The Situation is Grave, Gentleman....

This topic was created in the Scorpio forum by ScorpSuperior on Monday, August 25, 2008 and has 28 replies.

What Does an Astrological Chart Say About Making Difficult Choices

Astrology can offer insights into your decision-making tendencies and emotional responses during tough choices. It helps understand how planetary influences might shape your instinct and values in moments of crisis, guiding you to make more aligned decisions based on your birth chart and current planetary transits.

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@P-Angel
21 Years25,000+ PostsPisces

Like the movie .. The Good Son

Choice would be dependent upon who was worth saving, rather than my own personal feelings because I feel for all of them with the same intensity, just on a different level.

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@Thetis
18 Years1,000+ Posts

Don't have any children, so it would probably be my 17yr old Virgo sister.

Because she has her whole life ahead of her, and because I love her more than the rest of my family, although my mum is a close 2nd.

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@ScorpSuperior
19 Years10,000+ Posts

Ummmm, Keva, Branh, and P.

Love you guys, but please try to follow directions.

This is not about you. You are safe. You can only choose one person to bring to safety with you. I don't want to know the order in which you'd save them, or that it is dependant upone the intensity of your feelings.

Then, tell us why you did not save the other 2.

Make choice first, explain later. Thankssomuch.

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@ScorpSuperior
19 Years10,000+ Posts

""I don't like your rules, Notso.""

Sometimes we are faced with situations that involve making on-the-spot decisions. In many of those situations, we are forced to take risks, and are pressured by resource and time constraints.

Because you decided to be risk-averse, I regret to inform you that you have lost all three lives for failure to act. I am sorry, but I extended your allotted time, and your choice was to think/question rather than execute.

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@Thetis
18 Years1,000+ Posts

"Because you decided to be risk-averse, I regret to inform you that you have lost all three lives for failure to act. I am sorry, but I extended your allotted time, and your choice was to think/question rather than execute"

lol

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@Galileia428
20 Years1,000+ Posts

Technically, you can't save anyone from death 😉 But as I think this question implies impending death, I guess I would have to say, my mom. And a lot of the reason is because of loyalty -- my mom has given up so much for me and her love has withstood a number of tests throughout the years. While the same can be said for my significant other, the bond with my mom has been there for six times as long (not to say that if the relationship with my b/f progresses further, my feelings of greater loyalty won't shift). Also, my mom represents who I am as a person because she's raised me to (partially) be the person I am, not to mention that there is no better feeling than being around people who share the same memories and obsure meanings of things (again, this is also the case with my significant other, but for a much shorter time frame). So this answer may change with time, if I were to one day establish my own family.

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@wheelhomies
20 Years10,000+ Posts

for me, a decision like this would have to be completely random. i could never justify saving one over the others unless it really was totally up to chance. so probably whoever was closest to me (distance-wise) or whoever i knew i had the greatest chance to successfully rescue.