Double Virgo
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sihayadesigns7. What's your sign (sun, moon, ascending), and do you feel like it aligns with your personality?
Virgo sun, Aquarius moon, Virgo ascending. Totally fits me. I have a lot of fire signs in my other houses, but the double-Virgo? That's totally me. My double Virgo doesn't manifest itself in an obsessive need to clean, but rather an obsessive need to know where everything is. I do fine in what I call "organized clutter" (ie, my studio), because I know where everything is, but unorganized clutter? Like my husband's dirty socks in the middle of the living room? It drives me NUTS. The other way it manifests is my need to have things I make be just so. Whether it's in jewelry or in my dance costuming or whatever, If one element is imbalanced or sloppy, it will bug me and bug me and bug me until I just have to fix it. I constantly critiquing the things I make.
For me, Colors have to coordinate. Patterns can't be fussy or even the slightest bit clashy-- which is why most of my clothes are solid colors. My synaesthesia adds a different dimension-- the smell of my perfume (or, as I interpret it, the color of my perfume) cannot clash with the color of my clothes. If I don't feel put together when I leave the house, or if I feel like something in my environment clashes, it makes me seriously uncomfortable all day long. I am an incredibly detail-oriented and critical person when it comes to things I take pride in or feel represent me personally, whether it's personal appearance or a dance performance or a piece of jewelry. I focus way too much on my perceived flaws and have a very hard time watching myself on film.
I can never start a series from the middle-- either I start from the beginning so my understanding can be complete, or I don't even bother. I have a hard time with things I can't categorize. I tend to research and consider all options before making any decision involving money. Few things bug me more than inconsistency. And I'm a champion worrywart. But whoo boy, when I need to be productive, I can be productive like nobody's business. I organize and take down lists better than just about anyone.
I also married a Virgo. This sometimes means that at 11pm on Friday nights, we'll look around the living room, find too many things out of place, and go full scale "Virgo freak-out" assault on the place.
As for the Aquarius moon, that makes sense, too. I am a child of the internet age. I thrive in social media. I have a separate extrovert persona that I use to get me through social situations where I need to be "on," (dance gigs, jewelry vending, public speaking)-- otherwise the Virgo ascendant cautiousness takes over, and I have to observe a group or situation from afar for a bit before I feel truly comfortable interacting. My Aquarian moon fuels my need to investigate and find new things to think about. It makes me appreciate creative freedom and the ability to create. And I know that when I give advice, I often seem detached, which can be interpreted as me being insensitive. But it's not insensitivity so much as me trying to be helpful by offering an outside view-- I'm not good at telling people what they want to hear, but I do what I do because I genuinely care and want what's best for them. And sometimes that requires the less fuzzy things to be said.
So, basically, when I look at my chart, it makes PERFECT sense.
8. Most loved ritual tool (with an explanation of the personal symbolism it holds for you).
I don't use tools very often, honestly. I keep a mostly-traditional setup on my altar (chalice, athame, blah blah blah), mostly because I like the symbolism, but when it comes down to it, I don't use tools very often. I use my hands more than anything. As for sentimental value, probably my athame. It was carved from wood by my friend Bridget (who also did an AMAZING pentacle tile for me), and it has my three personal runes carved into the handle. It's a gorgeous work of art. It's the way I direct my energy when I'm not just using my hands.
Aside from that... finished all of my costuming for Saturday's photoshoot. Made pumpkin bread. Cuddled my kitties. Tomorrow's a shop day, and I really wish I stay in my studio tomorrow, but alas. Nothing more to report.
Virgo sun, Aquarius moon, Virgo ascending. Totally fits me. I have a lot of fire signs in my other houses, but the double-Virgo? That's totally me. My double Virgo doesn't manifest itself in an obsessive need to clean, but rather an obsessive need to know where everything is. I do fine in what I call "organized clutter" (ie, my studio), because I know where everything is, but unorganized clutter? Like my husband's dirty socks in the middle of the living room? It drives me NUTS. The other way it manifests is my need to have things I make be just so. Whether it's in jewelry or in my dance costuming or whatever, If one element is imbalanced or sloppy, it will bug me and bug me and bug me until I just have to fix it. I constantly critiquing the things I make.
