Sunday, February 24, 2008

Zodiac

Disambiguation: This post is on the concept of zodiac and not the shirt brand Zodiac :)

Ever since 'men' (more than a man and man in a non-gender specific way) came into existence , it has been an instinct to compare oneself with others to ensure similarities, spot the differences and establish supremacies! It's quite hilarious to think of the physical features that would've been identified as 'comparison factors' in the earliest days of mankind but I refrain from discussing it further since it is out of the scope of this topic.

Zodiac could be called as the most significant and most popular of the nomenclatures invented by the mankind where people are grouped based on Sun, Moon, Star and a gazillion other Celestial objects (the basis of classification varies depending on the culture) with each group assigned a 'symbol' or a 'sign'. So how true is this whole stuff? Do people born in the same month (taking sun signs as an example) invariably have the same qualities?

From my experience, I'd say 'Yes, they do!'. Quite surprising but yes! Of course we can't expect two individuals to be carbon copies of each other let alone the millions born in a month. But there are certain basic features or traits that folks in the same zodiac sign share - invariably. May be the charm, may be the build, may be the soft heart, may be the empathy... Something... Something could always be spotted in common between two individuals of the same zodiac without exceptions, at least as far as I've noticed. Suffice it is to say that the instinct to find out similarities and differences has surely resulted in an interesting system and most often there is some scientific background to these systems too! As long as one doesn't get obsessed with these systems, they really prove to be interesting, incredible and informative!

1 comment:

Ramaa Iyer said...

I completely agree with you when it comes to Sunsigns & stuff like that.We both are an example aren't we ;)