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Leo/Cancer 12H + 12H Sun/Moon
Getting too comfortable in your current conditions or refusing to acknowledge how your needs have developed out of fear of looking selfish will make following your desires almost completely impossible.
For Leo 12H/12H Sun, I think you have a habit of only allowing your confidence to extend as far as people validate it, refusing to set yourself up to be the punchline of a joke you have a habit of seeing yourself as. With your ego being cast into the shadows, the only time you allow your confidence to breathe is when someone passes by with a torch. You've become accustomed to cherishing your talents in the dark so much so that you've never taken the time to explore practicing them freely.
For Cancer 12H/12H Moon, you have a habit of saying yes to every demand in a panicked attempt to avoid any conflict. Putting your needs on the back burner, you tend to only focus on making sure everyone around you succeeds no matter what, even if that means moving past you. You have a habit of being prepared for abandonment, finding your role in society to be one of an unpaid psychologist, traveling the world trying to survive off of the wished-for reciprocation that you never actually ask for.
You find no shame in second place because you know how to turn it into a platform to embolden the winner, setting your pride aside to allow them to have their day, but I think the comfort of never having the light shone on you has become detrimental to your cause. I think you find pride in being able to let pain go easily, but there tends to be a twisted past behind this habit, most usually a refusal for your original comforts to be met by people who promised you more than they were ever actually willing to give you.
You call victim to false promises, to a point that it almost feels like you intentionally fulfill your half to hear whatever pretty words they have prepared for you, completely submitting to the comfort while ignoring the backhanded disloyalty being slid in under it. There isn't anything you won't do for somebody you love, except for letting them go and allowing them to face the consequences of their own actions. You have a habit of stepping in between your friends and their fate.
You put no second thought into sacrificing whatever you have left to make sure the rest of the village eats for the night, even if that means going on hunger strike for the fifth night this week, and you need to learn when to stop. You're naturally altruistic, wanting nothing more than to see the people you love succeed, but you need to become more comfortable in questioning what that love is built on before trying to polish a rock like it's a statue. You don't need people as much as they convince you, they only recognize what they're losing without you, and you can't take it away if you're not aware of it. You're not aware of your power because you use it to apologize for not being even better.
I think part of you knows that you can let go at any time, refusing to answer the phone and accepting whatever reputation comes with it, but that's exactly why it bothers you. You never want to be known as the person who didn't help.
You never want to be known as the person who became everything they hated in the people they promised to be better than. You never want that one wrong interaction to be the career-defining moment that means nothing else you do will be taken seriously. At some point, you need to recognize your reputation isn't as fragile as the relationships people love to entrap you in. You are not either good or bad, you do not have irredeemable qualities, your willingness to try harder is all you need.
No matter how slanderous someone can be, the collective will be able to see the quality of your character through the veil of lies your own friends warn you against to keep you around. You are not helpless, people who benefit from your intentionally limited potential find comfort in enforcing your helplessness, and you need to be able to recognize the cause of the cycle if you truly want to break it.
You can't find comfort in consolation prizes and participation trophies, especially when you know the votes were intentionally mishandled to steal the win for someone else. You are not selfish for expecting, and enforcing, payment for your services. Stop working for free to make up for not working in advance, because none of the work being done is advancing you in life. Break away from people who see no value in you past what you can do for them.
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degreedummy · 5 months
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Intercepted Placements
So, understanding the expressions of each of the axes and minor expressions of their affects on the houses, we have to look at each of these as the environment a planet is existing in. Rather than being lost, it's a child following a lost parent. Intercepted planets themselves find it difficult to find direction, almost to the same effect as a retrograde, in how we're unable to move forward until we step back and acknowledge and, if we can't fix, continue forward with a full understanding of our circumstances.
Of course, when looking at intercepted planets, we have to consider the house it's under, the sign it's ruled by, the aspects to it (+ the degree if you use degrees). These aren't going to be exactly true for everyone, because like I said before, there's infinite possibilities. Someone with an intercepted Gemini 11H Jupiter that may believe they can't make friends is going to have a different experience from a int. Gemini 9H Jupiter that might believe they'll never be as smart and proficient as they want to be.
 
INTERCEPTED SUN_ This is someone who finds it difficult to understand themselves, usually knowing exactly who they want to become, but having no idea where they are now. Being [told] can cause conflict, but sometimes it's that honesty that grounds us.
INTERCEPTED MOON_ This is someone who doesn't like to talk about or really even acknowledge the things they like, or how they find comfort. Their needs and their desires have always been secluded from each other, and in that, they learned to do the same.
