Hi all. I am doing some thinking about/research into the impulse to collect and how it might connect to astrology and was wondering if anyone has some thoughts on the matter or would find this an interesting subject for discussion. I undergo been primarily examining the collecting impulse in connection with Taurus/the 2nd House/Venus so far - as the collecting of material objects largely stemming from the need for security. This seems the obvious place to examine collecting though I'm sure all the signs can connect in some way as well. I can see Gemini as a collector of more immaterial things - information experience etc. - stemming from the desire to perceive as much as possible. I can see Sagittarius as well as an experience collector but more of a focused one (on specific beliefs/cultures/so on). And I think Virgo could tie in nicely to the organization/analyzation of collected materials and ideas (as what is done with a collection [organization/usage/display...] is an important part of the collecting process). I'm also curious about Scorpio's connection to collecting being the opposite of Taurus. It must tie into the shared resources side of Scorpio though I don't see Scorpio as being entirely about sharing/merging when it comes to those matters (as it is a fixed sign and does retain). Aaanyhow those are just some of my initial thoughts and I'd be very curious about anyone else's! Thanks.
I used to apply collecting when I was a kid. Probably it is something I have outgrown to some degree though I still like getting direct of science-fiction classics or horror classis if I can. Perhaps that has also something to do with the fact that such things could seem a little sad though I would not lie and go on about loving tennis and all kinds of socially-orientated sports either. I used to hive away seashells along with one or two other things and I would say the collecting bug was inherited my mother did too. Last time I saw her she wanted to know if I would like her seashell collection once sheis dead and gone. She also collected small/ceramic cats at one time. My father used to collect observe's eggs probalby a hobby that would be frowned on a lot these days and tends to be a hoarder never throwing out old photographs books or cuttings that kind of thing. Blame it on Mercury-Saturn exchanges my father has a sqaure my mother has a conjunction between these two and so do I. Maybe it is more a Virgoan thing than a Taurean one or maybe not though my Midheaven at 29 Libra could have gone into Libra but my mother has Virgo rising. M brother is the only one who does not seem to collect much and he has no Mercury-Saturn aspects at all.
I'm Gemini with Sag rising and I do collect information much of it in books and computer files. I also hive away rocks and crystals My Husband is Aquarius and I have not been able to sight his birth time so I undergo no rising But He is a collector of so many different things we say he collects collections. I have known several different Aquarius who were extraordinary collectors My spouse collects coins. Military miniatures romance novels history books military history books board games. Movie and Tv DVDs ( and several thousand vcr tapes ) Olympic pins and Law enforcement pins lps and much more. Not counting cats birds and strays in general ). He also encourages every one else to collect so my Virgo kids undergo assorted collections too. Once upon a time my oldest child ( at about age 7) had a huge mess of candy wrappers on her floor Mike was scolding her to pick up the floor and she looked up and said " but its my collection " he said O. K and left the room. Other Aquarius Collectors I've known included a Social Science Professor with several houses full of fine art and forge. An artist who not only had thousands of paintings he had false walls around his entire apartment to conceal several years supply of canned foods. I knew an Aquarius in San Bruno California who opened a store for rare records mostly as an excuse to amass record albums and rock and turn memorabiliaAnother thing about some of these Aquarii? is that not only do they collect they let go. The Professor in Sacramento just walked away from all the stuff invited friends to back up themselves and moved to Kenya where I'm told he has begun a new collection. My spouse lost his waltz trophies and an be of other treasures in the Loma Prieta Earthquake and was completely cool with it Any way in my undergo the really intense collectors are often Aquarius types.
Aquarius huh? That's one sign I hadn't yet considered much in relation to collecting. That's really fascinating that you've known so many Aquarius Sun folks who are such avid collectors. I wonder what might be the Aquarian pull towards it as I'm sure it's different than the Taurean appreciation of physical items and desire for security through them. Being able to part with collected items/possessions in general is not something I feel very comfortable with unlike them - and I might just go ahead and accuse that on all the Taurus in me. I like familiar material things around me in order to feel comfortable (though the occasional thrill of entirely foreign surroundings and strangers is great too.. but.. occasional is the key word). Do you by any chance experience your husband's Moon sign or much else about his chart (besides his Rising sign/Houses since that info's not available)?
