What planet *am* I from....?

Well, Saturn's in my first house, doing weird and melancholic things to a Leo ascendant...but according to every standard-interpretation planetary/deity quiz I've taken thus far, I'm always from Mercury....guess my wildly dualistic introvert/extrovert traits must be tipping the scales around...

You scored as Saturn. You are Saturn-artistic and slightly geeky. You are extremely smart but often secluded socially. A career as a movie director or writer or artist seems good for you. </td> Saturn 93% Jupiter 87% Mars 85% Pluto 78% Neptune 77% Uranus 77% Earth 73% Mercury 72% Venus 68% What planet are you from? created with QuizFarm.com

Hmm....lowest score in Venus. Well, it ain't my looks, people, despite those invisible Halloween photos of myself I uploaded...just my own personal experience and relative indifference at the moment. Catch me back ten years or more, and there might have been more of a chance for love to improve its ranking...

That's a rather saturnine sentiment, don't you think....?

Um, yeah.....I *am* the heroic type....but don't tell anyone...:-S...

Honestly, I was expecting to come up as Grendel here...especially after reading the John Gardner novel in AP English Lit...man, did I have some obvious issues back then...

You scored as Beowulf. Heroic, strong, and maybe a little on the proud side--not that you don't have a reason to be. After all, you defeat THREE major evils that ravage the countryside as well as many minor beasties that get in the way before you're done in. You simply don't give up. Without you, Hrothgar's Golden Hall would still stand empty. </td> Beowulf 100% Grendel's Mother 92% The Dragon 92% Grendel 92% Wiglaf 75% Hrothgar 67% Wealhtheow 58% If You Were in Beowulf... created with QuizFarm.com

I'm not sure why I now have an urge to suddenly get into quoting this past week's "The Current Cinema" article in The New Yorker....it's not me after all (especially seeing as I haven't yet taken the virtual role--must check and see if it's still open at the After Celebrity site)--maybe I just have to disparage my "hero of the story" qualifications at every turn, even though of course everyone wants to be their own life's hero. It's a neurotic overcompensation thing, that I feel I can't dare proclaim myself Prince Charming, even though I can talk the talk, walk the walk, write the saga, kill the dragon and kiss the sleeping princess awake. And sing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"...

Must stop disappointing and being disappointed in self. That's my belated New Year's resolution--but hey, I'm early for the Year of the Rooster. Year of the Monkey's been rather a mixed and troublesome barrel, I must say...but hell, I found and found out who and what I needed to. That's a reward, to get so much farther along, so much deeper inside the puzzle-box that's my own strange familiar self. Reference the King of Cups in the Mythic Tarot deck...having moved away from the Queen of Swords. Orpheus--Jean Marais--La belle et la bete--lycanthropy--dogs lunging and snapping at me in dreams of a distant and hyper-conscious childhood...something like that.

Pay no attention to the train of thought behind the curtain...