INTERCEPTED VENUS_ This is someone who has difficulties with the entire concept of sharing themselves with other people, not understanding how to balance or develop partnerships because they tend to not ever have a specific goal with them.
INTERCEPTED MERCURY_ This is someone who's mind and mouth work at different paces, either not knowing what they want to say, or having to talk their way around a point until they find a road to it. They may feel too "different" to be included, but they just need your patience.
INTERCEPTED MARS_ This person is passionate where it seems to have no place and distant when it seems to matter the most, seeming to others that they only put their energy towards things that matter to them even if that's not true.
INTERCEPTED SATURN_ This is someone who has difficulty with accountability, not understanding the need to implement structure in areas of their lives that they think are operating perfectly fine without it. They're fine the way they are, even if they're not.
INTERCEPTED JUPITER_ This is someone who lacks a belief that they can succeed in the areas of live they're most focused on, accepting that their dreams are unobtainable even while still pushing themselves to the limit trying to reach them. Sometimes the approach matters.
INTERCEPTED NEPTUNE_ This is someone wanting to believe themselves so badly that they'll try to run through a wall before accepting that it is one. This is a need to be direct with ourselves, not consistently relying on the last possible way out to save us when we're wrong.
INTERCEPTED URANUS_ I think most importantly, this is someone who doesn't believe in the powers of manifestation, and that they will receive nothing special because they themselves aren't special. It's a destructive mindset that's constantly passed off as selflessness.
INTERCEPTED PLUTO_ This is someone who struggles with understanding their control in each situation, feeling they can't bring an end to things because they don't know what the [end] means. This is a placement with hesitation and every excuse in the book.
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degreedummy · 5 months
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Intercepted Houses
So, to start off, let's talk about what an intercepted house actually is:
An interception is when a house is found to be larger than 30° and engulfs an entire sign. Usually, folks will look at the (Gemini 2H/Gemini 3H) house cusps and confuse those for the intercepted houses, but the interception actually lies within the entirety of Cancer being engulfed by the 3H, carrying on a Leo influence to rule over the 4H. When we find interceptions, we'll always see an equal expression on the opposite side of the chart, meaning that interceptions form on an axis rather than focusing on one sign or area of the chart (ex: Aries-Libra, Taurus-Scorpio, etc. will always be mutually intercepted)
Some folks believe intercepted houses are indicative of past-life karmic failures, showing these influences are difficult for us to express because we face more challenges and opportunities to learn from them than other people. When we talk about intercepted houses, we also have to consider the additional interception of the planets themselves too, and how we find difficulty in expressing their themes because we're attempting to approach it from another signs' mindset and perception.
When we look at intercepted houses and planets, though there's infinite possibilities of different expressions, we have to understand that the native isn't fully aware of that signs' influence on their life because it's never been part of it.
Some people also consider intercepted houses to show the themes of life our parents/caregivers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, didn't teach them about because it was circumstantially seen as unimportant during the natives childhood.
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So, looking at an Aries-Libra axis interception, this is someone who has difficulty enforcing boundaries between who they are and who they turn into around other people, finding it difficult to look at themselves without seeing the impact of everyone they've ever met.
1/4/7/10H: Struggling with past, wanting to be more known for who they are as individuals
2/5/8/11H: Struggling with what they have to offer, vehemently refusing criticism and guidance
3/6/9/12H: Struggling with emotions, always wanting to be more "logical" with things.
 
For a Taurus-Scorpio axis interception, this is someone who finds it hard to separate themselves from other people, and even harder to decide when to actually let go. They're always convinced cutting one tie will make them lose connection with the world entirely.
1/4/7/10H: Conflict arises from heavy-handed attempts to maintain traditions or memories
2/5/8/11H: Conflict arises from other people changing their opinion, thinking they're losing that person
3/6/9/12H: Conflict arises from confrontation, their "loyalty never being enough"
 
In terms of a Gemini/Sagittarius axis interception, there tends to be difficulty in knowing how to approach people and at what level, overshooting and falling short in their first impressions trying to mirror peoples' intelligence based on appearance and assumption.
1/4/7/10H: Troubles rise from other people feeling made fun of when they're trying to relate
2/5/8/11H: Troubles rise from overexaggeration, and lies, telling fantastic stories to pull people in
3/6/9/12H: Troubles rise from false empathy, which can be perceived as digging.
