Contents:
- HOMOSEXUALY & GAY ASTROLOGY
- LGBTQ ASTROLOGY PLACEMENTS INDITG YOU MIGHT BE GAY (HOMOSEXUALY IN ASTROLOGY)
- ASTROLOGIL COMPATIBILY CHART FOR GAY MEN IN NEED OF HOPE ;)
- GAY ASTROLOGY
- CAN YOU TELL IF SOMEONE IS GAY OR STRAIGHT WH ASTROLOGY?
- QUEER ASTROLOGY: WHY LGBTQ PEOPLE SEEK ANSWERS THE STARS“ASTROLOGY OFFERS A TOTALLY NON-NOMATNAL AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL METHOD OF NNECTG TO THE DIVE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY NADE SANTOROJANUARY 3, 2019/10:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4730PX;WIDTH:3655PX;}GETTYBRABY NADE SANTOROJANUARY 3, 2019 / 10:05 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"QUEER ASTROLOGY: WHY LGBTQ PEOPLE SEEK ANSWERS THE STARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-01-03T15:05:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-01-03T15:05:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NADE SANTORO","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASTROLOGY IS HAVG S MOMENT. THE STUDY OF THE STARS HAS E A LONG WAY OM S REPUTATN AS GENERIC TABLOID ADVICE, ENSURG YOU THAT Y, TS, YOU WILL FD LOVE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE HOROSP HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A POPULAR PASTIME, THERE’S NEVER BEEN AS MUCH TERT THE -PTH ASPECTS OF ASTROLOGY AS THERE IS NOW; GOOGLE ANALYTICS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SHOW ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 50% AND 65% CREASE SEARCH FOR TERMS LIKE “BIRTH CHART” “ASTROLOGY HO,” AND “RISG SIGN.” THE IA THAT PLAARY MOVEMENTS IMPACT OUR LIV HAS TRICKLED TO THE MASTREAM—AND ’S ALSO TAKEN ROOT LGBTQ CULTURE. THE NNECTN BETWEEN GAY INTY AND ASTROLOGY HAS BEE SO STRONG THAT ASTROPOETS, A TWTER ACUNT WH OVER 400,000 FOLLOWERS, EQUENTLY TWEETS THGS LIKE “THE MOON IS A GAY IN” AND “ALL SIGNS ARE A LTLE (AND A LOT) GAY DUH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHY DO SO MANY LGBTQ FOLKS TAKE TERT ASTROLOGY? A BASELE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ZODIAC HAS BEE ALMOST A PREREQUISE FOR ENGAGG VAR QUEER SOCIAL SCEN. LDSEY FST, A LBIAN, ADMTED THAT SHE IALLY GOT TO ASTROLOGY JT TO HAVE A POT OF NVERSATN GAY SPAC. “IT’S AN ASSUMED MON GROUND,” SHE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “I RECENTLY WENT TO A ‘QUEER FUNCTN’ AND WAS ASKED MY SIGN WH 15 MUT.” BUT BEYOND MAKG SMALL TALK AT A PARTY, WHAT’S THE APPEAL OF ASTROLOGY FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE? WHY ARE WE SO DRAWN TO THE STARS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JSI LANYADOO, A PROFSNAL ASTROLOGER WHO INTIFI AS QUEER, HAS NOTICED THAT ASTROLOGY IS “WILY ACCEPTED QUEER CULTURE, MUCH MORE THAN CIS, STRAIGHT CULTURE… THOUGH WHEN TO MATTERS OF THE HEART, WE ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.” JSI SAYS THAT PEOPLE TURN TO ASTROLOGY “BEE THEY WANT HELP, SIGHT, AND A SENSE OF MEANG,” SOMETHG THAT MANY STRAIGHT CIS PEOPLE FD THROUGH OTHER VENU, SUCH AS ANIZED RELIGN. “TOO OFTEN QUEER PEOPLE ARE REJECTED BY THEIR FAI AND THE RELIG STUTNS THAT THEY GREW UP ,” JSI NTU. “ASTROLOGY OFFERS A TOTALLY NON-NOMATNAL AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL METHOD OF NNECTG TO THE DIVE, AND FOR HAVG A SENSE OF NNECTN AND