zodiac and what not
>Does your name begin with: A
>U are not particularly romantic, but you are
interested in action.You mean
>business. With you, what you see is what you
get.You have no patience for
>flirting and can't be bothered with someone who
is trying to be coy, cute,
>demure, and subtly enticing. You are an up-front
person. You often don't
>get hints & you ever pass any. Brains turn you
on. You must feel that your
>partner is! intellectually stimulating,
otherwise you will find it
>difficult to sustain the relationship. You
require loving, cuddling,
>wining, and dining to know that you're being
appreciated. Your mate's
>physical attractiveness is important for you.
You tend to be very
>Practical, & not very emotional Your choices are
very good & can only lead
>to trouble. You are very self satisfied &
egoistic.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: B
>You give off vibes of lazy sensuality. You enjoy
being romanced, wined, and
>dined. You are very happy to receive gifts as an
_______expression of the
>affection of your lover. You want to be pampered
and know how to pamper
>your mate. You are private in your
_______expression of endearments, and
>particular when it comes to love. You will hold
off until everything meets
>with your approval. You can control your
appetite & feelings. You require
>new sensations and experiences. You are willing
to experiment.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: C
>You are a very social individual, and it is
important to you to have a
>relationship. You require closeness and
togetherness. You want the object
>of your affection to be socially acceptable and
good-looking. You see your
>lover as a friend and companion. You are very
sensual, Needing someone to
>appreciate and almost worship you. When this
cannot be achieved, you have
>the ability to hold out on affection until you
receive this.. You are an
>expert at controlling your desires and doing
without.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: D
>Once you get it into your head that you want
someone, you move full Steam
>ahead in your suit. You do not give up your
quest easily. You are nurturing
>and caring. If someone has a problem, this turns
you on. You are highly
>passionate, loyal, and intense in your
involvement's, sometimes possessive
>and jealous. You are very sharp & talented often
with sense of humour. When
>people bother to look deep inside they cannot
resist what they see. You are
>stimulated by the eccentric and unusual, having
a free and open attitude.
>You get jealous of other people and lose your
temper .
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: E
>Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is
not a good listener, you
>have trouble relating. A person must be
intellectually stimulating or you
>are not interested sexually. You need a friend
for a lover and a companion
>You hate disharmony and disruption, but you do
enjoy a good argument once
>in a while-it seems to stir things up. You flirt
a lot, for the challenge
>is more important. But once you give your heart
away, you are
>uncompromisingly loyal. You will fall asleep
with a good book. sometimes,
>in fact, you prefer a good book to a lover)
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: F
>You are idealistic and romantic, putting your
lover on a pedestal. You look
>for the very best mate you can find. You are a
flirt, yet once committed,
>you are very loyal. You are sensuous and
privately passionate. Publicly,
>you can be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You
are a born romantic.
>Dramatic love scenes are a favourite fantasy
past time. You can be a very
>generous lover.
>
>___________________________________________________________
>Does your name begin with: G
>
>You are fastidious, seeking perfection within
yourself and your lover. You
>respond to a lover who is yourintellectual equal
or superior, and one who
>can enhance your status. You are sensuous and
know how to reach the peak of
>stimulation, because you work at it
meticulously. You can be extremely
>active-never tiring out. Your duties and
responsibilities take precedence
>over everything else. You may have difficulty
getting emotionally close to
>people.
___________________________________________________________
>Does your name begin with: H
>
>You seek a mate who can enhance your zest for
life ,fun & everything You
>seek for. You will be very generous to your
lover once you have Attained a
>commitment. You are very affectionate & very
strong. Your gifts are
>actually an investment in your partner. Before
the commitment, though, you
>tend to be very careful with your every move and
equally cautious in your
>involvement's often as you believe that you have
to look out for yourself.
>You are a sensual and patient lover. You will
hold off till everything
>meets your full approval. You are a
perfectionist, hard to satisfy and
>strong in your beliefs. Not influential, you
always stand your ground.
>People can always count on you to stand by them
in a crisis. You are a
>dreamer with/ a passion for life.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: I (mran)
>You have a great need to be loved,
appreciated... even worshiped. You enjoy
>luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh.
You like necking spend
>hours just touching feeling & exploring. You
look for lovers who know what
>they are doing. You are not interested in an
amateur, unless that amateur
>wants a tutor. You are fussy and exacting about
having your desires
>satisfied. You are willing to experiment and try
new modes of
>_______expression. You bore easily and thus
require adventure and change.
>Your commitments don't last very long & you
often tend to stray. Loyalty is
>not one of your strong points. You are more
sensual than sexual, but you
>are sometimes downright lustful.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: J
>You are blessed with a great deal of physical
energy. When used for a good
>cause there is nothing to stop you, except maybe
that they aren't always
>used for the good. (you could dance all night.)
You respond to the thrill
>of the chase and the challenge of the mating
game.You can carry on great
>romances in your head. At heart you are a roamer
and need to set out on
>your own every so often. You will carry on long-
distance relationships
>with ease. You are idealistic and need to
believe in love. You have a need
>to be nurtured deep within.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: K
>You are secretive, self-contained, and shy. You
are very sexy, sensual, and
>passionate, but you do not let on to this. Only
in intimate privacy will
>this part of your nature reveal itself. When it
gets down to the
>nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You know all
the little tricks of the
>trade, can play any role or any game, and take
your love life very
>seriously. You don't fool around. You have the
patience to wait for the
>right person to come along. You are very
generous & giving, often selfless.
>You are kind-natured & sweet, which is found to
be attractive by many. You
>are a good friend.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: L
>You can be very romantic, attached to the
glamour of love. Having a partner
>is of paramount importance to you. You are free
in your _______expression
>of love and are willing to take chances, try new
sexual experiences and
>partners, provided it's all in good taste.
