Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

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Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by Zeezrom » Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:48 pm

I wonder if any of you have tried or are willing to try for sake of comparison doing a full astrological birth chart reading (not just your simple sign). I’ve been finding the study of my own and my wife’s to be extremely accurate and enlightening as far as life’s mission, hidden talents, abilities, and foretelling the map of life’s journey from birth down to present day thus far.

My patriarchal blessing meanwhile was complete gobbledegook that would bear zero resemblance to my life if he hadn’t interviewed me before the blessing. Any similarities to my experience I can trace directly to our pre-blessing conversation :?

Could the ancient Babylonian soothsayers and astrologers be more inspired and wise than modern day “priesthood brethren”??? I think so

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by FreeFallin » Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:00 am

I wanted to do one, but I don't know the time of my birth and my birth certificate doesn't show it. I'm left to deal with a generic reading. My pat blessing was.... well.... I can't remember :D

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by Hagoth » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:47 pm

If some random person were to lend me their chart I'm sure I would find it more accurate and useful than my patriarchal blessing.
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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by moksha » Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:12 pm

Is anyone into the characteristics information provided via the 12-year Chinese cycle? Some people even blend that with the characteristics of the Western zodiac signs. That would yield 144 possible combinations, far more than the imagination of a single patriarch.

Would you want to be a Taurus Tiger, an Aries Monkey, a Leo Dragon, or ?
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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by dogbite » Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:34 am

The Chinese zodiac has lots of combinations.

You get the basic 12 years.
Certain years are yin and yang
Then there is a cycle of 5, earth fire water metal wood that apply to different years.

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by hallew » Sun Mar 27, 2022 8:28 am

I received my PB when I was 16. It constantly talks about following leaders, the prophet, being involved in church as much as I possibly can--it really reiterates the obedience card. It also mentions going to the temple with a righteous man and being sealed, teaching my children to be righteous, etc. I didn't get married in the temple. My husband is at church with the kids and I'm staying home today. The only part that seems to maybe apply is it stressing me to get a good secular education when I come of college age. Unfortunately, my undergraduate degree is pointless in regards to what I am currently doing. However, I applied to grad school last month. If accepted, I'll be starting grad school at 35 years old--not sure if this is considered college age. :lol:

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by Hagoth » Mon Mar 28, 2022 6:36 am

When I corrected my patriarch about some things he got wrong he said, "that's ok, I'll have it changed when we type up the transcript."
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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by nibbler » Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:21 pm

My patriarchal blessing made more sense to me once I viewed it not as a list of things that god would bless me with but as a checklist of things the church wanted me to do.

Blessed to serve a full time mission.
Blessed to marry in the temple.
Blessed to have lots of kids.
Blessed to never say no to a calling.
etc.

I can't say much about an astrological birth chart. Full disclosure, I have a bias against them. I suspect they include generic enough statements such that anyone can read themselves into some part of their narratives.
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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by annotatedbom » Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:51 am

Hagoth wrote:
Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:47 pm
If some random person were to lend me their chart I'm sure I would find it more accurate and useful than my patriarchal blessing.
This^

An Astrology Horoscope Experiment by mentalist Darren Brown demonstrates how we often take general and ambiguous information and infer details and meaning that apply to us personally that go well beyond what is presented in the original information. This makes me want to build a web app for uploading and comparing patriarchal blessings.

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by stuck » Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:39 pm

My Mom just suggested that perhaps her grandkids ought to get them early in order to better "guide" them in their lives. My siblings who got it when young agreed with her. I got mine young also and as was said it talked about going on a mission, being a good student and getting married in the temple and remembering temple covenants and using the priesthood. So I'm quite sure that most everyone's blessing sort of talks about doing these things that the church wants. It's another sort of tool that keeps people in the "Good ship Zion" or the "covenant path". In other words, it is another tool that the church uses to wield undo influence right?

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by Hagoth » Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:24 pm

stuck wrote:
Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:39 pm
My Mom just suggested that perhaps her grandkids ought to get them early in order to better "guide" them in their lives. My siblings who got it when young agreed with her. I got mine young also and as was said it talked about going on a mission, being a good student and getting married in the temple and remembering temple covenants and using the priesthood. So I'm quite sure that most everyone's blessing sort of talks about doing these things that the church wants. It's another sort of tool that keeps people in the "Good ship Zion" or the "covenant path". In other words, it is another tool that the church uses to wield undo influence right?
Get a copy of your Mom's, make one for each of your kids with the name changed. Throw in a couple of specifics that "the patriarch couldn't have possibly known," and you'll be in good shape.

Better yet, you write a blessing for them that they can use as a guide for the way you hope their lives will go, rather than how the church hopes they will go. Better to get guidance from someone who actually knows and loves them than from an assigned cold reader. You can have a friend pose as the patriarch and give them that blessing. Sure, it's kinda sneaky but it's not as sneaky as the sh*t some of the patriarchs in the Bible pulled to get the blessing they wanted!
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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by stuck » Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:55 pm

Hagoth wrote:
Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:24 pm
stuck wrote:
Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:39 pm
My Mom just suggested that perhaps her grandkids ought to get them early in order to better "guide" them in their lives. My siblings who got it when young agreed with her. I got mine young also and as was said it talked about going on a mission, being a good student and getting married in the temple and remembering temple covenants and using the priesthood. So I'm quite sure that most everyone's blessing sort of talks about doing these things that the church wants. It's another sort of tool that keeps people in the "Good ship Zion" or the "covenant path". In other words, it is another tool that the church uses to wield undo influence right?
Get a copy of your Mom's, make one for each of your kids with the name changed. Throw in a couple of specifics that "the patriarch couldn't have possibly known," and you'll be in good shape.

Better yet, you write a blessing for them that they can use as a guide for the way you hope their lives will go, rather than how the church hopes they will go. Better to get guidance from someone who actually knows and loves them than from an assigned cold reader. You can have a friend pose as the patriarch and give them that blessing. Sure, it's kinda sneaky but it's not as sneaky as the sh*t some of the patriarchs in the Bible pulled to get the blessing they wanted!
Yeah that's a great idea. It would be cool to write my kid's patriarchal blessings :) Yeah since my faith crisis, the whole thing about Jacob getting the birthright instead of Esau has bothered me. Isaac still believed he was giving the birthright blessing to Esau because he was wearing animal skins on his arms so he wouldn't know differently :evil:

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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by Hagoth » Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:14 pm

stuck wrote:
Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:55 pm
Isaac still believed he was giving the birthright blessing to Esau because he was wearing animal skins on his arms so he wouldn't know differently :evil:
And then Jacob did the crossed-arms things to fool Ephraim and Manasseh about who was actually getting the blessing.
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Re: Astrological Birth Chart vs. Patriarchal Blessing

Post by 1smartdodog » Sun May 15, 2022 5:12 pm

I think they are both equally useful as in not at all.


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