What is the purpose of life?

[sserafim]

It depends on the person and their soul plan. This can be outlined with, for example, astrology (it is good to know, in addition to the birth chart, what planetary transitions are going on).

How do you know your soul plan (apart from astrology)? What parts of your birth chart tell you your soul plan? I posted mine on here but no one read it can you tell your past life from your birth chart?

 

[Throwawayacc3]

It depends on the person and their soul plan. This can be outlined with, for example, astrology (it is good to know, in addition to the birth chart, what planetary transitions are going on).

Autistic, introvert, Virgo. Lol

 

[sserafim]

Autistic, introvert, Virgo. Lol

Wait I'm also all of those

 

[divinemistress36]

It depends on the person and their soul plan. This can be outlined with, for example, astrology (it is good to know, in addition to the birth chart, what planetary transitions are going on).

Do you think it's in some people's soul plan to ctb?

 

[sserafim]

Do you think it's in some people's soul plan to ctb?

What sign are you? I forgot if I asked you this already

 

[divinemistress36]

Out of curiosity, what sign are you? I forgot if I asked you this already

Sagittarius and I'm full of fire lol

 

[sserafim]

Sagittarius and I'm full of fire lol

Oh nice. My chart is mainly air. It has many grand air trines

 

[Throwawayacc3]

Wait I'm also all of those

lol. We didn't get the best roll of the dice lmao.

 

[sserafim]

lol. We didn't get the best roll of the dice lmao.

Unfortunately. Do you know your moon and rising?

 

[Throwawayacc3]

Unfortunately. Do you know your moon and rising?

No idea. Is it a lot to research or is it XYZ easy to check?

Only know about star signs but nothing extended . More animal knowledge brain lol.

 

[sserafim]

No idea. Is it a lot to research or is it XYZ easy to check?

You need your exact birth time and then go to an astrology website. I'll link some here

https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

https://www.astro.com/horoscope

 

[Throwawayacc3]

You need your exact birth time and then go to an astrology website. I'll link some here

https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

https://www.astro.com/horoscope

Ok this website has given me a boat load of information after I put in the details. Says the sun is in Virgo. The moon is in Taurus?

You need your exact birth time and then go to an astrology website. I'll link some here

https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

https://www.astro.com/horoscope

I don't know what any of this means or what it is supposed to do?

 

[Blank_Slate]

"Life" isn't in the category of things that can have a "purpose" or "meaning". Suppose for example that you believe God created human life for some "purpose" designed to serve some goal/end that mattered to God. That wouldn't answer our question because we'd then have to ask what is the purpose of God - and/or explain how we can derive meaning from any attribute or will that we believe God might have.

Ultimately meaning is something that we as human beings impose on the world - asking "what is the meaning of life" is like asking "what is the meaning of art" - it depends on the artist, the artwork, the person viewing it.

 

[Mirrory Me]

My north node is in Cancer in the 12th house. I just tagged you in a comment about my chart. Thanks so much!

I didn't see it. I'm not a professional, but I use the internet and one site where you can get information. For example, the moon node on the place you describe sounds interesting, I don't have any planets in that room myself. So, apparently, in this life you are destined to develop and grow emotionally and spiritually.

True Lunar Node in Cancer in the 12th house

True Lunar Node in Cancer in the 12th house - 12andus is a community where you can discover yourself, understand others, forecast, match, and connect.

12andus.com

 

[Checker130]

It pisses me off that I have no answer to this question.

 

[Bannana]

you create your own meaning through your goals and passions ect.

 

[Yakamoz]

That is a million dollar question

 

[locked*n*loaded]

The purpose of all life is only to supply sustenance (food and nutrients) upon "death" of current life to future life, so that future life can come into being. It's the circle of life. From the moment you, or an animal, is conceived, or a plant begins to take root, the destinies of each are determined. Each will live until they die. It matters not how each dies. Upon death, each becomes food to nourish future life. That is the true, and ONLY, purpose of life boys and girls. No life has any more importance than any other. In the end you are only food to keep life going. Everyone is.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Like everyone else has said, life is dictated/ motivated by instinctual drives to survive and reproduce. Interesting that we can overcome them though, become antinatilist and suicide.

Beyond that, I just think it's all coping mechanisms. It can be easier to live life when you feel like you have purpose. So, I suppose we naturally look for purpose and some of us may feel personally that we have found it. People who are naturally talented in something and are able to make their living out of it may feel they were born to do that particular thing. To an extent, it doesn't matter if the nihilists out there don't agree with them. So long as enough people like what they do- enough to pay them for it, they can pursue what brings them fulfilment.

As for a universal meaning though- how can there be one when we're all so different? Would it really make all our lives better if the purpose of life was to excel in maths say? That would only benefit those good at maths to begin with. Do you really want to follow an orthodox religion or, any rules come to that, if you don't agree with them all?

It's like- I can understand why people feel frustrated at not having the answers to the big questions but, I also find it perplexing. What would you like the meaning of life to be? If you accomplish it, what do you want as a reward? How about the people who don't comply? Should they be punished? How and why?

I tend to agree with other people that things like deeper meanings behind life, religion, all that stuff may well just be our conscious brains trying desperately hard to feel like we are important! I think it's our ego basically. It's a good survival mechanism too- convincing yourself that you are important in some way. That your life may have an intrinsic value or purpose that you need to live up to. Maybe it's just an extension of the survival instinct.

I think the reasons we hear the most are 'to find happiness' or, to 'fulfil your own potential'. I think both of those again- work towards keeping us alive and occupied. So really- they simply reinforce our natural drives to stay alive long enough to reproduce.