Just a thought..

[Nature]

When you're born, you are born under a specific astrological sign. (I know some people don't believe/don't care about that sort of thing, but just go with me here..) Some of the signs change mid-month. What happens when a baby that should have been born under one sign ( if they were allowed to come when they wanted to naturally) is induced, and they are born under a different sign instead? Do they always feel their sign doesn't quite fit them? Do they even notice?

Just this weird thought that popped into my head the other day.

[RainRaven]

I would say yes, that thay would still feel drawn by there "real sign" and " real elament" it would probobly cause lots of confusion for the child as thay grew older. thay would probobly show charateristics of bolth signs, and have some serious element isues.

[MysticHealerMom]

my thought is the opposite - that you are what you end up as, and you were probably destined to be that, anyway. stars are intricate in 'design'

[MamaTaraX]

Oh I wish I could find it again! There is a wonderful webpage out there about just that. Bascially it's an anti-induction page (which you know I'm all about *grin*) It talks about how babies know when they are supposed to be ... oops, will finish later.
Back Okay, this is NOT the page I am talking about but it does talk about it here READ ME
What do I believe? Well, I believe in a lot of differnt things. I beleive that babies come when they are ready and that they know when they should/need to be born. I beleive that external forces can alter when they come such as trauma, stress, and a variety of other things, induction nonwithstanding. I think that even though we know when we need to be born, it doens't always happen that way. And I think the stars line up for us ot be who we are regardless of when we are born, however, I think that it does mess with our "plan" when we are, for whatever reason, not born when we "should" be. I beleive my children came when they were ready. I also believe that I, as their mother, and as a woman, had the power to alter hwen they came. And I did it. With my first, I talked ot him a lot. I asked him to please come on a Monday or Tuesday, when his daddy did not have to work. When we found out we had insurance issues, I asked if he was ready, could he come before September 1st. My firstborn was born on Monday, August 31st. HIs daddy was off work and we still ended up having insurance issues, but didn't kow that until a few days later. I do not think he came before he was physically able and ready. I do think I helped (encouraged perhaps) him to come when he did. Does that make sense? I hope so, it does in my head. I think he is every bit the child he was supposed to be (astrologicaly speaking). How much faith do I put in things like zodiac signs? Not a lot. I do believe that we are born with certain traits and things that just happen to coincide with things like astrological signs and numbers and whatnot. I'm not a numerological/astrological skeptic, I think there is some validity to such things for many reasons, and for many reasons I also think a lot of it is bunk. I'd probably say more but I've noticed lately that my ablity to adequately articulate is rather skimpy at best

Namaste, Tara

[PancakeGoddess]

I can't remember the reasoning, but I've been told by a serious astrologer that you are what you are, however you were born.

External circumstances affect the time of birth all the time - sudden trauma could cause early labor, too many people invited to the birth could stop or slow it down, premature labor because of drug use.... all these things are human-made effects on time of birth. We can't second-guess every birth and wonder if we somehow altered it artificially.

That's what I think. Not that my opinion matters a lot because I'm skeptical about astrology anyway!

NOT that I'm in favor of induction - I'm not!!

[AAK]

Funny, I have thought about this too and I am not big into astrology. I have always found it interesting though. . .my bd is 8/22 and that is a day shy of virgo. I wasn't induced but have always felt mostly a Leo with some Virgo tendancies. Who knows? I also think the Chinese astrology stuff is interesting and since we have January babies, the date will also determine which "year" he/she is born in. Chinese new year isn't until the 29th this year though.

Since I don't plan on any forceful eviction notices, I have been thinking about whether I want the baby to have the sign of the early part of Jan or the late part. I can't even remember which is which. I already have a dd born on 1/29 so would two in the same sign be a bad thing for the household???? Don't know.

Amy

[Nature]

Thank you all for your thoughts about this!!! And thanks for the link Tara! I'm gonna read and do some Googling today.