I went to a birthday party when I was in high school and
celebrated somewhat too heartily with 5 girlfriends who shared a birthday. "Hmm", I thought, "birthdays
might be worth noticing?"
Thus, I noticed astrology as something besides a punchline
in jokes of the era and discovered an interesting way to sort people. If you've read this blog before, you'll know
I think sorting people by color is pretty stupid because it really isn't very
informative. Sorting by birthday on the
other hand is completely logical -- even if I don't understand the logic. I am considering someone else's theory that
it's based on the food cycle and family activities at different times of the
year.
So, now we're in Aries and I have a big clump of people with
birthdays right around now. I notice
they've got some similarities and can decide whether or not I like these
people, how best to get along with them, etc.
Sorting by the zodiac limits people to 12 signs, and I'm pretty capable
of handling essentially 12 people, especially since I can cross off some I
never willingly talk to in the first place.
It's made dating easier too. Most of my significant relationships were born within a week of
each other, even if in different years.
Sometimes I've viewed this as revisiting a situation until I can work
out a solution -- though I did get fed up and branch out to Pisces men, who
were born within the same week of each other.
I really didn't plan this. It
just happens, and I notice. (Which all
sounds like I date a lot and I don't.)
In my many years of noticing, I also discovered a lump of
people in my life that were given to me instead of me going out and getting
them. Twin brothers obviously share a
birthday, but what about what about having 2 serious relationships with men
born 2 days apart who also have mothers born on the same day? Plus that Pisces who has a son born on that
day?
I could go on, but the inexplicable nature of what I notice
keeps me interested. I read my
horoscope in the mornings, but I don't really take that very seriously. If it says "keep your mouth shut today
or you'll tick off your boss and get fired", well, I'd probably keep my
mouth shut just to be on the safe side, but otherwise it all seems pretty
superficial.
One time I took my chart and a brother's chart to an
astrologer and asked why he and I can't peacefully coexist on the same
continent. Our charts are remarkably
similar, but he has Mars or Pluto or something in a different spot and whatever
it is made a world of difference to her.
I suppose I could take it to a Chinese astrologer and find out that Ox
and Dragon are combustible, which actually makes a little more sense to me.
