Author function: hypothetical author. Abstract notion: Zodiac Sign

If I had been born a week earlier I would have been born a Cancer – instead I have been born a Leo. “And what does that do”, one might ask. To that I say, “Everything changes!”

See if I had been born a Cancer I would have been in balance with myself since a Cancer is a water element. As a Leo I am feisty and verbal, because I am born as a fire element. If I had been born a Cancer I might never have pulled a girl from class’ ponytail when I was seven. She might not have told on me and I might not have been sent to the principal’s office. Simply because she was a water element and I was a fire element.

If I had been born a Cancer instead of a Leo my favourite animal might have been a dolphin instead of a lion. My favourite movie might have been ‘Free Willy’ as opposed to ‘The Lion King’ and I might have been better at drawing killer whales than lions and cubs.

If my birthday was a week earlier I would have been born on a Monday. I would have been the best beginning to a week instead of the perfect ending to one. I might also have received a stuffed teddy bear instead of the stuffed white rabbit as a toy from my sister on my birthday. And finally if I had been born as a Cancer not a Leo I might have lived a life totally different from the one I live right now. In an alternative universe I am a Cancer not a Leo.