Lunch with the Zodiacs

The signs came to dine together for lunch. The crab sat at the near end of the table. The goat was at his left and the archer, to his right. The scorpion joined in with the reheated lasagna on her hands. The lion was still in the john, doing something on the throne.

The goat’s sinangag was served for the crab.  It was a request from the Cancer sign. The goat made sautéed left-over rice with garlic, onion and a dash of salt. This food was paired with a piece of fried poulet avec un peu calmar et le porc barbeque.

The archer was contented with her lunch of deux tranches du poisson. As she chewed on the fish meal, beads of tears fell on her cheeks. She missed her prodigal daughter, the mother of her grandchild Drew. Now the goat stopped munching on the pasta. He knew that the archer could not understand why her daughter would not open up to her.

It has been two years since the prodigal daughter fled back to Canada and she never had the chance to listen nor to talk to her. Now this daughter has been hiding away from the family. We could always just imagine how she’s been and what she’s been up to.

The goat asked the archer if she still wants to go to Canada and look for her daughter. The archer continued to cry. She said that if ever they’d get to Canada, they’ll take the chance to look for her but they will not raise their hopes of ever finding her.  The archer and the crab felt that this prodigal daughter would not want to see them.

I, the goat, told them that when the opportunity appears, they should just enjoy Calgary with the archer’s sisters, well and good if they could locate Drew and her mom. I tried to ask them why their daughter was like that. Why she turned out that way. Has pride and remorse consumed her?

The goat asked the archer “If ever you’d see her in Canada, what would you say to her?” The archer fell silent. The goat knew that she wanted her daughter to come back home and start a new life here.  “What could I say?” she asked back. “She’s just too stubborn and proud and angry. I do not know what to say to her to make her change her mind. I’m already old and I don’t want to die without seeing her again.”

The crab wanted to see her daughter too. He remembered how sweet the prodigal child was when she was young. But now, he could not understand why she turned out that way. The goat explained to her that generally people born under the sign of the scorpion are mysterious and suspicious. Scorpio is the misunderstood sign in the Zodiac. They are known to be unyielding, perhaps bordering on being stubborn.

The crab listened on as the goat explained that Scorpios are also known to hold grudge to those who hurt them. They have great memories but they are incapable of letting things go, which was perhaps why we never heard the prodigal daughter say she’s sorry.  She is the type who could never forgive and forget.

The goat remembered the other scorpion in the family, the one to his left and said, “Your case is a combination of the traits of Scorpio and Sagittarius. You fall on the border of both signs being the last day of Scorpio. Yes you are very determined in getting what you wanted and you manifested some traits to be always in control. I would not be surprised why people in the house could not understand you at times.”

“You are a bit an archer because you seemed to be easily affected with boredom. Procrastination is your common Achilles heel and you often could not finish what you’ve started.”

But the archer in front of me was different. My mom is less emotional than my dad – the crab – and I could always find in her the positive spirit and the optimistic attitude. Mom is the cheerleader in the house. She always speaks the truth, no matter how painful it is to hear. She always speaks what’s on her mind. What I like about mom is that she’s good in decision-making. Like most archers, she shines under pressure. Mom could easily survive any crisis.

The goat shifted to the crab and told him that people born under the sign may be both dependent and independent. Yes. They do not depend on others for the basic necessities but then they are needy and dependent on others emotionally. Crabs need to feel that they are needed. Oftentimes they are shy and insecure. They sulk in self-pity and they get easily hurt and offended.

My dad also dwelled in the past. Just like any other Cancer, he has emotional issues to deal with. But how could he solve these issues if his daughter is so proud and unyielding?

Before they could even ask what traits goats or Capricorns have, the lion emerged from la salle de toilette.  He then proceeded to the table and devoured the reheated lasagna and the marshmallow chocolate cake. The lion was hungry. We stopped the conversation and turned to the lion that was my brother.

The crab then averred that my brother had the same Zodiac sign as the little rock star diva. We all then resigned to the fact the people under the sign of the lion always make their presence known.