Once a Gemini...

When I heard about the new astrological sign (Ophiuscus anybody?) I reacted in the most logical way I could: I freaked out. It was absolutely nonsensical to think that you may not be the star sign you thought you were born into and that you may actually be something else altogether! While some (lucky buggers) get to stay put in their old star sign, most people get pushed one back. As a result, while I may have previously been a Gemini, I am now (gulp) a Taurus.

Eww.

My initial reaction bordered on the violent. How can this be?? I am no Taurus. What is a Taurus anyway??? Reading the various descriptions on astrological websites slowly gave me a strong feeling of identity loss. None of it described me, in fact none of it even made sense.  And so endless debates and heated conversations amongst friends and colleagues ensued, most of them just as enraged as I was. Quite literally, we felt as though the rug had been pulled from under us.

My whole life has been turned upside down by this. I have even found myself stopping mid-sentence to ask myself, "Would a Taurus say things like this?" or stop to look in the mirror just a minute longer in the mornings to figure out, "Would a Taurus wear this?". At the ice-cream shop the other day I had to ponder "How would a Taurus really feel about green tea  ice-cream??"

I feel really terrible about this - I can't sleep, I can't eat. My hair has lost its shine and neither knitting nor the flower pot on my balcony can hold my interest beyond the half-a-second glance. I've completely lost it, I don't know who I am anymore.

Then during one night of furious youtubing, it finally dawned on me. What other kinds of star signs would simultaneously seek out Colbie Caillat and Marilyn Manson? Obama and  Palin?? Jackass clips and Anne of Green Gables???

It was like an epiphany. A lightbulb moment.

I choose to be a Gemini. It's what I identify myself with the most and it's what I believe I was born as. There is no other signs that can explain my secret bipolar disorder, my love of practically every music genre, my incredible knack of good conversation, my stunning ability to glide from one group of people to another, and my bone-dry sense of humour! heh.

I also choose to dis-acknowledge this new befangled Ophee-whatever and stay in my blissful 12-star zodiac world. Tonight, my message to the universe is that I choose to remain a Gemini!


Gemini - the twins


*The author would like to note that she in only half serious