 
For the Cancer/Capricorn interception axis, this is someone who reveals more in the moment than they actually want to, struggling with the boundaries between their public and personal lives. They want to be seen and heard, but not exposed entirely.
1/4/7/10H: Someone who exposes their past and what made them who they are
2/5/8/11H: Someone who exposes their values, sometimes coming off more extreme than they really are
3/6/9/12H: Someone who exposes their desires, coming off focused and possibly opportunistic
 
For a Leo-Aquarius axis interception, this is someone with a lack of belief in their own individuality, feeling like they are only what other people tell them to be. There's a need to express themselves that, in part, they even refuse themselves the opportunity to fulfill.
1/4/7/10H: A belief that, no matter how far they make it, they will never make it [out]
2/5/8/11H: A belief that belief itself is a waste of time, planning for anything rather than hoping for the best
3/6/9/12H: A belief that they'll never be seen in the way they want to be
 
Looking at a Virgo-Pisces axis interception, this is someone who lacks belief in their own ability to achieve their dreams no matter the amount of work they put in, refusing to try for so long that they eventually forget how to.
1/4/7/10H: The refusal to believe they'll get the respect they think they deserve
2/5/8/11H: The refusal to believe that anyone believes in them, accepting complete loneliness
3/6/9/12H: The refusal to believe they'll be heard, ending communication through passive aggression
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The Unappreciated Side of Pisces Venus~
Pisces Venus don't get enough credit for their willingness to sacrifice everything. They don't question risking all they have for someone they trust, but it can often be this unpredictable absolute commitment that keeps on edge, never knowing what side of the war they're on.
This is a Venus that never regrets trusting someone. They have a way of protecting their memories of people, holding onto the good parts of relationships through all the bad, and the only way to lose their trust is by directly telling them you don't want it anymore. There's no shaking them off, but that's what people try to do, hoping to hurt them enough that they let go without either side ever acknowledging it. people... so quickly get overwhelmed by this Venus' dedication that they lose appreciation for it, hurting them in the process.
This Venus doesn't have to do anything wrong, sometimes they are just so intense in showing their love for people that they're forced to face their insecurities. Often being everything someone has ever wished for, how can they suddenly struggle to accept the love?
Being close to this Venus means being forced to question how you receive and reciprocate love, and if love is what you want. The last thing you want to do to a pure heart is sell it a dream you don't really want to become true, because you'll break it without even intending to.
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The Unappreciated Side of Aquarius Venus~
Aquarius Venus don't get enough credit for how they allow people to move on. Though it can be hard to stomach the way they shut themselves out from peoples' lives, they do anything in their power to ensure someone does what's best for them.
This Venus has a unique hold on loyalty, not seeing it as a promise to stay together forever, but seeing it as a promise to push each other toward opportunities, even if that might mean being separated from each other. In their hearts, they know nobody is theirs to keep. That doesn't mean they give up on the relationship, this Venus still holds onto the possibility of paths crossing again, but it's that chance of coming back together in a better place that makes it easy to let people go now— but that doesn't mean it's easy for others.
This is a Venus that tends to act before it speaks, and people are left with absolutely nothing when they leave. They can't understand the support being shown if it isn't communicated, being left alone only makes them feel alone.
Being close to this Venus means having someone who just wants you to be whoever you want to be. they understand what it means to be called "too much", "too wishful", and they never want to step on anyone's dream. If your dream is to be with them though, you have to tell them.
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degreedummy · 5 months
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The Unappreciated Side of Capricorn Venus~
Capricorn Venus don't get enough credit for keeping their problems to themselves. This is a Venus that keeps to themselves, trying to figure out any way to handle their problems on their own before involving other people, but often they still get shamed for their circumstances. This is a Venus that is faced with challenges like everyone else, but they don't seek out help from anyone like most would do. They're often so familiar with people holding things over their head that they actively avoid giving people the chance to. Through all the struggles they face alone, they build a confidence that they want to pass onto other people, but again, people push back because they're afraid of the idea of facing the world alone. They don't want people to go through what they did, but they refuse the help.
Being close to this Venus means having someone who wants to help you face the ugliness of the world, and you have to be careful about confusing that with them creating that ugliness. To acknowledge the existences of evil does not make a person evil. They want to share the knowledge they gained so people never need it, but sometimes people need that perspective to understand what they're being warned against. Often, they blame themselves for not saving people, but people refusing their help isn't their burden to carry.
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The Unappreciated Side of Sagittarius Venus~
Sagittarius Venus aren't given enough credit for all they teach to people. at a certain point, the trust built with this Venus leads to most conversations being centered around them opening up, but not even they realize how much they're sharing by telling their stories.
