Did you know you have a Ravenclaw Zodiac sign as well as an astronomical one? Tower horoscopes are not based on the stars however, but upon one's age. There is a bit of backstory behind this one. Follow the linked conversations back and the replies forward for the whole story.
It all started with a narwhal...
Back in July of 2012, TriGirlJ decided to knit Rebecca Danger's Napoleon the Nervous Narwhal for a friend's birthday. He was turning 40 and he loved the Narwhal Song, (beware; it autoplays an annoying song) so what better present could there be? And so, in the way things usually evolve in the Common Room, the narwhal became the traditional present for one's 40th birthday.
Fast forward to late 2014. Several of us were lamenting that we had not received narwhals for our 40th birthdays. (There is an amusing set of narwhal battles around that time, but that's a bit of a tangent for this post.) That inspired conversations about which animals would represent other ages, and the ever imaginative DrusillaWormwood came up with this:
10 is your octopus birthday because you’re still all over the place
20 is your neon tetra birthday, because you think you’re an adult but you’re still kinda loud and tacky
25 is your lion birthday because you’re a quarter of a century old and that makes you want to roar a little.
30 is the fancy goldfish birthday (koi in Japan) because you are maturing into an interesting and beautiful creature
40 is your narwhal birthday because you start using your tusk
50 is your capybara birthday because you’re getting rounder and a little fuzzier
55 is your cougar birthday because cougar
60 is your peacock birthday because you don’t give a damn at all anymore
which was amended to add:
80 is your Dragon birthday. Don’t mess with dragons.
Newborn: Sea Cucumber: Beautiful to look at, but doesn’t do much. Not capable of self-locomotion.
Head-Holders: Turtle: Spends a lot of time looking around, albeit very slowly.
Sitters: Koala: Clings to parents as a tiny not-bear would cling to a eucalyptus tree.
Crawlers: Wombat: Similar to a koala in appearance. Pretty gosh darned cute. But now capable of self-locomotion at surprising speed.
Walkers: Tasmanian Devil: Needs no explanation.
2yo: Wallaby: Moves at high speed. Great at foraging for things that are probably forbidden or at least not recommended. Gets carried (in a pouch).
3yo: Kangaroo: Slightly larger than a wallaby. Great at causing trouble and then just hopping away. Travels in a group known as a mob.
5yo: Dingo: Oh no! A dingo ate my baby! Getting big fast. Not really a baby anymore. Will insist upon not being a baby anymore.
which brings us back around to:
10yo: Octopus: We have now arrived at the start of the Ravenclaw zodiac.
So there you have it! The complete Ravenclaw Zodiac!
If you would like to have an illuminated manuscript version of the Ravenclaw Zodiac printed, ChrisFixedKitty created one and has it available for printing on various items in her RedBubble shop.
If you would like to have an illuminated manuscript version of the Ravenclaw Zodiac printed, ChrisFixedKitty created one and has it available for printing on various items in her RedBubble shop.
Word(s) of the Week: OMSQ - Oh My Sweet Quaffle. A mild wizarding oath, used to express amazement or frustration. May be amended to OMSELQ - Oh My Sweet Ever Loving Quaffle - when one is especially exasperated.
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