I cringe when that question is asked. But, I dutifully answer. "Capricorn" I say. Then I wait, prepared for the ensuing download of what that might mean. And it comes. "Oh", they say,"that explains why you are"….smart, funny, angry, moody, anxious, neurotic, whatever.  "Yup," say I, "that describes me." I smile dutifully at the information about why I am, who I am, what I am, all based upon moons and stars and other planets that were in a certain alignment the very second of the day and year  I was born.

So how come, the minute I see my written horoscope (newspaper, magazine, bubble gum wrapper, or fortune cookie) I immediately read it.  

Not only do I read it, but I am slightly depressed if it doesn't portend well for me.  Make that very depressed. Alternatively, if it predicts anything positive, optimistic, or exciting, I am definitively elated. 

Yeah, I say, smiling. That's exactly spot on. That's me. 

Go figure.