Astrology In Real Life: The Mercurial Collides With Taurus
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I think I am pretty normal but it sure is interesting when someone tells you how they see you and I guess this is one of the reasons people see astrologers. It does give you another perspective… I told a client once that astrology could show you our own butt (except I used the other word).
Now the soldier is keenly observant and the other day he was going on about how he’s the sane one which is probably true in spite of his threats to kill people on a daily basis. He put it like this:
“I ground us, P.” Hard to argue with that, he’s a Taurus. “Yeah, I ground us, I’m the one.”
“Well then what do I do?”
“Oh, you’re like this atom,” he said waving his hand around. “You’re like an atom that bounces around all over the place. You bounce off other atoms that are out there and doings with them. Talk to them I guess and they talk to you.”
“What good does that do?”
“I don’t know.”
I laughed. “You mean I am gathering all this info and spreading it to and fro and you don’t know if it’s helpful. It may be for nothing?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know what you’re doing out there. I don’t know what it means but I know that I am the one who grounds us. What you’re doing…” He waved his hand around to indicate the abstract. “Who knows?”
What function do you serve in this world?
19 Responses to “Astrology In Real Life: The Mercurial Collides With Taurus”
good question.
once i figure out jupiter on the midheaven i’ll get back to you. (my favorite/only unaspected major planet.)
i dunno’ -it kind of seems maybe obvious but i think i’m in denial about it. (thanks neptune nadir squaring my ascendant, maybe.)
Oh yeah. I’m the grounding one around here too. Taurus Asc (plus earth trine to boot). Food , rest or drink anyone?
I help people feel good about themselves. I’m great at energy work, the Universe blessed me with this and I’m thankful for it.
Nothing Capricorn likes me than feeling purposeful!
I believe very strongly that my purpose for being on Earth is to help others
My function: mediator and voice of reason. I settle conflicts, help people solve their problems, drift easily in and out of circles of people and help others get acclimated in new environments. I’m a second-in-command sort; toss me leadership if you want (if you want me to turn into a fascist), but I’m at my best when I’m organizing other people. People land on my doorstep and I get them all sorted out and send them on their way.
Of course, I’m a total mess and can’t do for myself what I can do for other people. Some people are nucleii, and some people are electrons; I am a radionuclide.
Wow…I don’t know that I have a function!! I mean, I must, right? From recent events, I would say that I’m becoming more and more involved in the role of Saturn figure. For instance, even though I am a student as well, you can often find me showing others in my class how to perform certain tasks, or make things look a certain way, etc., etc.. I find this amusing, in a way, b/c I am there to learn, just as they are! But, b/c I have more knowledge, I am often passing it out!! Now, this applies in other areas as well, b/c I tend to draw a lot of young people to me, or people who need some sort of help or counseling. This happens again and again, so I can only assume that this is what I’m good for – this must be my “function”, no? I pass along my knowledge, and if they want it, fine…if they don’t, fine…but it’s out there!! 
well today I think my function is to illustrate the often ignored truth that a microscopic organism, a bug bite, a slip on a banana peel, will kill you just as dead as a motherfucking train.
my function is to be inordinately happy for no apparent reason and to be weirder than most people so they feel more comfortable with their own weirdness.
goddess- I love it! That’s one of my functions too! The problem witn multidimensional functionality is that my virgo sun wants to prioritize this but ny pisces ascendant says, ‘oh fuck it!’
I dunno but my function isn’t working for me. LOL So, I am working very hard to figure out what my REAL function is. I think maybe it is to shut up, nod, and smile rather than say, “oh? Well did you try *fill in the blank with some thing that might actually help*”. :p
goddess, those of us who feel out of step truly appreciate it!
Last weekend I was being silly with a gaggle of my nieces and nephews, all 10 and younger.. and one of ‘em asked if me if I will ever get married. They get confused because I am the single aunt with a house and a job and what? No Husband? Everytime I introduce em to my latest boyfriend their minds start spinning.. They’re all programmed to think marriage, I guess.. so they all started in with the requests– “can I be your ring barrier (yeah, that’s the term he used!)..can I be your flower girl..will you have a party?” And I told em I don’t know if I will ever get married, but I would love it if you please throw me a shower any way and bring lots of gifts! My function in their lives is to show ‘em it’s okay to go against the grain.. I’m the aunt that lets them have skittles for dinner and oreos and for breakfast. Bike rides at midnight optional!
I am glad that the Soldier knows his role in the relationship Elsa. Things might get atomicaly frenzied if it wasn’t for him (according to him that is). I guess that leaves you to explore the unbound molecular future so to speak.
kingsley
I seem to be the great communicator around here. I get people thinking about things and talking with each other. I put people in touch with other people for mutually beneficial dealings. I clear up miscommunications and get people working cooperatively. I’ve often thought I missed a great career as a cruise director.
I’ve been married and divorced twice, but like Maureen I seem to be the one in the family who shows the younger generation that it’s okay to march to one’s own drumbeat. My sons still like to talk with me and my niece and nephews seem eager for my company. I think I have two really good attributes – I like people and I listen well.
This is so cute… and especially how you resisted to say, all of “this” you included, the building blocks are atoms. Yay atomic energy! It is nice being the free radical electron, isn’t it?
oooo, good one, Wintersprite1! I love it.
My function? Seems to be to get things done. People usually come to me when they want to DO something. I get things mooooving
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Oy vey. I’ve never quite heard it stated like that before, but I might be atom-like too…
I’m definitely not the grounding one of the equations I’m in. Though as an earth sign, I have grounding …. “tendencies”
But I’ve been told by more people than I can count – and all in one week – that I’m here to “heal the masses” – that I better prepare for public speaking.
Um. Yikes. Maybe. But not like next week. I’m healing me right now.