DOG PEOPLE SNARL, BARK AND BITE. USUALLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNDERDOG

Posted by: Libra/Dog Fran.

One of my sisters recently complained that I was full of contradictions. She could be right. I can be sarcastic, uncaring and selfish in one situation and have infinite patience, support and understanding in another. My sister is constantly baffled by me and does not know what to expect from one day to the next. Are there hints to how I will act on any given day? Hints of when my “supportive” side is going to be on tap so she knows when to call?

A few days later I got curious about what she been complaining of; so I sat down with my copy of Suzanne White’s New Chinese Astrology again (for fun). And was amazed all over again by what I read.

Here is a SMALL sample of the amazing insight I received from The New Chinese Astrology for my sign: The Dog

…Because of this streak of altruism, these devoted creatures spend much of their time either attempting to do something about injustice or railing because so little can be done.

Suzanne is right. I am always on the side of the “little guy”. I truly believe in integration for all in communities and have spent years talking to businesses about the benefits of hiring a person with a disability. I see the lack of active involvement as an injustice to both the people with disabilities and the communities that could be benefiting from them. I am so enthusiastic about this subject that I worked for approximately 10 yrs for social services. But eventually I quite as I did not feel the government services placed their clients' needs in the forefront. I could easily start “railing” about it…but I won’t. I have infinite patience, support and understanding in situations when people need help to have their voices heard. I suppose I am a bit of a "cause" person. I know that my "railings" annoyed my uppity bosses no end.

Providing she finds the right ambience to work in where she feels unencumbered by arrogant superiors and can set the parameters herself and make schedules her way, the Dog woman could rebuild a war-tom country in about half an hour. Once she sets about a task, she simply stays there until it's done.

I had left my job in social services not only because I disagreed with the philosophy of the agency. I also quit because I honestly could not stand the arrogance of my supervisors. If something needed to be done, you had to jump through at least a dozen hoops!

Step one - there would be a simple problem. A meeting would be set to set up a committee to address the problem. The committee would meet to “define their goals”. They would assign smaller committees to address each part of the goal. The goals of course were to solve the problem (remember step 1?). But the problem had by now gotten lost. So they set up another meeting for drafting a plan of action. Get my point?

Well, I quit 10 yrs ago and I hear they are still holding meetings over the same problems. Ok I will not rant anymore about self important meetings! But, Suzanne White hit the nail right on the head! Now that I am self employed it is so much easier to accomplish any goal I set. I never hold any meetings about meetings!

The Spartan-minded Dog hardly ever pampers himself or indulges in self-improvement plans…

I rarely even wear make-up. I find it takes too much time to put it on. Then, the make-up just ends up melting off my face anyways! I can’t pamper myself. It seems a waste of important resources and time (I think it’s been 6 months since I had a hair cut, and a year before that!). My hair is long and curly. It doesn’t behave, so why spend time trying to make it do what it doesn’t want to do naturally? It was nice to learn that my not fussing with my hair is NOT because I’m too lazy! I am a Dog woman. Dog woman don't bother with extraneous frills. I knew that. But when I re-read it, I was relieved. I am anything but LAZY!!!

Sensitive and touchy they may be, but they simply aren't able to edit their own words before they let them fly.

I always say what pops into my head, the second it does. My remarks are not always well received. I can sometimes even shock myself! “Why on earth did I just say that? It was way too sarcastic. Even for me!”

…may live at home until age thirty.

This point I found very funny! At age 30 my parents came to me and said “We have sold the house. It’s time for you to find your own place. You have 2 weeks.” In fact it’s a big family joke on me. The parents moved into a condo that had NO extra room for me! I felt secure living with my parents. Security is important to us Dogs. But they did me a favor by pushing me out of the nest. Now I am a homeowner. Thanks Mom and Dad.

If money is there he will know how to use it wisely, buying only the best merchandise, eating in the finest restaurants and wearing top quality, long-lasting clothes. If he hasn't any money, the Metal Dog can always find a way to live comfortably in a civilized manner. He may be sociable but he doesn't care a whit for what others think of him or the state of his front lawn.

I am a metal Dog. This last point doesn’t need any explanation for me. It is once again - dead on! Okay. My grass does need a cut. Fallen tree branches do need to be picked up. Maybe a few flowers planted…but I’ll do that when I have time and when I feel like it. NOT when the neighbors' sneak plants onto my front stoop or offer me clippings of some bush or another! I do not however complain at all when the same neighbor plows the snow from our sidewalk. I do live in Canada, after all. And I have all my marbles.

Next time my sister wonders why I seem full of contradictions, I’ll just hand her a copy of The New Chinese Astrology and tell her to read about Dogs.

She's a noisy Dragon. I will suggest she have a look at the chapter on Dragons. Maybe she’ll learn a little something about herself too!

ASTROLOGY NEVER LIES

Contrary to its detractors concerted opinion, Astrology is not superstition. Superstition is more akin to: "If I break a mirror, I will have 7 years bad luck." or "If a bird flies into my house, someone will die." or "If I step on a sidewalk crack, I will break my mother's back." or "When It's Christmas and the weather is warm, it will be cold at Easter."

Those are superstitions. Astrology is not superstition. Not even close. Astrology is a language. It exists. Like Estonian or French. It just plain exists. Like hard boiled eggs or chutney. Now, for some, languages that they do not know and are unable to read or converse in, constitute a sort of threat. When we hear friends chatting in a language that we don't know and we are present, we almost automatically imagine that they are talking about us. This is a kind of natural paranoia. We cannot understand. So we feel threatened or left out and perhaps even targeted as a victim.

