The Trailing Edge

In my teenage years I discovered the cure to the They don't love me back dilemma: Horoscopes.  In my pre-teen days, I suffered from love sickness. The adults around me called it puppy love. It's only now that i realized that they were not referring to the young girls as puppies but to me as puppy. That how boys are trained into men are dogs.  I remember my first love, Laura. Actually there were two Lauras. I remember Laura the First as very pretty and I remember lots of wonderful baby fat. She was the class queen.  Since I was not the class king, she did not love me back. A dilemma that haunted me deep into my teenage years. I might add that I do not remember Laura the Second other than her name. The horoscopes was on the same page of the newspaper as the comics, although I had not noticed the horoscopes before. My horoscope that day said auspicious day for love . One thought led to another and I ended up in the library borrowing Linda Goodman's Love Signs . ...

                            The best way to explain how the different astrological elements (Fire, Earth, Air, Water) operate is to imagine a school playground at recess. Two kids get into a physical fight. Four teachers come running to the scene; here’s how they respond to the situation. The teacher born under Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius ) may never admit it, but they’re kind of excited by the fight. They will want to observe the “technique” of each kid and gauge the mood of the “spectators.” They might even imagine placing a bet on the outcome. But then, they will also be the first to wade in and break it up, regardless of personal risk. The kids might be somewhat intimidated by the teacher's energetic approach, but that won't necessarily calm everybody down. The teacher born under Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) will be very disapproving. Fighting is against the rules – i...