"HELLO! Pretty soon we are going to eliminate everything. LOL! "

Soon I'll have a theory that Leos are quiet and reserved, not like those crazy Virgo performers who keep hogging the spotlight. You know its true.

"You know, it might help if someone took a significant aspect and just illustrated this and then added on signs and houses to see how much of a friggin difference they make."

Go for it then! ;p

The aspect that kind of did it for me was my sun-mercury conjunction opposition uranus.

". It depends I think on how you view what you describe as 'neuro-divergent', what does that mean exactly and what does it mean to YOU personally"

It's really hard to explain and describe. If I explain myself, I am afraid that I won't explain it well which can result in misunderstandings.

I will show you numerous things that I agree with because I can strongly relate to them and so those are what neuro-divergence means to me personally. I have written,posted this in blogs,posts before.

the following are theories by Ronald D. Davis who is Dyslexic and Autistic and Dr. Harold N. Levinson , neurologist and psychiatrist who wrote many books on neurodivergent conditions.

Dr. Levinson refers to neuro-divergence as the Dyslexic Syndrome due to the overlapping symptoms,comorbidity of Dyslexia with other neuro-divergent conditions.

Dyslexia is not just a severe reading disorder characterized by reversals. And it is not due to brain damage as traditionally thought for the past century. It is a syndrome of many and varied symptoms affecting over 40 million American children and adults.

Ever since the early 1970's, Dr. Harold Levinson's groundbreaking research has continued to demonstrate that the symptoms of dyslexia or Learning Disabilities (LD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and related Phobic symptoms are due to a simple signal-scrambling disturbance of inner-ear (cerebellar-vestibular) origin.

In other words, the inner-ear acts as a "fine-tuner" for all motor (balance/coordination/rhythm) signals leaving the brain and all sensory and related cognitive signals entering it. As a result, normal thinking brains will have difficulty processing the scrambled or distorted signals received. And the final symptoms will depend on: (1) the degree of signal-scrambling, (2) the location and function of the varied normal brain centers receiving and having to process these scrambled signals, as well as (3) the brain's compensatory ability for de-scrambling.

By contrast, the brain-damage theorists mistakenly believe that vital processing cells scattered throughout the thinking brains of dyslexics are severely impaired. And thus normally-received signals can't be properly interpreted. Were this brain-damage theory true, then the IQ's of dyslexics would be severely impaired and their prognosis or outcome would remain hopeless — despite all efforts and therapies — since abnormal processing cells within the thinking brain can't be significantly compensated for. And as might have been expected, despite escalating research efforts by gifted scientists, this flawed 100-year-old brain-damage theory has led absolutely nowhere in so far as medical ways of diagnosing, treating, and explaining the dyslexic syndrome.
www.dyslexiaonline.com/inform...is.html

Ronald D. Davis believes that neuro-divergence is connected to being a picture thinker with low threshold for confusion. Because of the overlapping of symptoms,comorbidity of Dyslexia with other neuro-divergent conditions, he refers the neuro-divergence as Dyslexia just like Dr. Levinson does.

Davis theory can be summed up as follows:

All dyslexics are primarily picture-thinkers: they think through mental or sensory imagery, rather than using words, sentences, or internal dialogue (self-talk) in their minds. Because this method of thinking is subliminal – faster than the person can be aware of – most dyslexics are not aware that this is what they’re doing.

Because dyslexics think in pictures or imagery, they tend to use global logic and reasoning strategies, looking at the ‘big picture’ to understand the world around them. They tend to be very good at strategizing, creative endeavors, hands-on activities, and solving real world objective problems, but tend to be poor with word-based sequential, linear, step-by-step reasoning. When you look at a picture of a dog, you do not move your mind from tail to haunches to legs to shoulders to head to ears to nose to figure out you have a dog. You see all parts at once, and conclude ‘dog’. If most or all of your thinking is in pictures, you would become accustomed to figuring things out by looking at the whole object or situation at once.

Thinking primarily with images, dyslexics also tend to develop very strong imaginations, and to use a picture or feeling based reasoning process to solve problems rather than a verbal one. If they are at first confused (or intrigued), they will mentally turn an object around to look at it from different viewpoints or angles. From this thought process, they develop many unique abilities and talents.
Spiral Go to the www.lesblind.is web site for a visual demonstration of the effects of disorientation. (Link opens new window)

This ability can also be the foundation for a problem. When disoriented, the individual will perceive their own thinking as reality. Most people experience a state of disorientation when looking at an optical illusion, or when exposed to misleading sensory stimuli, such as that created by virtual reality amusement rides. But dyslexics become disoriented on a day-to-day basis; it is their natural mental response to any confusing sensory information - as well as to creative problem-solving.

