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November-My Birthday Month, Birthstone and More
Photo by Maksim Goncharenok on Pexels.com My Birthday Month, Birthstone and More
November: the eleventh month of the year, the coldest autumnal month, the month veterans have their celebrations, and we give thanks.
Hey, November happens to be my birthday month! Today, November 17th! In 1997, on a cold Monday night, a screaming, somewhat underweight baby was born. That red-faced strawberry (as I was dubbed; thanks, family) grew into a short, quiet, multi-talented me.
I fall under the Zodiac sign of Scorpio. As for my Chinese Zodiac, that is the mighty Ox.
‘Kay, into the specifics. Time to crush your meditative wellbeing. Your mindset, rather. Zodiac signs fall into astrology, like tarot cards and that horoscope shitty-shitty-bang-bang.
Astrology is a fake science! Sor-ry! Time magazine points out (they’re not the only ones that do) that astrology is fake science, science for fun. This isn’t to say you must stop a) performing b) following c) contemplating astrology. I learned this a while back, the lies of it! I didn’t put a stop to reading about astrology now and then, nor writing about this post.
Set aside the crushing truth I told you and get to know my Scorpio. Scorpio’s constellation is visible in the night sky during July and August. Known as Scorpius, rather. It doesn’t resemble a scorpion but more so a J or curved tail.
Photo by Sharath G. on Pexels.com Because Canva no longer allows free downloads of graphics :<
What about Scorpio–when are you a Scorpio? When you’ve hatched–ahem, sorry–a Scorpio is from October 24 to November 22. Such of their traits is protectiveness; they’re attached, they are a determined person. They are also known to be passionate, brave, resourceful, powerful, and true friends.
What’s more, Scorpios tend to like a good fight; when they’re right, they like to win; mysteries, truth, facts, talents, and teasing. They don’t like those who don’t mind their own business, dishonesty, secrets revealed and small talk. Their weaknesses are distrust, jealousy, manipulation, and violence.
Some other fun facts: Scorpios have the water element; their ruler is Mars (such as the planet), and their colors are red, scarlet, and rust.
I’m going by research, don’t ask what these have to do with anything!;)
Now, what about Chinese Zodiac signs? The animals associated with them rotate each year. My birth year was ’97, making my animal the Ox. What do you know, this year in 2021, it was the Ox again! I completely forgot!
Like our Zodiac signs, the Chinese Zodiac signs have specific traits associated with them. The Ox is considered determined and reliable. New to me, there are also elements assigned to them. If I’m reading it correctly, the elements differ by birth year. The elements are standard and exact: earth, fire, wood, metal, and water. For my birth year, it looks like my element is fire. Those with the element of fire are restless, animated, and love laughing. This is according to the Show Me Book.
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Moving on to the November birthstone, topaz: topaz is best known for its brilliant yellow luminescence. However, orange, brown, pink, and light blue are other colors the topaz revel in.
In case you didn’t know, each month has its birth flower! Sounds funny, doesn’t it?
I’m visiting my birth flower today. She’s 101 years old.
Photo by TGH on Pexels.com This was one of the same graphics I found on Canva, prior to the unpleasant surprise that I need a paid account to download all my works made with Canva now! Including sharing them! Thanks, guys! How many paid accounts can one possibly have??!
We have birthdays, birthstones, birth years, birth months, birthplaces, birth parents, birthday parties, birthday buddies–
I can totally rattle off who my birthday buddies are: actress Rachel McAdams, director Martin Scorsese, actor Danny DeVito, diplomat Susan Rice! I never knew I shared a birthday with Susan Rice until I researched this.
Anyhoodle, November’s birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Anyone recall the picture book with that title? By Kevin Henkes? It’s a cute one that my momsie’s read to me. There’s an animated version of it from Scholastic that I’ve watched long ago. That was when VHS existed. . .
Anydoodle, famous November birthdays include Hilary Rodham Clinton and Jodie Foster.
Going off-topic, back in 2016, it was required in my health class to take the Myers-Briggs personality test. It coincided with our career choices for college. Mine is INFJ, standing for Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, Judging. I won’t go into full-blown detail about it.
I pleasantly discovered which Disney princess shares my personality type: Elsa!What did you find intriguing or shocking in this post? Anything you want to share? Please share in the comments below! Scorpios (in spirit) unite!
Sources:
Dower, Laura. For Girls Only: Everything Great about Being a Girl. Feiwel and Friends/Hallmark Books, 2010.
