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[missfortunately]

I noticed a lot of people have been talking about personality tests lately, which are kind of like astrology and horoscopes! I love horoscopes, because they can tell you so much about yourself! It's amazing how accurate they are, and they can also help you with the future. I mean, nothing can really tell you about the future, but having your daily

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[eccentric_ox]

I'm a Cancer.

[missfortunately]

Oh, a Cancer! You're very emotional and intuitive, and you put your family above all else! Is that right?

[eccentric_ox]

Mhm, for the most part. I'm a pretty typical one, I guess.

[missfortunately]

Sometimes it depends on whether you were born in the beginning, middle, or end. It's not always right, but I think it's fun anyway!

[livingmyths]

I was born on February 22nd.

[missfortunately]

You're very close to the cut-off, but you're a Pisces!

[livingmyths]

Oh good!

What does that mean?

[missfortunately]

Let's see... most Pisces people are gentle, easygoing, kind, and compassionate. It's a water sign, so imagine being like water!

[misterblackbird]

You don't really believe in things like horoscopes, do you?

[missfortunately]

They're not always true for everybody, but they can be incredibly accurate. Even if they aren't real, I still think it's fun. And anything that can help you learn more about yourself is always a good thing.

[misterblackbird]

I still don't put very much trust in them. It seems more like they're tailored to fit each person rather than each person fitting them. Or perhaps the person reading his horoscope makes himself fit what it says about him.

I'm whatever sign comes at the end of the year, in December. I don't really recall which one it is.

[missfortunately]

People are all very different, so it's hard to put a group of us all in a single category and have everything apply to everyone. But I think I like it because it explains a few of those things that we're born with, that are a part of ourselves and will always be a part of ourselves.

Is it Capricorn? Or maybe Sagittarius, like me?

[playstheblues]

I'm an Aquarius, but I don't know what that means.

[missfortunately]

If I remember right... most Aquarians are strong-willed, friendly, devoted, and curious, though they can be aloof or unpredictable. Does that sound right, Blue-kun?

[playstheblues]

That's about right. Except for the aloof part.

[missfortunately]

Everybody is different, so sometimes not everything works. Most people don't know, it also depends on how all the planets were aligned exactly when you were born. It's a lot more accurate when you have the year and time and even place you were born.

[Voice]

[silk_for_calde]

In my whorl we practice several forms of divination, and though it depends upon the talent of the augur to read the omens we're given, the signs given by the gods always have some measure of truth in them.

I would be quite curious to know my horoscope, but the months differ in my whorl. I am curious, though-- on what are your predictions based?

[Voice]

[missfortunately]

Oh, astrology is based on the positions of the planets and stars--at least, how they are on my world. I guess having different planets and stars would make everything different.

What kind of signs do you use to make predictions?

[Voice]

[silk_for_calde]

There are a great many. The easiest is to use the prophetic nature of the Chrasmologic Writings; opening the Writings at random and choosing a passage will yield a deeper meaning that applies to one's situation. There are lots cast on Thelxday, sacred to Thelxiepeia, a goddess of magic and mysticism. I am an augur; the practice of augury actually refers to observing the flights of birds and making predictions based upon that. Hydromancy is not very common, but in Scylla's name it is possible-- that is, the use of water to foretell the future

[Voice]

[missfortunately]

Wow, that's incredible! That's very different from our world, though I know some civilizations used to make sacrifices and spoke to their gods and things like that. But I was never very good at history!

Yes, those are the stars. They don't move though; they just look like they do, because we're the ones that are moving! Where I come from, we live on a planet named Earth, which is, um, hard to explain, but planets are these big huge round things. I think for something to be a planet, it has to be spherical and have its own gravity, which means it has to be really huge.

But the planets are the ones that move; they go around and around this big star, so they can be in different positions depending on what time of year it is, which is how astrologers make predicitions.

... I'm sorry if that didn't make much sense. I've never had to explain that to anyone before. And don't worry about asking. I don't mind!