Dyslexics tend to have difficulty with unreal and symbolic objects, such as letters and numerals. In their effort to comprehend symbols as they would an automobile engine or an engineering diagram, they can become disoriented. This leads to the familiar symptoms of substitutions, omissions, reversals or transpositions in reading or writing letters and words. Disorientation is not limited to visual input; many dyslexics commonly mishear or garble words or the sequence of words in sentences. Their sense of time can seem distorted and their motor coordination can appear delayed or clumsy.

The repeated mistakes that result from misperceptions due to disorientation inevitably lead to emotional reactions, frustration and loss of self-esteem. In an effort to solve this dilemma, each dyslexic will begin to develop a set of coping mechanisms and compulsive behaviors to get around these problems. Ron Davis calls them "old solutions." Rote memorization, the alphabet song, getting Mom to do the homework, acting out, illegible handwriting to cover up poor spelling, skillful deception and avoidance of any task related to school or reading, are some examples. These can begin to develop as early as ages six or seven. An adult dyslexic will have an entire repertoire of such behaviors. Now we have the full range of symptoms, characteristics and behaviors commonly associated with dyslexia.

The most significant aspect of the Davis Theory in resolving dyslexia is the observation that when an auditory symbol – a word – lacks a mental picture and meaning for the dyslexic, disorientation and mistakes are the result. When we show a dyslexic how to turn off the disorientations at the moment they occur, and then help find and master the stimuli that triggered the disorientation, the reading, writing and spelling problems start to disappear. So do the "old solutions."
www.dyslexia.com/library/davistheory.htm


Ronald D. Davis talks about how disorientation/confusion can lead to distorted perceptual experiences that neurodivergents have. He believes that the multidimensional,visual,picture thinking of dyslexics makes them use their disorientation to automatically distort their peceptions but also can be used to see things from other perspectives. He believes those things are strongly connected to each other. They are highly imaginative. They could actually have an overactive imagination that leads to the perceptual distortions.

Ronald D. Davis, talks about focusing mind's eye....He talks about it from his experience as a neurodivergent...He talks about the shifting of the mind's eye and move it to optimum viewpoint for real-world perception can help with disorientation of neurodivergents.

Disorientation/confusion also are symptoms of cerebellar-vestibular dysfunction which Dr. Harold N. Levinson believes is root of neurodivergent conditions.

Dr. Harold N. Levinson and Ronald D. Davis seemed to degree on some things about neurodivergent conditions. They both believe that neurodivergent conditions have highly significant overlapping symptoms and comorbidity. That's why Dr Levinson refers to the whole neurodivergence as Dyslexic Syndrome, and Ronald D. Davis believes that root of neurodivergent conditions is Dyslexia which he views as a perceptual talent. That's why his first book was called GIFT OF DYSLEXIA.

They both believe that the neurodivergent conditions and disorientation/confusion are strongly connected. The only difference is that Dr. Levinson believes that it stems from cerebellar vestibular dysfunction,and should be treated with anti-motion sickness medication. Ronald D. Davis believes that it stems from being a highly visual,picture thinker, and that it can be resolved with mind's eye focus therapy.

I believe that cerebellar-vestibular dysfunction can be in synchronicity with neurodivergent conditions and not just cause and effect. It could be one of those " what came first....the chicken or the egg" I believe that it's possible that the neurodivergent person can be ultrasensitive to sensory input to the point that the cerebellar vestibular system is overwhelmed which results in disorientation/confusion. Therefore, cerebellar vestibular problems could actually be the symptoms of hypersensitivity. I am just coming at it from a neuro-divergent perspective.

Omega 3 fatty acids not only found to decrease the symptoms of neurodivergence, but also decrease hypersensitivity too. Neurodivergents tend to be hypersensitive any way. Certain vitamins and minerals help with cerebellar vestibular functioning too,and they also can decrease hypersensitivity...especially Vitamin B complex which is known as the stress vitamin. Motion sickness medications are used to treat cerebellar vestibular dysfunction. They could actually decrease hypersensitivity. Motion sickness could stem from hypersensitivity to movements.

