Fate

Being born on April 25th, 1995 would mean that my astrological sign is Taurus. After looking into the different traits a person under this astrological sign should posses, I discovered that I actually agree with a lot of what was said. First of all, a Taurus would typically be a patient, determined, and cautious. When continuing to look, most websites also said a Taurus can work hard and diligently under stress as long as there is some kind of excitement involved. Personally, I read my own horoscope almost daily, but had never looked into specific Taurus traits. I was surprised how accurate I thought the traits were how extremely similar they were to things I would have said about myself. In most situations, I work hard and try to get all tasks done in a timely manner. The cautious factor would probably play into my life because at times, I am unsure, and like to look into all aspects of an opportunity and am afraid of picking the wrong solution. However, there were also a few things that I did disagree with, including being extremely jealous and loving to garden. I feel that there are moments of jealousy for everyone, but the horoscopes say that a Taurus can feel jealousy to the point of rage on some occasions, and that definitely isn't me. Also, about the gardening thing, it's basically as simple as, I just don't enjoy gardening.
Due to the fact that I do read my horoscope, I honestly do believe that there is some truth in it. I think it is super interesting how one day I can read it and the horoscope will be so spot on it's actually scary, and other times it will be completely irrelevant to my life. I also think its interesting how one of the main ideas and themes featured in Romeo and Juliet, is how the stars predict your fate, and kind of how everything is pre-planned and is meant to happen a certain way. Even though this particular example isn't in Act 3, the idea is universal throughout the entire book, which is said in the prologue. The phrase "A pair of star-crossed lovers" (prologue.6) is saying that fate and the aligned stars control ever thing that happens to both Romeo and Juliet in the scope of the novel. An example specific to the third act of the novel, is when Juliet says "Can heaven be so envious" (3.2.40) when speaking of the death of Tybalt. By saying this it shows that Juliet is saying that her fate was unfair and she cant understand why her cousin had to die. Overall, this is just one example of how fate comes into play in the novel Romeo and Juliet, but it is extremely obvious that this is one of the prominent themes. It is also fascinating to look into the possibility that something as small and, seemingly meaningless as a horoscope could actually have some way of determining your path in life.