Please explain why you believe in the horoscopes 😛
Well isn't that a SPICY question for an MBTI blog lmao. This will be fun, thanks for the question!
An MBTI Enthusiast's Take on Astrology
DISCLAIMER
This is all of course my opinion, and everyone else is totally entitled to their own on the matter of astrology. I respect everyone's thoughts on it, and I expect the same from everyone else, especially if they disagree with me (which I know a lot of MBTI enthusiasts do). I am not going to argue with anyone about this or try to "prove" its worth to anyone.
My Thoughts
So, yes, I really love astrology in addition to MBTI (and the other personality typologies)! Part of my interest in astrology is definitely inspired by my mom, who has been studying it for many years.
My main reason for loving astrology is because it is so much more detailed and complicated than most laypeople understand.
Most people only know their sun sign which is determined by your birthday and decide that they don't relate to it, so therefore astrology is worthless/meaningless, etc.. There is so much more to understanding astrology and how it impacts everyone that skeptics can be very close-minded about.
Astrology dates back to ancient Mesopotamia (around 3000 BC), so it has been around for a long time! There is some debate about whether or not it is a science or a pseudoscience. Honestly, I don't think it's either. I am a scientist; I work in academic research, so I cannot say that astrology is a hard science because of its lack of quantifiable metrics and abundance of uncontrollable variables that prevent us from performing scientifically sound experiments on its foundational concepts. I suppose it fits into the category of pseudoscience because people mistake its practice as fitting into the scientific method, but I don't really like this classification either, because of astrology's inextricable ties with Roman and Greek mythology. Because of this, I think astrology is much closer to a religion than it is to science of pseudoscience.
It's More Complicated than Most Think
Natal Charts
Every person has a unique astrological chart (aka a natal chart) that is split into 12 sections and displays the locations of all planets from mecury to pluto (not including earth, and yes, pluto isn't a planet, it's a dwarf planet, but it is still orbiting our sun, and therefore included as a meaningful planetary body in astrology), as well as the sun and the moon with respect to which of the 12 zodiac signs the planets are currently transiting through.
Each of these 12 sections is ruled by one of the 12 zodiac signs and is designated one of 12 "houses", that is, specific areas of your life that you experience the human-condition. The house dictates the area of life you are talking about, the zodiac sign dictates the overall themes/outlooks that you experience in this area of life, and the planets you have in the house dictate how you personally navigate these areas of life.
Your natal chart gives you an idea of the types of themes, challenges/obstacles, fortunes, etc. that you'll face in your lifetime in addition to, of course, your personality, also. Because it always comes back to personality with me lmao. In my opinion, because of how many moving parts there are to characterizing a person through their natal chart, I think astrology is actually more nuanced (and complicated) than MBTI. I'm sure that is a hot-take, but that's how I see it.
Mundane Astrology (aka Horoscopes)
The current movement of planets through the astrological signs (and each person's natal houses) can also inform/characterize/describe what types of experiences people can expect to go through in the present day. This is called mundane astrology - it describes your everyday experiences. This is where horoscopes come from! Not all horoscopes are created equal, by the way. There are a lot of poorly written horoscopes that people are unlikely to identify with because the writer does not understand astrology enough (or they are lazy with their interpretations lmao).
Mercury Retrograde
For example, most people are familiar with the concept of mercury going retrograde (which inspired that one joke about how "mercury is in Gatorade" or something like that). Interestingly enough, mercury is retrograde right now at the time of writing this!
Mercury as a Roman god rules over things like communication, processing information, short-distance travel, and routines. When a planet goes retrograde, the significations that they rule over will feel like they are slowing down, becoming less efficient/effective. This makes sense because retrograde is another way of saying that the planet appears to be orbiting backwards in the sky from our perspective (it's not, it's just an optical illusion). During a mercury retrograde, you can expect to experience a lot more miscommunications with people (this also includes slow computers because they have to "communicate" with servers, etc.), car troubles/more accidents, or just other inconvenient wrenches thrown into your plans that disrupt your day-to-day life and routines. This doesn't mean mercury retrograde is the only time these things can happen of course, but they will feel more prevalent and intense during the retrograde.
Conclusions
All of this to say, I love astrology. I am biased because I grew up learning about it from my mom, and it is totally fine with me if other people don't care for it. It is not okay with me when people insult me or others (calling us stupid, etc.) for having an interest in it. Especially because I personally see it most closely to a religion than anything else, and just because I'm not Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., does not mean it is okay for me to call anyone with those beliefs stupid for having them. But, I can't control other people, and nasty people will be nasty whether I like it or not, so the best I can do is not tolerate it.
Hopefully more people will learn to be open to learning about it, even if it's just to have some fun. My blog started with MBTI, but I love so many other systems of characterizing people because it helps me understand and relate to people in fun and unique contexts. I am relatively well-versed with astrology and trying to learn more about other things like the Enneagram and Socionics, so I can post about those too!
But if people really like the astrology stuff, I could up the ante with those types of posts? It really depends on what people want to see!
credit goes to miss rachel hannibalism! https://hannibalism.tumblr.com/post/190237816455/heres-a-collection-of-some-of-my-dumb-hannibal a whole collection of bangers
27. do you have any older lgbt+ people you look up to?
Hmmm yk I *probably* should. I have a pr small nonexistent social circle so no one I can think of irl...and I guess there are celebrities I admire for being out and stuff, but I wouldn’t say I look up to them per say. Maybe Rebecca Sugar? (Even though she’s only a year older than me 😅)
29. who’s your favourite fictional wlw?
Ooo toughie! For some reason the first one that comes to mind is Delphine from Orphan Black - probably because it’s one of the only shows that had the balls to actually say the word ‘bisexual’ out loud. And also probs bc she realized she liked Cosima around the same time I was realizing I wasn’t straight so she holds a special place in my heart :)
