Are you a native English speaker or is English a second or third language? That's another explanation for the strange word sequences.

Please provide a couple of examples, so maybe I can help unravel the mysteries.

I am a native English speaker. US Eng. is my second language though.

Okay, I will try to show you what my thought processes are when I read one of your posts, so you can see where I'm getting confused. My comments are highlighted in bold italics.

Twenty percent of the population [you talk about people here] or twelve out of every sixty years [then you switch to some kind of Chinese calendar] are Chinese Fire Animals. Years of the Dragon add four more years to somewhere just under 27% of any given population over any given lifetime or two.[How can years be added to a percentage of the population?]

Occidentally [what's that?], around 25% of all Zodiac signs are Fire, and then there are less influential factors such as ascendant or moon [I understand this part a little].

If family history [what does that have to do with the Chinese calendar?] might be left for another topic, and considering the stars that you just happen to have been born under without your prior consent, and taking into account that it's a perpetual minority in a perfect world without any of the obvious pros or cons [this phrase seems like word salad], how significant could one's horoscope be in the decision to enjoy tobacco or not? Nature or nurture? [nature or nurture is a phrase that has nothing to do with astrology]


See how confused I am while reading this post? I just wondered if you were mentally translating your thoughts from another language into English. Are you practicing your English on us?

In this thread, I'm more curious as to whether there might be anyone else who has a fire element of the oriental or occidental kind in their stars, and might that have an effect on one's decision on the 'pros and cons'; the media propaganda along with the pornographic warnings on packets, or likewise back in the olden days, the tv ads with movie stars and beautiful women smoking by the poolside ala lifestyles of the rich and famous?

Well, thanks for explaining all that. I think I would have to reveal my birth date to find out, though, and Gilster has made me far too paranoid for that!

I would prefer that others with reasons to maintain some sort of anonymity keep actual dates and times of birth to themselves, and merely report the results, as far as Sun Sign, Ascendant, Moon, and Chinese animal and element.

The exact date and time need not be given, although the Chinese sign would narrow one's age down to a single year out of sixty, which is easy enough to work out. That's not all that personal though, I hope. Not as personal as the exact date and time.