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To not want to be friends with fire signs

319 replies

Lordylord1 · 18/08/2022 22:22

I know if I read this I would probably think I was crazy.
but it’s dawned on me I don’t get on with fire signs! I like them as aquaintences but I always feel let down by them
as im quite deep and emotional and I find fire signs to be about image abs quite hard hearted.

all my failed friendships are with fire sign ladies - have I finally gone cuckoo lol

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djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 13:09

I’ve met people with your individual placements but none together. How fun!!

nice mix!! I bet you come across as super hot and sexy, and a fiery go getter. But have no time for dramatics or cry baby bullshit.
very successful at whatever you do tho. I mean like, super successful at whatever you decide to focus on
and I bet you’re very attractive to people but can also turn people off too. Love or hate type thing.

tho I’m just guessing obviously
altgp I like astrology I don’t believe we are all the same based on tne same things

you can insult my placements too abahaha
im a sag sun, Taurus moon and cancer rising
=cry baby

MiniTheMinx · 19/08/2022 13:14

My best friends have all been Cancer. I always attract the attention of Sagittarians. I can't stand Libra they are very vain.

I neither believe nor disbelieve. I'm not in a position to provide proof since none currently exists. As with anything that requires the suspension of cynicism and adoption of blind faith in the absence of any subjective experience I don't have any opinion.

Dh is I would say a fairly typical saggyarse who is quick to judge and fiery. I would say he likes to think himself a dashing philosophising, half horse half man who is honest, erudite, charming and irresistible. I just see a judgemental quick tempered, opinionated but at least honest person, not unlike my mother who was born under the same sign. Both can cut through a lot a crap with sharp wit, fast opinion and can be blunt to the point of hurtful.

We are very quick to dismiss historic belief systems believing that we are on a teleological journey towards complete knowledge of all that exists through the paradigm of science. If only that were so.....

There are things that science can explain, things it cannot, things it may one day explain and things which will never be explained. And that is probably just as it should be.

LondonQueen · 19/08/2022 13:14

Only me who thought she meant an emergency exit?

MrsMitford3 · 19/08/2022 13:15

Another one here who thought @Lordylord1 was talking about actual signs warning ppl about fire.
Assumed someone was on the cooking sherry...

ClumpingBambooIsALie · 19/08/2022 13:15

IncompleteSenten · 19/08/2022 12:56

How the holy hell does the time of year you were born in any way shape your personality?

On page… 7? I said:

…that free universal education I mentioned may be one of the few causes of genuine personality differences based on birth month. I'm happy to entertain the idea that someone who goes through childhood and adolescence and most of their educational experiences being one of the oldest, furthest-developed kids in a peer group has, on average, a slightly different personality to someone who went through it all as one of the youngest.

and I think that's not an unreasonable hypothesis, though of course it would differ depending on where in the world you went to school and what the year cut-offs and practices around starting school were.

It's also maybe possible that in high-latitude countries like the UK, spending certain parts of your development (e.g. 8–12m or whatever) with particularly long days and warm weather, or particularly short days and cold weather, might have some eventual effect on personality, perhaps via your parents' behaviour (is PND more common at certain times of year?) — though I'd guess effects would be small as children vary a lot as to how old they are when they're developing any particular thing.

I think you'd have to run absolutely massive personality studies, and be careful about things like whether all the participants are in, say, a school system that has a hard age boundary in September, or whether participants live in countries at different latitudes. But I can't see any hard and fast reason why birth month can't correlate with personality traits (on a vast statistical level that you probably wouldn't be able to discern without HARDCORE MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION). I just don't think it can work through stars and other planets doing things.

Gazelda · 19/08/2022 13:21

I love Aries people. In my experience they're always rich, funny, kind, generous, good looking, amazing sexual partners, adventurous, loyal, intelligent and good cooks.

