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Astrology, Death And The Titanic Movie Redux: Aries, Pisces And Inevitable Pining?

January 30th, 2008 @ 9:05 am by Elsa

Astrology in real life

titantic sinking movie Talking to the soldier a couple days ago…

“We’re talking about death on my blog,” I said. “People seem pretty interested.”

“What about death?”

“Oh some people are afraid, others not. I am going to ask about the Titanic. The movie, I mean. You saw it didn’t you?”

“Yeah.”

“Well at the end there the ship is going down and everyone on it has to decide what they are going to do. Some of them are heroic, some of them not and so forth. So the question is, what would you do in those circumstances? So what would you do?”

“Well, women and children,” he said.

“Yeah, I know. I knew you’d say that. You’d go right out there and make sure there was order. You’d make sure the women and kids were getting on the boats and the men were not. God help the man who dresses like a woman to take one of their spots.”

“Yeah? Well what else should be done?”

“I don’t know, it’s up to the person but I know this what you would do which would leave me high and dry. See, I would like to be part of the couple that just stays in bed together. They just hold each other until the water comes and takes them. I understand being a hero but you and I? We’ve done nothing but that our whole lives. Fuck it. I’ve done plenty. I have ten more minutes this is how I want to spend it.”

“We can be together on deck, what’s the difference?”

titanic sinking “Intimacy,” I said. “Anyway, never mind. I know I’d be hosed. I know damned well you’d go out there and save as many women and children as you could.”

No response.

“I know it,” I said. “I’d have nothing to say about. I am destined to pine, I guess. I think I am going to have to yearn my whole life until the very end.”

“Well, P, the Titanic sunk! We have our own movie so don’t you worry about that. Our movie is different and it’s damned good too.”

Busy pouting, I did not respond.

The next day.

“You don’t care about the Titanic,” I said.

“Oh P, I do so. We’re going to be together, we’re just going to be on the deck and I know what you’d do. You’d be standing there with me and the first time you saw some man throw some kid over so he could have his space on the boat, you’d going to say, are you going to let him do that? What are you going to do, just stand there? You go do something about that right this minute or I will!”

“Ah fuck. Okay, you’re right. You’re right, you’re right, you’re right.”

“Yeah, I’m right.”

“So I guess I get a kiss right before we die and that’s it. Oh well. Okay.”

Ten minutes later I was off the phone and realized I would get a kiss and then get put on a boat too. What an asshole! ASSSSSSSS HOLE! You want a heroic man so you get a heroic man and look what happens. This!.

I wonder if this is why they say Pisces goes for Aries. Is it because pining is inevitable? What do you think?

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8 Responses to “Astrology, Death And The Titanic Movie Redux: Aries, Pisces And Inevitable Pining?”

Cassi

I think you two are lovely. For what ever your reasons. Whether it is astrology, or you are meant for each other, or you just like to get a rise out of each other. You do it so well and sweet. In your own unsweet (both of you) way.

1/30/08 @ 10:31 am (reply)

Jennifer

Heh. I guess you do have to get his cooperation to pick the snuggle method…

1/30/08 @ 11:33 am (reply)

SaDiablo

Well, of course you’d get on a damned boat! It’s inevitable (in his world, anyway).

Tortured artists notwithstanding, I think pining is one of the biggest wastes of energy one can do. I just cannot, for the life of me, wrap my head around it! So I honestly can’t say whether it’s the pining thing or not. In my world, I think it’s more that Pisces is pretty selfLESS and doormat-ish while Aries is selfISH and assertive. Opposites and all, ya know?

1/30/08 @ 11:42 am (reply)

liz

Lol he won’t let you die. I think that the kind of man who would hold you in the bed would bore you.

1/30/08 @ 1:41 pm (reply)

Elsa

liz – yeah. I am not allowed to stand on a battlefield and take a bullet either and I don’t think I can describe my fury over this. It’s the Cardinality see. He is controlling my Mars with his stupid fuckin’ heroics. Enough with the heroics but it just won’t stop! I lose see? He controls me not the other way around. I can’t stop the motherfucker! All I can do is call him a motherfucker so I do it, do you blame me?

1/30/08 @ 2:53 pm (reply)

SaDiablo

Nah, I’d call him a motherfucker, too, just to make myself feel better.
Even with your Mars-Mercury “hot” mouth, it seems like there should be a more Libra-esque way of doing things, though. Like charmingly explaining your side then distracting him by showing off the inside of your wrist. *smirk*

Seriously, why SHOULD his way prevail? It’s your life, if you want to lie down on a bed and wait for the ship to sink that’s your business. It’s not like he has to agree, he just needs to not interfere. Asshat.

1/30/08 @ 7:13 pm (reply)

althera

I’m certain you’ll think this crazy, but I have recently asked myself that question. What I’ve realized (through a series of recently posed questions in my life) is this:

I would acknowledge my fear. I would get over my fear. I would clear my head.

I would begin to stay calm and start doing everything I could think of to clear other heads around me.

And then I would pose a problem that requires everyone to immediately solve – and that serves their own interests- I would ask: What can we use to build life rafts? (Oh I know they didn’t believe it could sink and they didn’t realize there weren’t enough ships at first – that aside, when that kind of fate is at state, I know that I wouldn’t be willing to bet on “there should be’s”).

Giving people something (especially men) constructive do helps them to keep their own fear at bay. It helps them feel useful when everything else feels like it going out of control. And if you’re just sitting and waiting unsure, at least it gives your mind something to chew on.

And it’s a many times over better use of time and energy than running around in confusion and panic – or sitting quietly in panic while you feel like your heart is about to explode. Plus – you build it, you get to ride in it – or choose to give your spot up for someone else – your choice.

The more and more I have thought about the Titanic sinking, the sadder and sadder it becomes me to me because of how much there was on that ship in the way of resources. Realistically, there were enough materials to create a raft for every person (even out of mattresses or doors). NOT to say all rafts would have survived the breaking and sinking of the ship.

I’m just saying.

So now, the real question that’s been on my mind recently is – so what would you do if it was 2008 and you were an American and the unsinkable economy looked to be taking on water… what would YOU do?

1/30/08 @ 7:30 pm (reply)

wyrdling

does pisces go for aries?
i always thought pisces is too giving to not have someone watching their back.
at least, they trigger my protective urges. “too gentle for this world” and whatever. but i’ve got that pisces mars so of course i’d want to protect them, right?

1/31/08 @ 1:05 am (reply)