Brains turn you on. You must
>feel that your partner is intellectually
stimulating, otherwise you will
>find it difficult to sustain the relationship.
You require loving,
>cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're
being appreciated. "You
>require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to
know that you're being
>appreciated ".
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: M
>You may appear innocent, unassuming and shy; but
we know that Appearances
>can lie. When it comes to sex, you are no novice
but something of a skilled
>technician. You can easily go to extremes,
though, running the gamut from
>insatiability to boredom with the whole idea of
love. You can be highly
>critical of you mate, seeking perfection in both
of you. It is not easy to
>find someone who can meet your standards. You
have difficulty expressing
>emotions and drawing close to lovers. You are
often selfish, thinking you
>are always right no matter what. You never give
in. Winning is your prime
>desire- at any cost. You often forget friends
and family and you live for
>the moment.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: N
>You are emotional and intense. When involved in
a relationship, you Throw
>your entire being into it. Nothing stops you;
there are no holds barred.
>You are all-consuming and crave someone who is
equally passionate and
>intense. You believe in total freedom. You are
willing to try anything and
>everything. Your supply of energy is
inexhaustible. You want to be pampered
>and know how to pamper your mate. You also enjoy
mothering your mate. You
>often have the greatest love affairs all by
yourself, in your head. You are
>very imaginative.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: O
>You are very interested in fun activities yet
secretive and shy about your
>desires. You can re-channel much of your energy
into making money and/or
>seeking we. You can easily have extended periods
of celibacy. You are a
>passionate, compassionate lover, requiring the
same qualities From your
>mate. Love is serious business; thus you demand
intensity, diversity and is
>willing to try anything or anyone. Sometimes
your passions turn to
>possessiveness, which must be kept in check.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: P
>You are very conscious of social proprieties.
You wouldn't think of Doing
>anything that might harm your image or
Reputation. Appearances count.
>Therefore, you require a good-looking partner.
You also require an
>intelligent partner. Oddly enough, you may view
your partner as your
>enemy...a good fight stimulates those vibes. You
are relatively free of
>hang- ups.You are willing to experiment and try
new ways of doing
>things.You are very social and sensual; you
enjoy flirting and need a good
>deal of physical gratification.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: Q
>You require constant activity and stimulation.
You have tremendous physical
>energy. It is not easy for a partner to keep up
with you. You are an
>enthusiastic lover and tend to be attracted to
people because of their
>ethnic groups. You need romance, hearts and
flowers, and conversation to
>turn you on and keep you going.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: R
>You are a no-nonsense, action-oriented
individual. You need someone who can
>keep pace with you and who is your intellectual
equal-the smarter the
>better. You are turned on more quickly by a
great mind than by a great
>body. However, physical attractiveness is not
very important to you. You
>have to be proved to be worthy for a partner.
You have a need to prove
>yourself the best. You want feedback on your
performance. You are open,
>stimulating & romantic.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: S
>For you, it is pleasure before business. You can
be romantically idealistic
>to a fault and is capable of much sensuality.
But you never loose control
>of your emotions. Once you make the commitment
you stick like glue. You
>could get jealous and possessive. You tend to be
very selfish often
>regarding yourself as the only human being on
the planet.. You like being
>the centre of attention. You are very caring
sensitive, private & sometimes
>very passive. Turned on by soft lights, romantic
thoughts. When it gets
>down to the nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You
know all the little tricks
>of the trade, can play any role, or any game,
and take your love life very
>seriously. You don't fool around. You have the
patience to wait for the
>rightperson to come along. You are very generous
& giving, often selfless.
>You are kind nature & sweet which is found to be
attractive by many. You
>are a good friend.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: T
>You are very sensitive, private & sometimes very
passive. You like someone
>who takes the lead. You get turned on by music,
soft lights & romantic
>thoughts. You fantasize & tend to fall in & out
of love soon. When in love
>you are romantic, idealistic, mushy & extremely.
You enjoy having your
>senses & your feelings stimulated, titillated &
teased. You are a great
>flirt. You can make your relationships fit your
dreams, all in your own
>head. Once you put your mind to something you
manage to stand by it and see
>your dreams through. You aren't very good at
expressing your feelings. You
>like things your own way. You do not like
change, you like to hold on to
>things. This may not always be good because if
given an opportunity things
>may develop into great things. You work your way
to the top. Attention must
>be given to what others say because even though
you don't want to hear it
>their advice may turn out to save your life. !
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: U
>You are enthusiastic & at your happiest when in
love. When not in love
>you're in love with love and always looking for
someone to adore. You see
>romance as challenge. You are a roamer & needs
adventure, excitement
>freedom. You enjoy giving gifts & looking good.
You are willing to put
>others feelings above yours.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: V
>You are individualistic & you need freedom,
space & excitement. You wait
>till you know someone well before committing
yourself. Knowing someone
>means psyching her/him out. You feel a need to
get into his/her head to see
>what makes him tick. You are attracted to
eccentric types. You believe that
>age is no barrier. You are good at responding to
danger, fear & suspense.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: W
>You are very proud, determined & refuses to take
no for an answer when it
>come to love. Your ego is at stake all the time.
You are romantic,
>idealistic, often in love with love itself, not
seeing your partner for who
>she or he really is. You feel deeply about love
& tends to throw all of
>your self into a relationship. Nothing is too
good for your lover. You like
>playing love games.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: X
>You need constant stimulation because you get
bored quickly. You can handle
>more than 1 relationship at a time with ease.
You can't shut off your mind.
