Do You Have SVDS?
(Severe Venus Deficiency Syndrome)
by Fanny Flame
Attention all astrologers: are you an abrasive, combative person, someone who regularly threatens others, someone whom no one wants to have anything to do with? Have you regularly used phrases like, "They stole my technique" or "What do you mean Iโm a control freak? Youโre the control freak!" Do you secretly believe that the next planet discovered should be named after you? Is your idea of the perfect article one in which you interview yourself? Was your last self- published book almost entirely a personal attack against someone with a competing theory? Is your lawyer on your phoneโs speed-dial? Do you believe that 90% of the astrologers you know are trying to steal the four clients you still have?
Well, it may not be your fault. New research has shown that there is a genetic anomaly that creates a condition called SVDS โ Severe Venus Deficiency Syndrome โ which may be to blame for your anti-social behavior and your career problems.
Chromosomal Clues
People with SVDS are missing the Venus chromosome and in its place there is an extra Mars chromosome. This condition is usually found in men who have been practicing astrology for more than five years, but lately, more women are exhibiting this syndrome, too. In the progressive stages, the SVDS person, drawn to others like them, begins to compulsively e-mail, desperately seeking someone to blame for their perceived lack of power. But there is good news. A humanitarian project is being organized to put megadose Libra supplements into the food at the next big astrological conference, and hopefully that will help civilize the field.
In a related discovery, some people have now been found to have Saturn missing in their horoscopes, and an extra Neptune there instead. This contagious malady, caused by DNCV โ the Double Neptune Chart Virus โ is also common in astrologers, especially in New Agers. The primary symptoms of this condition are the willingness to believe anything one hears or reads, and a tendency to use the word "ascension" in every other sentence. Epidemics have been reported in the Southwest United States. Recent studies have shown that it can only be passed from one person to another on the Internet or in a room where channelling is going on. We have found some scientists and skeptics with a reverse version of this virus in which Neptune is entirely missing, but I will leave that to a future article.
Worldwide Search
As I write, a fervent worldwide search is underway for the medical cause of the territorialism and power-grabbing so prominent in recent interactions between astrological organizations. Astro-scientists around the world (that would be two people) are now studying the Leo portion of human DNA for a cause to this.
It is my sincere wish (believe me!) that those in our field with SVDS and DNCV will have a cure available by the year 2001. Otherwise, what hope can there be for our field to mature?
References
1. A variant of SVDS has been shown to lead directly to road rage. This is the Double Mars Virus, more commonly known as DMV.
2. There is no study. I made it up.
ยฉ 1999 Fanny Flame โ all fights preserved
Triple Aries Fanny Flame is a 60-year veteran of the astrological wars. She is proud to be self-taught, and now teaches classes on how to teach yourself astrology. She earned the Medal of Slander at The Battle of Sidereal, and has written the best-selling books You Started It!, What's So Bad About Gloom and Doom, and It's Because You're a Pisces. Those outraged at this article may post a complaint on her new web site at: www.IfTheShoeFits.com/mefirst.html
This made me laugh- wasnt sure whether to post here or on the Astrology forum.
(Severe Venus Deficiency Syndrome)
by Fanny Flame
Attention all astrologers: are you an abrasive, combative person, someone who regularly threatens others, someone whom no one wants to have anything to do with? Have you regularly used phrases like, "They stole my technique" or "What do you mean Iโm a control freak? Youโre the control freak!" Do you secretly believe that the next planet discovered should be named after you? Is your idea of the perfect article one in which you interview yourself? Was your last self- published book almost entirely a personal attack against someone with a competing theory? Is your lawyer on your phoneโs speed-dial? Do you believe that 90% of the astrologers you know are trying to steal the four clients you still have?
Well, it may not be your fault. New research has shown that there is a genetic anomaly that creates a condition called SVDS โ Severe Venus Deficiency Syndrome โ which may be to blame for your anti-social behavior and your career problems.
Chromosomal Clues
People with SVDS are missing the Venus chromosome and in its place there is an extra Mars chromosome. This condition is usually found in men who have been practicing astrology for more than five years, but lately, more women are exhibiting this syndrome, too. In the progressive stages, the SVDS person, drawn to others like them, begins to compulsively e-mail, desperately seeking someone to blame for their perceived lack of power. But there is good news. A humanitarian project is being organized to put megadose Libra supplements into the food at the next big astrological conference, and hopefully that will help civilize the field.
In a related discovery, some people have now been found to have Saturn missing in their horoscopes, and an extra Neptune there instead. This contagious malady, caused by DNCV โ the Double Neptune Chart Virus โ is also common in astrologers, especially in New Agers. The primary symptoms of this condition are the willingness to believe anything one hears or reads, and a tendency to use the word "ascension" in every other sentence. Epidemics have been reported in the Southwest United States. Recent studies have shown that it can only be passed from one person to another on the Internet or in a room where channelling is going on. We have found some scientists and skeptics with a reverse version of this virus in which Neptune is entirely missing, but I will leave that to a future article.
Worldwide Search
As I write, a fervent worldwide search is underway for the medical cause of the territorialism and power-grabbing so prominent in recent interactions between astrological organizations. Astro-scientists around the world (that would be two people) are now studying the Leo portion of human DNA for a cause to this.
It is my sincere wish (believe me!) that those in our field with SVDS and DNCV will have a cure available by the year 2001. Otherwise, what hope can there be for our field to mature?
References
1. A variant of SVDS has been shown to lead directly to road rage. This is the Double Mars Virus, more commonly known as DMV.
2. There is no study. I made it up.
ยฉ 1999 Fanny Flame โ all fights preserved
Triple Aries Fanny Flame is a 60-year veteran of the astrological wars. She is proud to be self-taught, and now teaches classes on how to teach yourself astrology. She earned the Medal of Slander at The Battle of Sidereal, and has written the best-selling books You Started It!, What's So Bad About Gloom and Doom, and It's Because You're a Pisces. Those outraged at this article may post a complaint on her new web site at: www.IfTheShoeFits.com/mefirst.html
This made me laugh- wasnt sure whether to post here or on the Astrology forum.