“The Pleiades, sisters who vie with each other’s radiance. Beneath their influence devotees of Bacchus (god of wine and ecstasy) and Venus (goddess of love) are born into the kindly light, and people whose insouciance runs free at feasts and banquets and who strive to provoke sweet mirth with biting wit. They will always take pains over personal adornment and an elegant appearance they will set their locks in waves of curls or confine their tresses with bands, building them into a thick topknot, and they will transform the appearance of the head by adding hair to it; they will smooth their hairy limbs with the porous pumice, loathing their manhood and craving for sleekness of arm. They adopt feminine dress, footwear donned not for wear but for show, and an affected effeminate gait. They are ashamed of their sex; in their hearts dwells a senseless passion for display, and they boast of their malady, which they call a virtue. To give their love is never enough, they will also want their love to be seen.” (Manilius, Astronomica Book 5, p.310-313)
The House of Vines 
Pleiades, huh? I was born under Boötes myself.
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In case you want to find out what star you were born under:
http://pathguy.com/whatstar.html
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Very, very interesting.
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I don’t know if I did it right but I followed Petros’ link and found out that I was born under El Koprah / Chi Ursa Major which is a star that makes up part of the hindquarters of Ursa Major. I was born under the influence of Callisto’s ass.
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According to Manilius(if you haven’t found it already):
Now when, after completing a revolution round the pole, the Bear (Ursa Major) with muzzle foremost replaces her unceasing steps in her former tracks, never immersed in Ocean but ever turning in a circle, to those born at such a time wild creatures will show no hostile face, and in their dealings with animals these men will find them submissive to their rule. Such a one will be able to control huge lions with a gesture, to fondle wolves, and to play with captive panthers; so far from shunning the powerful bears that are the kin of the constellation, he will train them to human accomplishments and feats foreign to their nature; he will seat himself on the elephant’s back and with a goad will direct the movements of a beast which disgraces its massive weight by yielding to tiny jabs; he will dispel the fury of the tiger, training it to become a peaceful animal, whilst all the other beasts which molest the earth with their savageness he will join in friendship to himself; keen-scented whelps he will train…”
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I’m picturing the Strength tarot card. Pretty damn cool. Hail to you Beastmaster!
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Thank you, friend! Honestly? This actually is pretty reflective of something that tends to happen to me. Animals like me (mostly). Not to mention I tend to prefer animals more than people though this is common among autistic people and it’s actually been observed in tribal / pastoral societies that autistic individuals notably excel in the field of animal husbandry so perhaps my connection with animals is not that unique to me. For instance, researchers in 2005 did an ethnographic study on an autistic man from Siberia who worked as a reindeer herder during which it was learned that this gentleman was able to give accurate and detailed medical and genealogical histories of over 2,600 animals he had cared for in his career. Still though, it’s pretty neat that the stars themselves confirm my connection with animals.
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