#teamaries

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 19/08/2022 13:31

I'm an Aries, for years I didn't like Aquarius men. Met a few that were real arseholes. I think at least 2 of my 4 sons are Aquarius though so I've changed my mind now 😅

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 19/08/2022 13:34

I've just checked and 3 are aquarius

ddl1 · 19/08/2022 14:01

Yes, I think it is U to take astrology seriously. And rejecting people for their star sign is really just as irrational and prejudiced as rejecting them for their gender, skin colour or nationality; though fortunately it has never been institutionalized in the same way. Like a few PP, I thought at first that you were talking about fire warning notices, and was wondering who was expecting you to be friends with a notice!

theniceunderstandingone · 19/08/2022 14:12

@Gazelda you would be right! Although I think I’m “alright” and not “good looking” 🤣🤣🤣

mamabear715 · 19/08/2022 14:28

I think there's something in it.. my 3 BIG relationships were with Scorpio, Scorpio & Libra. My eldest son is Gemini (the twins) he's either very funny & loving or very cross.. ;-) Second son is a deep Scorpio as is my sister. Next two are Taurus, earth signs like me, no falling out there! Twins are Aries. Fall out with one, you fall out with both.. ;-) the 'baby' is Aquarius. Love him to bits but we do lock horns.. ;-)

whumpthereitis · 19/08/2022 14:31

djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 13:09

I’ve met people with your individual placements but none together. How fun!!

nice mix!! I bet you come across as super hot and sexy, and a fiery go getter. But have no time for dramatics or cry baby bullshit.
very successful at whatever you do tho. I mean like, super successful at whatever you decide to focus on
and I bet you’re very attractive to people but can also turn people off too. Love or hate type thing.

tho I’m just guessing obviously
altgp I like astrology I don’t believe we are all the same based on tne same things

you can insult my placements too abahaha
im a sag sun, Taurus moon and cancer rising
=cry baby

Interesting. I had much more of a quick temper when I was younger, but I quickly learned that wasn’t particularly beneficial in life. I put a lot of effort into making myself step back from situations instead of responding with immediate anger. I do tackle situations head on, I don’t like putting things off and avoiding shit. If someone tries to be a cheeky fucker then I’m not one to swallow it in the name of keeping the peace. I can be impatient and I have a low tolerance for bullshit. If I want something then I will throw myself into achieving it, and yes I do find that if I commit myself to something I will succeed.

I’m ‘head’ over heart, not because I’m ignoring my heart but because my heart doesn’t come into it as any sort of governing body. I do struggle to relate and find common ground with people who are predominantly emotionally led. For example, I don’t understand why someone would choose to make life harder for themselves based on feelings. Appeals to emotion and guilt trips do not have any affect on me. I am direct, but I don’t believe I’m rude or mean with it. That said, if someone thinks I’m arsehole I’m not offended by that. I know I don’t appeal to everyone and I’m fine with that, I have no desire to and I don’t need to. So yes, I am marmite.

I would like to do yours but honestly I really wouldn’t know where to start!

djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 14:32

What a fun mix! I love all of them. That’s actually all of my faves but I also really like Capricorns too. They have a super dry, observation sense of humour that you only hear if you know them well.

my brother is a Taurus like your 2 sons
he’s defo the favourite. In fact all Tauruses I know are tbe family favourites. So dependable and generous

djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 14:45

@whumpthereitis i just posted the longest response to you and pressed the wrong button!! Arghhhhhh

whumpthereitis · 19/08/2022 14:48

djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 14:45

@whumpthereitis i just posted the longest response to you and pressed the wrong button!! Arghhhhhh

Oh shit! I’m genuinely curious, this has been a fun one 😊

djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 15:13

@whumpthereitis

sun in aries has been accurately described above. Also really warm go getters. The sun is your ego.

cappy moon - super ambitious and really successful. They tend to be go getters and don’t deviate once they have a goal. Difficult to show emotion publicly though. Can sometimes mean problems with your mum. Scorpio and Capricorn moons are the most difficult to have. Scorpio because they’re too emotional and capricorns because they struggle to show emotion. Your moon is your emotional regulations and stuff.

rising is Scorpio so you appear like a typical Scorpio. Vixen, sultry, mysterious, sexy. You prob have a strong stare! Bit Scorpio is the sign of transformation so it’s kinda like a phoenix so I’m not surprised that you change yourself when you feel it’s necessary. Scorpio is a brace sign like that. Happy to go beneath the surface.

if you have a Scorpio rising your sun is maybe I’m your 6th house (I’m guessing I could be wrong because it depends on the orb number). 6th house is the sigh of work and service. So if you have Aries there then you are a worker bee bit super dynamic. Prob very very fit?if it’s in your 5th house it’ll behave a bit like a Leo sun if you know what I mean

