sagg rising - so why am i not athletic?

topic posted Fri, May 26, 2006 - 1:38 AM by  mermaid goddess
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Hey. So in all the descriptions you read about what a Saggi ascendent looks like you find:
long, lean, willowy, larger than life, athletic, outdoors, sporty etc. etc. Having tried out 3 different internet sights and 3 different books to find out if I made a mistake or not, nonetheless all came up Saggi rising. I have to tell you I totally contradict that description: Short (5"2) prone to laziness, definitely not athletic at all, definitely not sporty, slim but prone to weight gain. I wouldn't even call myself particularly positive or jovial or optimistic about life either. So what is all this about your rising sign dicatating your looks and outlook - coz I aint feeling a bit athletic..! Hmm.. maybe i'm developing an odd amount of skepticism about astrology after all..
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    Re: sagg rising - so why am i not athletic?

    Fri, May 26, 2006 - 3:44 AM
    angela,
    do you have your chart? or do you know anything the sign and house placement of your jupiter?
    peace, ~breath~
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      Fri, May 26, 2006 - 3:52 AM
      Hi Breath,
      Thanks for reply. Yes, I know my chart. I have a Jupiter in Leo (again seems a complete contradiction). Other chart is as follows:
      PIS Sun
      PIS Mercury
      CAP Venus
      CAP Moon
      AQU Mars

      Neptune Saturn Pluto etc. is in LIB, VIRG and SCOR but I'm told you don't really need to delve too much into those ones.

      Maybe its my heavy capricorn influence leading to much skepticism...
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        Fri, May 26, 2006 - 6:17 AM
        yep....I have Saggitarius Venus and rising....Capricorn sun, Pisces Mars and Taurus Moon....and I have the same complaints as you....not always very athletic but when
        I focus on something I can usually get very good at it....5'2'' and curvy.....when I do feel like exercizing I 'd rather ride my bike in the woods, take a walk and listen to music, or swim....I don't like to run.....
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          Fri, May 26, 2006 - 12:28 PM
          i am a swimmer, walker, yogi, hiker, sometimes i bike......i like simple fun exercises. my fav is swimming! i also love walking b/c it's outside and i can meditate. not sure what makes a sag rising athletic......peace! breath
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            Fri, May 26, 2006 - 4:40 PM
            I like to dance, walk, solitary pursuits. My Jupiter is in Pisces, its traditional "negative" rulership. Also, Sun in Capricorn. My Sag. rising seems to be more about an outlook clothed by the curtains of philosophy, independent beliefs, a natural quality of jumping into adventure, seeking knowledge/wisdom, having a big picture view, rather than athletics.
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              Fri, May 26, 2006 - 7:01 PM
              I think everybody to some extent does something physical in their life otherwise we would be gnomes in a garden. So you can interpret slower activities as corresponding to that description. Well this is again the sceptic in me but I think that people want to find things in life that define them - astrology being an obvious choice. And when people read for example that they are a leo they might start to act more outgoing, show-off etc. or when they read that they are a cancer they might be convinced they are shyer, more nuturing. The truth is every single person has a bit of everything and ALL of the above qualities, so if they are convinced they are something more of the other it is only natural they will start to mold themselves to that cast. I am guilty of the same thing. But this whole saggie rising thing is still puzzling me as every description you read is like 'out there, amazing, adventurer, happy, nothing gets-you-down' sporty, outdoors. But I would have to say I'm a pessimist, as far from athletic, quite lazy, short, and very shy. I do like to travel though - but hey who doesn't???
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                Sat, May 27, 2006 - 12:27 AM
                Hey Angela,

                I certainly am not advocating a belief in astrology. I do understand that self-fulfilling prophecy is so easily a factor, as we naturally tend to interpret data in light of our expectations. However, the problem of real human examples not fitting into the textbook, cookbook, definitions of astrological placements in our natal charts is that the metaphor, the astrological map of the individual, is not about individual placements. We are not a Capricorn Sun or a Sagittarius Rising. Each complex individual is astrologically mapped by the natal chart as a whole (and then there are the progessions, but that's a story for another day). Thus, what Sag. Rising means to your chart is not the same as for some other chart with very different configurations. Though, come to think of it, when I look back at a variety of people I've known with Sag. Rising, none of them were what one would reasonably call an athlete. In fact, they were all intellectual/rebel types with a propensity for grandiosity.
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                Wed, January 3, 2007 - 7:15 PM
                i think it's also the fact that you have a pisces sun (pisceans tend to have some laziness in them - i'm pisces moon!).

                i have sagi rising and i love to dance and sing and travel and walk for long periods of time. but then again, having a pisces moon with aries sun (the athletes of the zodiac), if i ever do want to go hiking or snowboarding my pisces moon would rather have me curled up in a blanket reading a book. i guess it really depends on your zodiacal placements.
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                  Tue, October 16, 2007 - 12:38 AM
                  tragedy..I don't know if I agree...I have a pisce sun and I've very active. If I don't stay active I actually start getting sick. I'm not competitive though...but I need to move. I run, I love to dance, I like to bike, swimming is my weakest area, but I still love it. I am also very very strong...more then the average female...one time I got into body building and I was spooky strong...

                  Sitting still makes me edgy. I am however not thin...I am curvy and could lose 25 lbs...but even then I am still more active then most females in my age group...I';m always looking to reinvent my energy...so my goal now is to really get into a daily yoga practice...

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