A poem (comprised of 5 10-syllable lines with end words on each line that rhyme) for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #50 based on the painting you see here. It just so happens that there is buzz in the news this week that NASA has discovered a new constellation. Well not a new one, it’s been there for eons, but their revelation has caused them to suggest that there are 13 zodiac signs not 12. This is terribly confusing and I am afraid I cannot wrap my brain around the new “me”. Here’s my nifty little poem about stargazing.
“Constellations” by C. Santieau
I’ve always known that I’m a Gemini,
guided by twin stars in the night sky.
Its signs and attributes to me apply,
but scientific theory now implies
I’m Taurus born! That’s Bull I just can’t buy!
kat ~ 29 September 2016
like mercury colliding... 
September 29th, 2016 at 3:08 pm
Wonderful!
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September 29th, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Thanks! I refuse to believe I am not a Gemini!!! 😀
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September 29th, 2016 at 3:12 pm
I am a very proud Leo, myself. 🙂
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September 29th, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Spoken like a Leo! 😊 My oldest daughter is a Leo !
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September 30th, 2016 at 12:05 pm
Oh, how lovely. I was born on the first of August.
We Leos are quite proud and adventurous so I think anyway. 😉
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September 30th, 2016 at 12:16 pm
My daughter certainly is! 🙂
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September 29th, 2016 at 4:53 pm
A new constellation won’t change a thing. Your birthdate and place are what determines your sign – not a new constellation! The zodiac remains the same, even with Pluto’s ‘demotion.’
You could be a cuspian, though – I detect a bit of Taurean stubborn-ness in your insistence!
😉
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September 29th, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Haha! Thank you for the clarification! I am so relieved. I am nicely situated in the middle range of Gemini. 😉
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September 29th, 2016 at 5:26 pm
Perfect! Maybe you have some earth signs in your astrological chart? You never know…
XD
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September 29th, 2016 at 5:03 pm
You stick to your guns, Kat. Is there a god of zodiac signs? You can always become a fundamentalist and keep the old 12 signs.
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September 29th, 2016 at 6:01 pm
Haha…I don’t know if I could embrace fundamentalist anything! ♊️
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September 30th, 2016 at 4:11 am
Same here. I’m sure they wouldn’t want to embrace me, anyway.
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September 29th, 2016 at 5:18 pm
Love this! And i’ve learned that i am a Cancer.. not a Leo! I am NOT a crab. I have been, and will always be, as far as i’m concerned, a BIG cat. 🙂
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September 29th, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Haha, isn’t it funny how incredulous we all get at the suggestion we are not who we think we are?! 😊
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September 29th, 2016 at 5:32 pm
Indeed! And a crab is okay, really. At least i’m not a stinging scorpion. 🙂
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September 29th, 2016 at 6:02 pm
I don’t believe I know any scorpios. That’s odd isn’t it? 😊
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September 29th, 2016 at 6:05 pm
I don’t know any now either. Dated one in college though. Maybe that’s why I’m glad I’m not one. Ended up not liking him much at all. 🙂
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September 30th, 2016 at 7:50 pm
I almost forgot…here’s the proof that there is no change to the astrological chart! I knew that I had this bookmarked, somewhere:
http://www.cainer.com/features/ophiuchus/ophiuchus.html
So everyone, just keep rocking the sign that you are!
*hooks the Aries horns*
XD
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September 30th, 2016 at 8:01 pm
Thank you! We can all rest easy under the Black Moon tonight! 😊
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September 30th, 2016 at 8:01 pm
Indeed, we can!
XD
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October 2nd, 2016 at 5:27 pm
I know a Scorpio. I’ve been married to her for 42 years!
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October 2nd, 2016 at 7:36 pm
Ah! Now I can say I am a friend to someone who knows one! 😊
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October 4th, 2016 at 6:26 am
[…] Star War | like mercury colliding… […]
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October 4th, 2016 at 6:48 am
Fun poem, and I see above that the birth signs did not really change. I had seen something about that, too.
My husband and I jokingly read our horoscopes in the paper, but I am not at all like what I always hear about Sagittarius–outgoing, athletic. 🙂
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October 4th, 2016 at 7:20 am
I think the theory has been debunked. But it made for fun inspiration for this poetry challenge. 😊
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October 4th, 2016 at 7:26 am
Yes, indeed! 🙂
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