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Hello! I wanted to first say how AMAZING Hilltop is and how lovely it was to meet you. Your insightful answers and genuine care to answer mine and my friend’s questions was so refreshing and it’s a genuine joy to see someone who has a true love of their craft.

Although I do need to let you know that Johnny did not in fact have an immediate answer to the question, although the one he gave was again lovely to hear.

I once again ask you; In relation to the zodiac, what is your sun, moon, and rising using the fears instead of the zodiac signs

Thank you for being you

rqbossman:

> Hey!
> I haven’t forgotten this, this is just literally the first time I have had to sit for a moment since we spoke!
> I remember this question and it is a tricky one as you are attempting to hybridise two rubrics with quite different functionalities. The Zodiac takes external context and imposes it inwards to try and articulate the self whereas the Fears are in some ways the reverse, externalising internal pressures (of fear specifically) into a broader material context. That makes for a good question but a tricky answer.
> To hazard a guess from my VERY limited understanding of real Zodiac:
> Zodiac element > explanation > Fears element > Reasoning
> Sun > core drives > Hunt > I am obviously over ambitious
> Moon > inner needs > Lonely > I secretly struggle to people
> Rising > outward persona > Spiral > Equally “respectable and chaotic”
> This is an interesting idea but I fear it falls foul of the problem with all personality breakdowns: it oversimplifies to better cater to the desire to comfort oneself through labelling rather than engaging in the messiness of real self reflection and it falls down at ambiguities between self-perception and perception-by-others.
> In general I find these tools can be helpful when first conceptualising fictional characters but not very helpful when dealing with real messy humans.
> As always sorry as I don’t think its a satisfying answer but I gave it the ol’ college try. Typical cardinal-fire Ares, Earth-snake amirite!?