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Monday, September 25, 2023
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Weekly Horoscopes

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The signs as cultural superstitions

Zodiac symbol for Aries

Aries

March 21 - April 19

Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)

Zodiac symbol for Taurus

Taurus

April 20 - May 20

Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)

Zodiac symbol for Gemini

Gemini

May 21 - June 20

Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)

Zodiac symbol for Cancer

Cancer

June 21 - July 22

Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)

Zodiac symbol for Leo

Leo

July 23 - August 22

Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)

Zodiac symbol for Virgo

Virgo

August 23 - September 22

Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)

Zodiac symbol for Libra

Libra

September 23 - October 22

Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)

Zodiac symbol for Scorpio

Scorpio

October 23 - November 21

Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)

Zodiac symbol for Sagittarius

Sagittarius

November 22 - December 21

Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)

Zodiac symbol for Capricorn

Capricorn

December 22 - January 19

Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)

Zodiac symbol for Aquarius

Aquarius

January 20 - February 18

Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)

Zodiac symbol for Pisces

Pisces

February 19 - March 20

Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)

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