# Have you ever had a common experience with people of a certain star sign?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499 "2010-06-09T03:05:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/21 "2010-06-09T20:35:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> Darling, I don’t care _what_ you are. 😃
Somehow knowing that you don’t care warms my heart.
But apparently I’m a bad boy.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/22 "2010-06-09T20:41:43Z")
> [@Incref](#):
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> **Have you ever had a common experience with people of a certain star sign?**
Does a birthday party count?
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/23 "2010-06-09T20:56:00Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#):
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> If astrology isn’t true, then how do you explain the impossibly unlikely “coincidence” that there are 12 astrological signs, and the 12 constellations in the zodiac match them exactly? HA! Who’s the smart one NOW, Mr. Skeptic?
[13 constellations on the ecliptic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus), actually…[and the constellations don’t really match the “houses” anymore](http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/your-astronomical-sign.html). 😃
ETA: I know you were joking, and I got it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/24 "2010-06-09T21:04:54Z")
Once me and eight people were all in the hospital at the same time. Our birthdays were all with three days of each other. Freaky.
😃
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/25 "2010-06-10T00:33:03Z")
Not that I believe in astrology one bit- but I match the typical Taurus profile in just about every way. Weird.
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### Author:  [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/26 "2010-06-10T01:20:56Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> Scorpios, amirite? 😉
I’m surrounded by them! Husband, six or seven girlfriends easily. It’s like the birthday month. I’m Sagittarius. Maybe there are just more of them than other signs.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/27 "2010-06-10T03:03:18Z")
My cuz is a Taurus. To The Max. I don’t know if I’m ‘looking’ for Taurus traits in her, but you could open the dictionary, look up “Taurus”, and her picture would be right there. I’m Taurus but Taurus Lite next to her. We’re both stubborn, though. And like emeralds.
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/28 "2010-06-10T03:25:37Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> Not that I believe in astrology one bit- but I match the typical Taurus profile in just about every way. Weird.
Welcome to the wonders of [Barnum statements](http://www.skepdic.com/barnum.html).
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### Author:  [@Acantha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acantha)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/29 "2010-06-10T04:39:53Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> Scorpios, amirite? 😉
lolz
that’s one of them. Strangely, online I usually have no problem with them, but then, my interaction is limited.
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### Author:  [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/30 "2010-06-10T11:07:19Z")
> [@Incref](#):
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> I have noticed that almost all my best friends since preschool to now have been Virgos.
Virgo: 23 August – 23 September
From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday#Frequency):
> [@](#):
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> However, there tend to be more births in September and October.
– Cazzle (Virgo)
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### Author:  [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/31 "2010-06-10T11:57:13Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> Not that I believe in astrology one bit- but I match the typical Taurus profile in just about every way. Weird.
Heh. Me, too.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/32 "2010-06-10T12:48:47Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#):
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> I’m surrounded by them! Husband, six or seven girlfriends easily. It’s like the birthday month. I’m Sagittarius. Maybe there are just more of them than other signs.
Lucky you! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/33 "2010-06-10T14:41:22Z")
I’ve had my guts ripped out & an acetylene torch taken to my empty insides by women born in Feb/March in my life. For a few years, if I heard ‘Happy Birthday’ sung in a bar on St Patrick’s Day, I’d leave w/o looking up for sheer self preservation.
But pain & superstition go together.
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/34 "2010-06-10T14:53:09Z")
> [@Princhester](#):
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> Welcome to the wonders of [Barnum statements](http://www.skepdic.com/barnum.html).
I want to thank you for that link, because it led me to this: [rumpology - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com](http://www.skepdic.com/rumpology.html) Rumpology. Yes, it means what it sounds like: reading butts. I think this is the closest I’ve ever seen to a meaningful divination method. "You’re rump is Large, flat and very dimpled. This means that you spend too much time on the sofa, and are unlikely to ever achieve much . .. "
There can be no question that every description I’ve read of the Taurus female, especially when you add in the “Socrpio rising” bit, describes me to a “T”. I’m not a big believer in astrology, but I seem only capable of attracting Leo’s, and we always end up breaking up for the exact reasons provided by Ms. Goodman. [http://www.amazon.com/Linda-Goodmans-Love-Signs-Goodman/dp/B001HVABN2/ref=sr\_1\_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276181258&sr=8-6](http://www.amazon.com/Linda-Goodmans-Love-Signs-Goodman/dp/B001HVABN2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276181258&sr=8-6)
It reminds me of those e-mail scams where they send 5,000 people a sports or stock prediction, then another the next week and another the next. After six weeks they’re left with 150 people who have received the correct prediction every time, and are willing to follow them to the ends of the earth.