MEANG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SPIRUAL VALUE OF ASTROLOGY ISN’T LOST ON THOSE WH EVEN A SUAL TERT . LDSEY NOTED THAT ASTROLOGY “NNECTS SELF NOT TO A SPECIFIC Y, BUT TO THE UNIVERSE, SO THERE’S NO CHANCE OF JUDGMENT.” SHE WENT ON: “I'M RELIG, SO I’M JT GUSG, BUT SEEMS TO ME LIKE ASTROLOGY GETS TO A LOT OF THE SAME QUTNS THAT ANIZED RELIGN ANSWERS. IT JT DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR THE PA THAT ANIZED RELIGN OFTEN .”SCIENCE MMUNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 07: BOOK: A HANDBOOK AND ATLAS OF ASTRONOMY; W. PECK, F.R.A.S. DIGNED AS A PLETE GUI TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEAVENLY BODI; AND AS AN AID TO THOSE POSSSG TELP. GALL AND INGLIS. PLATE 3: THE POSN OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POSN OF THE NSTELLATNS 14,700 YEARS AGO OM A HANDBOOK AND ATLAS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIP THOMAS MALONE, A TRANSMASCULE PERSON, ECHOED LDSEY’S SENTIMENTS. HE THKS OF ASTROLOGY AS “A WAY TO HAVE SPIRUAL BELIEFS WHOUT ANY OF THE UAL DOGMA AND NSERVATISM” OFTEN PRENT RELIGN. “THERE AREN’T REALLY ANY L OR BARRIERS TO ASTROLOGY,” HE SAYS. IT’S A SPIRUAL MOL STARK NTRAST TO THE HIERARCHIL MOLS OF FAH MANY OF WERE RAISED : THERE’S NO GATEKEEPG OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE OFTEN ST OUT OM ANIZED RELIGN AND OTHER MUNI CENTERED ON MEANG-MAKG, ’S NO WONR THAT WE TURN TO THE SMIC TO ANIZE OUR LIV. IT’S MORE THAN JT A SPIRUAL OUTLET—’S A MEANS TO MAKE SENSE OF OUR INTI. WE’RE TERTED SELF-TERROGATN, AND WE’VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF ; UNLIKE MANY OF OUR STRAIGHT AND CISGENR PEERS, WE DIDN’T HAVE THE LUXURY OF GROWG UP UNCRIL OF OUR BEHAVRS AND SIR, OF THE WAY WE WERE PERCEIVED BY OTHERS. COMG TO OURSELV OFTEN MEANT SPERATELY TRYG TO DISGUISE OR REPRS OUR OTHERNS, ALL THE WHILE ASKG: WHY AM I LIKE THIS? WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY? WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME? WE GREW ED TO ASKG THE QUTNS—AND ASTROLOGY HAS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASTROLOGY, HOWEVER, IS MORE THAN A TOOL FOR PERSONAL REVELATN: ’S A WAY TO RELATE TO OTHER PEOPLE, TO ANNOUNCE WHO WE ARE TO THE WORLD. “I THK THAT AS LGBT PEOPLE, WE’VE OFTEN SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIV SEARCHG FOR WORDS AND MUNI TO FE OURSELV AND OUR EXPERIENC,” CAMERON, A GAY TRANS MAN, REFLECTS. HE BELIEV THAT ASTROLOGY, LIKE INTY LABELS, N SATISFY OUR SIR TO BE SEEN AND UNRSTOOD BY THOSE WHO SHARE “OUR FEELGS, OUR TRAS, AND OUR EXPERIENC.”JULIA AUGTWH WRTEN NAM. HAND DRAWN RATIVE WATER LOR GRADIENT DRAWG ON WHE BACKGROUND, CUT OUT. BANNERS, CLIP ART, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASTROLOGY ALLOWS TO BUILD MUNY AROUND SAMENS—AND DIFFERENCE. IT ENABL TO DISVER OURSELV, TO CLARE WHO WE ARE, TO FD OUR PEOPLE. TO FEEL A LTLE MORE SECURE AND A LTLE LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR MAYBE ’S NOT THAT EP. MAYBE WE LOVE ASTROLOGY BEE ’S FUN, BEE ’S THE PERFECT VEHICLE TO THROW SHA AT OUR CHRONILLY FLAKY WORKER (“UGH, HE’S SUCH AN AQUARI”) OR BLAME OUR FAY TROUBL ON SOMETHG LS PRSG ON PREJUDICE (“MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT MY TRANSN IS ‘JT REALLY TAKG A TOLL’ ON HER—BUT ULD I EXPECT ANYTHG LS SELF-ABSORBED OM A PISC?”). MAYBE ’S BEE QUEERNS HAS ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE STRANGE, THE MAGIL, THE UNTERCULTURAL. MAYBE ’S BEE WE WANT TO BELIEVE PRESTATN, THAT WE ARE BORN THIS WAY, THAT OUR BODI ARE WOVEN WH STARDT. BUT NO MATTER WHAT, THIS MUCH IS CLEAR: THERE’S POWER AND MAGIC THE LANGUAGE WE E TO CLAIM WHO WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
