Dating by astrology...

Astrology. It's a complex thing. Beyond the daily horoscopes in the Metro newspaper, I rarely took much notice of them until a few days ago. Being newly single after a long term relationship means I've been thrust back into the dating game and boy, is it a complex thing.

I'm a Taurus, and a fairly typical one at that. I'm passionate, stubborn, loyal and fiery in turns, but I'd never thought about compatible signs. I've decided to act on a long held crush on a friend, or at least, I think I have. After years of banter, flirting and a recent fumble, I'd texted him a message which was clear and to the point. I'll delve into that some other time, but the conversation stopped dead. What the hell? Had I read things the completely wrong way? Who disappears halfway through a text conversation? End result, I sent another couple of messages and then sat and wondered what the heck had happened. Out of boredom, I read my horoscope, which didn't say anything useful, but I also read his. And that's where things got interesting.

The object of my lust is an Aquarius. I can already hear the shouts of 'run away' because boy oh boy, Aquarians seem like extremely hard work. There are plenty of astrology sites out there, but the gist of it was: magnetic, alluring, fiercely independent, emotionally detached and prone to self sabotage/disappearing acts if pushed too hard. Any Taurean worth their salt knows we're creatures who need to be given affection, tokens of love and affirmation that we're wanted. Aquarians, it seems, are the polar opposite. Suddenly, the text conversation started to make a little more sense.

I don't usually take a lot of stock in astrological personality traits, but the more I read, the more I began to understand him and myself. We'd often go months without speaking, engage in seriously heavy banter, and then drop off again. His characteristics were almost perfectly matched to what I read. This it seems, will not be a match made in heaven.

There must be people out there who take this stuff very seriously. There's probably a whole heap of people who only date strictly within their compatible signs. But isn't that taking the fun out of it? If my compatible signs are likely to give me stability, affection and declarations of love, surely it means I must be missing out on heady infatuation, the excitement of not knowing what will happen next and being firmly kept on my toes?

Dating by astrology...is it for me? I honestly couldn't say, but what I do know, is that me and this guy have chemistry. Whether its written in the stars is anyone's guess, but I'm not going to stop myself from having fun and finding out if the Aquarian/Taurus match really is as bad as they say. 

http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/