking until I found it. I can’t explain it any other way right now. I wrote that two minutes before I had to be at work, so sorry if it is short/confusing.

What I meant by transcending was I just went beyond my usual MO and it worked. I recall Elsa saying that sometimes it is helpful to use the next sign after yours to trancend things..so I did. I got gumption.

Gotta run.

By: dreamsAreality

dreamsAreality — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:54:56 +0000

I’m just trying to be clear that I understand here –

So by channeling the Arien archetype Gem you feel you attracted some obstacle to transcend?

By: Gem

Gem — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:59:54 +0000

In 2006 I attracted two unhealthy individuals to me and was deeply wounded by my ability to do this. I had worked hard on myself for many years and here I am attracting a new ‘bad’ sort. I wondered what was wrong with me. I pondered on this for a bit, then decided to try a different route in seeking love and to really look at myself objectively and wholely to attract what I wanted/needed. After reflecting on this, I challenged myself to be happier, healthier and to weed out the rest. I was on a mission. Though I have no problem meeting people on my own, I went online to meet ‘many differnt types of guys’. As I went on a ton of dates in a month, kept it light w/ coffee or dinner(and nothing physical) and met ‘the one’. This was hard for me, as my usual MO is to meet someone, it’s kismet and a year later it sucks. Since meeting my SO, the only person I have ever called my soulmate, we are getting married in less than five months. It is not perfect, but it feels more right than anything and perfect for us.

I had to really want it and I had to really work on myself and seek it out. I was totally channeling the arien archetype to transcend things.

By: Piya

Piya — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:02:25 +0000

Haha, I meant my Venus (in Virgo) is in the 7th. Leo is on the cusp, though. Whoops.

By: Piya

Piya — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:01:43 +0000

I have had some pretty decent relationships and I don’t regret much as far as they go. They were good men, and they still are. My sun, Mercury, and Virgo are in the 7th.

I like the concept of “asking yourself what you have in common with these people” and I can definitely say it was mostly that we shared beliefs about how people should be, or how we wanted to be, or how life should be, or something along those lines. I find it very difficult to relate to someone who believes in things I believe are wrong: outlawing gay marriage, for instance. How can I respect someone who wants to vote for Huckabee? I am not sure.

By: kashmiri

kashmiri — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:51:01 +0000

Avery… my intention was to be encouraging, so I’m certainly glad you interpreted it that way.
I quite like pillish people, it’s good to be intellectually stimulated