Joe Flanigan's astrology chart.

[icarus]

Bored last night, but unwilling to go to bed or do actual work, I started doing Joe Flanigan's astrology chart.



Okay, yes, he has all that heavy-handed Capricorn-ness. Yes, he has that managerial ability and fine intellect. Yes, he has a very serious sense of right and wrong (with ultra high standards for all, plus a few unconscious yet convenient loopholes for himself) -- but other than that, this is the most... feminine... chart I've ever read.

Are we sure he's straight?

I mean, check out that Mars in Libra, that "let's all get along," cooperative, "let's be fair," careful not to step on any toes, restrained actor. And over there, that vain, insufferably cute-tastic Jupiter - Venus opposition (complete with sweet tooth, aww, give the little boy a cookie). The playful, spontaneous and oh-so-available Venus trine Uranus. And that "hell hath no fury" possessive moody moon in Scorpio. The ineffable and vague Saturn in Pices, brooding on past wrongs. The melodramatic Ingrid Bergman-like "aloneness" and personal distance and mystique of Venus in Capricorn.

So much "look at me" and "pay attention to me," using attraction, and oh, so much love of creature comforts, of tasteful surroundings --

-- I swear, I read this and I'm expecting a Hollywood starlet from the 1940s, dripping with diamonds.

Instead we have... Joe. With his shirt untucked.

Huh?

Tres amusement.


ETA: The great thing about astrology? Voyeurism.

This chart suggests that he has such jealousy and fear of being cheated on that he'd happily put one of those electric dog collars on whomever he's with. On the other hand, it also shows that--if I'm reading this right--he pushes it to the edge with his flirting. And sometimes tips over that edge.

Comments

Re: A little more from the books.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Tell someone at a party that you know some astrology and they immediately want you to do their chart.

Tell someone you're a lawyer, and they immediately tell you their problem and expect you to solve it: There's also a reason that ain't for free. *g*

For me the thrill is in the voyeurism. It has the fun of being a little window without the ethical problems of standing in the bushes with a camera. And, hey, I could easily get something wrong -- but what does it matter?

I like that angle--we're looking at public records, surface level only, and then look at what this information implies about a person.

re: your NS: & :-/

Re: A little more from the books.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

"For me the thrill is in the voyeurism. It has the fun of being a little window without the ethical problems of standing in the bushes with a camera. And, hey, I could easily get something wrong -- but what does it matter?"

I like that angle--we're looking at public records, surface level only, and then look at what this information implies about a person.

Exactly. And there's no possible harm in this form of voyeurism at all. Because unlike public records, a source people will trust, if you say, "Oh, I got this information from his astrology chart" -- who's going to bank on that? Yet it digs into the heart-level psychological profile, the depth of information that I like to know about people. I'm a writer for a reason.