I've never had anyone ask me my sign before, and today was probably one of the strangest situations to have it crop up: I was at the dentist for the yearly check-up and chatting with the hygienist. She was a really neat lady with a, I believe, Russian accent and was probably ten years older than me...so, early thirties. Anyway, out of the blue, she asks me what is my sign. I was all, "what? Oh, uh, Aquarius." She thought that was interesting, seeing as how she had rather pegged me as a Scorpio.
Uh, what? Rewind here. I always had the feeling that dentistry, orthodontics, and even dental hygiene were science-oriented professions, and that the people involved in those profession would very much not be interested in astrology. The question really threw me for a loop as it was so completely unexpected within that environment. The coolest thing, of course, is the fact that, even though I come from a science background, I'm interested in that sort of thing, too. I have yet, in my own every-day life, come into contact with evidence refuting the validity of basic astrology. Maybe I'm one of those people whose brains are in danger of falling out from being very open-minded, but so long as I've got two brain cells to rub together, I think I'll always be open to vastly different possibilities.
The thing of it, too, was that I wanted to discuss it with her - try to shed some light on the point that, no, I'm not generally introverted and secretive; you just caught me up at a bad time. Given the fact that I was in a place which, generally speaking, is not known for its pleasant atmosphere, I did what many people do in that situation: retreated into my own headspace and made sure to think about
other things. After spending three years visiting the orthodontists every month, being in that place was like flipping a switch. God, now that I think about it, it's classic conditioning. Anyway, the situation just wasn't conducive to conversation of any kind except banal pleasantries.
It was a pity, too, what with her being a Scorpio. We'd have never gotten along for very long. :^P
ETA: I just took
this test (gacked from the aquarius lj community) and got these results:
"Red is your most probable sign and Blue is your least probable sign. The scores are from 0 (not you at all) to 100 (dead on match).
Aries = 41
Taurus = 49
Gemini = 52
Cancer = 43
Leo = 41
Virgo = 59
Libra = 54
Scorpio =
39 Sagittarius = 52
Capricorn = 44
Aquarius =
72 Pisces = 54
According to our analysis, you are [an] Aquarius, Jan 20 to Feb 18. But you are certainly not a Scorpio, Oct 23 to Nov 21."
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