Comments on: D&D Astrology with Ryven Cedrylle: Air Signs

By: vitt

vitt — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:09:13 +0000

Thanks for the article, I’m Libra and a pretty typical one at that.
I’m currently playing a rogue/shadow dancer with 2 shadows…=p I call them my “girls” and use dancer miniatures lol.
anyways thanks !

By: Ryven

Ryven — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:19:30 +0000

..and on further reflection, I have to say that I’m amused by the subtle irony of a person with an Aquarius Sun coming onto a public forum and drawing attention to the fact that he’s not a ‘normal’ Aquarius. No offense intended, of course. It’s past 1AM over here and I’m a little punchy. Anyway, I hope that answered your question.
.-= Ryven´s last blog ..Living Word Astrology for 10/29/09 =-.

By: Ryven

Ryven — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:06:35 +0000

@Ken. Again. Hey that rhymed.. anyway. Point No. 1 – Your feelings are pretty common. Many times, a person will self-identify with their Ascendant as opposed to their Sun Sign. I’m a Virgo by Sun placement, for instance, but I definitely see myself as a Scorpio so I know exactly where you’re coming from on this. Yet if I look at myself from an outside perspective, I can see where the Virgo thing is going on. The best description I can give you is if you know a little psychology, your Sun sign is not usually your Ego, it’s your Superego. It tends to be more subtle, more a collection of beliefs than an attitude or personality. Really, you have to look at someone’s full chart to give any sort of accurate depiction. Which leads me to…

Point 2 – I thought this was clear from the intro, but apparently not; when I pair a Sign with a class or two in this article series, I’m talking about the pure Sign as an Archetype or ideal, not an actual person with that Sun placement. You can’t say that “people with Gemini Suns all like to play bards.” You can, however, say that the Psion is the most theoretically Aquarian class and people who are very strongly Aquarian will likely be drawn to it. If however, you (Ken) don’t have anything in Aquarius besides your Sun, then I wouldn’t expect you to be very strongly Aquarian or tend towards the classes I wrote out here. If you’re not going to do a full chart reading, don’t get too caught up on Sun signs. They’re only part of the picture. Instead, understand the Signs as representing broad personality types, kinda like Robin Laws’ gamer types.

I would like to note for the record, though, that all the Fire Sign people all self-referenced about how much they’re like their Signs, the Earth folks didn’t comment at all (big surprise there) and now the Air people are discussing amongst themselves and asking questions. I’ll take that as a minor victory.
.-= Ryven´s last blog ..Living Word Astrology for 10/29/09 =-.

By: e

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:16:44 +0000

@ Ken – Aquarius, tho named to make you think it’s a water sign, is an air sign. The fun thing about astrology is that everyone assumes their sun sign is all there is to it… but in reality, it’s not. For example, I am a Cancer, but there’s a lot about the Gemini horoscopes that also applies to me. Turns out, even tho I have a Cancer sun, I have my ascendant, moon, and Venus in Gemini, which makes me strongly lean toward Gemini personality. You may be an Aquarius with a lot of planets in some other sign, which is why Aquarius doesn’t feel exactly right to you. Ryven can probably explain it much better than me….

By: AlphaAnt

AlphaAnt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:31:51 +0000

@Ken, While Aquarius is the “water bearer”, it is in fact an Air sign. The Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:22 +0000

Isn’t Aquarius a water sign? I’m an Aquarius and that description is pretty far off the mark.

By: e

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:26:03 +0000

@ Hyb’ We know you’re an outlaw.

By: Hybban

Hybban — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:46:22 +0000

I’m a libra and I’ve never played the class proposed, neither want to. I’m playing a druid right now, but thanks to Pathfinder, I have a build without a pet

Hyb’