Do you check your annual horoscope?
One answer only. Do not change your answer.
- ALWAYS
- OCCASIONALLY
- SELDOM
- NEVER
Star-crossed*
Inma, the female main character of One Dress, One Day, follows religiously. She’s a Virgo with an Aries lover. Worse, he’s a married politician. Does this sound familiar? We have seen the illicit or improbable couple across the ages.
Once again, in this story, the poor or pretty young thing studies charts and repeats quizzes on how compatible a couple might be. It seems hopeless so she turns to Chinese astrology. She’s a Rat and he’s worse!!
Have you ever had a crush on someone of the wrong sign? In high school, I suffered from pimples and puppy love. Unfortunately, that boy had the wrong sun sign. Did he know I existed? Could we be friends? Moody, I dreamt of more.exels.com
My MC may not be as fortunate. Rubio, her main squeeze, enjoys the conquest, does not understand friendship and becomes vindictive.
Mi amor imposible
In Spanish, a gallant expression used in introducing someone of the opposite sex is ‘es mi amor imposible’. Of course, such an expression may sound clichéd or sleazy in the mouth of a philanderer like Inma’s lover…
*This expression is regularly attributed to Shakespeare because of the play Romeo and Juliet. The term "star-crossed lovers" refers to two souls unable to be together for some reason. Originally, the idea was that the stars were working against the relationship. The phrase stems from the belief that the positions of the stars ruled over people's fates. Sadly, such pairings are doomed from the start. Pyramus and Thisbe, found in Ovid’s Metamorphosis, are considered the precursors of Romeo and Juliet. The bard referred to this couple using the play-with-a -play technique (A Midsummer NIght's Dream). His so-called problem play, Troilus and Cressida, also dealt with an equally difficult romance.
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