Fate: Scorpio

Scorpio; determined and forceful, powerful and passionate, emotional and intuitive, exciting and magnetic. All these things describe the zodiac sign of the Scorpio. Scorpios harness aggression, yet "are pleasant to be with, thoughtful in conversation, dignified, and reserved." (www.astrology-online.com/scorpio.htm) They relate to their fellow peers as leaders but can be critical to the point of cruelty to people they dislike. Scorpios like the feeling of being persuasive, hidden causes, and being told the truth.

I think that this is very much like me. As I was reading all the websites that described the zodiac signs, I was shocked and amazed at how most everything sounded exactly like the way I am. I am very determined, especially with the little things. I have to get them done and done in a certain way, which therefore makes me forceful in order to get it done the way I want it. Often I feel like a very emotional person, and I most definitely feel passionate about many things. I often guess things people are going to tell me, even when it's something completely out there.

I do not, however, feel like I am powerful. I'm not a huge fan of feeling like I hold something above other people, probably because I so often put everyone else's needs before my own. Yet at the same time, I do like the feeling of being persuasive. I, like most people, like to see things go my way, but more often than not I will succumb and let the other person have their way. If I get annoyed at someone, I will hold back that aggression and let it build to the point of exploding. I hardly tell people what's wrong until that point of explosion because I don't want to bother people with my problems. But if you do make me extremely mad at you, I can be very mean.

I think astrology does have something to do with your character, but not so much with fate. I have rarely found my horoscope to be true for that day, but every description of a Scorpio I read sounds exactly like me. In Romeo and Juliet, I believe that the reason they rely so much on the stars is because they do not have the science that we have now. We have computers and doctors educated enough to tell you when you are going to die, but in the time this play was written, there was no such thing.

Also, I think that fate is not predetermined, but it is rather what you chose to make it. I do not think that there is a plan for your life set in stone somewhere. If Tybalt hadn't returned to Mercutio's death place, he never would have died. It's all about the choices you make. If Romeo had not tried to come between the fight, then neither would have died, at least not how they did.

Astrology can be true to an extent, but in the end it all comes down to you and the things you do.