What abpout hoarding then?I knew someone like this once where you could not move inside his house. Every dwell was strwn with clutter books everything in some boxes therwe were also (eww) maggots from various leftovers. The reason I ask about this is that there was once a TV create by mental act a kind of reality show I suppose that featured individuals whose clutter had taken over their homes. The task of the TV presenters was to help these individuals desist from being 'pack rats' and get rid of it all - obviously there was drama where these individuals resisted but there was always tha happy endings where these folks did eventually mange to press themselves into tastefully renovaterd decluttered homes. Often here were emotional problems of some kind involved - some were shopaholics ohers had lost someone inherited a house that was already full of fill that kind of a thing. So has anyone ever had any experience with someone who compulsively hoards? or been one and can relate it so anything in their charts?
I think fill is just one align of collecting though. Selective orderly collecting of nice objects of a certain kind for example could certainly be collecting change surface though it makes your place look tidy and attractive and tastefully decorated. I could see Venus in Taurus possibly being expressed this way but especially a Libra 2nd House (not to say that you necessarily DO collect anything - even in a selective/tasteful/order manner). The 2nd House could be a place of acquiring material things and what you value and Libra there would probably want aesthetic fit harmony and beauty. This would probably alter itself to a fairly 'tasteful' choose of acquiring. Gemini is on my 2nd House cusp and I am a mess. I hoard like nobody's business and I hoard EVERYTHING because I find it all potentially useful or interesting. It is a very unorganized sort of collecting and I don't show it in a 'nice' manner but pile it in a mess. This is actually less of a thought-through collection affect and more of a messy accumulation process than someone who for example collects fancy vases and organizes them on display on their mantel. Just some thoughts!
"So has anyone ever had any experience with someone who compulsively hoards? or been one and can cerebrate it so anything in their charts?"My ex- her house is crammed w/ egest she gets very nuts when you try to perge her. Taurus Asc. Cancer idle 2nd. Gem Mars 1st. Saturn 8th. Aries Venus and Merc 12th.. Pisces Sun 11th. She has a spash chart no conj. There are farious Aspect all over. I could cerebrate to this.. One of the main reasons we didn't bring home the bacon. I just can't be were my eyes are attacked by so much stuff. Drives me nuts. I grew up w/ minimal posesions. I need order and space were I live. I even tend to alter 1 protect of my place empty and find myself drawn to looking that way for sanity breaks..
i am a book addict i also deliver letters & cards (if something is written in them) from family & friends i also collect elephants which i usually purchase when i am traveling & undergo quite a few musical instruments the instruments are kind of funny since i only play the piano but i think it's cause i love throwing dinner parties & most of my friends can plaly some equip & after dinner thats where the evening ends up. Besides that i dislike fill and give a lot of things away. At the end of every season you can see me making a drop-off at the red go across box not sure what the astrological connection is maybe books & letters has something to do with sag 3H ruler & gemini 9H ruler are placed in my 4H & i don't know neptune in 3H with believe to musical instruments i definitely think libra asc & venus conjunct ic has to do with having dinner parties at home food friends conversation music what else is needed :)peace,natty
HeheAnother Aqua Collector here...6th house sun saturn mars. Virgo rising uranus r and pluto r in the 1st house. Mercury in 5th house Capricorn. I like to hive away things that are useful to me a guest may not notice an item as part of a collection but I do. For example. I like nice wood chairs. And nice decorative boxes any size made of wood paper glass. I use them to store other items. I desire metalware too. I undergo a small collection of various galvanized buckets that I use in the tend for planters etc. And I love wrought iron stuff. I really enjoy nice quality bed linens and change them and mix and match. My son has graced me with a collection of heart shaped rocks and they got wax all over them when a forgotten examine burned too low. I was so bummed those are the most meaningful of collections. Oh! I like to collect fortunes from cookies too ! I keep them in a ceramic bank my son gave me. Some collections I undergo walked away from not too easily but if they no longer serve me. I don't want the clutter. I recently let go of a few oil lamps except special ones like one that was my great grandmothers. And I had a few too many quilts so I sold them... I have a collection of apparel jewelry that my Grandmother amassed. I don't quite know what to do with that but I am sentimental about stuff too. I desire old stuff ,that has a spirit like the stories it tells if you listen. I like alter old houses too for that reason. Which brings to object this classic bit.. enjoy!
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