Hey Baby, What's Your Sign?

[CherylNYC]

Originally Posted by The JD

Totally makes sense! Years ago, an astrologer told me that women grow into their sun signs, that we're more like our moon signs in childhood through our 30s, but are more like our sun signs after 40....

This is funny for me because I'm a triple Leo. My sun, moon and rising signs are all Leo, plus there are apparently many other signs in Leo or another fire sign. If the above is true, I have no transitions to look forward to, I suppose. Within the first five minutes of meeting me for the first time, people who are interested in astrology will pat my hand in a conspiratorial way and ask, "You're a Leo, right?"

People often get big eyes when they hear that I'm a triple Leo, and I've had some very strange reactions when astrologers see my chart. I know nothing at all about astrology except for what others have told me about my own chart.

[Gayandgray]

Well I always thought I was a Cancer (June 21) but some horoscopes say Gemini...... Then I read something about being born "on the cusp" and having a little bit of both Cancer and Gemini, then another article said there is no such thing as a cusp, so I'm really not sure what my sign really is? V. I love astrology but don't quite understand it.

[The JD]

Originally Posted by Gayandgray

Well I always thought I was a Cancer (June 21) but some horoscopes say Gemini...... Then I read something about being born "on the cusp" and having a little bit of both Cancer and Gemini, then another article said there is no such thing as a cusp, so I'm really not sure what my sign really is? V. I love astrology but don't quite understand it.

An exact birth time will settle the question about which sign the sun was in when you were born, astronomically speaking. But you're right, there are a lot of different takes on the importance of cusps. My own take is that you can go with Cancer. I envision the planets like flashlights, shining ahead into where they're moving. So even if it's barely still in Gemini, you're already picking up a lot of Cancer energy. Imagine standing at the doorway of a dark room (Gemini) and shining a flashlight into the next room (Cancer). You're not yet in that room, but it's illuminated more than the room you're in. That's how I see cusp energy.

Also, that cusp energy doesn't work from next sign to previous sign. That is, people born the day after the cusp aren't tapped into the energy of the previous sign (well, unless something else is going on in that sign). The flashlight doesn't point backwards.

At least that's my take.

[Mel C.]

Libra Sun, Capricorn moon (I had to look it up online lol). I don't know much else about Astrology, but find it interesting.

[cricket26]

aries ...sun aries...moon gemini...rising leo

fire signs and an air sign...

[Bubala]

[CherylNYC]

Originally Posted by The JD

An exact birth time will settle the question about which sign the sun was in when you were born, astronomically speaking. But you're right, there are a lot of different takes on the importance of cusps. My own take is that you can go with Cancer. I envision the planets like flashlights, shining ahead into where they're moving. So even if it's barely still in Gemini, you're already picking up a lot of Cancer energy. Imagine standing at the doorway of a dark room (Gemini) and shining a flashlight into the next room (Cancer). You're not yet in that room, but it's illuminated more than the room you're in. That's how I see cusp energy.

Also, that cusp energy doesn't work from next sign to previous sign. That is, people born the day after the cusp aren't tapped into the energy of the previous sign (well, unless something else is going on in that sign). The flashlight doesn't point backwards.

At least that's my take.

That's the first time I've ever heard a description of 'cusp' that seems meaningful to me.