Astrological characteristics/pers onalities

It has to be a load of rubbish. It's probably more down to our expectations having read about what people from different star signs are "supposed" to be like and even unconciously looking for similarities.

Put your chicken entrails away and go to bed.

Try the horoscopes on Elle.co.uk magazine website for fun. I like the monthly horoscope for its lucky and yucky days section.

I never read "the stars" in magazines or newspapers but will admit to being a very typical Taurus

kitty

I think it is a total load of bo**ocks and follow it slavishly! I am a Pisces and forever torn in different directions, always seeing both sides of an argument and spend so often on the fence I have the spike marks on my bum. I also believe in that total bo**ocks of Chinese horoscope signs - my MIL was a Snake (artistic) and a talented artist, she went to Glasgow Art College in the early 30's - very unusual for a daughter of a prosperous Scottish farmer in her day, my Sis-in law (her younger daughter) also a Snake studied Graphic design and became a successful costume designer in the theatre, now head of Costume Realisation at Wimbledon Art College, DD2 (yes, also a Snake) is a successful Theatre Designer with productions all over the country, in Sweden, Germany and most excitingly, at the RSC in Stratford. The rest of us hardly know one end of a pencil from the other.

jane I did wish I hadn't!

mishap perhaps the person was right, I was told that Aries can be either 'leaping over the next fence' or be 'a tethered goat'. There are two sides to every personality, surely. Anyway even if it is all bunkum, sometimes it's just a bit of fun bunkum.

ginny I agree, we are.

No I don't - both my OH and I are virgos and we are totally different: he is on the borderline of OCD and I am a slut! Somone we knew who believed in all this sidestepped this by saying there were 2 sorts of virgos!

It is rubbish but I am a typical Pisces!!!! As is my old school friend.Interesting to see that women still use raspberry leaf tea, I took it through my pregnancies and it did ease labour. I took it on my mother's advice.

Why should our personality be decided by the position of a constellation at our birth? The individual stars are hundreds of light years from each other and from us. Their relationship with each other is a matter of the pattern they make in the sky. OK - astrology is bunkum.

Yes ginny, I agree, one of the Cancerians was my favourite Aunt, who was a lovely lady, but the dog didn't think so!!!

I'm an Aries and perfectly happy with it.

Nanapug, I'm glad I never met your Mums dog. We cancerians are very nice people you know.

Not really. I seem to be a 'typical' cancerian but my FIL who has his birthday 3 days after mine is nothing like me in character. To take your two examples . My eldest DD is a Piscean. She is certainly compassionate, adaptive and imaginative but certainly not dreamy. Rather she is very down to earth and practical. My Dad was an Arian and a more patient, easy going person you could never have known.

All I know is, when I was about 14, my Mother had a dog who had strong likes and dislikes when it came to people. I listed all the people (friends and family) into star signs and there were definite differences. She loved Aquarians, Scorpios and Pisceans and hated Leos and Capricorns and Cancerians. It was fascinating. Coincidence? Who knows.....

I take a certain pleasure when corned by an astrology bore at a social gathering in agreeing that I am whatever sign she (it's usually a she) ascribes to me. Then when she has related all my typical Cancerian or Aquarian or Piscean or whatever characteristics, I tell her my birth date with an air of complete innocence before heading off for another glass of wine.

When we lived in Hongkong there was a fairly close-knit community of expat engineers to which we and most of our friends belonged.
One day it transpired that at least 4 of the engineers, including MrA were Taureans born in the Year of the Pig.
We (the wives/girlfriends) concluded that that explained their remarkable similarities in temperament and irritating characteristics

Kitty whether your new grandchild is Pisces or Aries, according to Chinese Astrology, which is taken very seriously by the Chinese, your new grandchild will be a Snake, like my DS.
Read all about it here

You'll probably wish you hadn't

All I know is that I can spot a Cancerian (like me) at 20 paces .

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