Astrology & Vegetarianism

I’m more of an Anna Wintour sorta scorp…. Love my steak, all game foods, even haggis (its the genes – I’m just programmed for it). However I have also been exposed to the farming side of it all, so fully respect the animal that feeds me, and am a proponent of using ALL the parts of the animal – waste not/want not so to speak. I am also pretty dogmatic about sustainable farming, and organic meat production. If that means meat is more expensive, so be it, I’ll eat less, and enjoy it more.

The vego’s in my life are 2 x libra (I think they just forget to buy meat, so their not ‘real’ vegos) 1 x aries and 1 x sag. I know the arian went vego at 15, with no real reason behind it, just a desire to expand her meal repetoire…. or something like that. And the sag eats fish (not sure about chicken)… Oh my Leo sister flirted with vego as a teen, not sure about now… And I have a pisces friend who also forgets to buy meat, but loves it when she remembers, or I dish it up!

So no real pattern that I can see. Most vegos in my scope of meat forgetters!

I’ve been veggo for about three years now – and was on and off years ago, but it was too difficult when I was with my ex, also Libran, husband who didn’t consider a meal a meal unless there was half a dead cow on the plate.

When I first went veggo three years ago it was strictly Brahmin or Sattvic – no meat, eggs, garlic, onions or mushrooms. That’s all well and good when eating at home, but really difficult when eating out, even in veggo restaurants, as just about everything is heavy on the garlic. The only place I could be assured of finding suitable food was at the Hare Krishna restaurants.

Also I had a recent flirtation with Ayuveda which made me into a vegan for a while, and no wheat either. Way too restrictive and I like cheese too much

Travelling last year in Norway and Scotland it was a case of eat fish or starve, particularly in Norway, where it’s either meat and potatoes or fish and potatoes at every meal. We are so lucky here in Australia, it’s easy to be veggo.

My reasons for going veggo? Well, I lived in the country for a while learned the necessity of having to kill chickens – which I absolutely loathed doing – so I decided I’d only eat it if I were prepared to kill it myself. I haven’t killed a fish lately, but have in the past, that’s where I draw the line.

Love the idea of being veggo but love steak, chicken casserole, roasts, ham, bacon, baked fish much MUCH more. I would probably gas myself and everyone around me to death if I only ate fruit, vegetables and grain based stuff.

Agree with above comment that it is cultural often, and that eating meat is sometimes necessary. Ex was from west Africa – never enough protein available to most people on a daily basis over there, no-one starves but no-one exactly thrives either. All the west africans I know in Australia love meat and eat it daily, almost to make up for what they missed. Is also a symbol of status, obviously, in these countries. Where I live now, up until 30 years ago, staple diet would have been camel meat, camel milk, dates, and the occasional vegetable and rice that you might have bought when you came into the towns to trade camels. Tough diet, tough life, very tough people.
But I think you have to take into account how the animals are raised. Daily here I see herders with their goats or cows or camels, herding them along the verges even in this small city. The animals live outside in flocks, and they are killed as adults, not as little babies. They are killed by having the name of god invoked over them and then their throat is slit as they are held still. Almost all parts of the animal are eaten. I think that with eating animals, everything is in the detail. I eat meat in Aus, but only organic or better (because it is slaughtered properly) biodynamic. Here i eat it weekly or more, and it is TASTY. I applaud peoples who eat all the offal (I can only manage liver), and I think that doing this is very respectful of the animal.

*sigh* Joaquin Phoenix… the only Scorp man i find really sexy.
I actually love meat and offal.
Don’t like cooking red meat at home because:
a) i can’t cook, don’t enjoy cooking and hate having to clean up after cooking meat
b) hate the smell of raw red meat
but quite happy to eat it when i visit my folks every few weeks or so.
I could very easily become vegetarian but i’m all about nutrition and couldn’t be bothered fussing over food, mixing pulses and grains to get my daily protein quota. Meat is just easier.
It never ceases to amaze me how many peeps presume i’m vegetarian though. Must be my petite stature

Pegs would be a Fruitarian, if she could,and perhaps shell sea creatures, ie oysters
cockles, pipis, clams, no ‘eyes’.
Of course your food regime is climatic, the colder, the more meat coz less veggies.
Whatever floats your boat, and makes sense.
Whatever keeps you healthy & energetic.

The white haired bringer of The New Age in the early 70’s, said ‘if you eat meat, be prepared to kill
it yourself’, if you can ,then do. But if you cannot, don’t. Right! In a perfect world!

Too much chicken is pumped with hormones is why men are getting man boobs & prostate
cancer & women, breast cancer.
Turkey is free range still, & organic chickens. Choices are complicated, but lucky we have
them.
Remember the Hunza’s & their valley of elders all over 100 & actively useful to the tribe.
Apricot Oil & kernals. An Urban Myth was that an almond a day prevents cancer.
If you have ever fasted for a number of days,, passing a butcher shop cause nausea,
the smell & colour.

If you are a Traveller, it’s endearing to locals to eat what is offered & deal with it later:)
It takes time & thought to be a non-carnivore & get it right. Many went to hospital because of going
Machro, without the complete picture.
Whatever you eat ,do it with concious awareness & attention, is the simplest philosophy
to stop dilemmas of meat or not.
Forever Fruit from Trees.
x

To me, her dark glare is to ward off those who are out to eat her little lambsy…