HOMOSEXUALY & GAY ASTROLOGY
I was recently asked wherever astrologers believe homosexualy uld be reprented wh an dividuals natal chart?, and found to be a very tertg qutn that got me thkg; pecially relatn to our ials of genr, generalisatns and an active search for e and ditors of such a a path of sexual orientatn - I feel that is about time that I at least st a sual eye on the subject self. (In reflectn this is anythg but sual, a b long, wdg and badly eded so I suggt that if you are up for you grab yourself a nice cuppa) In begng this blog entry I feel that I uld simply change the tle to homophobic astrology as seems would better reprent some of the works on morn astrology, that are sadly by and large eher very homophobic or credibly unr rmed on the realy of beg gay. Of urse homosexualy and beg gay self is far more than jt a sexual orientatn but sadly our current rctive Virgoan society mands that dividuals sexually polarise and intify themselv as eher homosexual or heterosexual, stead of beg somewhere between or beyond a fixative label of orientatn.
LGBTQ ASTROLOGY PLACEMENTS INDITG YOU MIGHT BE GAY (HOMOSEXUALY IN ASTROLOGY)
I first began my path wh astrology and beg gay myself I undoubtedly like many other gay neophyte astrologers out there rearched the topic, immediately I was stck by a number of problems: aquacy of material available astrology on same sex relatnships or ed on any aspect of homosexualy astrologil lerature. Sadly is clear om his work that he assumed (as many astrologers and most of the general public still do) that homosexualy was a nrosis and astrologilly lked wh Uran hard aspects to the ner plas. It is tertg to note that one person he selected was Edward the 8th later De of Wdsor) ltle astrologers have wrten to date about homosexualy merely to my ey unrl the still wily held notn that homosexualy is a nrosis, a parture om the "norm" and hence n be tected the astrologil none of them have ever as far as I am aware backed this up wh sound empiril evince.
The followg quot taken om an article by Peter Clamp which n also be found some current astrologil texts (that are currently wily available) are among some that I believe will support my view:Derek and Julia Parker state that aspects between the Sun/Moon and Uran "…are often prent the charts of homosexuals of both sex. Francis Sakoian and Louis S Acker The Astrologers Handbook (which is a very popular paperback published by Pengu Books sce way back 1974) has associate the hard aspects of Ven/Neptune and Mars/Neptune wh homosexual exprsn. "Whout pickg too much at the sually typed words of others (hec, who among haven't said anythg easily terpreted the ntrary sence was meant wh) I uldn't help but notice the proximy of the words "bcheri" and "homosexuals", a clear implitn that homosexualy is a fe moral Ven opposn Neptune the suatn is worse: "There is danger of practicg or beg the victim of subtle sexual sctn.
