OCDkickrocks
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- 2y
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Has anyone ever looked up their birth/natal chart? I did today and started researching and now I worry about things I didn’t worry about before. I feel like I opened up a new phobia.
NicaNica
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- 2y
My mom’s obsessed with all that stuff, so yes. But I’m not, so she can say whatever random stuff she wants. It doesn’t affect me because I don’t let it.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y
When I first started with NOCD one of my biggest triggers was astrology relationship related stuff. I grew up with a mother who would tell me if a friendship wouldn’t work out because of our signs, or if I did something she didn’t like she would say “that’s such a Gemini trait.” I never truly believed in it but it started to scare me when I was in serious relationships that we may not work out because of some predestined chart. Especially since the first thing she does when she meets someone is ask what their birthdate is🙄 I’ve learned to accept that I can’t control that stuff but I can control my actions. And I don’t have to know if it’s fate that I’m with my fiancé because I choose to be with him. Astrology is cool but it doesn’t have to control the outcome of your life. Try making some Erps about it. To work on my own I had to read astrology related stuff that said my fiancé and I might not be compatible and just sit with that😅
ApplesAndOrangesApplesAndOra...
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- 2y
As someone who wholeheartedly believes in astrology, your natal chart doesn't define who you are. Your natal chart suggests what you're like at your core, similar to genetics in the way that they're with you for life but they don't affect much. In my opinion, your characteristics are mostly defined by learnt behaviours and how you've been brought up to see the world. Even your traits from your natal chart can be controlled and altered throughout your life, you generally have full control over who you are and who you are becoming. Your natal chart just gives guidance about your inner traits
ApplesAndOrangesApplesAndOra...
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- 2y
For example, I'm on the cusp of Leo and virgo, Virgos are suggested to be serious and stern, and I know I can be like that sometimes. I switch instantly and go into a serious and stubborn mindset, that might not be wholly because I'm a virgo, but even so, I can still be aware of when I'm like that and how I'm acting, and I can manage it accordingly. Your birth charts give you awareness of what you *can* be like
ada110ada110
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
My OCD has definitely used my horoscope before to latch onto as 'evidence' that my fears are true. Madness when you think about it and I can laugh about it looking back but the fear felt so real. I'd take this as a prime example of OCD looking for evidence of stuff you need to worry about. Tell it you don't need to worry, tell it you don't need to answer these questions.
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