>You can do 2 things at once. You are very
talented.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: Y
>You are sensual & very independent. If you can't
have it your way, you will
>forget the whole thing. You want to control your
relationships which
>doesn't work out too well. You respond to
physical stimulation. However if
>you can make money you will give up the
pleasures of the flesh for the
>moment. You have a need to prove yourself the
best. You want feedback on
>your performance. You are open, stimulating &
romantic.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Does your name begin with: Z
>You are very romantic but show feels that to
love means to suffer. You wind
>up serving your mate & attracting people who
have unusual trouble. You see
>yourself as a lover's saviour.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>JANUARY
>Ambitious and serious
> Loves to teach and be taught
> Always looking at people's flaws and
weaknesses
> Likes to criticize
> Hardworking and productive
>Smart, neat and organised
>Sensitive and has deep thoughts
>Knows how to make others happy
>Quiet unless excited or tensed
> Rather reserved
>Highly attentive
>Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds
>Romantic but has difficulties expressing love
>Loves children
>Loyal
>Needs to improve social abilities
> Easily jealous
>
>FEBRUARY
>Abstract thoughts
> Loves reality and abstract
> Intelligent and clever
>Changing personality
> Temperamental
> Quiet, shy and humble
> Low self esteem
> Honest and loyal
> Determined to reach goals
> Loves freedom
> Rebellious when restricted
> Loves aggressiveness
> Too sensitive and easily hurt
> Showing anger easily
> Dislike unnecessary things
> Loves making friends but rarely shows it
> Daring and stubborn
> Ambitious
> Realising dreams and hopes
> Sharp
> Loves entertainment and leisure
> Romantic on the inside not outside
> Superstitious and ludicrous
> Spendthrift
> Learns to show emotions
>MARCH
>Attractive personality
> Affectionate
>Shy and reserved
> Secretive
> Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic
>Loves peace and serenity
> Sensitive to others
> Loves to serve others
> Not easily angered
> Trustworthy
> Appreciative and returns kindness
> Observant and assess others
> Revengeful
> Loves to dream and fantasize
>Loves travelling
>Loves attention
>Hasty decisions in choosing partners
>Loves home decors
>Musically talented
>Loves special things
>Moody
>
>APRIL
>Active and dynamic
>Decisive and haste but tends to regret
>Attractive and affectionate to oneself
>Strong mentality
>Loves attention
>Diplomatic
>Consoling
>Friendly and solves people's problems
>Brave and fearless
>Adventurous
>Loving and caring
>Suave and generous
>Emotional
>Revengeful
>Aggressive
>Hasty
>Good memory
>Moving
>Motivate oneself and the others
>Sickness usually of the head and chest
>Easily get too jealous
>
>MAY
>Stubborn and hard-hearted
>Strong-willed and highly motivated
>Sharp thoughts
>Easily angered
>Attracts others and loves attention
>Deep feelings
>Beautiful physically and mentally
>Firm standpoint
>Easily influenced
>Needs no motivation
>Easily consoled
>Systematic (left brain)
>Loves to dream
>Strong clairvoyance
>Understanding
>Sickness usually in the ear and neck
>Good imagination
>Good debating skills
>Good physical
>Weak breathing
>Loves literature and the arts
>Loves travelling
>Dislike being at home
>Restless
>Not having many children
>Hardworking
>High spirited
>Spendthrift
>
>JUNE
>Thinks far with vision
>Easily influenced by kindness
>Polite and soft-spoken
>Having lots of ideas
>Sensitive
>Active mind
>Hesitating
>Tends to delay
>Choosy and always wants the best
>Temperamental
> Funny and humorous
>Loves to joke
>Good debating skills
>Talkative
> Daydreamer
>Friendly
>Knows how to make friends
>Abiding
>Able to show character
>Easily hurt
>Prone to getting colds
>Loves to dress up
>Easily bored
>Fussy
>Seldom show emotions
>Takes time to recover when hurt
>Brand conscious
>Executive
>Stubborn
>Those who loves me are enemies
>Those who hates me are friends
>JULY
>Difficult to fathom and to be understood
>Quiet unless excited or tensed
>Has reputation
>Easily consoled
>Honest
>Concern about people's feelings
>Friendly
>Approachable
>Very emotional
> Unpredictable and temperamental
>Moody and easily hurt
>Witty and sarky
>Sentimental
>Neither forgives nor forgets
>Caring and loving
>Strong sense of sympathy
>Judge people through observations
>Loves to be alone
>Always broods about the past and the old friends
> Likes to be quiet
>Waits for friends
>Not aggressive unless provoked
>Loves to be loved
>Easily hurt and takes long to recover
>Overly concerned
>Puts in effort in work
>
>AUGUST
>Loves to joke
>Attractive
>Suave and caring
>Brave and fearless
>Firm and has leadership qualities
>Knows how to console others
>Too generous and egoistic
>Takes high pride of oneself
>Thirsty for praises
>Extraordinary spirit
>Easily angered
>Angry when provoked
>Easily jealous
>Observant
> Careful and cautious
> Thinks quickly
>Independent thoughts
>Loves to lead and to be led
>Loves to dream
>Talented in the arts, music and defence
>Sensitive but not petty
>Poor resistance against illnesses
>Learns to relax
>Hasty and rushy
>Romantic
>Loving and caring
>Loves to make friends
>
>SEPTEMBER
>Suave and compromising
>Careful, cautious and organised
>Likes to point out people's mistakes
>Likes to criticize
>Quiet but able to talk well
>Calm and cool
>Kind and sympathetic
>Concerned and detailed
>Trustworthy, loyal and honest
>Does work well
>Sensitive
>Thinking
>Good memory
>Clever and knowledgeable
>Loves to look for information
>Must control oneself when criticising
>Able to motivate oneself
>Understanding
>Secretive
>Loves sports, leisure and travelling
>Hardly shows emotions
>Tends to bottle up feelings
>Choosy especially in relationships
>Loves wide things
>Systematic
>
>OCTOBER
