At the risk of exasperating the rationalists and materialists in this forum - you had just better look away now; you won't like this - I would be interested in getting as many examples as possible of ticklephiles' astrological details, in order to satisfy my curiosity on the question of how an interest in tickling, and the variety of tickling temperaments, correlates with astrological types. A purely speculative and intuitive exercise, but interesting to me at least.
Just a couple of words about astrology first: If you accept the orthodox picture of a material nuts and bolts universe, then it has got to be nonsense. I personally do not "believe" in astrology. In fact I don't "believe" in anything. But I do strongly suspect a few things. One of those is that quantum mechanics is revealing a universe which is something other than nuts and bolts. It seems to be a coherent whole, time and space are secondary effects rather than fundamental ones, and consciousness may be inextricably bound up with the system. I think that that therefore opens a doorway for things like astrology possibly to have some meaning in them. That's all I will say about that.
So on to the enjoyable speculation. I don't have the skills or the patience to cast a full horoscope, but I do know how to do a very general interpretation of a person's astrological makeup. All I need to do that is your day, month and year of birth.
I have a couple of ideas that I would like to check.
For example, Mercury is supposed to rule the nervous system and quick thinking and responses, so does it tend to be prominent in the horoscope of very ticklish people?
Uranus is said to be the "higher octave" of Mercury. So is that often involved?
Pluto is related to intensity, and power and control and magnetic sexual energy. Do people with Pluto strong in their charts tend to see tickling as power play? (That's me, by the way...)
The sign of Taurus is famous for its earthy tactile approach to life, so does that relate to a liking for tickling?
I could go on, but let's see what turns up.
Just a couple of words about astrology first: If you accept the orthodox picture of a material nuts and bolts universe, then it has got to be nonsense. I personally do not "believe" in astrology. In fact I don't "believe" in anything. But I do strongly suspect a few things. One of those is that quantum mechanics is revealing a universe which is something other than nuts and bolts. It seems to be a coherent whole, time and space are secondary effects rather than fundamental ones, and consciousness may be inextricably bound up with the system. I think that that therefore opens a doorway for things like astrology possibly to have some meaning in them. That's all I will say about that.
So on to the enjoyable speculation. I don't have the skills or the patience to cast a full horoscope, but I do know how to do a very general interpretation of a person's astrological makeup. All I need to do that is your day, month and year of birth.
I have a couple of ideas that I would like to check.
For example, Mercury is supposed to rule the nervous system and quick thinking and responses, so does it tend to be prominent in the horoscope of very ticklish people?
Uranus is said to be the "higher octave" of Mercury. So is that often involved?
Pluto is related to intensity, and power and control and magnetic sexual energy. Do people with Pluto strong in their charts tend to see tickling as power play? (That's me, by the way...)
The sign of Taurus is famous for its earthy tactile approach to life, so does that relate to a liking for tickling?
I could go on, but let's see what turns up.