ASTROLOGIL COMPATIBILY CHART FOR GAY MEN IN NEED OF HOPE ;)
In some rpects easy aspects n be as troublome as hard on as they lack the tensn required for acplishment and/or a later book Arroyo's, Relatnships and Life Cycl, the suatn which astrologil elements seem to support homophobia do not seem to of improved: "There's often a certa ldns (about Ven/Uran aspects), Uran is always somewhat impersonal, and that, htg Ven, giv a kd of impersonal tge to their attu toward emotnal and sexual behavur. You're apt to fd this maniftatn of this terchange que often, pecially women who go through lots of partners or who have gotten to homosexualy, although, aga, the vast majory wh Ven/Uran aspects are not practicg homosexuals. "Here Arroyo, like some other psychologil astrologers, lks ldns, impersonaly and promiscuy wh beg homosexual wh not a shred of evince for this nnectn, rercg the hoary, unsubstantiated old clich and myths about gay and lbian people, and panrg to the homophobic llective shadow.
GAY ASTROLOGY
He stat that: "Homosexual or bisexual clatns are not unmon; and even those who don't act out all their urg, there is often an tense emotnal rentment towards eher the person's own sex or towards those of the oppose sex.
The person eventually has to stand alone and mt start the often paful procs of formg a relatnship wh herself or himself whilst learng to let go of the "other" very faiar scenar transcends genr and sexual orientatn and there is no jtifitn, apart om perhaps a vert need to rerce an tolerant, heterosexist posn and one's own agile sense of normalcy, to brg mt also be stated though to his cred that Arroyo do add: "… not all gay people have Mars/Uran aspects motivatg them.
CAN YOU TELL IF SOMEONE IS GAY OR STRAIGHT WH ASTROLOGY?
He found that all existg theori on the astrologil ditors of homosexualy fail to f all or even the majory of tratn seems he rorted to the Hdu "namvamsa" chart, which seems to be based on the 9th Harmonic (40 gree aspects) and claims to have disvered some signifint rults. Wh gay men, van Dam found difficult aspects between the Moon and Saturn eher the natal or namvamsa chart to be very mon, fact he claims ¾ of also njunctns between the 9th harmonic chart and the natal 12th harmonic chart wh regard to the Moon, Saturn and the "bilatg": hoe cps 6 and 12. Addnally, if there is a homosexual signature the chart, has to follow that there mt also be a heterosexual signature agast which n be Lundsted, her book, Astrologil Insights Into Personaly, has ltle doubt that homosexualy n be diagnosed om the chart.
She associat the hard aspects between the Moon and Ven wh female homosexualy but prents no real evince to back her the Moon/Ven njunctn, she stat: "…if the rt of the chart agre, this aspect may dite a homosexual female. There is this mythil que prejudicial perceptn that not only do homosexual men and women lead a eer and ls onero liftyle pared wh married people, they are liberately avoidg havg children by beg gay or lbian.