Fagerstrom, Derek, and Lauren Smith. Show Me How!: 500 Things You Should Know: Instructions for Life from the Everyday to the Exotic. Collins & Brown, 2009.
Old Farmer’s Almanac. “November Birth Flower.” Old Farmer’s Almanac, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, 8 Oct. 2021, https://www.almanac.com/november-birth-flower.
Old Farmer’s Almanac. “November Birth Flower.” Old Farmer’s Almanac, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, 8 Oct. 2021, https://www.almanac.com/november-birth-flower.
“Scorpio Zodiac Sign Scorpio Horoscope.” Astrology Zodiac Signs, https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/scorpio/.
Waxman, Olivia B. “Are Zodiac Signs Real? Here’s the History behind Horoscopes.” Time, Time, 21 June 2018, https://time.com/5315377/are-zodiac-signs-real-astrology-history/.
DeLarge, Alex. “I Always Knew Pocahontas and I Were Kindred Spirits (of the Wind).” Imgur, Imgur, 24 Apr. 2014, https://imgur.com/gallery/DKjUi81.
“Advocate Personality.” 16Personalities, https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality. -
The Music Genres on My iPod
Once in a while, I download a song or two onto my iPod. That’s if finances aren’t dire and I can recall the song (s) I wish to download. Oh, I’m that person that does not carry their iPod with them. It lives on my iPad. Hey, I’m not that antique where I stick with the first iPad ever invented. It is the iPad mini. iPad mini lives! Like all its iPhone cousins and Apple Watch second cousins–
What are we doing here? Music is omnipresent, but of course! We are in the twenty-first century!
We are? *A dumb baby scratches her head.*
Allow me to dive in and list the genres of music listed on my iPad–iPod. One in the same?Alternative:
twenty one pilots; Barns Courtney; Coldplay; Imagine DragonsClassical:
Tchaikovsky; London Philharmonic Orchestra
There’s more, but I fail to bring any to mind.Hard Rock:
Three Days Grace; Saint Asonia; ApocalypticaHip-Hop/Rap:
Pharell Williams; Hamilton the musical
Hamilton counts. Look at the album.Holiday:
Bing Crosby; Enya; Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Manheim SteamrollerMusicals:
Like, Frozen . . . anything from movies, basicallyPop:
Avril Lavigne; Miley Cyrus (up to 2010); KT Tunstall; Michelle Branch; Sam Smith; Matchbox Twenty; Adele; Bruno Mars; SiaR/B:
Alicia. . . Alicia KeysRock:
David Bowie all the way; The Fray; The Killers; Breaking BenjaminSoundtrack:
So, the ones from the movie Hanna; Frozen II; Moana; The Polar ExpressTribute:
Kind of sounds as though these are dedicated to the ones who are gone. Nah. Just orchestral pieces combined into albums, written for Miley Cyrus and Three Days Grace.Ironic, right, that I care for rock, but classical, too? I love classical for its grandiose cadences. Hope I wrote that out correctly. The slight nuances I have to listen for, significantly when I can’t determine one piece from another.
Additionally, I like me some Celtic music, Japanese music. Dark, gothic music perfect for those days when the sky is thick with storm clouds.
To point out, I’ve grown with Celtic music. It’s reminiscent for me; in my younger days, the radio played those tunes. Celtic womens’ ghost-like voices crooned out from the radio. Along in the background played flutes.
I get my love for Celtic music from me Dad. You’ve probably guessed my heritage points towards the Emerald Isle. You are correct.
He has also introduced me to Scottish music. I’ve found a love for bagpipes in music. No, I do not play them meself, and I can’t bring meself to get close to them physically. Anyone who has been a good enough distance to them doesn’t need a telling of its deafening sound!
Alright, I must write more about what classical composers I like! I may not have a broad collection of them on my Apple device, but screw that!There’s Bach, Beethoven, Grieg, Handel, and still others I cannot name because they happen to be dead! This isn’t to say I am a fangirl of them! I’ve listened to a melody of theirs and fallen in love with it!
I gotta say, though, I can’t make sense of the numbers and letters written into the titles of orchestrated music. Not that I’m not intrigued to educate myself!I’ve enjoyed this laundry list! Tell me, what genre are you into (right now or always)? Any genres you can think of that I haven’t listed? These are a handful of genres, no shit. Feel free to write them below!
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