Zodiac, Shmodiac

So I'm a Virgo, and I actually find that I am embarrassed by it. My birthday falls on August 23rd, so I am on the 'cusp'. But Virgo sounds so much like 'virgin', I can't help but but be wary of the connotation's strength. So I always say "Oh, I'm a Leo, but I'm on the cusp" (I make sure I chuckle heartily and do something 'manly' - like punch someone - when I say this), when in reality I'm just afraid to tell someone that I've been predestined to never get laid. I have been! I swear! Plus, Leo sounds a lot cooler.

All the other signs sound cool. Sagittarius, Pisces, Gemini, Taurus, Escort, Windstar.

Except Cancer. That one kind of sucks too.

-What are you?
-Oh, I'm a Cancer.
-A cancer on what? society?
-No, that's my sign.
-Oh, I'm sorry. At least you aren't Virgo.

Taurus gets the powerful bull, Leo is the brave lion, Capricorn is a... umm, a sea-goat, Cancer is the slightly creepy side-stepping crab, and Aquarius is a 'water-carrier', which sounds pretty lame (and laborious) but the 5th Dimension wrote a sweet-ass song about them. But I'd take any of them over Virgo - our song is by Madonna.

If us Virgos are going to have to live with this damned appellation, we might as well have a vote in who our mascot should be. And if it's going to be a virgin, I think that there is only one clear choice.



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