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We’re finally moving on from Halloween around here. I know, I know. It’s been a pretty wild ride that made my blog a little NSFW. But the time has come to move on…sadly. All I can say is, I hope your Halloween involved women wearing nothing but bodypaint and/or plush Dalmation pasties. I know mine did! Anywho, back to business as usual.
Raise your hand if you check your horoscope every morning. I know my hand is up. I also read the horoscope for my wife and best friend…and out loud to my co-worker, so we can talk about what kind of day she’s going to have. Some of us take our astrological signs more seriously than others.
In this episode of the Minority Report, I, along with bloggers Cynthia and Brandi, tackle the concept of dating according to zodiac sign. Do you think sign compatibility is an important component to take into consideration when starting a new relationship or even accepting a date? Two of us think you should, one of us dissents.
Okay fine, I was going to make you watch the video to see, but I’m the one who dissents. I like horoscopes, they are fun and help you have a positive attitude. Like, if my horoscope says something good is going to happen to me today, I get extra excited. Even if I did stumble upon human feces on the way to work this morning, a good horoscope can completely turn my day around. But I don’t think it’s worth it to rule out a potential relationship because of sign incompatibility. That’s taking horoscopes WAY too far.
Watch to find out our reasoning and then join the debate in the comments! (P.s. The audio is low, so turn up da noise turn up da funk on your audio before you press play, as the kids say)
This video originally appeared here: http://bgalife.com/?p=1313
Hmmm.. compatibility is a multifaceted thing, and can take take time to discover, uncover, manifest. Astrological signs are perhaps an interesting place to start — party conversation — but hopefully, never the defining conversation. And besides, it also depends on where you want to be compatible, and for what, and how long you want the compatibility to last. And oh my goddess…. can we talk about labelling? Stereotyping? I’ll have your friend know that some interesting and grounded women just ahppen to be born under the sign of Gemini :-p and are not bipolar. (grrrr). We do however, find that Cancer women can’t keep up. 😉
Well said, FS. Where were you when we were filming this! Haha, you summed up my whole POV in a sentence.
And just FYI, Aries women can totally keep up with Gemini’s. 😉
‘Tis a funny thing that compatibility, and it seems to change over time. I don’t like soap operas, she doesn’t like science fiction, but: life sometimes resembles a soap opera and truth is way stranger than any kind of fiction you can name, so it all gets worked out. perhaps when the timing is right, compatibility of values and compatibility in processing/acceptance of difference seem to matter deeply and help people to navigate the waters, to listen and hear each other.
Aires can indeed keep up — in some things ;-).
… and the thing that many Gemini people do is key too fast … please forgive the keying errors in the earlier comment.
My wife is a libra and loves soap operas! She swayed me to the dark side. It’s good you haven’t fallen into the trap. :-p
i like it. i subscribed to your site.
I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂
does this mean you’re an aries too? 🙂 have you ever had your whole chart done before? oh and librans are *total charmers.* with astrology, i like to look at someone’s sun sign and their moon sign to know more. i’m an aries but my moon sign is pisces so i have a ton of pisces characteristics. i look forward to reading susan miller’s horoscope for aries on the first day of every month. like today!
No, I’m not an Aries, but some of my friends are. I had my chart done a long while ago, but the thing is, my mother does not remember when I was born, only that it was between midnight and 6 a.m. in London, England. I do not typify the sun sign I was born under (Gemini) second quandrant. But astrology is interesting party talk, and people always like to talk about it for some reason.
Pisces Moon sign huh? Another sign of duality and depth, push and pull and intensity. Interesting mix…Aries as a fire sign and Pisces as a water sign. Pisces people, specially women, tend to like the finer things in life ;-). and can be secretive.. which is interesting with Aries. Wow. Interesting mix.
I’m an Aries. I don’t know if I really fit some of the characteristics of my sign. Someone told me what my rising sign was once and that made more sense to me. I married a Libra, I guess she did charm me!
I loved these body paintings… here’s Aries.
First of all, I like your costume pic! I saw some pirate femmes out here at the crazy parade but none of them were as hot as yours. They looked a little….greasier? lol Second of all, you ladies were fun to watch discussing this topic! I’m…torn about this issue. Sometimes I read horoscopes usually if I’m looking for some kind of answer on some issue, and other times I don’t believe it. I guess I’ll only believe it if it’s good! =P I’m a leo and I’ve dated a scorpio, aquarius, and gemini and found that there were qualities in all of those women that I loved and hated. I was pretty much the opposite of aquarius who was a crrrazy one, most intense and deep with the scorpio, and most honest and playful with the gemini. If I were to exclude one from experience, I’d most likely say I wouldn’t want to date another scorpio because like typical scorpio traits, she was too secretive and jealous and only shared her true deep feelings after she made me spill my guts first. Gemini was indecisive and inconsistent at times (which are traits I could def live without) but I also loved how open and exciting she was. I suppose then I wouldn’t completely pass a girl up because of her sign, but I would just proceed with caution. Apparently Leos are most compatible with Aries and Saggs and I have yet to date one of them!
Thanks! I’m glad you liked my costume, I got a lot of wear out of it.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! I love Leos. Fire signs rock out 🙂
Can’t say I really ever gave astrology a second thought. Odd…. since I have a very strong feeling for personal Omens and my intuitive feelings and always take them very seriously.
Anyway… I’m a Capricorn and my sweetie, Carolyn, is a Virgo, so you’d have to tell me if that’s a good thing or not… Hahaha!! Knowing my luck… they are probably the worst mix in the world, although I’ve no experience that’s the case. We get along amazingly well and always have.
Capricorn makes me think of Candy Corn and now I’m hungry. Haha, stories like yours are why I think that in the end judging compatibility by sign is too hardcore.
Candy Corn! Now I’m hungry too!
Candy corn is my fav! I wish it was I’n season all year round.
Rather than rewrite a bunch of stuff I already wrote once, I’ll just share a humor piece I did called, Daily Horoscope, which includes some of what I would say here. I’ve seen too many couples successfully cross the rules of Zodiac compatibility to put too much weight on it, however the compatibility rules are well thought out based on the traits of the different signs, so if those traits apply to you, the rules probably do too.
😦 Did it send my other comment to your spam?