Astrology And The Wonderful World Of Illusion, Delusion, Imagination And Pretend

April 21st, 2008 @ 1:44 pm by Elsa

Commenting on the comments

pretendDoubleCappy writes on Saturn Neptune Perspective:

But what if we can imagine good things for ourselves?

Cappy, trying to be optimistic.

DoubleCappy – Yeah, I guess that’s the point that I forgot to make. First, this idea and effective way to deal with a difficult reality. It is a good coping mechanism when things are hard. Er… they could always be worse, just use your imagination. But you’re right. You can also imagine yourself into a much better place and I do that as well.

For example, when I hear men are talking about me in the locker room at the gym, I imagine they are saying really nice things and it is all totally in my best interest….

Do you consciously make things up?



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8 Responses to “Astrology And The Wonderful World Of Illusion, Delusion, Imagination And Pretend”

1.
Cassi
Cassi

I do not pay attention to stuff that will upset, bother or stress me out. I put my attention on the task at hand and the positive. I fail sometimes but generaly, that is how I operate. My Saturn is in Capricorn and I am a Leo. That whole “Tomorrow is another day” quote sums me up. The pic and caption for this post just cracks me up, I just broke up with a boyfriend and that pretty much sums it up perfectly. Perfectly. Thank you.

 
2.
shell
shell

I’m the total opposite Elsa. When I go to the gym (or anywhere for that matter), and people look and talk, I always assume it’s bad. I have a weird sense of self-esteem. I think good of myself…but I assume everyone else picks out all my flaws (physical and personality-wise). Is there a name for that? Paranoia, maybe? I do have Scorpio ASC.
I make all kinds of things up in my mind. To my own detriment probably.

 
3.
Alma
Alma

I operate the way that shell mentioned – I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem, but I often assume that people are a) criticizing me or b) trying to get over on me. If I went to the gym and heard people were talking about me, I’d assume they were making fun of me for not knowing how to turn the treadmill on.
I have an overactive imagination, and I’m trying to steer it in a positive direction.

 
4.
Foxxy
Foxxy

If I can’t imagine people doing/thinking/saying something positive I try not to think about it.

I do however conciously make things up. As a kid I used to just lie in bed just making up huge elaborate stories/realities and I’ll still slip into it the odd saturday morning/wednesday night.

And I will often imagine out conversations/scenarios in advance both in the positive and negatives. Even wildly unrealistic scenario’s.

 
5.
Bluemarine
Bluemarine

I have neptune-scorpio trine saturn-pisces and I do this all the time. I concentrate on the most pleasing aspects of a dreary situation/scenario,to the extreme that I can runa a sort of glamorous neptunian movie in my head to counterpart a boring job or a dull phase. The problem is when I overdo it ´cause neptunein 12th can be really delusional…but saturn always brings me back, i guess.

 
6.
kashmiri
kashmiri

I imagine perceived slights. If I make a mistake I feel guilty about it for days (just an example: I pinched the cheek of my co-worker a few days ago–I was genuinely happy to see her. She was really frazzled and annoyed I did that. I apologized and she forgave me but I still feel like an idiot. I’ve created a dream that now she hates me. I don’t know where this shit comes from–Saturn trines Neptune but also squares my Sun).

 
7.
Togi
Togi

Scorpio in the 12th and Neptune conjunct my Scorpio ascendant. I desperately try to imagine good things and daydreams because it helps me cope with my psychological struggles and intense emotions.

 
8.
wyrdling
wyrdling

uhm, i try to rattle my head by adjusting my perspective, if that’s what you mean.

finding the silver lining helps keep me from panicking, too.

 


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