QUEER ASTROLOGY: WHY LGBTQ PEOPLE SEEK ANSWERS THE STARS“ASTROLOGY OFFERS A TOTALLY NON-NOMATNAL AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL METHOD OF NNECTG TO THE DIVE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY NADE SANTOROJANUARY 3, 2019/10:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4730PX;WIDTH:3655PX;}GETTYBRABY NADE SANTOROJANUARY 3, 2019 / 10:05 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"QUEER ASTROLOGY: WHY LGBTQ PEOPLE SEEK ANSWERS THE STARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-01-03T15:05:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-01-03T15:05:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NADE SANTORO","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASTROLOGY IS HAVG S MOMENT. THE STUDY OF THE STARS HAS E A LONG WAY OM S REPUTATN AS GENERIC TABLOID ADVICE, ENSURG YOU THAT Y, TS, YOU WILL FD LOVE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE HOROSP HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A POPULAR PASTIME, THERE’S NEVER BEEN AS MUCH TERT THE -PTH ASPECTS OF ASTROLOGY AS THERE IS NOW; GOOGLE ANALYTICS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SHOW ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 50% AND 65% CREASE SEARCH FOR TERMS LIKE “BIRTH CHART” “ASTROLOGY HO,” AND “RISG SIGN.” THE IA THAT PLAARY MOVEMENTS IMPACT OUR LIV HAS TRICKLED TO THE MASTREAM—AND ’S ALSO TAKEN ROOT LGBTQ CULTURE. THE NNECTN BETWEEN GAY INTY AND ASTROLOGY HAS BEE SO STRONG THAT ASTROPOETS, A TWTER ACUNT WH OVER 400,000 FOLLOWERS, EQUENTLY TWEETS THGS LIKE “THE MOON IS A GAY IN” AND “ALL SIGNS ARE A LTLE (AND A LOT) GAY DUH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHY DO SO MANY LGBTQ FOLKS TAKE TERT ASTROLOGY? A BASELE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ZODIAC HAS BEE ALMOST A PREREQUISE FOR ENGAGG VAR QUEER SOCIAL SCEN. LDSEY FST, A LBIAN, ADMTED THAT SHE IALLY GOT TO ASTROLOGY JT TO HAVE A POT OF NVERSATN GAY SPAC. “IT’S AN ASSUMED MON GROUND,” SHE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “I RECENTLY WENT TO A ‘QUEER FUNCTN’ AND WAS ASKED MY SIGN WH 15 MUT.” BUT BEYOND MAKG SMALL TALK AT A PARTY, WHAT’S THE APPEAL OF ASTROLOGY FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE? WHY ARE WE SO DRAWN TO THE STARS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JSI LANYADOO, A PROFSNAL ASTROLOGER WHO INTIFI AS QUEER, HAS NOTICED THAT ASTROLOGY IS “WILY ACCEPTED QUEER CULTURE, MUCH MORE THAN CIS, STRAIGHT CULTURE… THOUGH WHEN TO MATTERS OF THE HEART, WE ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.” JSI SAYS THAT PEOPLE TURN TO ASTROLOGY “BEE THEY WANT HELP, SIGHT, AND A SENSE OF MEANG,” SOMETHG THAT MANY STRAIGHT CIS PEOPLE FD THROUGH OTHER VENU, SUCH AS ANIZED RELIGN. “TOO OFTEN QUEER PEOPLE ARE REJECTED BY THEIR FAI AND THE RELIG STUTNS THAT THEY GREW UP ,” JSI NTU. “ASTROLOGY OFFERS A TOTALLY NON-NOMATNAL AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL METHOD OF NNECTG TO THE DIVE, AND FOR HAVG A SENSE OF NNECTN AND MEANG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SPIRUAL VALUE OF ASTROLOGY ISN’T LOST ON THOSE WH EVEN A SUAL TERT . LDSEY NOTED THAT ASTROLOGY “NNECTS SELF NOT TO A SPECIFIC Y, BUT TO THE UNIVERSE, SO THERE’S NO CHANCE OF JUDGMENT.” SHE WENT ON: “I'M RELIG, SO I’M JT GUSG, BUT SEEMS TO ME LIKE ASTROLOGY GETS TO A LOT OF THE SAME QUTNS THAT ANIZED RELIGN