Well, lemme tell ya, this whole star sign thing, it’s a real head-scratcher sometimes. But I heard folks talkin’ ’bout them days leading up to the next sign in astrology, and it got me thinkin’. They say it’s like a, a waiting period, you know? Like when you’re waitin’ for the taters to boil, but they ain’t quite there yet.
So, I asked around, you know, just listenin’ to what them young’uns with their fancy phones are sayin’. And they say these days, they got a special name. “Cusp days,” they call ’em. Sounds kinda like somethin’ you’d sweep up, but it ain’t. They say it’s when the sun, that big ol’ ball of fire, is gettin’ ready to move from one of them star signs to another. They got some fancy word for it, too, “ingress” or somethin’.
Now, some folks, they get all worked up about these cusp days. They say if you’re born around then, you’re kinda betwixt and between. Not quite one sign, not quite the other. Like a fence-sitter, you know? But I say, what does it matter? You’re born when you’re born, stars or no stars.
- Some say these days, they’re special.
- Some say you’re kinda mixed up if you’re born then.
- But I say, you are what you are, that’s all there is to it.
And this whole astrology thing, well, it’s been around longer than I have, that’s for sure. Folks been lookin’ up at the sky and tryin’ to figure things out since, well, since forever, I reckon. They used to say the stars could tell you when to plant your crops, when to expect rain, all sorts of things. Nowadays, they use it to figure out who you should marry! Can you believe it?
They got all these charts and whatnot. They look at where the sun was, where the moon was, where all them little twinkly things were when you popped out. And they say that tells ’em somethin’ about who you are, what you’re gonna be like. It’s a whole rigmarole, if you ask me.
They say it can help you figure things out, though. Like, if you’re havin’ a spat with your fella, they say it might be ’cause of where some planet is or somethin’. I don’t know about all that. Seems to me if you’re havin’ a spat, it’s probably ’cause one of you left the toilet seat up again.
But some folks, they swear by it. They say knowin’ about these signs and these cusp days and all that, it helps ’em understand themselves better. Helps ’em make sense of things. Well, if it works for ’em, who am I to say different?
They say them days leading up to the next sign, that 48 or somethin’ hours before, that’s when things are kinda up in the air. Like when you’re waitin’ for a storm to break. You can feel it comin’, but it ain’t quite hit yet. They say that’s when you might feel a little off-kilter, a little unsure of yourself.
Well, I say life’s full of times like that, ain’t it? Don’t need no stars to tell you that. Sometimes you just gotta wait it out, see which way the wind’s gonna blow.
- You can use your birthday to figure out the stars, they say.
- They say the stars can tell you about your life.
- They say it can help you with your love life, too.
This one fella, he was sayin’ that this astrology stuff, it ain’t about the stars controllin’ you. He said it’s more like, like seein’ the bigger picture. Like standin’ on a hilltop and lookin’ out at the whole valley. Gives you a different perspective, he said.
I guess that makes some sense. Sometimes you gotta step back to see things clearer. Like when you’re tryin’ to find a lost cow. You gotta look at the whole pasture, not just the patch of grass right in front of your face. These days leading up to the next sign, that could be just one of them patches of grass.
Still, I think folks put too much stock in these things sometimes. They get so wrapped up in what the stars are sayin’ that they forget to just live their lives. They’re so busy lookin’ up that they don’t see what’s right in front of ’em. And that’s a shame, ain’t it?
I say, you wanna know about your future? Look at your hands. Look at what you do with ’em. That’ll tell you more than any star chart ever could. You wanna know about love? Look at the people around you. Look at how you treat ’em. That’s where the real answers are.
So, these days leading up to the next sign, they might be somethin’, they might be nothin’. Just like them astrology things, that’s what I think. But one thing’s for sure, the sun’s gonna keep on risin’, the moon’s gonna keep on shinin’, and we’re all just gonna keep on doin’ the best we can. And that’s all that really matters, ain’t it?
