Dina writes on the Love Tips blog:

“I would say the complementing is a lot of verbiage. There are more physical/tender ways to show things. Even physical proximity when watching a movie or something.”

Dina – that’s interesting. People with Venus in Gemini are probably going to love you with verbiage. I have Venus in Leo, so grand displays of affection – here they come. What about you?

How do you love? Where is your Venus and how is it aspected?

I like this idea of people sharing their wisdom and experience the way they did on the Love Tips blog. Let’s call it a Jupiter conjunct Pluto in Sagittarius thing (the collective shares their perspective or philosophy) so here’s another query.

What if there is no good option?

I find this situation with my son a lot. Most of you know he has a Sun Saturn conjunction which I feel indicates a difficult childhood. And though I try mightily in my son’s case this has definitely manifested.

I frequently find myself having to make decisions that impact him being fully aware he is going to be hosed regardless of what I do. I think of that old song… “Clowns to the left of my, jokers to the right…” It is sort of like die by knife or die by gun? Ultimately what difference does this make? So how do you handle something like this?

What do you do if all choice suck?

I have mentioned John Gottman’s work last year on this blog: Mathematics Of Marriage and Composite Charts – Predicting Divorce
Gottman studied couples as they interacted and became able to predict which ones would divorce with starling accuracy, something like 95%! Continue reading Love Tips: Your Ideas On How To Keep Love Once You Find It

This is hysterical. Er… Structure (Saturn) and perfect your communication (Virgo) to be more appealing.

On writing personal ads, from the TimesOnline:

Formula for a perfect match

“..Actually, your choice of words may not matter as much as you think. And it probably doesn’t matter as much as the magic 70:30 rule. If your ad doesn’t conform to it – with 70 per cent of the ad describing you, and 30 per cent describing your ideal soul-mate – then your doormat is unlikely to be crushed under the weight of replies. Too much about yourself and you risk looking royally self-centered; too little and Guinevere will think that you’re shifty…“ Read the rest…

On speed-dating technique from BBC News:

Study finds ‘best chat-up lines

“…The most successful lines were ones which were impossible to answer with a simple yes or no, such as ‘What’s your favourite pizza topping?’ and ‘Who would you be if you were going on Stars In Their Eyes?’.

Professor Wiseman said at the other end of the spectrum, the worst chat-up lines included ‘I have a PhD in computing’ and ‘My best friend’s a helicopter pilot’. “ Read the rest…

Anyone else got a tip on how to be successful in these environments?

Regarding the Venus Neptune opposition in the sky I was chatting with Pisces, satori last night and she came off with such a widely applicable and quintessential line, it’s got to make my blog. She was talking about how she runs her business and other people’s attempts to control or manipulate her…

“Well they have nothing to say about it,” she said.

“What do they do when you tell them that?”

“I don’t tell them that. I just keep going and try to ignore them. It’s up to them to figure out what reality is.”

“That they have nothing to say about how you run your life? No sense telling them?”

“Yeah. They can figure it out reality or not. I could care less. Fact is, they have nothing to say about it and I don’t care if they know it or not.”

Ha ha ha.

Now I know we have a lot of hairdressers that read so this one is for you:

Astrology: Cutting Your Hair By The Phases Of The Moon by Karen Marie Shelton with Danielle Dupre

“… I personally have spent over 20+ years experimenting with the moon and recording the results. I have no doubt in my mind that using the phases of the Moon for growing your hair works. I have personally used the theory and have experienced measurable results…”

Check it out! HairBoutique.com

This is pretty interesting. It’s a study by Cornell University’s Food and Brand lab around people eating habits.

Here’s an example:

Do Descriptive Menu Labels Influence Restaurant Sales and Repatronage?

A six-week controlled cafeteria study found that descriptive menu-item labels increase food sales and improve the attitudes customers have towards both the food and the restaurant. Using descriptive menu labels such as Black Forest Double-Chocolate (vs. chocolate cake) increased sales by 27% and improved attitudes towards the food, attitudes towards the restaurant, and intentions towards repatronage.

It occurs to me a lot of people start a diet this time of year. If you’re one of them, thee findings of this study might give you an edge. Check them out!

Psychology of Food – Cornell University Tip sheet