[HPFGU-OTChatter] Chinese Zodiac was Year of the Monkey

[Amanda Lewanski]

Kristin wrote:

> Anyway here's a link to a Chinese Astrology site if any of you are
> intersted in finding your sign.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/3268/symbols/12zodiac/snake.html

I'm a dragon. I already knew that, but I went to see what it said.

Dragon people are given the gift of health, energy, courage and
sensitivity. They speak sincerely and are honest.
[Well, you all already knew that....]
The dragon represents the greatest celestrial power and, along with the
tiger, has the most beneficial influence in an astrological sense.
[At least somebody thinks I'm a great power. Too bad my kids can't read
this yet.]
Symbolizing life and growth,
[alas, evidently this includes clothing sizes]
the dragon is said to have these four blessings: virtue, riches, harmony
and longevity.
[Hm. True, I'm a paragon, I sing well, and I have a great natural
constitution. But if I had to miss one, couldn't I have missed one of
those and gotten the "riches" part?]
Of all the signs, dragons are the most eccentric.
[I am not. Everyone has a chain of Snitch keychains festooning their
desk.]
They are wonderful workers, but at times display a willingness to work
for evil purposes rather than good.
[No comment. I'm a paragon, it said so.]
Dragons are susceptible to flattery.
[Hm. Maybe we better try an experiment. Everyone start outrageously
complimenting me....]
Quick-tempered,
[I AM NOT! SHUT UP! I'M TELLING!]
excitable
[see above]
and enormously stubborn,
[Me? Little reasonable innocuous me?]
they often by-pass marriage, only to face loneliness in their old age.
[Or they marry a Libran Rooster and face passive-aggressiveness and a
warped sense of humor every single day, thus reaching old age all the
sooner....]

I'm a Cancerian, by the way. At one time there was a book out that
combined the attributes of Chinese and Western astrology, but I don't
remember the title. Oh, well.

--Amanda, whose kids are a pig, a rat, and a rabbit


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