Everyone in the hall waited for the arrival of Virgo, the only female among the constellation. Some were anxious, others were certain and confident that Virgo would choose them as her companion. Virgo came, dressed elusively in a pure, white gown, walked past the crowd and approached the centre of the dance floor. The crowd formed a circle around her and stood up with pride. Virgo then said, “Thank you for waiting. As we all know, in the coming three days, we will be celebrating the ‘festival’. It is time for all of you to prove yourself deserving to win my heart so that you will be able to spend the ‘festival’ with me. So, whoever among all of you here is able to find me and win my heart, I would willingly be your companion for the ‘festival’.” Virgo then walked out and disappeared, leaving the other 11 candidates pondering on where she would be but most importantly what would win her heart. The 11 candidates left the hall and dispersed. Each was determined to win Virgo’s heart thus working together as a group would create hindrance than benefits.
Aries travelled southwards to find open pasture where he could look for inspiration. Taurus, who was ever brash, began his journey to find Virgo, charging ahead with full speed. Gemini returned to his dwelling where he discussed the matter with his twin image. Cancer sailed to the vast ocean which hid marine wonders beneath to find the precious pearl which he intended to present it to Virgo. Leo with his pride had earlier announced that he would definitely be Virgo’s companion thus he did not bother much about putting effort to search for Virgo let alone looked for the object Virgo desired. Libra’s wisdom taught him to think rationally to solve the riddle Virgo had put forward and with some clues exposed, he balanced the importance of the object Virgo wanted and the urgency to search Virgo’s whereabouts, wondering which would provide him with the best solution. Scorpio headed west towards the setting sun to prepare a poison so as to eliminate his contenders. Sagittarius on the other hand headed east, hoping to bring down the sun with his bow and arrows because he believed that sun was the symbol of life and warmth which represented his true love for Virgo. Capricorn swam across the sea hoping to find the place where Virgo might be waiting as he thought Virgo preferred isolation so as not to be found. Aquarius looked at his reflection on the water and started to gussy up, practiced his speech and romance so as to win Virgo’s heart. Pisces gathered his marine scouts and commanded them to explore the whole ocean to look for Virgo while he would prepare an enchanting marine poem to be read out for Virgo.
Three days had gone by and it was time for the ‘festival’. She was still waiting for the arrival of either one of the 11 candidates who would win her heart. Soon, she began to believe that the ‘festival’ would end up in failure. She would have nobody to share the ‘festival’ with. Virgo took out the magic mirror which reflected each of the candidates’ whereabouts.
Aries spent too much time painting the picturesque scenery of the open pasture that on the third day, he had just completed his painting but had no time to look for Virgo. Taurus had charged past Virgo the first time but did not realize that he had found Virgo; instead he ended up travelling around the world thrice. Gemini thought that he would rather find Virgo himself without consulting to his twin brother for personal glory but later realized that it was a huge mistake. Cancer found the precious pearl which belonged to Pisces and tried to steal it. He ended up fighting with Pisces for three whole days the two were both too exhausted to look for Virgo. Leo found Virgo by chance but his overconfidence and ego brought about his downfall as he was humbled by Virgo’s rejection. Libra found out that to balance the 2 aspects was an impossible task that he decided to throw in the towel and gave up his search for Virgo. Scorpio knew it all along where Virgo would be but his whereabouts was still unknown as it was not reflected on Virgo’s magic mirror. Sagittarius did manage to find the object Virgo would love to have but unfortunately, he was unable to bring his present to her. The sun proved to be too heavy to be dragged around as Sagittarius still needed to find Virgo, thus he fainted along the way and never found Virgo. Capricorn explored every isolated island and places but he began to realize that what he was seeking was not Virgo but solitude. Aquarius found Virgo and presented himself as a gift for Virgo, being a narcissist. Despite being a smooth talker as well, it was not enough to win Virgo’s heart. Pisces fought Cancer shortly after he received the news of Virgo’s whereabouts and had completed his poem. He would have met Virgo and won her heart should Cancer did not arrive to complicate his plans. One question still loomed, who won Virgo’s heart in the end?
Just then, from a distance Virgo noticed a figure among the fog approaching her. As the figure came closer, Virgo smiled as finally, someone had won her heart. It was Scorpio. Scorpio realized that it was wrong to use poison on his fellow contenders. So instead of using the poison on his rivals, he decided to poison himself. He staggered towards Virgo, barely alive and told her why he poisoned himself. He wanted to atone for his ill thoughts of poisoning his contenders. If he died, at least no one would know about his wicked plan. If he lived and found Virgo, he would be able to express his truest feeling before his terminal breath. Virgo thought that Scorpio had proven himself worthy by being altruistic. What Virgo wanted was someone who could give a fair and equal opportunity for everyone to win her heart yet being true to himself according to his given characters and abilities. Virgo spent the final minutes of Scorpio by celebrating the ‘festival’ with him. Unknown to Scorpio, the ‘festival’ included the ceremony of immortality. Scorpio then whispered to Virgo, “If only we could live twice, I would spend my second life with you. I would rather use this immortality for all of us to share than for my personal gain.” Again, Virgo was touched and decided to use the immortality with the other 10 failed candidates. Immortality transformed the 12 of them into stars in the sky where they shone brightly to lighten up the dark nights.
Perhaps, that is the reason why we often can see star formation of these 12 horoscopes at different times of the year so that each of them will be able to showcase their wonders for us to ponder what they really represent. Maybe, each of them is telling us their stories on how they try to win Virgo’s heart. So, when you stargaze on one starry sky just maybe the mystery of the horoscope is revealing its answers without you being conscious at all...
This story is purely fictional so regardless your horoscope, rest assured that the characters mentioned above are from the imagination of the author whether its credibility do exist or not at all. Special thanks to my brother who also contributed to the makings of this story.
This story is inspired by “Stars” by Switchfoot.
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