>Loves to chat
> Loves those who loves him
>Loves to takes things at the centre
>Attractive and suave
>Inner and physical beauty
>Does not lie or pretend
>Sympathetic
> Treats friends importantly
>Always making friends
>Easily hurt but recovers easily
>Bad tempered
> Selfish
>Seldom helps unless asked
>Daydreamer
> Very opinionated
>Does not care of what others think
>Emotional
>Decisive
>Strong clairvoyance
> Loves to travel, the arts and literature
>Soft-spoken, loving and caring
>Romantic
>Touchy and easily jealous
>Concerned
>Loves outdoors
> Just and fair
>Spendthrift and easily influenced
>Easily lose confidence
>
>NOVEMBER
>Has a lot of ideas
>Difficult to fathom
> Thinks forward
>Unique and brilliant
>Extraordinary ideas
>Sharp thinking
> Fine and strong clairvoyance
>Can become good doctors
>Careful and cautious
>Dynamic in personality
>Secretive
>Inquisitive
>Knows how to dig secrets
>Always thinking
>Less talkative but amiable
>Brave and generous
>Patient
>Stubborn and hard-hearted
>If there is a will, there is a way
> Determined
>Never give up
>Hardly become angry unless provoked
>Loves to be alone
>Thinks differently from others
>Sharp-minded
>Motivates oneself
>Does not appreciates praises
>High-spirited
> Well-built and tough
>Deep love and emotions
>Romantic
>Uncertain in relationships
>Homely
>Hardworking
>High abilities
>Trustworthy
>Honest and keeps secrets
>Not able to control emotions
>Unpredictable
>DECEMBER
>Loyal and generous
>Patriotic
>Active in games and interactions
>Impatient and hasty
>Ambitious
>Influential in organizations
>Loves to socialize
>Loves praises
>Loves attention
>Loves to be loved
>Honest and trustworthy
>Not pretending
>Short tempered and egoistic
>Takes high pride in oneself
>Hates restrictions
>Loves to joke
>Good sense of humor
>Logical
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Aries
>
>Turn ons
>
>Aries are naturally active and vibrant people
and they have affinity for
>such people too . You will have to increase your
pace to be in step with
>them. Remember they leave tortoises and snails
way behind without even
>glancing at them once. They like and appreciate
frank and straightforward
>persons. With them you can be your true self
that is no pretenses (but
>don`t try your luck being over frank-they are
volatile). If you are in love
>with Ram then you have to show your enthusiasm
in all there activities (you
>can always yawn later!).
>
>Turn offs
>
>Do not tell an Aries that s/he may be wrong lest
you may stir a storm in a
>teacup. But instead do what you feel is right
and of course do not take the
>credit for the work done well. Aries people are
very faithful and
>passionate lovers. Do not give air to the
smoldering fire within them by
>making them jealous. No flirtations or fooling
around with others in their
>presence unless of course you wish to write your
death wish (you will be
>granted!).
>
>Taurus
>
>Turn ons
>
>Stability and dependability characterize Taurus.
They like people who can
>blend and grow with them. If you have a Taurus
partner you should
>appreciate all things bright and beautiful. They
have an inherent artistic
>sense and are fond of color and music. Judge the
life with them from purely
>materialistic point of view. Enjoy everything
luxurious that money can
>provide. Enjoy good food (better if you can cook
to please them) and good
>drinks with them.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Taurus is very slow to anger (in fact you may
spend the whole life with
>them and still no spark) but you should not push
your luck too much. Being
>unreasonable or aggressive with them may get you
into trouble. Do not press
>him into a corner and if you do be prepared for
a violent rage. Taurus is
>capable of violent outbursts though this is on
very rare occasions. If you
>have a roving eye forget it because Taurus have
can take the cake when it
>comes to being possessive. They can be
suffocating when being possessive
>about you.
>
>Gemini
>
>Turn ons
>
>Gemini is a highly intellectual and versatile
person. If you have a Gemini
>partner you have to match your wits with his
wits to keep the zing in the
>relation. They want to be mentally stimulated so
you have to be good in
>conversing. Your sense of humor will get you a
permanent residence place in
>the heart of a Gemini. Be more communicative
with them and if you are good
>in this then you will never know how hours pass
by with you holding each
>other`s hand.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Gemini`s like to do many things at the same time
so if unfortunately you
>are the types who is looking for stability you
may get disappointed. Do not
>hold back a Gemini or you may lose him, as they
are restless and need
>change in life constantly. You should try to
adopt yourself with the
>ever-changing Gemini. Orthodox or conservative
old fashion ideas are no-no
>in their dictionary. Change with the
ever-changing Gemini and do not flow
>against the current.
>
>Cancer
>
>Turn ons
>
>Try to adapt yourself with the changing moods of
the Cancer. At one moment
>they may be laughing and enjoying and in another
moment they may cry or
>sulk. You may have to adjust with the moody and
sensitive Cancer. They are
>like the tides in the ocean always fluctuating.
Cancer people love food so
>if you know how to cook and can be poetic and
romantic (added Bonus) then
>you know the way to their heart.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Cancerians are very sensitive people and can get
easily hurt. So do not
>play with their emotions and sentiments. They
are like tides that can take
>you with it. They form emotional bonds with even
inanimate things too so do
>not ask them to discard old caps or souvenirs
these things hold special
>meaning to them. You have to realize that the
crabs have soft heart and are
>vulnerable. Do not contradict their tested line
of thought and action it
>would only lead to confusion.