I also agree with the theories of Thom Hartmann of ADHD in connection to hunters that are backed up by the findings of the DRD4 7R gene
From Thom Hartmann's book, The Edison Gene in regards to DRD4 7R Gene and ADHD:

page 4:

Enthusiastic
Creative
Disorganized
Non-linear in their thinking (they leap to new conclusions or observations)
Innovative
Easily distracted (or,to put it differently, easily attracted to new stimuli)
Capable of extraordinary hyperfous
Understanding of what it means to be an "outsider"
Determined
Eccentric
Easily Bored
Impulsive
Entrepreneurial
Energetic


from DANDA (Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association)

Neuro-Diversity refers to the spectrum of neurological profiles describing how effective an individual is in processing information. This information comes in many forms, including written and spoken language, sounds, visual images, light, temperature, touch, texture and taste - as well as movement and co-ordination signals from the brain. The processing of all these things includes not only receiving and interpreting, but also transmitting, concentrating on and storing information. For most people, i.e., the Neuro-Typical (NT), the cognitive profile is relatively smooth, with little variation in effectiveness of information processing. This is in line with their general level of intellectual and reasoning ability.

In contrast, a minority of people, i.e. the Neuro-Diverse (NDs), have a cognitive profile, which shows many peaks and troughs, denoting significant disparity between the best and worst of their information processing (NB This is different from the case of having a uniform low level of performance throughout). The processing differences are present from birth, and are independent of any basic physical malfunctions, for example, of eyes, ears or limbs. It is thought that 10% of the population are significantly ND, with many more having some degree of neuro-divergence.

Put simply, ND people have had a condition from birth, which gives them difficulties in some basic skills areas, which cannot be explained by any physical disability or by their level of intellectual or reasoning ability. Specific Learning Difficulties and the, possibly more preferred term, Multi-Specific Processing Difficulties, are other ways of describing these problems.

NDs are more likely to be 'extreme machines' than NTs, that is, they are either brilliant or useless at things and rarely mediocre. They may, on occasion, appear to be average at some tasks. However, this may be due to brilliance at one aspect being cancelled out by being useless at another aspect of the same activity.

The rules of easy and difficult tend not to work for NDs, and in many cases are actually reversed. For some, complex mathematical analysis is 'a walk in the park', whereas an actual walk in the park (if they have to cross a busy road to get there and then cannot find the exit, when they remember that they should have been somewhere else half an hour ago, and the temperature is too hot for them to cope with) can be a nightmare.

www.danda.org.uk/pages/neu...ersity.php

here, DANDA emphasizes the comorbidity of neurodivergent conditions with each other:
DANDA has grown out of the Dyspraxia Foundation Adult Support Group, as it became clear that most people connected to the Group did not have dyspraxia alone. Most, in fact, had AD(H)D (Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome or dyslexia as well. It was the norm rather than the exception.
www.danda.org.uk/pages/about-danda.php


The following is strengths of neuro-divergence from a neuro-diversity site:

There hasn't been much posted about the strengths of neurodivergence which can be used to compensate for their weaknesses.

Asperger’s Syndrome often allows a student to show:

* Intense concentration on studying
* Independence
* An affinity with computers and other technology
* Good formal essay writing
* Attention to detail and precision
* Original ideas
* Reliable meeting of deadlines.

Positive aspects of dyscalculia

focus on difficulties. Dyscalculic people often have strengths as well, such as:

* Creativity
* Strategic thinking
* Practical ability
* Love of words
* Intuitive thinking
* Problem-solving

Positive aspects of dyspraxia

Most books and web sites on dyspraxia focus on difficulties. Dyspraxic people often have strengths as well, such as:

* Creativity
* Determination
* Motivation
* Strategic thinking
* Problem-solving


Positive aspects of dyslexia

Most books and web sites on dyslexia focus on difficulties with reading, writing and memory tasks. Dyslexic people often have strengths as well, such as:

* Creativity
* 3 dimensional thinking
* Seeing the 'whole picture'
* Pictorial thinking
* Divergent thinking
* Problem solving
* Making unexpected connections



ADHD is part of what might be called ‘neurodiversity’. Its indicators can overlap with dyslexia in respect of lack of concentration and difficulties with personal organisation. On the other hand, there are said to be some potential advantages of this kind of brain:


* Ability to see the ‘big picture’
* Being creative and inventive
* Ability to focus intensely for a time
* High levels of energy
* Risk-taking can lead to discoveries
* Being intuitive

One of the more disturbing indicators of Tourette Syndrome are vocal and muscular tics (coprolalia/copropraxia) in the form of expletives, socially taboo words and obscene and inappropriate gestures. The person with TS cannot control these urges and can often become scorned upon by other people. Coprolalia/copropraxia are only present in less than 30% of Touretters (Packer,94), however because of media stereotypes these are the symptoms the general public often and only associate with Tourette Syndrome.

