Today I was cruising by the new topics on the astrology forum I frequently visit (but still am sort of inactive in). Occasionally I find a topic worth responding to because it means something to me, like the topic on refusing planetary lessons.

A user posted this:

Have you ever thought of this or tried this: Let’s say you know what lessons you are here to learn by looking at your birth chart or just by living life (because the same “lessons” usually keep appearing). Have you ever thought of the idea that you have the right to say NO to any “lessons” you do not wish to learn?

For example, I am a Capricorn, say one of my lessons is to learn patience. And say I tell the Universe, “No, I am here to have fun. I refuse to learn patience. Save that for someone else…”

My opinion is that we have the right to say No. If you’ve tried it, maybe you’d like to share your findings?

To which my response was:

In the end I think it’s how “refusing” or “accepting” a lesson is interpreted. Is it the immediate thing you’re feeling that you need to conform to, or is it something you need to get smarter on without conforming to that immediate feeling?

The lessons I got offered and “refused” (and why):

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