Homosexuality

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I don't mean to be rude, Simone'. But this is a ridiculous question. Interesting if there were actually an answer, but ridiculous nevertheless.

How about asking this question:

Are there components to someone's chart that make them heterosexual?

Thinking this way has implications that I don't like.



Kenneth

I still say that this way of thinking is really missing the point. I still say why not ask "Are there components to someone's chart that make them heterosexual?" or "Are there components to someone's chart that make them male/female?" or "Are there components to someone's chart that show whether someone has blue/brown eyes?"



Kenneth

For those interested - google "Time Twins Experiment" - it was conducted in the 1960's in the UK. They tracked the lives of over 70 groups of time twins...all people not related to one another, born in the same hospital, with no more then an hour in between their birth times. After the study they could not find an astrological consistency with personality types, career choices etc. At least nothing strong enough to support some scientific statistical proof.

And for the record ..I have Venus square Uranus and I am definitely not homosexual although it seems to be one aspect the astrologers pick out the most. For me its more along the lines of "unconventional relationships" i.e. I date weird arty types. Also a friend and my mother have venus hard aspect saturn and also hetero....

So ultimately I try to use astrology to understand what I know of my self is already true...it if reinforcement..not prediction to me. So many influences we cannot begin to understand by just looking at a 2 dimensional model. Its like trying to tell someome what a building visually looks like from looking only at the blueprint.

It seems like this question comes up in many astrology threads - it's one that commonly interests people and consistently stirs up a lot of controversy and debate.

I can see why it's of interest, and I think phrasing it as looking for homosexuality may be what bothers somes folks - versus looking for indicators of romantic and sexual preferences of various kinds. I, personally, find it interesting to search for romantic/sexual preference indicators in charts, but agree with some posters on here that it's usually to generalized in books, etc. And, as a queer astrology nerd, I am curious if there is any indication of sexual orientation, because I am not sure that sexual orientation is 100% genetic (kill me for that if you want!). I do figure that genetics are the big factor, but I wonder if there might be an astrological symbol for these things, anyway (though I don't know what it would be).

You do hear Uranus all the time, but I think the Uranus factor might be sort of outdated and only apply to some specific types of queer relationships and individuals, since it's so frequently cited because implies unconventionality. I think that most people out there who are interested in same-sex relationships aren't doing it because of a desire for something unconventional. I don't know where the source might be, but it seems that Uranus' influence is more likely to be found in individuals who love sexual experimentation, getting involved with people very different from themselves, playing with types of relationships - maybe ones that allow more independence (possibly polyamorous relationships)... anything that stimulates their intellecutal interest in innovation. So I can see how this COULD factor into queer relationships/sex, if a person was generally drawn to trying out different things, possibly including relationships/sex with any/all genders, and wanted to broaden their horizons (sounding more Sagittarius or maybe Gemini, actually). Just some thoughts... no conclusions at all...