I assume your moon is in either your 2nd or 3rd house. 2nd is about yourself, your possessions, your self esteem etc so you emotions are tied to what you own including how you see yourself and how you value yourself. You feel good when you have stuff or are feeling important. Moon in tne 2nd is like a Taurus moon. If it’s in the 3rd it relates to communication and how you process info. So you prob like talking about your feelings rather than actually feeling your feelings if they makes sense. It’s a Gemini house

Aspects can change houses/signs

so Aries and Capricorn square do you maybe have difficulties with how your emotions are concerning your ego
nayne your Aries sun wants to like shout and screen and be angry and your Capricorn moon wants you to think about how they looks to others
tho Capricorn and Scorpio are sextiles they work nicely so how you seem to others is a decent reflection of how you’re feeling

is this way too woo woo or of base? Sorry if that’s intrusive too

belinda789 · 19/08/2022 15:13

Surgeon: Sorry, I can't do this operation. Mercury is in Uranus.
Patient: I don't believe in all that horoscope nonsence. Just get on with it.
Surgeon: No I can't. The thermometer just broke.

ImAvingOops · 19/08/2022 15:35

How do you work this out, if your mother cant remember what time you were born? Am curious now!

Getoff · 19/08/2022 15:38

Strangerthings4NW · 18/08/2022 22:27

You get to many on mumsnet agreeing with you most will pretend they don’t know what your talking about!

I am an earth sign so I get on quite well with fire signs…. Dependant on the sign. It’s well known that some signs simply cannot agree with watch other.

I honestly was imagining some sort of fire safety warning sign, it took me an actual number of seconds to understand what she was talking about.

SeaGreen9i · 19/08/2022 15:46

I'm liking this thread, so my sun is in aries, moon in scorpio and rising sign is libra. I am so going to take some time in the future to find out what that all means! It seems interesting, and kind of fun.

How do you work this out, if your mother cant remember what time you were born? Am curious now!

I know nothing about this, but I'm sure I read that you don't necessarily have to know the time to work out the moon sign (sometimes it is the same moon sign for the entire day), the rising sign seems to be more time specific - does she remember roughly what time it was?

Beezknees · 19/08/2022 15:55

I'm an earth sign. I get on well with earth and fire signs, not so much with air and water signs. Water signs are often very emotional and air signs can be a bit "dreamy", as an earth sign I'm very logical, practical and feet on the ground so emotional dreamy people get on my nerves!

PeloAddict · 19/08/2022 16:17

Mamanyt · 19/08/2022 01:58

I'd be more interested in what these people's moon signs and rising signs are, as that has just as much to do with personality as do sun signs. Perhaps even more. Sun signs are only a small part of a whole picture, and you're missing a lot.

Apparently I'm Aries with Virgo rising and moon in Sagittarius
No idea what that means

DameHelena · 19/08/2022 16:25

Someone do me!
I'm Sagittarius sun, Cancer moon and Gemini rising.

Had my birth chart done in depth years ago and all my other planets, IIRC, were in Sagittarius too. She said it was like having all your eggs in one basket and, and I quote, 'Sagittarius is a pretty big basket.' Grin

ImAvingOops · 19/08/2022 16:44

@SeaGreen9i my birth was pretty horrific so I don't think anyone was paying attention to the time. If it was written down, she's lost all the records. She thinks around one a clock in the morning. Am Capricorn if I go by the 12 star signs

ShitPuffin · 19/08/2022 16:45

djdkdkddkek · 19/08/2022 13:09

I’ve met people with your individual placements but none together. How fun!!

nice mix!! I bet you come across as super hot and sexy, and a fiery go getter. But have no time for dramatics or cry baby bullshit.
very successful at whatever you do tho. I mean like, super successful at whatever you decide to focus on
and I bet you’re very attractive to people but can also turn people off too. Love or hate type thing.

tho I’m just guessing obviously
altgp I like astrology I don’t believe we are all the same based on tne same things

you can insult my placements too abahaha
im a sag sun, Taurus moon and cancer rising
=cry baby

Are you me? I am sag/Taurus/cancer too!