Being an Aquarian - I don't think I've read my horoscope for many years now but somehow have retained some memories of traits etc of certain star signs. I can not remember if Aquarius is a 'water' sign but I know the image is always of some person pouring water out of some container so I associate it as a 'wet' sign. Wet environments do seem to attract themselves to me and I have to say to 2 of my relatives (names withheld to spare their embarassment but I might be tempted so beware.........) and their recent watery experiences who also happen to be Aquarians. One of them fell into a stream recently and the other manged to break their washing machine and flooded their flat and the one below. Last night as I came into the house from being at a friends and having a couple of glasses of wine, I heard the sound of running water as I entered the house. I turned the light on in the kitchen and saw that the tap was on and the sinks had plugs in and were full of bleachy water. The water was overflowing down the front of the cupboard and onto the floor. As I was wearing fairly decent clothes I jsut turned the tap off and got dressed in clothes that didn't matter if they got ruined by bleach. I set to work at clearing up - it was by this time 11.45pm and I wanted my bed!! I found not only had this bleachy water dripped and run all over the kitchen floor but it had also gone through the back seal of the sink and flooded the cupboard so I had to empty the cupboard of playdough, paint, soap powder, shoe cleaning stuff and other very odd things and mop up. Oh well, it was one way of getting the floor cleaned.
That started me thinking of other watery problems I'd encountered.

• the flat in Willesden Green that got flooded in a flash summer downpour. The water came in through the back door and flooded the bathroom, kitchen and lounge. The landlord's contribution to the smelly carpets the flood caused was to give us a bottle of 'shake and vac'
• the flat in Putney which had an upside down arrangement so the bedrooms were downstairs and level with next doors garden even though when you entered at the top you were on the ground level!! Here my bedroom was tiny and had a tiny fanlight window. I went away over christmas and came back to a bedroom full of water because the overflow pipe had been placed at such an angle that water instead of dripping out the end of it, trickled back along it and into my window. That flat also had a flat roof and one day water came through the centre light!!
• a holiday chalet on Hayling Island where we'd left my niece in the care of the babysitting service and gone to the night club to come back to discover water pouring through the bathroom roof and through the lightswitches. We got moved pretty smartish despite it being midnight!!
• the house in south croydon which looked beautifully decorated when we moved in but came apparent very quickly that there was a big damp problem and when it got cold all the pipes froze so we couldn't use the loo or bath until it thawed - bit awkward that
• my house in Ashford where the hot water tank suddenly started to leak and I had to leave it on all the time to keep the pipes expanded so that water wouldn't weep out for 3 days until the plumber could come.
• Our house now - when we moved in we discovered that there was a fault in the valve so that the heating came on whenever you put the hot water on. As it was summer, it was rather hot until we could get that sorted out and no plumber has ever sorted out all the strange pipework the previous owner put in
• blocked sewers here - hubby's favourite job
• AJ - flooding our stairwell when we went out for the afternoon!!! He had put the plug in the sink after washing his hands but left the tap running so it overflowed, all through the bathroom and down through the ceiling and into downstairs

As an Aquarian, I remember that I'm supposed to get on with Librans (luckily my Hubby is one) and Geminis (my sister) and clash with Taureans. That is a bit unfortunate since all 3 children are born under a taurean sky - explains a lot I suppose.

I'm sure Aquarians are supposed to be eccentric - no comments please - but I was very tempted to wear my new bright green shoes with my wonderful deep red skirt today!!!

Actually, I've now googled Aquarian traits and this is what it says - Traditional Aquarian Traits
Friendly and humanitarian. Honest and loyal. Original and inventive. Independent and intellectual ummm - I would like to think this is all true - please don't disillusion me!!

On the dark side....Intractable and contrary. Perverse and unpredictable. Unemotional and detached - ask my nearest and dearest what they think. Unemotional - would tend to say the opposite but I know I am in certain situations. Me - contrary, pereverse and unpredictable - never!!!

Just found another bit from this site and apparently Aquarians
LIKE
Fighting for Causes
Dreaming and Planning for the Future
Thinking of the Past
Good Companions
Having Fun

Yep - I fight for causes - need to tell you about my PALS meeting. Dreaming and planning for the future - well that's changed. Good comapnion - sounds like I'm a pet. Having fun - would like to think so but not always able to do this

DISLIKES
Full of Air Promises
Excessive Loneliness
The Ordinary
Imitations
Idealistic

Probably but I'm not against imitations

and even more!!!

Possible Health Concerns...As Aquarius is said to govern the legs from knees to ankles and the circulation of blood, its natives are susceptible to ailments particularly in the legs and ankles, such as cramps, and are also liable to spasmodic and nervous complaints, as well as wind, catarrh, diarrhea, dropsy, goiter and delirium tremens - so that the avoidance of alcohol is important for those Aquarians who have a taste for it. Hmphhh - now think this is a load of ****** Avoiding alcohol - no chance. As for wind, dropsy and delirium tremors - no comment. Knees to ankles - I always thought they were better part of me!!!

Oh well - good job I don't take this too seriously then. Quick - find me a glass of wine so I can be perverse, fun and a good companion who will think of the past and dream of the future!! Then suffer with wind, dropsy and bad ankles.