Whilst the indicators discussed may seem negative, there are also positive characteristics of TS as there are in many types of neurodiversity. These can include:
Excellent musical abilities.
Memory capable of almost “total recall”.
Excellent peripheral perception.
Laser-like concentration.


The following is from Doreen Virtue's book, The Care and Feeding Of the Indigo Child. I didn't include anything that had to do with metaphysical,psychic stuff because those aren't known traits of neuro-divergence recognized by science.

Here are things in the book that I read that pertains to neuro-divergent conditions

page 100, Indigos may seem awkward or clumsy and may be labeled a
having delayed motor skill functioning (those are symptoms of Dyspraxia)

page 101, Talking and reading may also seem unnatural to Indigo
Children, who intuitively know that more accurate and honest
conversation is available through telepathy (speech delays/problems are early
warning signs of Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,Autism)

page 11, Indigo Children are exquisitely sensitive in many ways. They
may have been subject to taunts such as "You're too sensitive," yet
their sensitivity is a spiritual gift equivalent to a detecting
instrument. (that can be sensory integration disorder, sensory integration issues which are common in Dyslexics,Dyspraxics,and ADHDers but highest in the autistic spectrum disorders)

page 172, Because right-brained people have such acute senses, they're
easily distracted. They can hear every little click of the school
clock's hand, and the high pitch of the fluorescent lighting.
(that can be Dyslexics,Dyspraxics,ADHDers,and people with autistic spectrum disorders)

page 97, one of the reasons why Indigo Children are so good at
manifesting is because they processing information primarily through
mental pictures. They are skilled visualizers and can easily develop a
photographic memory. They think and learn mainly in pictures
(Dyslexics,Autistics,and a lot of ADHDers think mainly in pictures instead of words)

page 113, Sensitive Indigo Children aren't just affected by the
physical properties of their bedrooms; they;re also influenced by the
invisible nontangibles in their rooms. Music, lighting,and scent and
can make a big difference in your children's sleeping patterns,
moods,and energy levels.
(again....this can be sensory integration disorder,sensory integration issues
that are common in Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD, but highest in the autistic spectrum
disorders)

page 6, Indigos are highly creative children,and think outside the box.
This thinking style has created many of the world's breakthrough
inventions
(this type of thinking is in Dyslexics,Dyspraxics,ADHDers,and autistic spectrum disorders)

page171, Indigo Children, gifted children, who are labeled ADD or ADHD
and adult lightworkers are almost always rightbrain dominant. This
means that they interact with the world primarily with the right
hemisphere of their brain, which focuses upon visions and feeling and
relates to nonverbal studies such as art, music, math, philosophy,
psychology,and psychic arts. Right brain - dominant people can make
excellent writers and speakers, provided they learn how to translate
their mental pictures and strong internal feelings into the world.
(this can apply to Dyslexics,Dypraxics,ADHDers,and people with autistic spectrum disorders)


Like I said before, I don't believe in the Indigo,Crystal children phenomena just like you don't. I believe that it's just a New Age term for neuro-divergence


one last thing:
I like the part that Dr. Levinson says about eye contact in regards to neuro-divergence. Pleas remember, he refers to neurodivergence as Dyslexia because of the overlapping symptoms,comorbidity Dyslexia has with other neurodivergent conditions. As you know, poor eye contact can be viewed as being disrespectful,dishonest, but also even part of the flat emotional effect in schizophrenics

page 41 from A SOLUTION TO THE RIDDLE - DYSLEXIA

Occasionally , dyslexics were considered to be negativistic on the basis of their hesitant, ambivalent, and anxiety-laden avoidance of handshaking and/or eye contact. Only in retrospect were these "anti-social" avoidance symptoms recognized to be due to primary somatic, rather than primary psychogenic, disturbances. Thus, upon neurodynamic exploration, hand contact was avoided because of right/left uncertaintly and the anticipated embarassment of using the wrong hand. In a similar fashion, upon analysis, eye contact was avoided in order to minimize (1) ocular perseveration, (2) directionally confused and dysmetric ocular scanning mechanisms, and (3) the catastrophic discomfort triggered when "forced" to fixate moving facial features during communication.

