为啥说恋爱脑也是一种生存焦虑呢?因为恋爱脑本身痴迷的是那种被照拂的感觉。自己被看见,被确认,仅仅是存在都产生意义和价值,自己是独一无二的。这是她们最本能追寻的东西,也就是所谓无条件的爱,但这种东西,在健康的成长过程中就应当存在。对一个孩子来说,无条件的爱即是指稳定充足的生存资源,她不需要产生任何价值,仅仅是降生就该受到照拂。她对自己存在和独特性的确认,在童年时期就该完成。如果成长的环境非常匮乏,当然不仅是指贫困,不只是阳光空气水,人和动物比起来生存需要更多资源,被倾听,被回应,被尊重需求。这些都没有得到的时候,这种饿的感觉会一直延续到成年,她会本能地试图补足。我减肥,我考试,我付出,我生了一胎又一胎。我总会被爱了吧?但恋爱脑渴望的不是恋爱,而是证明自己的价值。因为成长过程中学到的等式是有价值才值得被爱which means 能被给予生存资源。所以恋爱脑其实问的是我要足够美丽才有价值吗?我要足够聪明勤奋才有价值吗?我要进入婚姻才有价值吗?我要生出男孩才有价值吗?可是问题的关键是,我必须要有价值,才值得生存下去吗?
其实我感觉我的路数比较像Deb,多少有点instinct leading,我提问的时候Deb也经常坦承你说的这个细节当时我就没注意啥的。Morgan就感觉是解码专家简直面面俱到啊!太牛逼了我觉得!
@taki 是的!就是平静的疯感+稳定的情绪。
@taki 就已读乱回:去死了一会儿。
我最终提交的结课感想,存一下
I have a lot to say, lol.
This course has left me with memories and insights I will carry for a long time.
One was a Q&A session with Wade — we all watched the stars together online. It felt unexpectedly romantic.
The stretch from Session 8 to 18 was tough. But through it, I learned where my limits lie — physically and mentally — and how to care for myself while still moving forward. That lesson has stayed with me far beyond astrology.
Around Session 8, my body began to fall behind. That was also when the informal chart discussions started, and I managed to attend two of them. In that month alone, I went through seven different sessions on London time — which meant every live class ran from 0 to 2AM in my time zone. It was… insane. Very quickly I became physically and mentally exhausted. My circadian rhythm collapsed, my executive functioning shut down, and my sensitivity spiked.
At that exact moment, we began linking planets and signs to things in everyday life. The learning curve suddenly felt steep and intimidating. I lost confidence. Every chart I touched filled me with hesitation, and I no longer dared to judge.
Then, around Session 18, everything suddenly clicked. The fog lifted. My instinct sharpened, and a clear, structured framework settled in my mind.
That was the moment I realized I had gained everything I dreamed of before coming here. And I cherish it — deeply.
Toward the end of the course, I suddenly saw how, at their core, neurodevelopment (my field of work) and astrology are much alike: both trace how specific starting conditions unfold into destiny within a particular structure of time and space. Two things that seem opposed share the same underlying path. That realization felt truly wondrous.
When I first sought out classical astrology, I pursued refined technique — prediction, judgment, the “correct” answer. Looking back now, this journey with STA has changed me.
I’ve come to see that the heart of it all is not prediction, but the act of attending to and discerning the question. Asking and answering become a dialogue of will and awareness between astrologer and querent; together we witness how a question takes shape, how it unfolds, and what kind of understanding is needed to meet it.
I also remember Deb’s case about the missing child. In class she vividly brought back the querent — the mother of the lost boy — her appearance, her expression, even the moment of their meeting. That kind of empathy, still alive after thirty years, pierced through the screen and struck me. When the querent clung to her visions, believing herself a medium and unable to hear any facts, it was empathy alone that allowed dialogue to happen.
We have lived through the “light and love” of the New Age, only to return, at last, to the austerity of technique. Yet what emerges is no longer a metaphysical mirage, but a true morning star.
Thank you to all the tutors, and to the entire community. This course has changed me, and I will carry it with me always.
@hokuuuuuuuto 抱住北斗!
说起离家出走,想到:
六岁的时候因为家人之间沟通失误,导致期末考试结束后没有人来接,我在原地等了一会儿最后决定自己走回家,但是因为记错地标走错绕了很远的路,绕回家的时候已经晚上快九点。
我们家的人管这个叫我离家出走。
不久之后还有一次,也是因为我小时候不敢跟陌生人张嘴问路,宁愿自己找,也是花了很多时间后来自己绕回去了。
这个也叫离家出走。
不过这一切没有得到任何理解,我得到的是指责“你为什么不告诉爷爷今天要去接你”“张嘴问路有什么不敢的”“小孩就是这么不懂事不懂大人会担心很自私“以及愈发严密的所谓保护。
后来我真的花了漫长的很多年精心策划了一场离家出走,无人发觉异常。我学着把很多人和事抛在身后,交了一些和我一样离开家的朋友,彼此分担痛苦、焦虑和自由。
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