This Venus sometimes talks in riddles, very intentionally making people think about their next step, but the catalyst of thought is often treated as a fire starter, being criticized for trying to 'plant doubt in peoples' minds without being direct about what they disagree with'. Suddenly this Venus can start to be ignored, having everything they say picked apart and interpreted every way other than the way they meant. They see no fear in questioning themselves, they welcome it, but before they know it, they scare other people enough to become their fear.
In trying to push people to their limits, getting them to face themselves, they ride on the risk of people not gaining any perspective of them, only interpreting their push forward as a push. They take every story as an effort to convince them to make a specific decision.
Being close to a Sagittarius Venus means being close to someone who wants to open your mind to new possibilities. They don't consider the implications, they want to remind you of the choice, and it's up to you to decide to view them as the devil or angel sitting on your shoulder.
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The Unappreciated Side of Scorpio Venus~
Scorpio Venus aren't given enough credit for how they put other people before themselves. As people who are treated as nihilistic, people act like they're only ever looking for a reason to destroy themselves, but their desire to see people succeed speaks to their selflessness. This Venus can easily slip into a negative head space, refusing to believe that they belong somewhere, but even at their lowest they don't give up on the potential they see in other people. they want to protect the future they see for other people.
Being close to a Scorpio Venus means having someone who refuses to let you give up on yourself, someone who is unashamed to talk about the pain and struggles they've gone through to motivate you to keep moving forward. This is a Venus that is constantly seeking out an innocence in other people that they've often given up on within themselves. It can be easy to view them as negative people, but they're warriors that face fights for other people.
This is a Venus that needs and deserves reminders of how much they're appreciated, just like it believes good people need and deserve to be protected from the evils of the world. To write them off as part of that evil is misunderstanding of their unspoken intentions.
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The Unappreciated Side of Libra Venus~
Libra Venus aren't given enough credit for the way they take on other peoples' pain. In its domicile, this Venus is often made out to be needy, incapable of existing alone, but without the relief they provide, most people couldn't exist without them. This is a Venus that often has its relationships held against them, belittled because of the size of the community surrounding them, but people too comfortably overlook their ability to organize, to bring people together even through disagreements.
They don't forget, they sometimes don't even forgive, but this Venus maintains a self-awareness that allows them to look past themselves. they'll work with someone they don't like as long as it means that the work gets done. In this same way, they push other people to look past themselves, but it's sometimes an unreasonable request to ask that someone look past the pain that's been caused to them. They get in trouble for playing both sides when they only want peace between them.
Being close to a Libra Venus means being surrounded by optimism. though it can be short sighted at times, their desire to bring everyone together is unwavering. They want to see the best in everyone, even those who refuse to see it in themselves.
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The Unappreciated Side of Virgo Venus~
Virgo Venus aren't given enough credit for how they absorb peoples' anger and the hits thrown at them. though they can be controlling, often found in leadership positions pushing a group forward, people don't acknowledge how much this Venus lets people get away with. At the same time that this Venus cares about enforcing rules, their biggest fear is becoming an absolutist.
In their eyes, there is room, there is a chance for people to be justified in making bad decisions, and they always want to give people that chance, one they never get. They will always give people a chance to explain themselves, but that fear of swinging the hammer down means they often forgive people who have no regret. Even if they make up a reason, this Venus will try their best to understand it and respect it.
Being close to a Virgo Venus means having an advocate, someone who wants to believe you'd make the best decisions you could given the opportunity, and appreciating their consideration is another decision we're left to make. Virgo Venus' will always keep pushing, a single person will never bring down their fight to protect the world, but that doesn't mean they should be expected to push through being wronged. No matter how strong their heart is, it's not immune to being broken.
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The Unappreciated Side of Leo Venus~
Leo Venus don't get enough credit for they build up peoples' reputations. From a quick view, this Venus can appear shallow, like the part they enjoy the most about a relationship is having one to tell everyone about, but people greatly misunderstand their intention. Sure, some relationships come with social benefits, there are times where this Venus gains from being associated to someone, but the way they talk people up is not exclusive to people who have something they want.
Being close to a Leo Venus means having someone by your side who never gives up on the potential they first saw in you. They brag for people, they want your work to be seen by the world, so they become your biggest supporter.
