the signs as philosophical movements
Aries: Machiaviellanism - the denial of the relevance of morality, holding the view that any means can be used if it is necessary to maintain power.
Taurus: Epicureanism - the pursuit of pleasure, above all.
Gemini: Existentialism - the belief that there is no universal “meaning of life”, the individual is free to create his own meaning and build his character from his actions.
Cancer: Idealism - the idea that the material world and reality merely is a product of consciousness, sensation, imagination and perception.
Leo: Solipsism - the belief that the self is all there is, that everything else just is a product of their perception.
Virgo: Skepticism - a way of life devoted to inquiry, investigation and doubt: always questioning the certainity of things.
Libra: Dualism - the belief that everything is made up of polarity and can be sorted into two categories (such as body and mind, good and evil) which cannot exist without one another.
Scorpio: Nihilism - denial of the existence of any “truths”, holding the belief that life is ultimately meaningless.
Sagittarius: Empiricism - the belief that true wisdom comes from experience.
Capricorn: Stoicism - emphasizes the discipline and mastery of the emotions in order to reach a wiser, rational, and peaceful mindset.
Aquarius: Surrealism - the rejection of the rational, the negation of the normal; celebrating contradiction, the imagination and the bizzare.
Pisces: Romanticism - emphasis on strong emotion and receptiveness, celebrating the imagination, the transcendental and the supreme value of art.
one thing i realized a while ago is that some crushes are better left as crushes. sometimes, you only like someone because you don’t know enough about them to dislike them.
