Were you born this way?Astrological signs that youre a total weirdo

Were you born under strange stars?Before we examine the birth chart placements that indicate apex weirdness, a note about the word itself.Weird comes from the Old English wyrd, meaning “destiny,” and was used to describe the Moirae sisters, the three Greek fates who spun, measured, and cut the cords of life, deftly determining when a person is born, lives, and dies.As such, the OG meaning of weird loosely translates to “having the power to control destiny.”In this sense and my estimation, weird is power and sameness is sickness.Read on to see if your birth chart holds the destined power of the unusual.

To generate your birth chart, use a calculator like this one.If your chart lacks any of the following indicators, fear not, we all harbor the eccentric somewhere.

To locate yours, look to the house or houses in your birth chart where Uranus and Neptune reside, as this energy can tell you what areas of life you are likely to let your proverbial freak flag flyeth.Aquarius is the sign of the outsider and the unrepentant strangeling.Having Aquarius among the personal placements (Sun, Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, Mars) guarantees a person will subvert the status quo and advance the avant garde.

Apart from the crowd but easily drawing spectators/detractors these weridos incite change, suspicion, alarm, outrage, conversation, fear and head scratching wherever they roam.Examples include: Nic Cage (Venus in Aquarius), Christian Bale (Sun + Mercury in Aquarius), Britney Spears (Aquarius Moon), Amanda Bynes (Aquarius Moon), Harry Styles (Aquarius Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars), Howard Hughes (Mars in Aquarius), Steve Jobs (Mercury in Aquarius), David Bowie (Aquarius rising), Andy Kaufman (Mercury in Aquarius), John Malkovich (Aquarius Moon) and Yoko Ono (Sun + Venus in Aquarius).

The First House is the house of the self.It is home to our ascendant or rising sign and is associated with image, our style of initiation, and how we are perceived by others.

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