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Self-understanding

Why do we sometimes attribute our own feelings to other people?

“He’s definitely angry,” “She’s clearly judging me,” “He doesn’t care.”


Sometimes we are remarkably certain about what is happening inside another person, even though they have never actually said anything of the kind.

One psychological mechanism that can play a role here is projection: a person may unconsciously attribute their own feelings, fears, or desires to someone else. But we do not need to search for a complex mechanism every time. Other people’s thoughts are simply unavailable to us, and when information is missing, we often fill in the gaps with what is familiar to us.

This is especially easy to see in relationships. One person goes quiet because they are hurt. Another because they are tired. A third did not even realise anything important had happened.

A similar theme appears in astrology when we compare emotional and communication patterns between two charts. What looks like an obvious signal to one person may mean absolutely nothing to another.

So before directing an entire series in your head about someone else’s motives, it can help to check something simple: do I actually know this - or did I fill in the blanks myself?

The stars speak. The choice is yours.


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