>
>Leo
>
>Turn ons
>
>If you have Leo partner respect him and his
majestic manners. Accept the
>advice of Leo, the lion, as he is the king of
the jungle. It is the sign of
>a showman so if your partner does everything in
grand style enjoy it. Do
>lavish Leo`s frequently with compliments and see
them purr like a cat. They
>fall easily for flattery and want to be center
of attraction of all eyes
>(sometimes they can be quiet theatrical too).
>
>Turn offs
>
>Never ever hurt the ego of a Leo. Pride, ego and
vanity are some of the
>bags all Leo`s always carry with them. Do not
touch these bags. An
>authoritative Leo is even more difficult to
handle in such circumstances.
>Leo is a sunny sign so they do not like people
who are gloomy or depressed.
>Even if you are crying at heart keep a sunny
smile on your lips and then
>let lion take the charge and remove all worries
from your life.
>
>Virgo
>
>Turn ons
>
>Virgo`s are very methodical and have great sense
of duty but are blind to
>their own faults so if you have a Virgo partner
emphasize more on their
>qualities (as it is they are not going to
accept). Take keen interest in
>what they are doing and you will realize that
they will go out of their way
>to help you. Do rely and appreciate their mental
powers than physical
>powers. They can turn even an unsuccessful
venture into a success.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Do not push a Virgo into limelight or on the
center stage unless of course
>they do so on there own. They are shy and
reserved by nature and do not
>like to be cynosure of all eyes. Virgo`s have a
secrets that virtuous as
>they are would not like to come out in open so
even if you have the key to
>their secret skeleton closet hide it do not
admit even that you know
>anything about it. Virgo, the virgins, does not
want to tarnish their
>public image.
>
>Libra
>
>Turn ons
>
>Libra needs peace and harmony in all their
relationship so help them
>maintain that. Venus the ruling planet gives
them beauty and they have
>weakness for people who can compliment them
about their beauty (you will
>not have to make an effort to do that anyway).
You can help Libra seek
>union and partnership in life. If you have Libra
partner you can be sure to
>share beautiful and pleasurable moments
together.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Libra is kind and gentle soul but very
argumentative. Hence do not start an
>argument or discussion unless of course you are
free and do not know how to
>pass your time. They hate to lose and most
probably in between of
>discussion they may change their side too
(remember scales can tilt) and
>still continue arguing from other side. Do not
push your Libra partner into
>making decisions. They will keep weighing pros
and cons and may still not
>be able to come to any decision. Have patience!
>
>Scorpio
>
>Turn ons
>
>Scorpio`s are full of passion and zest for life.
They have tremendous drive
>that can involve you too. Tune in to their
wavelength and you can enjoy the
>harmony and music in life with them. Scorpio`s
are loyal and never forget a
>kind deed done by you. If you want to enjoy life
with your Scorpio lover
>share their passion and intensity and you will
be fascinated by how
>beautiful life can be with them.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Scorpio`s are very passionate and intense but
they are also fiercely
>possessive and would like to possess your mind,
body and soul. Do not let
>seeds of jealousy grow in them because then you
may have to suffer agonies
>of jealousy and discontentment in life.
Scorpio`s have explosive tempers be
>careful how you handle them. They never let
anyone know what is going on in
>their mind till they strike and you may be
caught unawares. Do not flirt
>around in the presence of your Scorpio lover.
>
>Sagittarius
>
>Turn ons
>
>Sagittarius is basically a happy go lucky kind.
You can enjoy with their
>zest and enthusiasm in life. They can bubble
with excitement that can be
>tangible at times. And if you share same
interests and hobbies then life
>can be great fun together. They are frank and
straightforward so if you
>want some truthful opinion about anything or
anyone goes to them. Be
>optimistic as they are and view life as glass
half full.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Sagittarius is fiercely independent and cannot
tolerate restriction hence
>do not try to hold them back in life. Let them
enjoy their freedom because
>if you hold any special place in their heart
they will always come back for
>you. Do not feel irritated by the exaggeration
in their speech. They may go
>on and on talking about certain things that may
not even interest you but
>it is their way of trying to communicate with
you. They are basically frank
>and outspoken (to the point of being rude) so do
not feel offended by their
>talks.
>
>Capricorn
>
>Turn ons
>
>Capricorn are strong and dependable hence if you
want to put your money on
>anyone it is of course this zodiac sign no
matter how many difficulties
>(that incidentally are many) The goat has to
undertake to achieve the
>goals. They are practical and conservative in
their outlook and they expect
>you to blend in their color. They set certain
standards for themselves in
>their life and they will always try to maintain
those standards. For them
>social status and image is very important in
life.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Do not expect a Capricorn mate to open their
heart and pour everything to
>you. They are very secretive and reserved
people. They are very thorough in
>all their affairs and hate any kind of
sloppiness. Capricorn is very
>tightfisted and economical. Do not expect lavish
gifts from them and if
>they do give you any gift (that is very rare) it
will have some practical
>use (no romance please) but that does not mean
you will be deprived of
>anything on the contrary you will be well
provided.
>
>Aquarius
>
>Turn ons
>
>Aquarius are friendly and fascinating people.
They have in-depth knowledge
>about various subjects and you can converse with
them for hours without
>getting bored. They are capable of giving a lot
of love that can be
>amazing. They have very broad outlook about life
and you can relax in their
>presence. They will always welcome your ideas
and actions about
>humanitarian causes. To keep an Aquarians lover
interested you must possess
>that mysterious and intriguing quality. Once
hooked they will always be
>very faithful to you.