Astrology, like any language, does have to be learned in order to be used. That's why some people are astrologers and other have other learnèd professions such as doctors. An astrologer might tell you that your Sun in Leo means that you tend to want to be in the spotlight, but if your rising sign is Pisces, that Leo need for the spotlight might be mitigated.

This sort of "diagnosis" is not unsimilar to when a Dr tells you that the lump on your arm looks like a cyst, but if the tests come out positive, it might be something more serious. He looks at the cystic physical evidence, but he also digs further to find out if it might be something more dangerous.

Now the language of Astrology has been much squelched and derided by a sector of the population we refer to as "scientists" or , in any case, people who believe that science (another language) is the pathway to understanding every human ill - including mental, emotional and physical ailments - and to conquering and refining and owning whatever commodity it available to man. (Space flight for example or improved hard boiled eggs)

But squelching a language doesn't always put it out of existence. And Astrology has survived the giant squelch of science and remains a means of communication between peoples and a method of both diagnosing and better understanding the human condition. Astrology is not in competition with science. It's just there alongside it the way that TV is there alongside the Internet. The two media must co-exist. They cannot afford to be at war. The Internet will win. It's bigger. And younger. TV knows that the way that Astrology knows that it must coexist with science because if there was a war between them Science would win. It's bigger. And younger.

Nonetheless, there is wisdom in what it ancient. So Astrology continues to exist. Some people study it and are able to use it in their work and daily lives. Other people don't study it sufficiently to become astrologers. But they dabble and they enjoy dabbling. Other people (most people) consult astrologers. They are the clients or the patients or the consultees who come to people like me for advice and information about their astrological charts: Who am I? What should I do about my mother-in-law's interfering in my marriage? How can I get a divorce and keep my children? Why do I not have self-confidence? Where am I making my mistakes and why do I keep making them over and over again?

What some skeptical people (the Science-blinded or prejudiced) don't know is that the answers to all of those questions are sitting right there in peoples' astrological charts. Moreover, just because most people don't know how to read their charts and don't speak the language or know how to interpret the letters (symbols), doesn't mean the answers are not there. They are.

Astrology never lies. I have watched it tell me and my clients the truth over and over and over again, thousands of times. A client writes and asks me why she cannot seem to get a husband. She's young and beautiful and accomplished and owns her own home. Yet, she has nobody to share it with. What should she do?

I find out her birth date, time and place (sometimes she sends me a photo as well) and I do her chart. First thing I note is that she is more accomplished than she let on in her query letter. I know already that she is president of her own company. But she is also an Aries with Leo rising and she was born in a Rooster year. This woman is what my mother used to call "a tough cookie" and a multitalented cookie at that!

She doesn't bend easily. She is not soulful and won't listen to whining - even her own. She wants to be in the spotlight (Leo rising) and she is indeed in her own spotlight all the time.
She's also a Rooster which is one of the most successfully non-flexible signs out there. Rigidity lurks in this woman's chart and has already done some damage to her private life.

But... I look further and...Eureka! This young woman has the Moon in Cancer. She is longing for a home and children and a man to share it with. But, because the Aries and the Rooster and the Leo got a hold on her soul (Moon) when she was still very young, she followed them to her own multimillion dollar successful oblivion. She learned how NOT to share and she made her fortune by being ruthless and firm in her opinions. (Aries/Rooster w Leo rising)

It's gets better. I dig a bit deeper and what do I find? This woman has Venus in Taurus!

NB: I know. I know. You just don't get it when we tell you that there's a planet in some sign or other about which you know less than zero. Why? Because we are speaking to you in a language which is foreign to you. And this time it is about YOU. But we are not trying to hide anything. You can learn the language too. Nobody is stopping you.

So our young woman has Venus in Taurus. This means (for some astrologers and we are not all alike. Just like doctors... Get a second opinion) that she equates love with sensuality and earthiness and posssesion. So, she is hunting for sensuality, earthiness and ownership and she is only finding pin stripe suits and striped ties and executive trappings. Why?

Because here she is, the president of a thriving software company, owner of her own 3000 sq ft. house and two luxury cars, 35 years old and beautiful and she cannot find a husband - someone to love and be loved by and make a family and a life with.

So?

She's too strong by half. And she is moreover "attracted" to the wrong kind of suitor. She has always thought she needed "someone like me." A mensch. A boss person. A leader of men (and women). Balderdash! Two bosses in the same household? Ouch.

She needs either a steadying, long-suffering Ox or a lovely, langourous Snake or even a tempestuous Tiger - born in Gemini or Leo or perhaps Sagittarius because she has Mercury (her communication planet) in Sagittarius. And those guys she should be looking for are not necessarily world beaters. They might be teachers or poets or musicians or even weedy scientists who leave their brains in the laboratories when they come home at night. They should not be head honchos. She is the head honcho. She needs soul. So she should find someone with extra soul to share.

Need I say more? Astrology simply never lies!

©Suzanne White 2006

P.S. Our heroine is now successfully married to a brilliant Gemini/Ox (a laid back communicator type) who writes books for a living. He cooks and helps with the kids. They have a nanny and household help. Madame goes to her job every morning after taking the children to school. Papa pipes and slippers into his office and hits the computer for a few hours before dressing and driving to the supermarket to do the family shopping. It worked! sw


Suzanne White
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