http://www.cainer.com/weekly/scorpiot.html
Think about how hard you have worked. How much effort you have invested. Has it all paid off? Of course not. Nothing we ever do is 100 per cent successful. It's the same with the money we spend. Not every penny can be parted with wisely, no matter how frugal we try to be. We either accept this or we drive ourselves insane in an effort to achieve unattainable perfection. Now, think of an aspiration that you are all but ready to give up on; a campaign that you have lost faith in. Put more energy into your great dream this week, it won't all work out... but some of it will.
http://www.homepagers.com/daily/scorpio.html
You are inclined to be aggressive and hot-tempered now, particularly when your will is blocked. Your pushiness or competitive attitude is likely to create antagonism, hostility, and further resistance to your efforts. It is best to work alone rather than try to cooperate or coordinate your efforts with anyone at this time. Also, you are impatient and tend to behave in an impulsive, irritable way which makes you more prone to accidents during this period.
http://www.astrology.com/horoscopes/scorpio/daily-horoscope/today
You find it harder to get a handle on that idea -- or that one person -- you need to understand. It's a sign that you need to back off for now, as deeper wisdom takes lots more time.
It all sounds pretty specific, but the themes are very generic really. Anyone reading these horoscopes will see some element that resonates with an aspect of their current situation.
What I struggle to dismiss is the personality profiling associated with my own star sign, Scorpio, as it seems to fit me perfectly. My inner scientist writhes in shame to admit this. What hard science could give credible reason why personality traits are determined by the position of the sun in relation to the stars at the moment of birth?
Perhaps it could be more easily argued that the temperature, season, light levels during the last few months of gestation and the first few months after birth might have an effect on personality. The cycle of the seasons seem, on human timescales, as regular and predictable as the motion of the solar system. I've used this seasonal rationalisation as the crutch that supports my vague affinity for Scorpio traits.
There was a headline last week that the wobble in the earth’s rotation (precession) means that the dates when the sun processes in front of the various constellations has changed from when the zodiac was first defined thousands of years ago. Here I am thinking I’m a Scorpio, but apparently I am in fact a Virgo.
Astrologers say this “revelation” is hardly news, and see it as a dig by astronomers at the art of astrology. Our western tradition, called tropical astrology, ignores the shift in the earth’s axis of rotation, since it is based on the configuration of the solar system relative to the Sun, not the remote constellations. The Hindu astrology tradition, sidereal astrology, bases its ideas on the configuration of the earth relative to the sun, the solar system and the constellations, and therefore does incorporate the effects of precession.
In any event, it seems a perfect opportunity to test the Barnum Effect. If I assume that I am a Virgo, will I find things in the personality ascribed to Virgoans that resonate with me? To test this I pulled the following together from http://www.astrology-online.com:
Scorpio | Virgo | |
Tropical Zodiac Dates | October 24 to November 22 | August 23 to September 23 |
Sidereal Zodiac Dates | November 23 to November 29 | September 16 to October 30 |
Traditional Traits | Determined and forceful | Modest and shy |
Emotional and intuitive | Meticulous and reliable | |
Powerful and passionate | Practical and diligent | |
Exciting and magnetic | Intelligent and analytical | |
On the dark side.... | Jealous and resentful | Fussy and a worrier |
Compulsive and obsessive | Overcritical and harsh | |
Secretive and obstinate | Perfectionist and conservative | |
Likes | Truth | Health foods |
Hidden causes | Lists | |
Being involved | Hygiene | |
Work that is meaningful | Order | |
Being persuasive | Wholesomeness | |
Dislikes | Being given only surface data | Hazards to health |
Taken advantage of | Anything sordid | |
Demeaning jobs | Sloppy workers | |
Shallow relationships | Squalor | |
Flattery and flattering | Being uncertain | |
Colours | Dark Red to Maroon | Green and Dark Brown |
The bits highlighted in orange are the pieces that seem to fit. I would say this is a pretty inconclusive result, which only goes to prove the Barnum Effect is indeed in operation.
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