Just now I was reading last night’s comments in MoonPlutoLand, the 2nd class, the one on Creativity and the 5th House, and a gal mentioned sometimes being afraid to speak.
That when she starts to speak, she gets all emotional. Her Airy Sun isn’t so comfortable with those feelings.
And I wrote back to her that sometimes before I publish a blog post that thought crosses my mind too. I’ll be criticized. And sometimes I am.
But then I think FUCK IT. That’s the stronger feeling.
And I wrote that’s the tattoo inside me. I picture it in my belly. Made me smile 🙂 In other words: I don’t care what *you* think. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. The right people, my people, will find me.
I have no personal planets in Libra in my natal. Can you tell? 😉 And Pallas Athena (Warrior) lives in my 7th. I may be a little low on beauty, grace, and charm 😉 But I got other guns.
We often tag that “need” to be liked to Libra, people-pleasing, peace-keeping, etc. But let’s turn those cliches inside out, shall we?
Do any of the Libras reading this want to chime in?
xo
11 thoughts on “The Tattoo Inside You And The Hidden Life Of Libra”
I’m not a libra (disclaimer :)) … My MC and Uranus live in libra but I have 4 planets in the 7th, including my sun. I think maybe people pleasing (which sounds harmless enough) is probably not the highest expression of libra. I like consensus; I’ll present my stuff & let others do the same with their stuff and hope that we may understand one another if we can’t agree. I want to understand, I believe it’s always possible and I consider that it must be my failure if I can’t open my mind wide enough to embrace all comers. That said, it’s highly unlikely I’ll change anything, including my opinion, to make myself more acceptable to anyone. I’ll agree to disagree if I can’t get someone to appreciate my point of view. I don’t form opinions lightly, maybe a side effect of mercury/Saturn, so it takes a lot to change my mind. I do edit my thinking & speaking but that has more to do with a Virgo moon, a large vocab and personal standards. Not a real libra. 🙂
LOL, I have a Libra moon.
This funny because you used the phrase “I don’t care what you think,” and its other various versions has had me… perturbed lately. And this isn’t an affront to you, or anyone who says that, I promise. 🙂
But yeah. Everyone has to get to a point in life where they say proverbially say ‘i don’t care; I’m do my own thing’ particularly if they want to do anything worth wild, right? But what happens when everyone is just walking around with their ‘i-dont-care’ face on? How do people learn? Say someone has something to say to me that can be perceived as negative & i just turn around say i don’t care, not even listening… don’t i just end up missing a whole bunch of things? Esp, if I’m in a position where a lot (or just feeling like a lot) of stuff is coming at me & i build up a bulwark of ‘i don’t care-ness,’ how do people tell what to take and what not to… don’t most people end up running roughshod over others … saying they don’t care?
Or does this shit really not matter & I’m just doing the most?
I think you misunderstand. Or I need to explain better. I don’t mean apathy or cruelty.
I must arrange my life for my maximum freedom. This is not about hurting others. If someone gets hurt because I don’t want to have lunch with them, is that my problem? No. And then some people arrange their lives for maximum dependency. I’m on the other side of that. I need to choose. Otherwise I’m in hell.
Its cool. I’ve clearly I’ve mixed up the two — apathy (and people being jackasses) & people truly doing for themselves. I think i should have read over my comment because there is something there for me to investigate. Like, i’m over here talking about something TOTALLY different. lol
But yea, I really was not trying to shit on your post Everyone needs to choose for themselves & have that freedom. Not let life or others choose for them… Its good thing.
no worries 🙂 i know you weren’t shitting on the post 🙂 i just wanted to explain
There’s a difference between ‘trying’ to be nice and just plain ‘ol naturally being nice because it’s genuinely ones nature. I associate Libra with a natural niceness.. Not because it’s fake, but because it’s neutral. Well, until it chooses sides. IF it chooses sides. Libra reflects the projections of others, and Libra will reflect its choice of sides once it has been made. This leads into a main theme of Saturn in Libra: Choice. Not just any choice, the ‘right’ choice, but the ‘ideal’ choice; the BEST choice. Because you will be responsible for that choice. Which is also why Saturn in Libra demands a certain type of authenticity as an individual. Not only do you have to see both sides, but you also must have an authentic person to make the decision. If a people pleasing trophy who needs approval makes that decision, it may prove faulty in the long run. The Saturn long run. You will MARRY YOUR CHOICE when Saturn leaves Libra. So no matter what, the choice is yours. Saturn is exalted in Libra: taking responsibility for your own choices and actions. No crying when Saturn enters Scorpio. Choose the right team. And don’t be afraid to choose yourself, and throw people’s projections back. Sometimes with a lot of Libra ‘Fuck it’ needs to be ‘FUCK YOU’.
Saturn in Libra knows its not perfect. Saturn in Libra doesn’t always feel pretty. But Saturn in Libra knows how to be authentic, real, and pretty on the inside.
Well said!
My bestie is a Libra Sun … an Aries Moon. Talk about a balancing act! Simultaneous need to be liked and yet fairly combative when it comes to the injustices of the world. She would make a great activist!
I´m also a Libra Sun, but with Aries Rising. I also suffer from this need for the approval of others (I think this Uranus-Pluto square might be helping me break out of that, though…) And while I hate conflict, sometimes it´s hard to stop when I get into it with people. But the need to fight almost always stems from what I perceive as an injustice/unfairness.
It´s like: Lover or Fighter? We´re both. 🙂
Libra is fascinating. That need to fight (so very Libra in my experience) PLUS needing approval. Intense to say the least and so…. needing others to function. Both of those dynamics require OTHERS. Thank you. I think you just gave me even more insight! Love when that happens 🙂
Saturn in Scorpio means… we will need others in different ways than Saturn in Libra. We will make the cut!
Libra Rising here, Sag Sun, Mercury Retro in the 3rd, square Saturn. I have a big mouth at times, and then I can also squelch it, and keep my voice running behind the scenes. I teach. I write a blog. What I have come to learn about myself is that where the fear is, energy is and that is where I must pierce to free the block. — (following the tatto analogy.) Pierce it privately at first, before making it public and before sending it out there, mythologize it. Make it universal, turn it into astrology, then I have no need to oppose it (Libra) or feel the need to repress emotions around it.
I could use some of more guts though.
Ah, yes, guts. Good word.