by janey » Fri May 14, 2010 6:27 pm
I love these posts! They are certainly more light hearted than usual, and after pouring my heart out in other posts, some light relief would be good. Maybe we do a survey? I am a Cancerian with Gemini ascendant, a recovering histrionic thanks to extensive therapy and as my true personality is beginning to unfold at last, I am noticing more Cancerian traits. Whilst agreeing with Jung's concepts on astrology and the relation to synchronicity, I don't believe that "pop" astrology is particularly accurate, and is too simplistic. A lot would also depend on the planetry positions etc at the time of birth, if indeed there is any truth in it. I do believe, however, that it is possible that people "grow" into their star signs and if a person has a predisposition to histrionic disorder, then reading time and time again that Leos are supposed to be a certain way, would serve to reinforce any latent tendencies that they already have. HPDs do tend to be quite naively impressionable after all. My two children are both Leos and they do tend to be fairly typical of their signs in some ways, being quite fiesty, whereas my grandkids are all Librans and are much gentler in temperament. None of them, however, show any signs of having a disorder. I really think that astrology has very little to do with it. Apart from soicopathy, which has a physiological and genetic component, the personality disorders occur as a result of environmental factors. The true personality of the individual has never had a chance to develop. I have found this to be the case during my own healing process as my real self and personality is slowly emerging.