>
>Turn offs
>
>Do not expect or plan a normal, simple and
predictable life with an
>Aquarius partner. Aquarius people are totally
unpredictable. They can go to
>any direction without giving any advance notice.
They are basically very
>restless and get very easily bored. Though they
are very friendly but do
>not expect them to reveal their inner most
feelings to you (they will
>never). They can be very detached and impersonal
that you may find very
>strange. Do not be surprised by this
unpredictable quality that may crop up
>often
>
>Pisces
>
>Turn ons
>
>Pisces are very sensitive and charming people.
If you are looking for
>someone who is understanding and can understand
your feelings then you have
>met the right person. You should appreciate
their feelings too and in the
>time when you need them they will help you.
Pisces have keenly developed
>sixth sense and have great intuitive powers.
Their hunches may usually be
>on the mark. But they can exhaust their physical
and mental energies. They
>are born dreamers and you can build palaces with
your dream lover (only in
>real life it may become a little difficult
preposition).
>
>Turn offs
>
>Pisces are dreamers and you should not expect
them to have worldly
>ambitions. They are not materialistic in nature.
It is not that they like
>living below the poverty line but they have no
earnest desire to accumulate
>wealth. They are very sensitive and you have to
be always careful about
>their feelings. The fishes are capable of
drowning you in their tears (even
>men born under this sign). Pisces people are
very intuitive but do not
>depend on them to make decision on important
matters
>
>
>GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND NUMBER IT 1-10. (NO
CHEATING)
>
>1. WHAT SHADE OF HAIR DO YOU HAVE?:
>
>a. DARK b. LIGHT
>
>2. IF YOU WERE OUT ON A DATE WOULD YOU WANT TO:
>
>a. GO TO A PARTY b. GO OUT TO EAT
>
>3. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR OUT OF:
>
>a. PINK b. YELLOW c. BABY-BLUE d. SEA-FOAMGREEN
>
>4. PICK YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIE OUT OF:
>
>a. SURFING b. SKATING c. SKIING
>
>5. IF YOU COULD PICK A STORE BETWEEN THESE WHICH
WOULD YOU PICK?:
>
>a. OLD NAVY b. PACIFIC SUNWEAR c. VICTORIA'S
SECRET
>
>6. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE STATE OUT OF:
>
>a. CALIFORNIA b. FLORIDA c. OHIO
>
>7. IN THE SUMMER WOULD YOU RATHER GO TO:
>
>a. THE BEACH b. GO SOMEWHERE COOLER
>
>8. WHATS YOUR BIRTHDAY MONTH?
>
>a. January b. Febuary c. March d. April e. May
f. June g. July h. August i.
>September
>
>j. October k. November l. December
>
>9. WOULD YOU RATHER:
>
>a. CHILL AT HOME b. GO OUT WITH FRIENDS
>
>10. NAME A PERSON OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.
>
>
>*ANSWERS*
>
>1. a- dark: sexy
>
>b- light: sweet
>
>2. a- go to a party: playful
>
>b- go out to eat: romantic
>
>3. a- pink: cute
>
>b- yellow: loud
>
>c- baby-blue: cool
>
>d- sea-green: horny
>
>4. a- surfing: active
>
>b- skating: determined
>
>c- sking: daring
>
>5. a- old navy: preppy
>
>b- pacific sunwear: fun
>
>c- victoria's secret: sexy
>
>6. a- California: you like being around people
>
>b- Florida: party time in the Heat
>
>c- Ohio: quiet, likes the cold
>
>7. a- beach: tan likes the sun
>
>b- somewhere cooler: pale and original
>
>8. a- January: popular
>
>b- February: lovely
>
>c- March: loud
>
>d- April: playful
>
>e- May: chills a lot
>
>f- June: happy
>
>g- July: smooth
>
>h- August: fun
>
>i- September: quiet
>
>j- October: out going
>
>k- November: pimpin it
>
>l- December: warm
>
>9. a- Home: boring
>
>b- Go out with friends: crazy
>
>10.That person will fall in love with you!!!!!
Looking For God in The Lord of the Rings
By Jim Ware
For Wireless Age Magazine, August 2001
September 1931. A dark and stormy night. Windy, at any rate. On the grounds of Magdalen College, Oxford, two tweed-jacketed, pipe-puffing professors go crunching down the gravel path known as Addison's Walk, under the deeper shadows of an ancient grove of trees -- a mysterious, murky wood where, in the blustery darkness, it's easy to imagine elves among the branches.
"Look!" says one of them, a tall, long-faced fellow with the furrowed brow and twinkling eyes of a sage or wizard. He points to a large oak. "There it stands," he says, "its feet in the earth, its head among the stars. A majestic miracle of creation! And what do we call it? A tree." He laughs. "The word falls absurdly short of expressing the thing itself."
"Of course it does," responds the other, a round-faced, slightly balding, bespectacled man in his mid-thirties. "Like any word, it's just a verbal invention -- a symbol of our own poor devising."
"Exactly," says the first man. "And here's my point: just as a word is an invention about an object or an idea, so a story can be an invention about Truth."
The other rubs his chin. "I've loved stories since I was a boy," he muses. "You know that, Tollers! Especially stories about heroism and sacrifice, death and resurrection -- like the Norse myth of Balder. But when it comes to Christianity well, that's another matter. I simply don't understand how the life and death of Someone Else (whoever he was) two thousand years ago can help me here and now."
"But don't you see, Jack?" persists his friend. "The Christian story is the greatest story of them all. Because it's the Real Story. The historical event that fulfills the tales and shows us what they mean. The tree itself -- not just a verbal invention"
Jack stops and turns. "Are you trying to tell me that in the story of Christ all the other stories have somehow come true?"
