Does anyone consider Zodiac Compatibility when looking for a boyfriend?

[Miles]

And I'm still a Leo. Phew! Guess I'm lucky eh? I'll bet all you folks whose signs have changed can already feel your personalities shifting drastically amirite???

[Genersis]

I am NOT a Leo.
It just doesn't match my personality at all.....:redface:
I'd say Virgo was closer....

[Wintereis]

Yes but they have no idea whatsoever which flap of butterfly wings will cause a hurricane and which will not.

Yes, that is my point exactly. We do not know what the sources of certain observable patterns in our universe are, so patterns often have a chaotic genesis. I am asking you if you can entirely discount such a case in the zodiacal signs? Remember, ancient Europeans thought magnetism was "magic".

[Wintereis]

I'm still a Taurus :tongue:.

Most western nations use the tropical zodiac which is affixed to seasons rather than constellations. It has not changed!

ame Symbol Tropical zodiac
(2011, UTC) Sidereal zodiac
(Jyotisha) (2011, UTC) Name IAU constellation boundaries (2011) Solar stay Brightest star Aries 20 March – 20 April 14 April – 14 May Aries 19 April – 14 May 25.5 days Hamal Taurus 20 April – 21 May 14 May – 14 June Taurus 14 May – 21 June 38.2 days Aldebaran Gemini 21 May – 21 June 14 June – 14 July Gemini 21 June – 21 July 29.3 days Pollux Cancer 21 June – 23 July 14 July – 14 August Cancer 21 July – 11 August 21.1 days Al Tarf Leo 23 July – 23 August 14 August – 13 September Leo 11 August – 17 September 36.9 days Regulus Virgo 23 August – 23 September 13 September – 14 October Virgo 17 September – 31 October 44.5 days Spica Libra 23 September – 23 October 14 October – 13 November Libra 31 October – 21 November 21.1 days Zubeneschamali Scorpio 23 October – 22 November 13 November – 14 December Scorpius 21 November – 30 November 8.4 days Antares Ophiuchus n/a Ophiuchus 30 November – 18 December 18.4 days Rasalhague/ Alpha Ophiuchi Sagittarius 22 November – 22 December 14 December – 13 January Sagittarius 18 December – 21 January 33.6 days Kaus Australis Capricorn 22 December – 20 January 13 January – 12 February Capricornus 21 January – 17 February 27.4 days Deneb Algedi Aquarius 20 January – 19 February 12 February – 14 March Aquarius 17 February – 12 March 23.9 days Sadalsuud Pisces 19 February – 20 March 14 March – 14 April Pisces 12 March – 19 April 37.7 days Eta Piscium

[Wintereis]

CNN) – Tattoo parlor owners must be salivating. An assertion in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article that our understanding of the zodiac is off by about a month – and that therefore people have been identifying themselves with the wrong sign – caught fire on the internet Thursday, and many folks are in an absolute panic on social media. “If my zodiac symbol has been changed to a Libra, what am I supposed to do with my Scorpio tattoo?!?!,” read one tweet Thursday.
Some vowed to get their tats removed. Others groaned about losing the sign with which they’ve identified themselves for years. The zodiac and related terms – including Ophiuchus, said to be a 13th and neglected sign – were trending Twitter topics much of Thursday.
But before astrology fans scrape the ink from their arms because they think they’re now a Virgo instead of a Libra, they should consider this: If they adhered to the tropical zodiac – which, if they’re a Westerner, they probably did – absolutely nothing has changed for them.
That’s worth rephrasing: If you considered yourself a Cancer under the tropical zodiac last week, you’re still a Cancer under the same zodiac this week.
That’s because the tropical zodiac – which is fixed to seasons, and which Western astrology adheres to – differs from the sidereal zodiac – which is fixed to constellations and is followed more in the East, and is the type of zodiac to which the Star Tribune article ultimately refers.
Two zodiacs. That’s nothing new.

