# Zodiacs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 1999, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114 "1999-11-14T15:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/1 "1999-11-14T15:23:00Z")
After taking one of the personality tests mentioned here, I got to thinking about horoscopes & zodiacs. In the classic (Roman? Greek?) zodiac, I’m a Scorpio, the scorpion. In the Chinese zodiac, I’m a dragon. (And according to their standard placemat horoscope, I shouldn’t be with my wife, a dog; i.e., she was born in 1970.) (If I were ever to get a tattoo, it’d be both of these symbols together. :)) So… what’s your sign in both systems? Do they seem to go together? Do they support your personality, or are they way off base? (Moderator: I know these are questions, but they didn’t seem like the GQ-type.) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/2 "1999-11-14T15:33:00Z")
I’m a Leo. Unfortunatly, I can’t remember what My Chinese sign is (Probably the blowfish, or something ). * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/3 "1999-11-14T15:42:00Z")
BTW, here a link to a [Chinese Calendar](http://cat.nyu.edu/liaos/noshock/zodiac/calendar.html) to help figure out your Chinese sign. Note that most or all of January (and sometimes some of February) is grouped with the Gregorian calendar before it. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/4 "1999-11-14T15:50:00Z")
Well, then, my Chinese sign is the Rooster. Spare me the cock jokes, please. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/5 "1999-11-14T15:52:00Z")
I’m a Taurus and a Dragon. Not even close to the stereotypical Taurus personality, though. I used to think the description of the dragon on Chinese menus was more accurate, but after reading the longer description on the web site, I have to admit it’s not me at all. * * * “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” - Bill Watterson ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/6 "1999-11-14T15:54:00Z")
Capricorn/Dragon. > [@](#): > > (If I were ever to get a tattoo, it’d be both of these symbols together. Damn…here I thought it was such a unique idea. 🙂 * * * ‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’ Last words of General John Sedgwick ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/7 "1999-11-14T15:57:00Z")
Pisces/Rabbit. Fish & Hossenfeffer(sp?)? Mixed? BLEH! * * * Is an appreciation of beauty a function of the human soul? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/8 "1999-11-14T17:41:00Z")
According to astrologers, of which my best friend is one (not professionally - he’s actually a journalism student) the problem with saying I’m a Leo! or whatever is that that’s only your sun sign, so it by itself doesn’t tell you much. I have to admit that my whole chart (Libra, Scorpio rising, moon in Taurus, etc. etc.) is more detailed and correct about my personality than just the sun sign. But argue with him over it, not me. I’m just reporting. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/9 "1999-11-14T17:42:00Z")
Bostaph: Hasenpfeffer. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/10 "1999-11-14T17:51:00Z")
Taurus/Rooster here. Both seem to fit. -Melin ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/11 "1999-11-15T06:18:00Z")
Capricorn (the goat)/Chinese: horse, according to the link given here. According to the paper place mats at the Chinese restaurants, I’m not a horse (don’t recall what), but it didn’t seem descriptive of me. but then they don’t break them down like the link did - they go only by the year. The horse description is pretty close. I’ll have to explore that site further. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/12 "1999-11-14T19:14:00Z")
Ox and Cancer. If anyone can come up with a good tattoo incorporating an ox and a crab, lemme know…I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![gary\_horaczek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gary\_horaczek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gary_horaczek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/13 "1999-11-14T19:32:00Z")
Capricorn The Goat/Chinese: The Goat… “Inspector Clay’s Dead. Murdered. And Somebody’s Responsible.”-Plan 9 From Outer Space ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/14 "1999-11-14T20:07:00Z")
Cancer/Dragon I know already that Cancer fits me very well, but I don’t know anything about Chinese astrology. * * * “…all the prettiest girls live in Des Moines…” –Jack Kerouac, _On the Road_ Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/) ---
**Author:** ![Felinecare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Felinecare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felinecare)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/15 "1999-11-14T20:12:00Z")
Both my mother and I are Dragons. It explains a lot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/16 "1999-11-14T20:54:00Z")
Scorpio/Rabbit And yeah, both fit DAMN well. So well it’s kind of scary… \< grin \> ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/17 "1999-11-14T21:35:00Z")
Cancerous pig here. Both fit reasonably well, especially concerning the other signs I do/don’t get along with. Major deviation from profile is that I am not particularly conservative, as crabs are supposed to be. Yeah, I know it’s a lot more complicated than the sun sign; my exSO was _really_ into this stuff. I am an open-minded skeptic. It appears to me that there may be a little something to it, but I doubt it has anything to do with the stars. Maybe it’s the weather while one develops in the womb or how old you are when you experience your first Christmas or a million other factors. The Chinese system? Who knows? It’s all Greek to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/18 "1999-11-14T21:35:00Z")
Gary - the site given in this thread said I was a horse, and it was more descriptive. Using that site, you woudn’t know what I was unless you knew my birthday (Jan. 18) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/19 "1999-11-14T22:06:00Z")
Another Leo/Rooster here. I don’t think either sign describes me very well. * * * Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.–Coleridge ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114/20 "1999-11-14T22:26:00Z")
Aries Horse, here. Basically, that makes me a horny horse. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zodiacs/11114.md?page=2)