Because of how individualistic they are, people act like this Venus only ever has hidden selfish motives, but their real goal is to enable people building the same level of confidence they have in themselves. for them, they do benefit from people learning to love themselves. People tend to be weary of showing vulnerability to someone who strives for perfection, but Leo Venus' are selfish enough that they only ever consider judging themselves. Their own flaws must be destroyed, but anyone else's should be handled with care.
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The Unappreciated Side of Cancer Venus~
Cancer Venus aren't given enough credit for the messes they clean up for people. Often, they don't create many problems of their own, but this peace they have allows them the time to get involved with the world around them, taking on other peoples' problems to alleviate stress. Being close to a Cancer Venus means never hearing the word no, being able to ask for anything and only getting pushback when they don't have the ability or means to do something. There's no length they won't go to— and this gets held against them.
It takes great patience to take on and manage someone else's problems, and it's that same patience that extends over into allowing people to be unappreciative, making space for people who don't want it.
Quickly, Cancer Venus' are made out to be obsessive and fueled by drama, like they seek out problems because they enjoy being surrounded by chaos. Often, it's easier for people to claim a Cancer Venus is the center of the problems, which justifies never actually addressing them.
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degreedummy · 6 months
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The Unappreciated Side of Gemini Venus~
Gemini Venus don't get enough credit for how forgiving they are. unlike many other signs, this Venus genuinely invites criticism and debate, but people who struggle to let go of a disagreement often hold that anger against this Venus personally.
Being close to a Gemini Venus means having a magnifying glass placed on you, questioning you at every step like they'd expect you to do to them. to them, there is no trust if both people aren't able to be completely vulnerable with each other. Having a relationship with a Gemini Venus, it can be easy to look at their behavior and assume they're digging for flaws, looking for any reason to get out, but they actually tend to lean on the trust they have with people to open up conversations they think are important.
People often want to assume Gemini Venus' intentions are anything but genuine, but part of the trust they have with people is trusting people to believe they're coming from an honest place. They aren't ever sneaking in an insult, loving someone means telling them the truth.
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The Unappreciated Side of Taurus Venus~
Taurus Venus don't get enough credit for how patient they are. often being the person to enforce rules and repercussions, people try to hold it over their head that they're controlling, but people don't see how long they give people to correct their actions on their own. Being close to a Taurus Venus means agreeing to their rules, rules they believe make it easiest for everyone to coexist, but this Venus actually gives people a lot of leniency before saying anything to anyone.
People actually get comfortable breaking rules, getting so close to them that they think they're immune to a Taurus Venus' expectations, and it's shaking up that comfort that makes them the enemy. holding people to a promise is treated like they're accusing people of being liars. When a Taurus Venus finally stands up for themselves, they're often made out to be some evil person trying to change everyone around them, but in reality, they would support whatever people wanted for themselves as long as they met the few needs this Venus has.
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The Unappreciated Side of Aries Venus~
Aries Venus don't get enough credit for how protective they are. in a relationship with them, it can be easy to get frustrated or annoyed with how loud and aggressive they can be, but people purposefully never see how many dangers it keeps away. Being close to an Aries Venus, it's easy to lose perspective of the work they intentionally do out of peoples' view, and viewing their decisions as 'unnecessary' means they've succeeded in making all dangers and threats invisible to the people they love.
Being close to an Aries Venus, it's easy to lose perspective of the work they intentionally do out of peoples' view, and viewing their decisions as 'unnecessary' means they've succeeded in making all dangers and threats invisible to the people they love. Success in keeping people ignorant to the dangers of the world around them often means that the Aries Venus is treated as ignorant for the decisions they make, and it's a burden they're willing to carry as long as it doesn't become so forgotten that people pull back from them.
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degreedummy · 6 months
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4° is a degree that deals with memories, family and the influences of our upbringing— 4° Leo can represent someone who is either proud of what they come from or who wants to exceed the circumstances they were brought up under, while 4° Scorpio can show someone who struggles to move on, feeling like they're permanently impacted by the negative things that happen to them. 4° Aries can reveal someone who feels they were constantly motivated and pushed forward by the people around them, while 4° Libra might represent someone who feels they've been brought down by people who claim they can't succeed on their own.
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degreedummy · 8 months
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17° is a degree that deals with themes like public recognition, idolization and daydreaming— 17° Gemini might circle back to talking about the success they expect to have in the future, while 17° Taurus might slowly build a foundation to support the sudden success they expect. 17° Aquarius might overwhelm themselves and make their own plans unapproachable by digging too deep into their dreams about the future and what they want, while 17° Cancer would be the first person to commit to helping someone else achieve their dreams, even if it meant there was no benefit for them personally.
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