30 Day Writing Challenge: Day 5 Does your Sign Define You?

by Dani Mc Mahon

According to the ancient practice of astrology and the mystical study of the star sign, we are all ruled by the stars and specific planets. 

Many people find the study of the zodiac to be a load of waffle and they frown upon those who read the horoscopes at the back of the paper each day. It is easy to see why people would read their horoscopes. Everybody is constantly looking for answers, looking to be pointed in the right direction, looking for a helping hand. 

There are twelve Zodiac signs in total. Your Zodiac is assigned to you in accordance to your date of birth and will fall into one of four sub categories; air, wind, fire and earth. These categories and subcategories of the Zodiac define the positive and negative traits of your personality and the study of this helps you to better understand yourself to help you develop as a person. 

There is also a certain amount of compatibility within the Zodiac with certain signs being more suited to one another in terms of friendship and love. 

Many people find it difficult to give into the idea of the Zodiac as we are all so unique and people of the same sign can often have quite diverse personalities. However, sometimes it is possible to see the same types of traits manifested in different ways in different people of the same sign. 

Taurus carries the following traits:

Strengths: Reliable, patient, practical, devoted, responsible, stable

Weaknesses: Stubborn, possessive, uncompromising

Taurus likes: Gardening, cooking, music, romance, high quality clothes, working with hands

Taurus dislikes: Sudden changes, complications, insecurity of any kind, synthetic fabrics

Apparently Taurus is one of the most easily recognised and most reliable signs around. As you can see, if you know me, I quite obviously have some of the traits assigned to me by my star sign. Some more so than others. One of the traits which I recognise in myself most often is being stubborn. Whilst this is listed as being negative I think it can also be a positive trait in life as a Taurus will rarely give in which is sometimes something you need. 

While I am not a huge believer in the Zodiac and I do refrain from reading too much into it I do find it pretty fascinating and I am not totally against the idea that people born around the same time could have similar personality traits. I do sometimes wonder if we are similar to our signs because it is what we have been told for many years or if we really are ruled by the stars. I guess we will never know...