INSTINCT: (Subjective-feelers & Objective-thinkers)

Instinct is our natural, mental innateness that reveals how we interact with our environment by way of subjectivity (feeling) or objectivity (thinking). 

Subjective (feelers) are receptive to the subject rather than the object. They form opinions first, based on how they feel about an object and then they observe (think) about the object-later. They react on what they feel rather than what they think, as “feeling” is priority over thinking-to them. They do not process objective thinking with ease-therefore it is easy for them to cope with feeling and emotion rather than thought and deliberation.

                            Subjective feelers are:

ARIES, LEO, SAGITTARIUS and CANCER, SCORPIO, PISCES

                                   However:

Fire signs: (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)-feel directly and overwhelmingly, through provoking action to get a reaction from their surroundings.

Water signs: (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)-feel indirectly and subtly, through intuition, eliciting reaction from their surroundings. 

Objective (thinkers) are receptive to the object rather than the subject. They are not influenced by personal feelings and instead; think of the object while forming an opinion, as “thinking” is priority over feeling-to them. They do not process subjective feeling with ease, therefore it is easy for them to think and deliberate rather than cope with emotion and feeling.

                             Objective thinkers are:

TAURUS, VIRGO, CAPRICORN and GEMINI, LIBRA, AQUARIUS

                                       However:

Earth signs: (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)-think practically.

Air signs: (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)-think intellectually.

There are specific advantages to being a “feeler” just as there are specific advantages to being a “thinker.”

A “feeling” is an opinion, a view, a point of view, an attitude, an impression, an instinct. It is intuition, inclination as well as sentiment; a pleasurable or painful sensation experienced when one is stirred to sympathy, anger, fear, love or grief: all emotions that we innately respond to even before we become products of our learned environment.

Generally speaking, we all are thinkers and feelers. The major difference between being a thinker and a feeler is that we as feelers do not have to be taught how to feel; from birth to death you already know how you feel about anything. Even a newborn baby knows it feels. It is not until you are at a point where you are able to put what you feel into words that you become “a thinker.”

Feeling is innate-present at and from birth.

Thinking is learned-acquired by way of examining: environment, skill, manipulation, all social and external factors; all things acquired versus innate.

Two things that are innate in all of us on earth are instinct and intuition (feeling): your "first"-given to you at birth. (Thinking) is second-your response to all that is felt, which requires: thought, reason, intellect, reflection and deliberation; all of which are your learned responses to what is already innate (how you feel).

The reason why feeling sign people (water & fire signs) are able to arouse feelings of pleasurable, pain, sympathy, anger, fear, love or grief is because what we feel (a part of our natural innateness) is something that we cannot help but to express. Fire sign people (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) give off feeling more direct and overwhelmingly through action to get a reaction from to their surroundings and are therefore “active.” Water sign people (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) give off feeling more indirectly, subtly, through emotion and intuition, and are receptive to their surroundings. Therefore, they are “reactive.” Though both give off feeling differently; they both give feeling nonetheless.

The power of (feeling/emotional appeal) is very strong. It is strong because the heart itself is all-true. Feeling is anything from the heart, which is pure, natural, innocent, unrehearsed and is therefore powerful until it is tainted with our learned responses. Our learned responses teach us how to manipulate. And to do so requires thought and deliberation (that which is of the head-not the heart)…     

“Of the head” is that of a man or woman of thought, a mental giant; things that do not come natural. They all come with time, experience and gathered through what has come from what is felt first (heart), then through the mind second. When one uses his mind, he applies what he’s felt to it. He cogitates, and turns everything over to his mind to process thought.

The one interesting thing to know about this whole personological study is that of all the ways that we differ, balance and imbalance; our one and only thing that we are ALL balanced in is our capacity to think and feel. Concentrated + diluted, the totality of everyone’s personological chart is balanced with a total of 3 thinking signs and 3 feeling signs. So there is no need to chart and notate what we have too much of, balanced in or deprived of (like we did for Chapters 7-11 on pages 111, 119, 122, 126 and 132).

Here’s why: 

Remember throughout this book, I reiterate whatever: sun, moon or rising sign you are, the sign opposite that sign is also a part of you (at some point in your person). It’s no different than in order to be good, one has to have been or know bad. And in order for one to be bad, one has to have been or know good. NOTHING can be a thing without knowing or being opposite that thing: hot/cold or up/down/ or in/out or yes/no, will/way etc. (You get the idea).

NOTHING (and I do mean NOTHING) in this world (aside from the Creator of it) stands "alone." The only "ONE" thing is the omnipotent and creator of all things beneath it. All things beneath "one" thing-has to have an opposite thing in order to learn or have knowledge of a thing-so that "choice" or "decision" is made. That is where we meet "consequence" (of anything). That is the business of LIFE-subservient to the Creator of me [and opposite me]: you...

That being said:

CANCER sun sign (a FEELING SIGN) is also CAPRICORN sun sign (a THINKING SIGN)

TAURUS moon sign (a THINKING SIGN) is also SCORPIO moon sign (a FEELING SIGN) 

VIRGO rising sign (a THINKING SIGN) is also PISCES rising sign (a  FEELING SIGN)

Whether you choose to balance your thinking and feeling sides is up to you. Regardless, the results/effects/consequences will make its way back to you for sure. That too, is the business of life: action and reaction (a thing and its opposing thing). So while there are advantages to “using our heads” and being “thinkers” in this world that we are trying to make it in; it is also equally important, if not more, to be able to use our hearts as well: a mutual language that we all speak and understand-regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, educational background, race, or social class…        

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