Hmm. This is a lot to digest.

I haven't been involved in astrology for that long, just a year, and I'm really pretty novice.
So I haven't encountered too many people talking about astrology as it relates to social
justice and whatnot (I think you're it!). So I'm not sure... but it definitely sounds like the kind
of polarization that could take place. Actually, the more I get into astrology, the more I start
thinking about fate and whatnot, and I wonder if somehow the universe is trying to keep it all
in balance--you have the conservative types, you have the progressive types, and somehow
all of that difference keeps us progressing, but not more quickly than we can handle?

I do know that the folks in my activist group think I'm a little nutty for being into astrology and
Tarot--but they're also friends and we all (for the most part) look past each other's eccentricities.
I don't force any of them into complex conversations about this (though that would be a totally
Sagittarian thing to do!) because I know it would probably just annoy and frustrate them.

I have found, in general, that political activist types are too wary of religious people, which sucks,
because there are so many religious people who are very progressive, and are on our side.
It's stupid that we let differences like that keep us from working together. In my organization, we
try not to do that just because we like to be strategic... which is kind of cold-hearted motivation, really.
But there are some outspokenly anti-religion people in my group... And I"m always like, "Well, organized
religion has done and continues to do some fucked up things, but that doesn't mean the religion is
inherently and totally oppressive, or that all of its followers are oppressive and clueless individuals."

The environmental activists I know are pretty laid back--I mean, they are super green themselves, but
they're not going to make you feel like shit if you aren't perfect. I'm not sure how keeping cold tea is
bourgeois though? Because you own a refrigerator? That seems like a relatively middle-class capability,
so... bourgeois? I dunno, I don't understand that. Although maybe they have a problem with middle-class
consumerism and were taking it out on you. I think consumerism is creepy too, but I try not to beat myself up
over it too much because it's one of the things that gives me a lot of anxiety and depression if I do. I love the planet, but
you know, I love not being depressed as well. :P I live in a consumer-oriented society, and that culture is hard to
avoid, at least for the time being. Maybe I'll find a way around it somehow.

I've also hear inter-arguments about which is better, communism, socialism, anarchism... as far as labor is concerned.
And my friend Megan made the good point that, regardless, we're all anti-capitalism and we're all gonna have to
work together to overthrow capitalism. Which is smart--although at the point when we accomplish that, I wonder,
are we gonna be too busy fighting about the next steps that we allow capitalism back in??

Yeah... there are a lot of tricky things with activism. I guess learning how to work with each other on the things
we agree without getting too caught up in petty differences is the best bet?