At Least They're Committed

Oooh! An astrological chart about me! Only me! This one takes into consideration not only my sign, but the day, time, location and year of my birth. I am a typical Libra, this I already knew. I’m accustomed to hearing how I like and promote harmony, I tend to weigh things carefully before coming down strong for one side or the other, what a wonderful friend I am, blah, blah, blah. This one is pretty extensive though and offered the good and the bad of ‘me.’ A few highlights that I rather enjoyed:

• She has a great need to be part of a group. She likes to mix with people and looks for partnerships. She likes and respects justice. She approves of society’s values and she is level-headed and assimilates quickly.
• She invests much of her pride and energy into her personal and private life: home and family. Privacy is important to her and she is naturally protective of her family, including her heritage, and her personal life.
• She is extremely observant and astute, always reading between the lines and looking for the real meaning behind things. Passionate in speech, excellent in strategy. Natural psychologist.
• Her sense of humor is silly and a bit odd. She is a perceptive soul who seems to be in touch with all the nuances and subtleties of human nature. This comes through in a receptive manner rather than being “the life of the party.” It’s generally pretty easy to get her giggling. (Ya think?)

Still, I rather like the negatives. Let’s take a look:

• In theory, Libras are peace-loving. In practice, they can quietly stir up all sorts of trouble.” Um, yeeeeaaah. I don’t mean to. Sometimes I get caught off guard and sometimes I don’t lie quickly enough and sometimes I think people need to know things and so I tell them and all hell breaks loose or I’m nice to people and then they totally don’t react appropriately, like my second-to-the-last stalker, and people end up getting fired and stuff. I try not to think of it as stirring up trouble. I’d rather think of it as being a necessary evil.
• She fears loss of control of emotional and domestic matters and fears change. At the same time, she attracts change and disruptions. The love life or marital life may be riddled with jealousy and possessiveness because she attracts intense partners. NOTE: I don’t get jealous. People around me do.
• She is a little hard on herself but, above all, on others whose capacity for action is not as great. Agreed. Something I can work on or at least let go. I think I’ll put that on my yearly review!
• A dilettante in love. OK, looked up dilettante to make sure I had the correct meaning and started to laugh. “A person who takes up an activity or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.” So, what, like, that’s not a desirable trait? You mean, all these people weren’t put on this Earth to amuse me? Well, how about that. I’m, I’m aghast! As I recently emailed a gal I’ve never met who has been contacting me on Facebook because she’s in love with a friend of mine who doesn’t love her back, “Men are like buses, another one comes along every 10 minutes.”

And in closing, on a more serious note, this one hit home in ways that made me uncomfortable. It’s not positive or negative, it’s just sad: “She takes failures and minor setbacks to heart and may even practically beat herself up over them. Self-awareness to the point of self-consciousness. The truth is, nobody holds a microscope over her except herself. A little setback or faux pas need not be analyzed to death.” If only, if only . . .