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My Corner of the Sky: The Astrological Anatomy of a Good Liar
by Jinjer Stanton
Astrologically speaking, we all have the same basic parts (8 planets -- we still count Pluto -- and two lights, Moon and Sun) just like our bodies all follow a basic pattern (head, body, arms, legs, etc.). But no matter how similar the basic parts are, each of us behaves, feels, and thinks in as many distinct ways as our bodies manage to differ from one another. That's why horoscopes by Sun sign work for so few of us.
For all you honest Geminis and Scorpios out there, I do know you're out there. I'm just trying to unmask the less scrupulous among you. I say this up front because the very best liars, in general, are Scorpios and Geminis.
Scorpios are good because they can hide their true feelings completely while really picking up on what the other person wants to hear. Now and then they lie to us "for our own good." Because they use our own emotions against us, when the lie is discovered, it feels very personal. In addition, many of them have incredible magnetism that really draws the rest of us in. If lying is what it takes to get what they want, lie they will. This was borne in upon me when I worked at a pizza restaurant years back. My boss was a highly magnetic Scorpio just oozing charm and lying like a rug. Her worst lie was when she told corporate that the problems with a particular week's books were due to the inexperience of the assistant manager -- a painfully honest Sagittarius who didn't realize the manager had been cooking the books! Of course, if a Scorpio has a Mercury in, say, Sagittarius (and one out of three will) only the most oblivious of people will be taken in because their lies will be so transparent.
Geminis are good at lying because they are so bloody plausible, particularly if their Mercury is in Gemini as well. They think quickly on their feet and they can spin a yarn out of thin air using nothing but logic and native wit. They can be a lot of fun and charming in a good-natured, light-hearted way, but you really need to take what they say with a grain of salt. Their lies are less painful because they are not personal.
The first compulsive liar I ever met was a kid my brother had over for a sleep-over. He claimed he was actually rich and wore silk pajamas at home but since he was visiting a "poor" family, he was wearing his "poor" pajamas so we wouldn't feel embarrassed.
I suspect he was a Capricorn or had strong Capricorn somewhere in his chart because the only other compulsive liar I ever met was also a Capricorn. I know, because I did her horoscope in my first flush of horoscope casting. She had (has -- I assume she's still on the planet) a Capricorn ascendant and her sun was square Saturn. For the longest time, it seemed to me that every Capricorn I met lied, if not to others, then to him or her self. Now I know that the perception I had then was not true, but I also know that a deep motivating force in Capricorns is the need to be perceived as worthy. If they already are on their way to becoming the next Donald Trump (or have already achieved a success in their chosen field of endeavor) their need to boost their image (or self-image) by telling some kind of lie is minimal. But if they feel themselves to fall short in some way, they may well lie to look better.
Just as not every Scorpio, Gemini or Capricorn is a liar, none of the other signs is entirely exempt from telling lies. The sign least likely to tell a lie is Sagittarius. There are Sagittarians who literally couldn't tell a lie if their life depended on it. For some of them, truth is a banner raised high. For others is simply a matter of being too hasty and blunt in their speech. If they happen to have Mercury in Scorpio (and one in three of them does) they try to lie, but somehow no one ever believes the lie. A man I know is like this. The lies he tells are reasonable, but somehow -- maybe it's body language -- I never am taken in by his lies. Anyone who has any of the personal planets (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn) in Sagittarius is going to have a tough row to hoe as a liar.
Other sun signs may lie occasionally, but with any of the personal planets in Scorpio, Gemini or Capricorn it is much more evident. Sometimes a difficult relationship between planets (square, opposition, and sometimes conjunction) can do it too, but I'd check the above possibilities first.