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1. Definitions

2. Key Differences Aspect Sun Sign Moon Sign Focus Outer personality Inner emotional world Influence Goals, confidence, ego Instincts, reactions, privacy Visibility Public persona Private self Element Fire (e.g., Leo) Water (e.g., Cancer)

3. How to Determine

Sun Sign: Easy! Use your birth date (e.g., August 23 = Virgo).

Moon Sign: Requires birth time + location (use online calculators).

4. Example

🌞 Leo Sun: Charismatic, bold, loves the spotlight.

🌙 Cancer Moon: Nurturing, sensitive, values home life. Combined: A leader who leads with empathy.

5. Why Both Matter

Sun: Shapes your ambitions and how others see you.

Moon: Guides emotional needs and intuitive responses. Together: They create a balanced astrological profile.

Visual Elements

Colors: Warm oranges/yellows for Sun; cool blues/silvers for Moon.

Icons: Sun (🦁 Leo lion) vs. Moon (🦀 Cancer crab).

Art: Split background with sun rays and moon phases.

Did You Know?

The Moon changes signs every 2–3 days! Birth time accuracy is crucial.

♎ Astrological Insight:

Sun in Aries (Self) opposing Moon in Libra (Relationships).

Ruled by Venus: Focus on love, beauty, and diplomacy.

🌟 Key Themes:

Balance (Self vs. Others)

Relationships & Partnerships

Harmony & Fairness

Aesthetics & Creativity

💫 How the Energy Feels:

Diplomatic: Urge to resolve conflicts.

Reflective: Emotions surface about give-and-take.

Social: Desire to connect or reevaluate partnerships.

Indecisive: Struggling to prioritize personal needs vs. others'.

✨ What to Focus On:

Relationships: Address imbalances, communicate openly.

Decision-Making: Weigh options fairly; avoid people-pleasing.

Self-Care: Create harmony (declutter, meditate, art).

Beauty: Refresh your space or wardrobe.

🌿 Activities to Embrace:

Mediate conflicts or set healthy boundaries.

Host a gathering or reconnect with loved ones.

Journal prompts: “Where do I need more balance?”

Creative projects (painting, gardening, decorating).

🔮 Crystals & Colors:

Crystals: Rose Quartz (love), Clear Quartz (clarity), Lapis Lazuli (communication).

Colors: Soft pink, mint green, ivory, and sky blue.

🚫 Avoid:

Overcompromising your needs.

Impulsive decisions (Aries Sun tension).

Ignoring relational red flags.

🌙 Affirmation: “I nurture harmony within myself and my relationships.”

Visual Elements:

Scales balancing a heart (others) and star (self).

Moon phases with Libra symbol.

Abstract silhouettes holding hands (partnerships).

Hi everyone and welcome to the Sociology Symposium. This little thing is going to be a combination of media forms and writings all dedicated to exploring the way that capitalism and colonialism interact to create systems of domination and oppression in the modern world and in recent history. We will specifically be focusing on three majorly important classical theorists who wrote during the 18th and 19th century.  I’ve brought them into the world of tumblr as college students because I want all of you to suffer. 

Without further ado!! 

KarlMarx  @karlmarxofficialreal (he/him)

Sociology + Econ Double major 

The history of hitherto society is the history of class struggle! I am interested in how throughout history power has been concentrated in the hands of the few wealthy elite. The current economic system of capitalism and its predecessors are systems of exploitation. #eattherich

W. E.B Dubois @MeAndDuBois  (he/him)

Africana Studies Major + Sociology double major

Anti-capitalist, anti-oppression, anti-imperialism, anti-white supremacy, pro community and pro black joy. 

None of us will be free until of us are. 

I occasionally post educational content about being a black man in America, if you are in my replies being annoying don’t expect me to be nice to you.  

Benoy Sarkar @benoySarkar (he/him)

Comparative literature + sociology double major

🇮🇳 -> 🇺🇲   

♥️ loves graphic design, sociology, and india 

Hates the narrative that the west is inherently superior and more powerful than the rest of the world and i will fight you about it. 

RandomCommenter25557 @RandomCommenter25557 (she/they)

Sociology major 

I will probably get in an internet battle with you xoxo

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Art is not a puzzle. We have grown up with the mentality that art has to make sense, that if you do not draw well, be a recognized artist or be someone who can do art that can be seen and admired then you are not an artist. Abstract art is not supposed to carry out a meaning, nor it is any “job” of any art piece of meaning something. We have also grown up with the idea that if you are an artist and want to make a living out of what you create you are pretty much poor. 

Abstract art is hard to understand, because it is difficult to make up what the artist intended to communicate or persuade the audience about. If we really think about it though, nature is abstract art. What for some might just be a pile of rocks, for others can be art made by nature or specifically by God who created everything.

Thinking about how we are different from the crowd. What does it mean to be swimming against the tide, as Christians not everything that we do or how we think about certain matters, but as long as we are standing firm in what we believe what others say and think should not be a problem. As Christians and as individuals we are each our own world and we are pretty similar to abstract art, we might be hard to read or interpret but yet we are a kind of art, we are a piece made by a perfect creator to be creatives.

After having our class discussion on abstract art I looked at some of cubism inspired abstract pieces of Pablo Picasso included the image on the bottom which is a picture of that piece from Picasso that was sold for $179 million. “Pablo Picasso’s 1955 painting Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’) fetched $179.4 million in a Christie’s auction, the highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction. The buyer was not disclosed, and the bidding for the auction”.

Defining success for ourselves before deciding what art being successful means. Success is feeling successful when we play it hard and that hard work pays off. Using art as a tool for success to be our full self. Success gives us confidence to keep making art. Having knowledge about the artist and what they were going through when they made the particular piece can give a full understanding of it. Street murals that we have a deeper meaning of all the architecture of the urban environment being interrupted. Art affects or emotions, changes our perspectives,  and solidifies thoughts that we might have. The art that we interact with can compliment and deepen emotions that we might be going through.  

Making art that glorifies God should be something that we do  in a practical way in everyday life.  Grace’s protest sign truly explained the genuineness in the complexity of life, just like the Black Lives Matter movement Jesus is always the answer and us being able to communicate that through art makes the difference, differences that a thousand words can not explain. 

Your heart and purpose should be behind your art, but also check if in your art you cover any of the fruits of the spirit, if one of those is included, you are giving glory to God. It is easy to fall into the trap of bringing glory to yourself instead of to God, and the discernment behind that is what makes our art to give glory to God. Theory and practice lining up as one, practice what you preach.

Figure out how to identify if a script is positive or negative and how we can work into that, have people over you who can speak life over you but also have the accountability on them to call you out when one is messing up or  being arrogant. Perfectionism idea shifting from the head space where scripts get negative to know when that takes place and shift it. 

Having technology so accessible that we start to lose the appreciation for actually going out and creating something.  Intentional about having time off of technology so we can actually be creative and glorify God through all of what we do. Our time is our life and our attention is the doorway to our hearts.

The enormous destruction that technology can cause.