“This story is born periodically as if someone has discovered some truth. It’s not news,” said Jeff Jawer, astrologer with Tarot.com.
The hubbub started with Sunday’s Star Tribune article, which said the following: “The ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was ‘in’ on the day a person was born. During the ensuing millenniums, the moon’s gravitational pull has made the Earth ‘wobble’ around its axis, creating about a one-month bump in the stars’ alignment.”
“When [astrologers] say that the sun is in Pisces, it’s really not in Pisces,” Parke Kunkle, a board member of the Minnesota Planetarium Society, told the Star Tribune.
“Indeed,” the article continued, “most horoscope readers who consider themselves Pisces are actually Aquarians.” The article also asserts Scorpio’s window lasts only seven days, and that a 13th constellation, Ophiuchus, used to be counted between Scorpio and Sagittarius but was discarded by the Babylonians because they wanted 12 signs per year.
True enough, Jawer says, the sun doesn’t align with constellations at the same time of year that it did millennia ago. But that’s irrelevant for the tropical zodiac, codified for Western astrology by Ptolemy in the second century, he says.
In the tropical zodiac, the start of Aries is fixed to one equinox, and Libra the other.
“When we look at the astrology used in the Western world, the seasonally based astrology has not changed, was never oriented to the constellations, and stands as … has been stated for two millenniums,” Jawer said.
People who put stock in astrology can ask whether they should adhere to the tropical zodiac or the sidereal zodiac. Jawer argues for the tropical.
“Astrology is geocentric. It relates life on Earth to the Earth’s environment, and seasons are the most dramatic effect, which is why we use the tropical zodiac,” he said.

[fredv3b]

I am asking you if you can entirely discount such a case in the zodiacal signs? Remember, ancient Europeans thought magnetism was "magic".

Yes! If for no other reason than the effects of one magnet is similar to another, whereas as far as I can tell one newspaper's horoscope varies markedly from another's.

[Miles]

I have no problem with horoscopes or with people using them (to a point), though I never understood them...from the ones I've seen they tend to be just really general, vague advice and predictions of likely future occurrences that most people experience at some point in some capacity anyway. What really gets me is the hardcore religious nut types who think horoscopes are evil or occult and they'll draw you away from God; anyone who fears getting "drawn away" from God or their entire religious creed/upbringing because they read too much of some glorified advice column has bigger problems than run-ins with something as insubstantial and harmless as horoscopes.

[Wintereis]

Yes! If for no other reason than the effects of one magnet is similar to another, whereas as far as I can tell one newspaper's horoscope varies markedly from another's.

Yeah, I don't buy the whole horoscope thing either. But people will always try and find a way of predicting the future, but in reference to our past conversation, there are far too many chaotic variables to accurately try and do so on a daily bases. I do still maintain that there can and probably are common precepts to personality types based on certain, unknown cyclonic effects of the earth and other such celestial bodies.

[East]

The best advice I ever ever received has been from an astrologer and I think I have read his columns faithfully for 25-30 years...I love this guy and I credit him with saving my a*s many times over.....even if I considered that astrology might be a bunch of BS which has entered my mind often over the years and I have considered that...I would never diminish the help this guy has given me over the years or marginalize him....I think he is brilliant.

Horoscopes for week of January 13, 2011

ARIES:

What empire are you building, Aries? What master plan are you in the midst of carrying out? As you gaze out upon your realm, are you content with the way it's evolving? Judging from the current astrological omens, I'd say it's an excellent time to ponder questions like those. And if your inventory reveals that you're missing some pieces of the big picture's puzzle, I suggest you set out on a quest to locate them.

TAURUS

In a famous psychology experiment, test subjects watched a video of six people passing basketballs to each other. Their assignment was to count how many passes were thrown and caught by the three people wearing white shirts, while ignoring passes between the three wearing black shirts. But there was a trick embedded in the exercise. Midway through the video, a person wearing a gorilla suit ambled into the scene, thumped his chest, and quickly departed. Half of the test subjects did not notice this intrusion. They were too focused on the task of counting the passes made by the players in white. (Watch it here.) In the coming week, Taurus, I expect that you will experience at least one similar trick. Look for the unexpected.

GEMINI

Astrologer Hunter Reynolds says that when you are at your best, you Geminis specialize in "enlightened impatience." You don't get trapped expressing polite deference in situations that drain your energy. You don't tolerate boring experiences just because they're supposed to be good for you. You'd rather "err on the side of learning-through-too-much-movement" than get bogged down in "principled sluggishness." But while that's how you are when you're at your peak, you can also be susceptible to the dark side of this talent. Sometimes you abort a potential breakthrough by prematurely fleeing a useful but difficult scene. I suspect you may be prone to that kind of behavior right now. My advice: Be skeptical of your escape reflex.

