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Lions and Jewelry
I am a Capricorn. I understand Capricorns. According to Wikipedia, we are self-reliant, ambitious, strong, responsible, reliable, career oriented. We are self-critical. We are goats.
Sounds boring. Sounds predictable. It could be worse, I suppose. Actually, it is. My Chinese astrological sign is a rat. These birth date traits, real or implied, weave their way conveniently and inconveniently throughout my life. Now, I’m not a superstitious person. I only read my fortune cookie messages with “in bed” attached. I don’t keep garlic around to ward off vampires, I open plenty of umbrellas indoors, I ignore black cats. Actually, I ignore all cats. Maybe it’s the rat thing. Here’s the thing, though. I know a lot of Capricorns and we all share a lot of the aforementioned characteristics. What I don’t know are a lot of Leos. In fact, I haven’t really known any Leos. Except my youngest, Carmen. She just celebrated her second birthday. Smack in the middle of Leo’s dominion. As my second child, she has suffered the unfortunate bi-product of having all of her personality traits, interests, and idiosyncrasies unintentionally compared to her sister. Her sister, who is such a classic Gemini, it isn’t even funny (charming, whimsical, out-going, verbal, talkative, social, entertaining). It was hard enough for me to wrap my brain around the new Gemini in my life. Then, we went and threw a Leo into the mix. Carmen is definitely her own person. She is headstrong, dramatic, demanding, independent, an innate observer. Now, I know a lot of these seem like typical two-year behaviors, but having had the benefit of raising a two-year old before AND having known Carmen since the day she was born, I can say with some degree of authority (see, my Capricorn roots are showing) these are characteristics that she owns and relishes. Some might say, throws in my face. Now, I get all of that. But what I can’t get over is how dang girlie she is. The princess crap, the jewelry, the dresses, the ponytails. Did I mention the jewelry? I have never seen anything like it. The kid walks around the house with her “jewels”. This consists of a nasty old ziplock bag (that doesn't zip anymore) full of costume jewelry from Walmart and Claire’s. Whenever she can, she wears as many necklaces and bracelets as possible. And, by the way, a pox on you, if you try and get her to edit her jewelry choices when leaving the house (“no, Mommy, MY jewels!”). It’s cute, for sure. A little flashy. But, confusing to me nonetheless. Confusing, that is, until I looked up her astrological sign. “Leo Likes” (quoth Wikipeida) “spotlight, speculative ventures, luxurious living, drama, adornment, fashion”. I am not making this up. What can I say, the kid likes flare. When I read it, her preoccupation with all things shiney suddenly made sense. It also suddenly made sense, that when I asked her what kind of party she wanted, she exclaimed without hesitation, “I want a jungle party. With a lion cake.” And a jungle party with a lion cake is just what she got. Along with a whole new supply of necklaces, crowns, rings, boas, and bracelets. 7 comments from 6 users
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posted by
MiaMama
on Aug 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
posted by
hmoeckli
on Aug 5, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Oh, that's adorable! I love the jewelry thing. As a fellow fire sign, Aries, I totally get Carmen's need to be sparkly. We can't help it...we like sparkles. It's so nice to know I'm not the only one (yes, I am aware she's 2 and I'm NOT, but whatev.) All my friends are stodgy earth signs (JUST KIDDING...LOVE YA!) Again, sparkly stuff is cool. Way to support your daughter's habit. :) posted by
AmandaS
on Aug 5, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Glad you guys can relate......and, um...hmoeckli, I think you contributed to her habit with that Fancy Nancy addition. ;-) posted by
sydsmommy
on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM
So glad I could help add to her habit!!!! posted by
AmandaS
on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM
sydsmommy...I would expect nothing less from you. You have Leo tendancies! ;-)
posted by
creatress
on Aug 6, 2008 at 02:29 PM
Funny! I'm a cap married to a Lio. He doesn't have jewels he walks around with though. Do video games and comic books count?
posted by
lmkoster99
on Aug 6, 2008 at 05:28 PM
You know, I am a Leo & all I can say is you are in for it!! :) Life will be interesting!! She is such a cutie & loads of fun. I am married to a Gemini & Austin is a Virgo. (The new one will also be a Virgo.....I am in trouble if he is anything like the first!!) Love the blog, as usual!! I love the jewelry part!!
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Oh lovable Leo! It's interesting how astrology plays into our lives. It doesn't mean that all Leos will be alike or all Taurus' wil be alike,etc. But you can tell certain similarities to the way "sister"signs can relate with one another or evne deal with things in general.
Your daughter is sooo cute! She has the lioness look.
My husband is a Leo and it's funny how he is drawn to Lion's and cats. He's sort of the "Lion King" around here. Surprisingly he's not your "typical" Leo, but I think that's because of his Taurus Moon.