For some dyslexics, simultaneous listening and looking were more than they could "take" physiologically, and as a result they tended to sacrifice direction-dependent looking or eye contact in order to preserve the direction and sequence of auditory verbalizations and comprehension. In retrospect, it appeared as if dyslexics could not simulatenously coordinate and integrate directional and/or sequential visual,auditory,proprioceptive,and motor processing.

I can totally relate to this stuff. Because my father was a neuro-divergent, I suspected that he had the same issues. My mother told me that I am so much like my father. I read the stuff to my mother,and I told her that I can totally relate to it. I also told her that I bet that my father could to, and my mom agreed. Keep in mind that I never knew my father. I only knew what my mom told me. I told her that she probably couldn't relate to the stuff, but my mom surprisingly told me that she had the same issues too. She said that she always been a bit shy. She is also a neuro-divergent, but my father was more so. When I read the Dr. Levinson's list of neuro-divergent symptoms to her in 2003, she told me that she has a lot of the symptoms. I read them to my aunt,and she told me that she has a lot of the neuro-divergent symptoms. That's when I realized that this runs strong in my family. I was open to one of my cousins about it just recently,and she told me that a lot of the people in our family are like that. Metaphysically oriented runs in the family too, but things get kept to themselves. Therefore, I don't believe the Indigo,Crystal stuff applies to a certain generation.

Please feel free to ask me more questions. The main things that I want to do as a neurodiversity advocate (Eris in Aries R in 8th sextile Midheaven in Gemini and Mercury in Scorpio in 3rd biquintile Eris.) is to help people understand the neuro-divergent conditions. One of things is to help people understand that most Dyslexics have phonological,processing problems and not visual processing problems. my problems were auditory,phonological processing problems that even included auditory/speech reversals/scrambling. If it wasn't auditory therapy,speech therapy,and phonics, I wouldn't be able to use words. Too many people think Dyslexia means seeing words backwards. That's not even definition in the Dyslexic organizations, especially International Dyslexia Association. Another reason is to help understand the overlapping symptoms,traits that neuro-divergence has with mental ilnesses to prevent misdiagnoses. Dyspraxia can be
misdiagnosed as disorganized type schizophrenia. Dr. Levinson pointed out that many neuro-divergents' symptoms were mistaken for psychological problems. He also wrote the need to differentiate neuro-divergent speech from psychotic speech. It was reading that stuff that made me realized that psychiatrists misdiagnosed me because of my speech. Autism used to be thought as a form of schizophrenia in the past. ADHD and Bipolar have overlapping symptoms and traits too. My own Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD was misdiagnosed as schizoaffective bipolar. It was my speech irregularities that got me misdiagnosed. My mother told me that my father was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, but he was a neuro-divergent too. Mary Colley,a founder of DANDA told me that many neuro-divergents in the UK have been misdiagnosed bipolar,schizophrenia. There is not much understanding of neuro-divergent adults compared to neuro-divergent children because the mistake of thinking that neuro-divergence is something that is outgrown. Another is to understand that mental illness can be secondary to the primary. Many people with neuro-divergence have problems with depression,anxiety that stem from fear,insecurity,and low self esteem. I want people to understand the strengths,gifts that neuro-divergents tend to have. Most of all, help people understand that neuro-divergence has nothing to do with lack of intelligence. There is also needs to be better understanding of autism. Not autistics are the same. Some are high functioning like Dr. Temple Grandin and Ronald D. Davis. Non-verbal autistics are more intelligent than traditional intelligence tests show too.

"There is also Mercury conjunct Sun/Neptune midpoint which can indicate weak nerves, speech defects as well as imaginative,visual,picture thinking which fits with Dyslexics"

because my Sun is conjunct Ixion with only 5 minutes of arc.
if Mercury is conjunct my Sun/Neptune midpoint, then Mercury is conjunct the Neptune/Ixion midpoint too

with Ixion being a plutino (3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune,and so named after an underworld character) like Pluto, it's astronomically similar.....so astrologically similar ... therefore, Mercury conjunct Neptune/Ixion midpoint is like Mercury conjunct Neptune/Pluto midpoint.