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Your Favorite ‘Game Of Thrones’ Character According To Your Astrological Sign, Because It’s More Telling Than A Personality Test By JENNIFER STILL

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Your Favorite ‘Game Of Thrones’ Character According To Your Astrological Sign, Because It’s More Telling Than A Personality Test By JENNIFER STILL Jun 26 2015 Game of Thrones is a great show in the sense that in terms of characters, there's a little something for everyone. There are heroes , villains, and those that straddle the line to become both (or neither) and it's really entertaining to watch. It also kind of makes you think. There are several different religions in the Known World , with none taking much more precedence or being more respected than the others (or so it seems to me). This makes me wonder: Do the people of Essos and Westeros know about astrology? Even if they didn't, I'm sure they'd be intrigued by it and we'd be able to drum up enough support to start a new following in no time. After all, the idea of the zodiac is that we're ruled by our star signs, and I'm sure our favorite Game of Thrones characters would be taken i

An astrological breakdown of all your favorite ‘Game of Thrones’ characters By Tahirah Hairston

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WHAT'S YA SIGN? 5 / 25 / 16 12:05 PM An astrological breakdown of all your favorite ‘Game of Thrones’ characters By Tahirah Hairston HBO, Elena Scotti/FUSION SHARE TWEET TUMBLR EMAIL We have strong bonds with the characters on Game of Thrones: We mourn them, we hate them, we crush on them, we root for them. We use them to get revenge on those who’ve wronged us and to better understand the 2016 election, and they inspire us to cry “valar morghulis” over how terrible and delusional men can be. The Game of Thrones fanbase—which is primarily, though far from entirely , male—tends to take their favorite books and television show incredibly seriously, engaging in detailed Reddit threads about the hidden meanings behind everything the characters do and everything that happens to them. But we decided to close-read their personalities and relationships through a more stereotypically feminine, lighthearted lens: their (hypothetical!) astrological signs. We spoke with