A week and a half later, Jack -- better known to most of us as C. S. Lewis, teacher, author, defender of the Christian faith, and creator of the beloved Chronicles of Narnia -- writes to his friend Arthur Greeves: "I have just passed on from believing in God to definitely believing in Christ -- in Christianity. My long night talk with Tolkien had a great deal to do with it."1
* * * * * * *
June 2001. A muggy, dusty afternoon at the local Renaissance Festival. I'm taking a break in the shade with my fellow festival musicians. Around us swirls a crowd of armored knights, brown-robed friars, gauzy-winged fairies, and white-whiskered wizards. It's the closest thing to the Middle Ages -- or Middle-earth -- that you're likely to find here at the beginning of the 21st century.
Tom, a fiddler in a feathered cap, asks what I've been up to. I tell him about the writing project I've taken on with my friend and collaborator, Kurt Bruner: a book of "Christian reflections" on The Lord of the Rings.
"The Lord of the Rings!" laughs Tom (who does not consider himself a believer). "Isn't that a pretty pagan book?"
* * * * * * *
December 2001. New Line Cinema's big-screen version of The Lord of the Rings, one of the most anticipated film events of the past several decades, hits the theaters after more than a year of hobbit-hype. Since January, fans have been waiting in line overnight outside theaters just to see the trailer. A short preview appearing on New Line's official Web site (www.lordoftherings.net) beginning last April was downloaded by 1.7 million eager fans on the very first day (compare a mere million hits for Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace within a similar time-frame).
Meanwhile, director Peter Jackson and a crew of more than 2,500 have spent 438 days and about $270 million turning parts of New Zealand into Tolkien's Middle Earth in an unprecedented attempt to produce all three films at once.
"Half a decade of his life, twenty-four hours a day, has been invested in these films," says conceptual artist Alan Lee, referring to Jackson. The meticulous detail of Jackson's vision of Middle-earth has found expression through state-of-the-art computer-generated graphics, 24,000 square feet of miniature figures, more than 100 shooting locations, and, last but not least, 900 sets of chain mail dutifully pounded out by an army of metalsmiths in India. The result is certain to be as stunning a piece of eye-candy as Hollywood has ever produced.
"Every film genre has been done well over the last 100 years," says Jackson, "but not this type of fantasy story. No filmmaker could ask for a greater challenge."
And now at last, the long-anticipated day is at hand. The first part of the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is scheduled to be unveiled on December 19. So forget about Star Wars and Space Odyssey. In 2001, the place to be is Middle-earth.
And yet, hype or no hype, there are a few filmgoers who are still wondering what it's all about. Especially serious-minded Christians. Elves, dwarves, wizards, goblins, magic rings -- haven't we been through this kind of thing before -- recently? Isn't The Lord of the Rings just another romp through the occultic world of Harry Potter?
For answers, let's go back to Jack and "Tollers."
Background
"Tollers" (a nickname used by some of his closest friends) was, of course, J. R. R. Tolkien himself: creator of Middle-earth and author of The Lord of the Rings, the fantasy trilogy hailed by some as "the book of the century" (over fifty million copies sold). And yes: it was Tolkien who helped Lewis take that final decisive step toward faith in Christ.
Their "long night talk" about "symbols" and "verbal inventions" was just the beginning. Over the years, Lewis and Tolkien were to spend long hours refining their ideas and incorporating them into their literary art. In part, they did this with the help of a group of like-minded Christian friends: The Inklings.
Tuesday mornings at the "Eagle and Child" (an Oxford pub better known to patrons as the "Bird and Baby"); Thursday evenings in Lewis's rooms at Magdalen; year in and year out, the Inklings met, talked, sipped tea, and critiqued one another's manuscripts-in-progress: books like Lewis's That Hideous Strength, Williams's The Place of the Lion, and, of course, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Their goal? To find ways of pouring the steaming, bubbling, heady stuff of the Real Story into the molds of their own invented stories.
Intentions
Just how serious were these writers about the Christian purpose of their "verbal inventions"? Let's ask them.
Lewis made no secret of his intentions. Among other interests and concerns, his goal was to give readers a fresh, life-giving look at the Christian message. He wanted to open a window and let the breeze of truth blow through the stuffy rooms of their conventionally orthodox minds from a new direction. To put the Good News of the Gospel into a different shape and format, and so make them see it as if for the very first time.
"Why," he once asked himself, "did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that one was told one ought to. An obligation to feel can freeze feelings. And reverence itself did harm. The whole subject was associated with lowered voices; almost as if it were something medical. But supposing that by casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday school associations, one could make them for the first time appear in their real potency ?" This, he said, is exactly what he was trying to do in The Chronicles of Narnia.2
As for Tolkien, he would have been shocked and angered to hear Tom refer to his work as "pagan." "The Lord of the Rings," he wrote in a letter to a friend, "is of course a fundamentally religious and Christian work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision."3
Humphrey Carpenter, author of Tolkien's authorized biography, takes this claim seriously. Tolkien, he says, was possessed of a "deep and passionate" faith in God; his writings are "the work of a profoundly religious man." According to Carpenter, God is essential to everything that happens in The Lord of the Rings. Without Him, Middle-earth couldn't exist. "He wanted the mythological and legendary stories to express his own moral view of the universe, and as a Christian he could not place this view in a cosmos without the God that he worshipped."4
"Tolkien could not create from nothing," writes Joseph Pearce. "Only God can do that. But he was able to sub-create an entire world using his imagination, his beliefs, and his experiences in the world around him." His goal, according to Pearce, was to create a myth combining a variety of different mythological elements -- "a body of more or less connected legend," as Tolkien put it -- in such a fashion that the entire epic would be "illumined from within by a Trinitarian, Christian light." Interestingly enough, the "connectedness" readers sense throughout this "body of legend" is a direct result of the author's faith and worldview. Apart from the light of that Christian perspective, Pearce adds, "the story isn't going to make sense anymore. It may, literally, become incoherent -- a neo-pagan fantasy."5
God, then, is the "Solid Rock" upon which the realm of Arda -- the universe within which Tolkien's Middle-earth hangs cradled like a small but infinitely significant star (see The Silmarillion) -- is founded. But be forewarned: evidences of His presence are not as obvious in Tolkien's work as in Lewis's more allegorical style of writing. They are there, however -- firmly embedded in the tales he insisted on calling "inventions about Truth." In fact, if you know what to look for, you may find them popping up everywhere like the little flowers of elanor and niphredil that bloom even in the shadow of the Black Land itself. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you set out on the quest.
