I was having a very interesting conversation last night about horoscopes. It was with someone who, it is fair to say, is an arch sceptic. Well, that's probably not fair at all - she'd probably put it in much stronger terms.
I'm quite fascinated by the whole thing, but healthily so. I think I manifest most of the traits of my starsign, and I am quite happy to. I read my horoscopes and marvel when they seem accurate, ignore them when they don't, get vaguely excited if something good is going to happen... You get the picture.
But she came up with an interesting point. One sign often has people doing a sharp intake of breath, and that is Scorpio. Rightly or wrongly, they have a bit of a reputation. There must be positive qualities attributed to the sign, but I had to confess that I didn't know what they were supposed to be. So her question was: are Scorpios happy to be Scorpios?
I don't know the answer. The two friends I have who are Scorpios (and who I hasten to add are very lovely people) I can't imagine being in the least bit interested, and that's putting it politely.
But there must be some Scorpios out there who are loud and proud about it.
Surely?