Those people who open a book and see a description which doesn’t apply to them, will probably never consider reading a horoscope again. The poor fools like me who happen to match their sign descriptors will be sucked into wasting five minutes per day for life. . . 😉
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/35 "2010-06-10T15:06:40Z")
> [@Princhester](#):
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> Welcome to the wonders of [Barnum statements](http://www.skepdic.com/barnum.html).
I take issue with this notion that the only reason one would see striking similarities between a description and an individual is because of the Barnum effect. These descriptions aren’t ‘‘sort of’’ like me and my husband, they are incredibly good descriptions of us. The reality is that with so many millions of people in the world, we can statistically predict a number of people whose star signs will be very accurate indicators their personalities. For whatever reason, I’m one of them (and so is my husband.)
The Pisces/Capricorn dynamic is an amusing one. I am all over the place emotionally, impulsive, neurotic, oversensitive, melodramatic, creative, passionate and spiritual. (Some would call this ‘‘crazy.’’) He is the rock: calm, predictable, patient, rational, practical, and he behaves in the same way day after day after day after day. (Some would call this ‘‘boring.’’) He is the daily grounding in reality that I need, and I am the escape from drudgery that he needs. Because of me, he tried his hand at poetry and learned to open up more with his friends. Because of him, I learned how to spot shitty research methodology and learned to open up a Roth IRA. We are each happier and more productive due to the influence of the other.
> [@](#):
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> What’s different about these two is what captivates, and draws them together. A floundering, aimless Pisces finds the focus and drive of Capricorn inspiring. In Pisces, the Goat sees a gentle, imaginative person that could use some career coaching. In Cap, Pisces sees a nose-to-the-grindstone character that needs the balance of creative and spiritual nourishment. When they meet at the right time, it’s a match with mutual benefits.
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> They’re no doubt an odd couple, and this shows up most at home. Capricorn likes an orderly home, and to steadily build up a financial empire. The Pisces routine is more chaotic, and they’re more motivated toward ephemeral rewards like creative fulfillment. The best scenario is when other planets are in harmony. When all goes well, this match is more than the sum of its parts. it’s an alchemical dream team, marrying the best of heaven and earth.
Again, astrology is a game to me, one I suppose I play because I feel I grasp the strategy rather well. I do receive a weekly horoscope, mostly because I love the unique style of that particular writer. Every week I read it not as a prediction of my future, but just as something to chew on, a different way to think about my circumstances, a way of brainstorming new experiences, or whatever.
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/36 "2010-06-10T16:52:43Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#):
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> I’m a Pisces, and couldn’t be more of a Pisces if I tried–emotional, creative, introspective and highly empathic.
My mom is also a Pisces. She is very much not like this.
Mr. Neville is a Gemini. We’re coming up on 7 years of marriage this August. My mom’s father was also a Gemini. He and my grandmother were married (happily, as far as any of us could tell) for 58 years, until he died. Mr. Neville and my grandfather are not similar in personality.
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/37 "2010-06-10T23:49:41Z")
Just came in to note these three actors were born May 26-27- first Peter Cushing (now 93), then Christoper Lee (88) and Vincent Price (99)- now, THAT’S weird!
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### Author:  [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/38 "2010-06-10T23:54:24Z")
Nope. I’ve never had a common experience with anyone.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/39 "2010-06-11T19:54:04Z")
I’ve been in love with four women in my life; three are Aquarius (the fourth is a Leo). I simply find it an amusing co-incidence; there’s not much that the three Aquarians have in common.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-common-experience-with-people-of-a-certain-star-sign/542499/40 "2010-06-11T20:02:08Z")
All three of my sisters are Taurus. The only thing they have in common is our parents, me as their oldest sister, and our only brother. Personality, temperment, careers, love lives - couldn’t be more different.
I had a friend years ago who dismissed everything about my husband with “Well, of course! He’s a Scorpio!” :rolleyes: yeah, that explains it…
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