"The Story"
First, stay alert to the importance of story. The Lord of the Rings is actually a story of stories -- a vast web of histories, legends, tales, and songs in which every character has a crucial role to play.
"What a tale we have been in, Mr. Frodo, haven't we?" reflects Sam after a harrowing encounter with their enemies. As a Christian, Tolkien understood that we've been in a tale, too. Like the adventure of his hobbits, he saw the adventure of our lives as part of a story that begins "once upon a time" and moves toward its eventual "ever after" -- a tale full of meaning and purpose, composed by the grandest Author of all.
The Power of Sin
You'll also want to keep an eye on Gollum, the pitiful, wretched creature who discovered the great Ring -- his "Precious" -- and kept it for many years in dark places under the earth. So long has he possessed and cherished the sinister talisman that he has become the possessed. That's because Tolkien's Ring is an image of the unwholesome, perverting power of evil and self-serving sin -- a progressive, growing, encroaching power that starts small and ends big. The apostle James described it like this: "Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death" (James 1:14, 15, NKJV).
Good Out Of Evil
Notice, too, that Middle-earth is full of battles and conflicts -- images of the spiritual war in which we are engaged as Christians: "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age " (Ephesians 6:12) . We're not talking generic "good vs. evil" here. The evil in Tolkien's universe is personal. It takes shape as an Enemy who relentlessly hounds and pursues his prey with ill intent: "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (I Peter 5:8).
That's not the end of the story, of course. Because at its deepest level, The Lord of the Rings is also a tale about the sovereignty of God. The God whose love and power are so great that He is able to "work all things together for good" (Romans 8:28). The God who uses even the Enemy's wicked designs to bring about the ultimate fulfillment of His perfect plan. Within that plan, even Gollum has an indispensable part to play in the saving of Middle-earth. As Tolkien wrote in The Silmarillion, "Evil may yet be good to have been and yet remain evil." 6 This is a great mystery and a profound Christian truth.
Deceptive Appearances
Don't miss the significance of the tall, dark man you'll find smoking a pipe in a dark corner at The Prancing Pony in Bree -- a stranger wrapped in a green cloak, his face hidden in the shadows of a voluminous hood, the long shanks of his legs covered in high, well-worn, mud-caked boots. Old Barliman, the innkeeper, calls him a "Ranger," a solitary wanderer who comes and goes as he pleases and keeps his business a mystery. But there's more to him than meets the eye. Much more.
To elaborate would be to spoil the story for the uninitiated. Suffice it to say that this "Strider" -- Aragorn son of Arathorn -- can be compared to Christ in a very important way: he's a figure of overwhelming stature -- as a matter of fact, it wouldn't be going to far to call him "Messianic" -- who walks the world incognito. Even his closest friends are blind to the truth of his identity until much later in the epic. But Gandalf gives them a clue: "All that is gold does not glitter," he writes in a note, "Not all those who wander are lost ..." -- a proverb with an almost scriptural ring about it. Compare this oft-quoted passage from Isaiah:
"He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by man, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not." (Isaiah 53:2&3)
The message seems clear enough: Look closely! Good and evil seldom come clearly labeled.
Small Hands
Finally, take a close look at the members of the Fellowship of the Ring as they go trekking across the movie screen. Ask yourself which one looks the most like an epic hero. Is it the handsome, mysterious, swashbuckling Aragorn? Keen-sighted, swift-footed Legolas? Hard-fisted Gimli? Strong, dauntless Boromir? Wise and aged Gandalf?
Each is a hero in his own way, of course. And yet not one of them is chosen to carry the perilous Ring into the heart of Mordor. Instead, it's a hobbit -- a boyish-looking halfling -- who bears the burden of the world to its final destination.
This idea -- that God uses small hands to accomplish great deeds -- could almost be called the heart and soul of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It's Moses and Pharaoh, David and Goliath, Gideon and the Midianites all over again. But the mission of Frodo and Sam isn't just your typical "underdog" story. It's something much more. In a way, it's a desperately needed reminder that God's ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8) -- that when the power of evil confronts us with overwhelming odds on its side, the answer is not to fight fire with fire, but to look for deliverance in unexpected places. Hope and salvation, Tolkien seems to say, often arise in small, unnoticed corners. Like a hobbit-hole in the Shire. Or a manger in a Palestinian stable.
Looking
A late night in the spring of the year. Lewis's sitting room is strewn with papers, books, and empty teacups. The other Inklings have gone. Jack yawns and stretches.
"Tollers," he says as Tolkien gets up to leave, "there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves."7 And so they did.
But with what results? When we drink from the cup of their "verbal inventions" is it really the Living Water we imbibe? Or did my friend Tom get it right? Are their tales merely exercises in "pagan" imaginative art?
You've seen what they had to say. Now you'll have to decide for yourself when you go looking for God in The Lord of the Rings this winter.