For me, Colors have to coordinate. Patterns can't be fussy or even the slightest bit clashy-- which is why most of my clothes are solid colors. My synaesthesia adds a different dimension-- the smell of my perfume (or, as I interpret it, the color of my perfume) cannot clash with the color of my clothes. If I don't feel put together when I leave the house, or if I feel like something in my environment clashes, it makes me seriously uncomfortable all day long. I am an incredibly detail-oriented and critical person when it comes to things I take pride in or feel represent me personally, whether it's personal appearance or a dance performance or a piece of jewelry. I focus way too much on my perceived flaws and have a very hard time watching myself on film.
I can never start a series from the middle-- either I start from the beginning so my understanding can be complete, or I don't even bother. I have a hard time with things I can't categorize. I tend to research and consider all options before making any decision involving money. Few things bug me more than inconsistency. And I'm a champion worrywart. But whoo boy, when I need to be productive, I can be productive like nobody's business. I organize and take down lists better than just about anyone.
I also married a Virgo. This sometimes means that at 11pm on Friday nights, we'll look around the living room, find too many things out of place, and go full scale "Virgo freak-out" assault on the place.
As for the Aquarius moon, that makes sense, too. I am a child of the internet age. I thrive in social media. I have a separate extrovert persona that I use to get me through social situations where I need to be "on," (dance gigs, jewelry vending, public speaking)-- otherwise the Virgo ascendant cautiousness takes over, and I have to observe a group or situation from afar for a bit before I feel truly comfortable interacting. My Aquarian moon fuels my need to investigate and find new things to think about. It makes me appreciate creative freedom and the ability to create. And I know that when I give advice, I often seem detached, which can be interpreted as me being insensitive. But it's not insensitivity so much as me trying to be helpful by offering an outside view-- I'm not good at telling people what they want to hear, but I do what I do because I genuinely care and want what's best for them. And sometimes that requires the less fuzzy things to be said.
So, basically, when I look at my chart, it makes PERFECT sense.
8. Most loved ritual tool (with an explanation of the personal symbolism it holds for you).
I don't use tools very often, honestly. I keep a mostly-traditional setup on my altar (chalice, athame, blah blah blah), mostly because I like the symbolism, but when it comes down to it, I don't use tools very often. I use my hands more than anything. As for sentimental value, probably my athame. It was carved from wood by my friend Bridget (who also did an AMAZING pentacle tile for me), and it has my three personal runes carved into the handle. It's a gorgeous work of art. It's the way I direct my energy when I'm not just using my hands.
Aside from that... finished all of my costuming for Saturday's photoshoot. Made pumpkin bread. Cuddled my kitties. Tomorrow's a shop day, and I really wish I stay in my studio tomorrow, but alas. Nothing more to report.
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Date: 2011-10-14 10:59 am (UTC)Mine's mostly musical keys and texture and numbers all having colours (and moods)- makes it GREAT when I'm trying on clothes and the colour of something clashes with the colour of the texture :-/
Does make concerts GREAT when the designers pick the 'right' colour, though... :-)
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Date: 2011-10-14 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-15 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-02 09:14 am (UTC)Speaking of Virgo, I experience it as ruler of my 5th House, which has Sun, Pluto, Mercury and Mars in it... so any creativity I express through these planets is full of Virgo's insintence that all the details are just so and I'll tweak things with great gusto until it feels right and matches my aesthetic taste, which is a sense of soulful beauty and intuition mixed together. I never thought that having a hard time seeing myself on film/photos made my others could be a Virgo trait... I find it admirable when people have a deeper understanding of themselves through astrology, I love it as a language of symbolism and mythology as representation of the cosmic and personal energies within us.