CANCER

In her poem "Heathen," Lesley Wheeler describes a young boy who puts his ear up against his mother's ear "so that the god in your head can talk / to the god in mine." The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to try something similar with people you care for. It's a ripe moment to raise the stakes in your intimate life . . . to get closer than you've dared to get before . . . to retire the familiar stories you and your allies are in the habit of exchanging so that you can tune in to the deeper hum of each other's wilder truths.

LEO

There's a guy on the Internet -- calls himself Tian -- whose mission is to correct Westerners who misunderstand and misuse Chinese characters. Many of the people who write to him for advice are Americans who have come to suspect that the Chinese characters they got tattooed on their flesh don't really mean what they were led to believe. For example, Tian informed one person that a tattoo whose character supposedly says "to learn as much as possible" actually means "empty, hollow, bare, deserted." I offer this up as a cautionary tale, Leo. In the coming days, make sure you're not under a misapprehension about what you're taking on and taking in. Choose only the very best imprints -- and verify that they are what you think they are.

VIRGO

I regard 2011 as an excellent time for you to cultivate your unique talents, some of which may still be latent or undiscovered. With that in mind, consider these thoughts. Ernest Hemingway said a person had to have "the guts of a burglar" to develop his or her talent. Neurologist and author Dr. Alice W. Flaherty believes that the drive to use one's talent is even more important than the amount of raw talent one has. And here's novelist Erica Jong: "Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that 'talent' to the dark place where it leads." P.S. If you do venture into those dark places, you'll eventually uncover ten suns' worth of illumination.

LIBRA

Back in 1962, an American company named Corning created a product that was so revolutionary, no one could figure out how to exploit it in practical ways. It was "Gorilla glass," a glass that's so strong it's almost impossible to break or even scratch. Only recently has it found a commercial application, first in cell phones and other mobile devices and next in a new generation of ultra-thin TV screens. I foresee a comparable development in your immediate future, Libra: some ahead-of-its-time breakthrough you made a while ago that can finally be used to improve your life.

SCORPIO

When I arrived at my acupuncturist's waiting room, there were just two magazines on the table next to my chair: The celebrity rag People Style Weekly and the spiritually oriented Shambala Sun. The first offered articles on "hot new handbags and shoes under $99" and "easy ways to get gorgeous hair, skin, and nails." The second provided a "guide to mindful living," with advice about how to get centered, focused, and relaxed. I thought that was metaphorically similar to the choice you will face in the coming week, Scorpio. It's up to you: Which way do you want to go?

SAGITTARIUS

I can almost categorically guarantee that in 2011 you will have no encounters with fire demons, wart-ridden vampires, two-headed dogs, moaning ghosts, wayward werewolves, or extraterrestrial robots. Nope. You can pretty much go ahead and make plans based on the assumption that you won't have to account for intrusions like that. But I can also assure you that the lack of crazy encounters with unhinged monsters does not mean your life will suffer from blahs or boredom. On the contrary: I think this could be one of your most interesting years in a decade. To prepare yourself, make sure you don't unconsciously equate adventure with chaos; imagine what it would be like to experience mystery and intrigue that uplift you.

CAPRICORN

"Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past," said comedian Lily Tomlin. I recommend that you make this a keynote during the next six months. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you will have the best opportunity you've had in a long time to put some of your unsettling memories to sleep for good. This is your big chance to graduate from old anxieties that can never be resolved. You're finally ready to declare your independence from messy burdens and maddening riddles that have haunted you.

AQUARIUS

If you want to be healed, whether from a physical malady or a psychic wound, there's one prerequisite you have to meet: You have to be willing to learn a lesson that your suffering has invited you to study. I would go so far as to say that no one, no matter how skilled a healer, can help cure you until you have taken that first step. So what teaching is it that you would need to explore in order to transform your distress into wisdom?

PISCES

Are you ready to get the fun surprise you were promised in your dreams? Are you fully prepared to collect the elegant prize you were guaranteed before you were born? I don't think you are -- mostly because you're not thoroughly convinced that you deserve these wonders. From what I can tell, your self-doubts are still more substantial than your self-worth. And as long as that holds true, you will continue to hold your just rewards at bay. So let's make it your project in the next three weeks to elevate your levels of self-worth. It doesn't mean you'll have to completely shed your self-doubts, so don't worry about trying to pull off that impossible project. All you need to do is adjust your self-worth to self-doubt ratio so it's at least 51 percent to 49 percent.

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You don't even need to beleive in astrology to get some good advice now and then from an astrologer :biggrin:

[TimmyThink]