ANSWERS. IT JT DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR THE PA THAT ANIZED RELIGN OFTEN .”SCIENCE MMUNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 07: BOOK: A HANDBOOK AND ATLAS OF ASTRONOMY; W. PECK, F.R.A.S. DIGNED AS A PLETE GUI TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEAVENLY BODI; AND AS AN AID TO THOSE POSSSG TELP. GALL AND INGLIS. PLATE 3: THE POSN OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POSN OF THE NSTELLATNS 14,700 YEARS AGO OM A HANDBOOK AND ATLAS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIP THOMAS MALONE, A TRANSMASCULE PERSON, ECHOED LDSEY’S SENTIMENTS. HE THKS OF ASTROLOGY AS “A WAY TO HAVE SPIRUAL BELIEFS WHOUT ANY OF THE UAL DOGMA AND NSERVATISM” OFTEN PRENT RELIGN. “THERE AREN’T REALLY ANY L OR BARRIERS TO ASTROLOGY,” HE SAYS. IT’S A SPIRUAL MOL STARK NTRAST TO THE HIERARCHIL MOLS OF FAH MANY OF WERE RAISED : THERE’S NO GATEKEEPG OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE OFTEN ST OUT OM ANIZED RELIGN AND OTHER MUNI CENTERED ON MEANG-MAKG, ’S NO WONR THAT WE TURN TO THE SMIC TO ANIZE OUR LIV. IT’S MORE THAN JT A SPIRUAL OUTLET—’S A MEANS TO MAKE SENSE OF OUR INTI. WE’RE TERTED SELF-TERROGATN, AND WE’VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF ; UNLIKE MANY OF OUR STRAIGHT AND CISGENR PEERS, WE DIDN’T HAVE THE LUXURY OF GROWG UP UNCRIL OF OUR BEHAVRS AND SIR, OF THE WAY WE WERE PERCEIVED BY OTHERS. COMG TO OURSELV OFTEN MEANT SPERATELY TRYG TO DISGUISE OR REPRS OUR OTHERNS, ALL THE WHILE ASKG: WHY AM I LIKE THIS? WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY? WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME? WE GREW ED TO ASKG THE QUTNS—AND ASTROLOGY HAS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASTROLOGY, HOWEVER, IS MORE THAN A TOOL FOR PERSONAL REVELATN: ’S A WAY TO RELATE TO OTHER PEOPLE, TO ANNOUNCE WHO WE ARE TO THE WORLD. “I THK THAT AS LGBT PEOPLE, WE’VE OFTEN SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIV SEARCHG FOR WORDS AND MUNI TO FE OURSELV AND OUR EXPERIENC,” CAMERON, A GAY TRANS MAN, REFLECTS. HE BELIEV THAT ASTROLOGY, LIKE INTY LABELS, N SATISFY OUR SIR TO BE SEEN AND UNRSTOOD BY THOSE WHO SHARE “OUR FEELGS, OUR TRAS, AND OUR EXPERIENC.”JULIA AUGTWH WRTEN NAM. HAND DRAWN RATIVE WATER LOR GRADIENT DRAWG ON WHE BACKGROUND, CUT OUT. BANNERS, CLIP ART, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASTROLOGY ALLOWS TO BUILD MUNY AROUND SAMENS—AND DIFFERENCE. IT ENABL TO DISVER OURSELV, TO CLARE WHO WE ARE, TO FD OUR PEOPLE. TO FEEL A LTLE MORE SECURE AND A LTLE LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR MAYBE ’S NOT THAT EP. MAYBE WE LOVE ASTROLOGY BEE ’S FUN, BEE ’S THE PERFECT VEHICLE TO THROW SHA AT OUR CHRONILLY FLAKY WORKER (“UGH, HE’S SUCH AN AQUARI”) OR BLAME OUR FAY TROUBL ON SOMETHG LS PRSG ON PREJUDICE (“MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT MY TRANSN IS ‘JT REALLY TAKG A TOLL’ ON HER—BUT ULD I EXPECT ANYTHG LS SELF-ABSORBED OM A PISC?”). MAYBE ’S BEE QUEERNS HAS ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE STRANGE, THE MAGIL, THE UNTERCULTURAL. MAYBE ’S BEE WE WANT TO BELIEVE PRESTATN, THAT WE ARE BORN THIS WAY, THAT OUR BODI ARE WOVEN WH STARDT. BUT NO MATTER WHAT, THIS MUCH IS CLEAR: THERE’S POWER AND MAGIC THE LANGUAGE WE E TO CLAIM WHO WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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